Stay tuned for details about our workshop lineup! We’ll have two days filled with amazing workshops from Tito Bonito, Chola Magnolia, RedBone, and more!!
Pricing will be $20 per workshop.
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Reserve your weekend pass to take ALL workshops! Weekend pass price is $120 – Registration form: https://forms.gle/NDnZrGX6umE6z7MEA
Email us at nmburlesquefestival@gmail.com with any questions!
Friday Workshops
Pleasure & Play with
Nami Flare
This movement workshop is for all levels! Participants will be guided to explore pleasure, self awareness and collective investigation through sensory play, improv and choreography. Come ready to share and explore what brings your body joy!
Costuming with Sneaky Boo
Join the award-winning performer Sneaky Boo for an exciting workshop designed to elevate your costume-making skills. With a rich background in burlesque, costuming, and prop design, Sneaky Boo will share her expert techniques for creating show-stopping ensembles. Participants will explore innovative ways to incorporate personal flair and creativity into their costumes, ensuring each piece tells a unique story. In this class the focus will be rhinestoning and rigging closures for smooth and impressive reveals. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the industry's most talented costume designers and bring your adventurous visions to life!
Power Stances & Posing
with Chola Magnolia
This chingona stage presence class is all about showing up with confidence, intention, and a bit of swagger. Through powerful posing and a short, high-energy dance routine, students will learn how posture, movement, and power stances can transform both how they feel and how they're seen on stage. Expect an upbeat, supportive environment where we'll build strength, presence, and stage-ready confidence-while having fun and striking a few bold poses along the way.
Choreo Made Easy
with RedBone
What is choreography? In a nutshell, choreography is designing & memorizing moments, motion and/or formations to and from the next moment, motion and/or formation. Movement should complement or enhance the story you’re telling, not distract! Keep it simple! Moving with good posture and lines can be just as powerful as intricate choreography. Move right for you and grow from there. Bring heels!
Saturday Workshops
Assels with Tito Bonito
Learn to spin those Assels from the MASTER!!!
Level Up Your Act
with Sepia Jewel
*How to administer helpful self critic when reviewing footage of your acts
* How your act evolves with you
* How to make adjustments and improvements to choreography and costume on a budget
*How to use costume pieces multiple ways
Glitter on the Go
with Vita Devour
Ready to transition from Local Showpony to International Starlet?! In this workshop, Vita Devour shares her personalized tips & tricks to stepping out on the global scene as a budding performer and even planning and booking your very own burlesque tour! This class offers valuable insights into the logistics, strategy, and creative planning required to tour successful
Floorwerk for Plus Sized Bodies
with Ginger Snaps
So you wanna do some slinky floorwork, but how do you even get down there without looking like you're just plopping down for a sit? This workshop focuses on the best transitions and shapes specifically for plus sized folks! We will cover getting to and coming back up from the floor, fun and flirty floor moves, and flexibility moves for those with and without their splits! Kneepads are encourages.
Discover Your Local Burlesque History; presented by Dustin Wax
Learn how to use publicly available resources to explore the history of burlesque in your own community. BHoF Executive Director Dustin M. Wax will show you how to uncover the performers, producers, theaters, and shows that make up the often forgotten and even hidden history of burlesque in your hometown. Use of these tools will be illustrated with a case study on Albuquerque history.