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The Vancouver International Burlesque Festival
21st Century Pin Ups Magazine - Sunday, August 05, 2007
by Mark Fisher
As burlesque and pin-up culture continue to gain momentum worldwide, Vancouver has long been recognized as having one of the most
respected scenes in the world. Over the last 8 years Vancouver's burlesque community has grown in leaps and bounds. To keep up
with the exploding scene, the festival has been extended into a weeklong format for its 3rd annual celebration!
Presented in multiple venues around Vancouver, this new format allows them to include comedy, music, art, film & spoken word
in a creative, supported and varied celebration of all things burlesque.
For an exciting, exhilarating, and titallating night out, nothing can compare to a Vancouver burlesque show. The city is truly
blessed to have so many talented and vivacious performers who always deliver a performance that leaves your heart racing. The
burlesque scene in Vancouver has been steadily growing over the past several years, with many performers from our fair city being
whisked away to perform all over the world. To further put Vancouver on the map, the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival
(VIBF) was created, and it just concluded its 3rd successful year, running from April 24th to May 4th, making it an incredible 10
days long -- one of the longest celebrations of burlesque in the world.
Having attended the first two VIBFs, it's awe striking to see it become something this big. Was it really only two years ago
that it started as just a weekend? Now it's so big that it's almost impossible to take it all in. The festival has surpassed
its now-humble seeming beginnings to now becoming something akin to the Vancouver Fringe Festival: performances at different
venues each night, workshops during the day, after-parties late into the night, and even an awards gala at the end. In addition
to homegrown talent from across Canada (including Victoria, Saskatoon and Toronto in the form of the Cheesecake Burlesque Revue,
Rosebud Burlesque Club and Mitzy Cream respectively) there were also performers from Seattle, San Francisco, New York, England,
and Australia. The festival is volunteer driven and a lot of people put in a great effort making everything run well. This
couldn't happen if it weren't for a scene that obviously cares a lot about the advancement and enjoyment of burlesque.
Click to read more. 21st Century Pin Ups Magazine - Issue 4, Page 31
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