Sinner Saint Burlesque - photo by Don Spiro
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When Sinner Saint Burlesque creates new acts, we have conversations about the mission or intention of the acts. At the end of a performance, what do we hope the audience will think, feel, or want? From the moment we enter the stage and until we leave it, how are we accomplishing that goal? How are our personal presences showing up?
Let’s take a trip down memory lane, to my very first performance. I was just graduating from the Academy of Burlesque. My mission for my act had three parts:
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I wasn’t yet able to consider what I wanted the audience to take away from my performance. All I hoped to accomplish was to stay standing, make every attempt to be calm, and to have fun.
Dressed as Catherine the Great I entered stage left and made a regal promenade around the stage. Next, I did a few unmentionable things to a rocking horse (if you are not familiar with the rumors about Catherine the Great, you can read about them here and use your imagination). Finally, I ended my act by posing on stage, atop my trusted steed, until the curtain closed. I was still standing, still breathing, with my wig atop my head—SUCCESS!
Since then, I’ve learned how to select better shoes, bobby pin a wig, and to shift my attention toward the intention of my act. I am better able to maintain a strong personal presence from the top of my act until my final bow. Today we're talking specifically about the intentions of our entrances and exits. How you enter and leave the stage is just as important as what you do while you’re on the stage. For example…
Dressed as Catherine the Great I entered stage left and made a regal promenade around the stage. Next, I did a few unmentionable things to a rocking horse (if you are not familiar with the rumors about Catherine the Great, you can read about them here and use your imagination). Finally, I ended my act by posing on stage, atop my trusted steed, until the curtain closed. I was still standing, still breathing, with my wig atop my head—SUCCESS!
Since then, I’ve learned how to select better shoes, bobby pin a wig, and to shift my attention toward the intention of my act. I am better able to maintain a strong personal presence from the top of my act until my final bow. Today we're talking specifically about the intentions of our entrances and exits. How you enter and leave the stage is just as important as what you do while you’re on the stage. For example…
Sinner Saint Burlesque - photo by Greg Holloway
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Sinner Saint Burlesque - photo by Chris Blakely
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Sinner Saint Burlesque - POC photo
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A performer might enter by bursting through the curtains, by walking through the audience from the back of the
room, or by posing
on stage in the dark. She begins the act with her intention in mind. She may choose to exit with a curtsy, leave coyly
before the music ends, or take a grand bow depending on the impact she wants to make on the
audience.
A performer’s bow is unique to their character. Check out these examples. What would your bow look like? How would it reflect your intentions and your personal presence? Go on. Try it out! Practice in front of a mirror. Find your own unique, signature bow.
Leadership, like performing, requires a strong presence from start to finish. Your entrances and exits become the practice that people remember you by, and the ritual for how you begin/end relationships. You leave more than an impression, you leave a legacy. When you enter a room, what do you bring with you? When you exit a room, what does your presence leave behind? What do people remember about you after you’ve interacted with them?
A performer’s bow is unique to their character. Check out these examples. What would your bow look like? How would it reflect your intentions and your personal presence? Go on. Try it out! Practice in front of a mirror. Find your own unique, signature bow.
Leadership, like performing, requires a strong presence from start to finish. Your entrances and exits become the practice that people remember you by, and the ritual for how you begin/end relationships. You leave more than an impression, you leave a legacy. When you enter a room, what do you bring with you? When you exit a room, what does your presence leave behind? What do people remember about you after you’ve interacted with them?
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Today, reflect on your entrances and exits:
Do you have a signature way you like to start and end a meeting? What unique rituals start and end your day? What do you want people to think, feel, or want as a result of working with you? Practice your signature bow in front of a mirror or before a meeting. Then take a tip from the past two lessons, and see how BIG you can make it! |
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Feeling daring? Perform your bow for a friend. Have her describe what your bow reveals about you and your presence! Then invite her to sign up using this link.
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The sacred and the profane exist as two sides of the same coin. The earth itself has become a dwelling place for the divine. Explore this tantalizing dichotomy with the ladies of Sinner Saint Burlesque and discover just how tempting it is when the depraved and the worshipful collide. Partake in sensual spirituals and convene with decadent deities. Allow us to lead you to the gardens of pleasure and delights. Sinner Saint Burlesque presents, "The Sacred and The Profane", where good is irreverent and evil is irrelevant.
Join us for our pre-show experience service! Confess your sins in the confessional, take a sacrament of sexy from our heavenly bodies, and explore what it truly means to connect to your inner Aphrodite. Come worship at the altar of the Burlesque Goddess, bow down to the divine feminine and take the body of delicious deities. Location: Seattle Immersive Theatre 701 5th Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109 Early service starts at 7pm, Thursday-Sunday Additional late night service starts at 10pm, Friday and Saturday Tickets here. |
