Don’t forget to sign up for our specialty workshops in February: the Valentine Vixen and the Sweetheart Vixen!

The Valentine Vixen

Available Sunday, February 5^th, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Learn a sultry and sassy burlesque style dance number that’s sure to make any bad boy whimper in this two-hour specialty workshop at the Bombshell Dance Studio!

The Sweetheart Vixen

Available Saturday, February 4^th, 4:30 – 6:00 pm or Sunday, February 5^th, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

Learn the ultimate lap dance tease to please your Valentine in this Bombshell Specialty Workshop! A combo of the Science of the Lap Dance and Floorplay, you will learn transition movement, fluidity, and the most popular and seductive moves to create your very own saucy Valentine’s lap dance!

“Express” is offered on Saturdays in February, 12:30 – 1:30 pm in Fort Worth, TX.  Class size is limited.  Students must rsvp in advance through the Bombshell Dance Studio by calling 682-300-9150. Rate: $65.00

Not ready for a workshop? Begin your burlesque dance education at one of our weekly Burlesque Dance Classes at the Bombshell!

Early Bird January discount:  Pay by Monday, January 2^nd and receive $10.00 off your first dance class or workshop series. Pay by phone at 682-300-9150. Pay in studio Dec. 31 (10am – 12pm) or Jan. 2 (5pm – 7pm).

Please read on for descriptions & additional information.

The Hot Seat

Level 1 – Beginner/Intermediate

Available Monday nights (Jan. 9, 16, 23, & 30), 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

One of our most popular BBS workshops!  Incorporates burlesque style choreography with the featured dance prop: the chair. The Hot Seat is a great introductory class for those new to dance or the burlesque style of dancing.

 Voodoo

Level I/II – Beginner/Intermediate

Available Saturdays (Jan. 7, 14, 21, & 28), 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Express desire and passion with this original BBS burlesque dance.  Suggested dance props:  trench coat and sunglasses.

Tango

Level I/II – Beginner/Intermediate

Available Saturdays (Jan. 7, 14, 21, & 28), 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

This BBS workshop takes a walk on the sinister side of love.  Betrayal, deceit and revenge inspire this cabaret-burlesque style dance number.

Seduction

Level II – Intermediate (Beginners must get teacher approval)

Available Sundays (Jan. 8, 15, 22, & 29), 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

BBS workshop Seduction: A dance of seduction, with emphasis on fluid isolations and our signature burlesque style of movement.

All January BBS workshops are held at the Bombshell Dance Studio in Fort Worth, TX.

First BBS workshop is $65.00; each additional workshop is $35.00.  Classes are limited in size.

All prices are plus tax; must rsvp and pay in advance for your place in class and to receive the early bird discount.  Students who rsvp and pay first day of class will not receive discount.

We would also like to give a special thanks to Hyena’s Comedy Night Club and their employees for sponsoring Candyland! and accommodating us for this event, as well as our additional sponsors supplying lights and sound system and creating a extraordinary stage experience for our performers, and OMGHairstyles.

Thank you all for the generous toy donations for the Brandon Bass Reach Back Foundation.  See you at Candyland! A Night of Sweets! next year!

Happy Holidays!

The Goldsat National Nutcracker Award (aka the “Nutty”) is an annual contest of Nutcracker productions in the nation.  Each nominated Nutcracker is chosen “for being one of the most beloved Nutcrackers in the country.”

The “Burlesque Nutcracker” is written by Mark-Brian Sonna, and choreographed by the Velvet Kittens’ very own artistic director/choreographer Jana Edele and Mark-Brian Sonna of MBS Productions, and features it’s own Velvet Kittens cast!

To learn more about the annual “Burlesque Nutcracker” show and to reserve tickets, please visit here.

Visit the Velvet Kittens Sponsors:

When:  Sunday, December 11, 2011

Where: Hyena’s Comedy Night Club in Downtown Fort Worth (605 Houston Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102)

Time:  Doors open at 6:30 pm; Showtime is 7:00 pm

Admission:  One unwrapped toy (or $20.00 without toy)

 Candyland! A Night of Sweets! features an all star cast of professional dancers, actors, singers, & comedians, and variety of dance styles including jazz, ballet, tap, burlesque, & cabaret.  This light-hearted, bawdy variety show is one holiday treat you don’t want to miss!  Guest performances by the Bombshell Dance Studio and Burlesque Body Sculpt ™ students.  Admission is one unwrapped toy, or $20.00 at the door. No reservations needed; first come first seated.

