Archive for August, 2010

Next Student Showcase & VK performance: September 18

Reserve the date!  Our next student showcase, featuring live performances by our burlesque students from our Verandah Club Burlesque Body Sculpt classes and workshops, will be Saturday, September 18th in Dallas, TX. The Velvet Kittens of Le Cabaret Burlesque will also feature a special show with our dancers. Additional show information will be released shortly, […]

Jazz Class this Saturday

House of Funk Theatre Company presents jazz class with Jana Edele, artistic director and choreographer of the Velvet Kittens of Le Cabaret Burlesque! When:  Saturday, August 28, 2010 Time:  3:30 – 5:00 pm Genre:  Jazz Where:  Taylor Dance Center (1434 N. Central Expwy., McKinney, TX 75069) Cost:  $15.00 (if RSVP by August 27), or $20.00 […]

Dancing at the Top

The Verandah Club at the Anatole Hilton in Dallas, home of the Velvet Kittens’ Burlesque Body Sculpt and Dance Classes, has been named one of the top three best hotel fitness centers (from September issue of Inc. Magazine).  Also on the list the Four Seasons in San Francisco and the W in downtown New York.  […]

August Featured Workshop begins tonight

Insatiable Burlesque (Aug. 9, 16, 23, and 30th), 6:30 – 7:30 PM Dance up a storm with classic moves of burlesque in this month’s featured burlesque series:  The Insatiable Burlesque Workshop.  This 4-class workshop combines characteristic American cabaret and burlesque choreography with the Burlesque Body Sculpt foundation. Classy, chic, and coy describe this playful choreography, […]

Midnight Cabaret-Burlesque Show

The Velvet Kittens of Le Cabaret Burlesque will be performing Saturday, August 21st for the charity event, Can’t Stop the Serenity, benefiting Equality Now (international women’s rights advocacy group).  This all night event featuring five musical acts, the VK’s Cabaret-Burlesque show, and also a special performance by the Velvet Kittens’ very own burlesque students! CSTS […]

Burlesque Workshop “The Hot Seat” begins Thursday!

Sizzle in the Hot Seat!!  Work up a sweat as you sizzle and burn in our burlesque workshop “The Hot Seat!” from our Summertime Blues Workshop Series!  “The Hot Seat” takes Burlesque Body Sculpting to a new level.  Beginning with stretching and toning, we then move to sassy burlesque dancing, working with our dance prop […]

Dance Auditions

House of Funk Theatre Company is holding an open call for upcoming production: Spook Fest. HOF is looking for dancers and actors, and requesting actors prepare a brief skit from Michael Jackson’s “Ghosts.” Audition Date:  Saturday, August 7 Time: 5:00 PM Where:  Taylor Dance Center (1434 N. Central Expressway, McKinney TX 75069). HOF requests:  dancers […]

Broadway Intensive Workshop

From Taylor Dance Center (1434 N. Central Expressway, McKinney TX 75069, taylordancecenter.com): Students get a glimpse into the life of Broadway with this 2 hour intensive taught by Radio City Rockette, Corinne Tighe. Dancers 11 & up are eligible to attend. Date:    Thursday, August 5th Time:    6:30 – 8:30 Fee:      $50 The goal of this […]