Candyland!  A Night of Sweets is sponsored by Hyena’s Comedy Night Club, OMG Hairstyles, Burlesque Body Sculpt ™, and the Bombshell Dance Studio.  All toys collected go to the Brandon Bass Reach Back Foundation.

About the Velvet Kittens of Le Cabaret Burlesque:

The Velvet Kittens of Le Cabaret Burlesque present Variety Theatre and Vintage Night Club Entertainment at local venues in the Dallas and Fort Worth area.  Our ensemble cast features classically trained and professional dancers, singers, actors and comedians in a full-length variety show influenced by the genres of vaudeville, cabaret, burlesque, and theatrical musicals.  The Velvet Kittens of Le Cabaret Burlesque’s Variety Shows take you on a comical-dancical-musical journey that’s unlike anything else in Dallas-Fort Worth!  Fasten your seatbelts…it’s going to be a hysterical, titillating, & wild ride!

Tickets now on sale!

November 25 – December 27, 2011

The Beulaville Baptist Book Club Presents: A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker!
By Mark-Brian Sonna

Are you tired of the typical Holiday shows? Come check ours out! The women of the Beulaville Baptist Book Club are in dire straits financially, and as a last ditch attempt to save their book club they decide to do a fundraiser and hire the Beaumont Ballet to perform Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker”. Madge’s Piña Colada Casserole unfortunately sickens the entire cast with food poisoning and they are unable to perform. Luckily, there is another dance troop in town. It seems the Velvet Kittens Burlesque Dancers are stuck in Beulaville because their van broke down on their way to New Orleans. Madge has never heard of Burlesque, or as she pronounces it “Bur-less-Q”, and in an act of necessity hires the dance troupe to do “The Nutcracker”. The end result? The most original, unusual, and comical Nutcracker you have ever seen!

The show will be presented at the Stone Cottage Theatre, 15650 Addison Road, Addison TX 75001, 214-477-4942.

Directed by: Charles Ballinger

Choreography by: Mark-Brian Sonna (MBS Productions) and Jana Edele (The Velvet Kittens of Le Cabaret Burlesque)

Visit the Burlesque Nutcracker website here.

See what the critics are saying…

“The choreography by Mark-Brian Sonna and
Jana Edele, is ingenious, inspired and amusing. By turns graceful and bawdy, with just the right balance of edification and dance-hall shimmy.”
Christopher Soden – Edge Dallas

The Beulaville Baptist Book Club Presents: A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker is laugh out loud funny. The playwright/actor Sonna is insane, funny and smart.

A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker bumps and grinds its way to big laughs.”
Marilee Vergati – Examiner.com

“rollicking irreverent…
Once you’ve seen it, it will become a new (grown-up) tradition for your family every Christmas.”
Carol Anne Gordon, Associate Theatre Critic for John Garcia’s THE COLUMN

“Whoo-hoo!”
Gini Moscorro – KERA FM

“An unqualified hoot.
Highly recommended.”
Mike Orren – PegasusNews.com

“MBS Productions have shunned tradition and has delivered a new holiday favorite all wrapped up and tied up with a fishnet stocking.”
Lyle Huchton, Associate Theater Critic for John Garcia’s THE COLUMN

“MBS Productions lovingly spoofs ‘The Nutcracker,’ and the result is plum funny, sugar.”
-Mark Lowry, TheaterJones.com

“..is as ridiculously fun as its title suggests….
This is a ‘Nutcracker’ for anyone who always wanted to chuckle during the ballet but didn’t feel they could. Here, it’s encouraged.”
Arnold Wayne Jones – Dallas Voice

“MBS Productions’ A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker  transcends the conventional with gleeful delight and sends its audience out into the night with ho ho ho holiday hubba-hubba.”
Alexandra Bonifield – PegasusNews.com
 

“Nothing enlivens family holiday gatherings quite like a burlesque routine.”
Jessey Hughey - Dallas Observer

“See a naughty Nutcracker…The fictional Beaulaville is possibly the only place on earth not familiar with burlesque, and high comedy ensues when the characters (and the audience) get exposed to it.”
S. Anne Durham – Dallas Observer

Recipient of the 2008 Column Award Nomination as
BEST NEW PLAY OF THE YEAR

All students who attend the BBS “Don’t Tell Mama” workshop will have the opportunity to perform in the Velvet Kittens of Le Cabaret Burlesque’s annual holiday charity show Candyland! A Night of Sweets on Sunday, December 11^th at 7:00 pm in Dallas.

The Verandah Club is located at 2201 N. Stemmons Freeway, 75207.

Dance Audition is Sunday, October 30th at 5:00 pm.  All dancers are requested to RSVP for the audition (rsvp information listed at the end of the casting notice). Auditions will be at the Stone CottageTheatre, 15650 Addison Rd, Addison, TX 75001

We are looking for dancers for the upcoming events:

Theatre Production:

THE BEULAVILLE BAPTIST BOOK CLUB PRESENTS: A BUR-LESS-Q NUTCRACKER!

By Mark-Brian Sonna
Directed by Charles Ballinger
Choreography by Mark-Brian Sonna & Jana Edele
Dance auditions will commence at 5 PM, acting auditions will begin at 7 PM. Rehearsals begin November 1. The show runs November 25 through December 27 at the Stone CottageTheatre. To read more about this particular show, visit here.

Charity Show:

CANDYLAND! A NIGHT OF SWEETS

Choreographed/Directed by Jana Edele

Rehearsal schedule tbd to coordinate with cast availability.

Showdate Dec. 11, 2011

7:00 pm (Venue in Dallas, TX, tba)

On-going New Velvet Kitten Show:

VARIETY SHOW

Choreographed/Directed by Jana Edele

Rehearsal schedule tbd.  New show will feature a rotating cast of singers, dancers, comedians, and actors at a new venue in Dallas beginning in Jan. 2012.  Currently auditioning dancers only. Opening date: Jan. 2012

To attend Sunday’s auditions, please visit here, and at the bottom of the page please click on “Request an audition.”  Or email info@mark-briansonna.com or call 214-477-4942.

Special classes added to the October schedule! Available on Oct. 24 and 31, Intro to Tap Dance (tap shoes not required to attend…wear any type of shoes that you have and feel comfortable in dancing in!), Intro to Burlesque Body Sculpt ™, and learn a complete burlesque-cabaret style dance number in two classes to the new BBS workshop “Don’t Tell Mama!” 

NEW OCTOBER SCHEDULE

October 24/31

5:30 pm Intro to Tap (45 minutes)

6:15 pm Intro to Burlesque Body Sculpt ™ (30 minutes)

7:00 – 8:30 pm “Don’t Tell Mama” workshop Part I & II

NOVEMBER SCHEDULE 

NOVEMBER 7, 14, 21, 28

5:30 pm Intro to Tap (45 min)

6:15 pm “Don’t Tell Mama” Performance Prep class (45 min)

7:15 pm “Naughty and Nice Vixen” Workshop (60 min)

8:15 pm “Naughty and Nice Vixen” Performance Prep class (30 min)

RATES

PRE-REGISTRATION RATE IS FOR PAYMENT RECEIVED BY 6PM ON FRIDAY, OCT 21^st

Six-week inclusive price for all workshops

PRE-REGISTRATION $115.00 + tax (OR two installments of $57.50 + tax:  Oct 21/Nov 14)

Regular Registration $135.00 + tax (OR two installments of $67.50 + tax:  Oct 21/Nov 14)

Don’t Tell Mama Workshop only (not performing) (Oct. 24 & 31)

PRE-REGISTRATION $35

Regular Registration $50

Don’t Tell Mama Workshop & Performance Prep

PRE-REGISTRATION $65

Regular Registration $80

Naughty and Nice Workshop only (not performing)

PRE-REGISRATION $50

Regular Registration $65

Naughty and Nice Workshop & Performance Prep

PRE-REGISTRATION $75

Regular Registration $90

Intro to Tap/Intro to Burlesque Classes (included in all inclusive fee)

$10.00 drop-in for one; $15 for both in one night

Verandah Club members check with Cara for rates.

To register or questions, please call Cara Young at 214-761-7895; cara.young@hilton.com. Dallas BBS classes are at the Verandah Club (2201 N. Stemmons Freeway, 75207).