We're staying in Texas today because,
once I land in Austin, I don't like to leave. It's a land of amazing
live music, tons of outdoor activities, some of the most delicious food
on the planet, and The Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue.
Most burlesque performers are independent contractors, as it were, but sometimes they choose to band together and transform into Burlesque Voltron, aka a troupe! Troupes can have different performance aesthetics and different criteria for allowing people to join, but I love what The Jigglewatts have crafted over the years. They've essentially formed a troupe full of headliners, each who could carry a show on any given night, so you know when you're buying a ticket that the level of performance you'll see all evening is exceedingly high.
But it's not a cookie cutter situation where the members are expected to only perform certain kinds of acts in certain ways. The Jigglewatts bring classic burlesque, humor, singing, acrobatics...pretty much anything a seasoned audience member would expect from a variety show. I'm admittedly a total mark for this troupe because when I started watching burlesque, co-founders Ruby Joule and Coco Lectric were some of the first professionally polished and inspiring performers I got to see. As I met more of the troupe, and the badassery kept stacking up at unbelievable levels, I just gave myself over to it. Why deny the greatness directly in front of you?
The Jigglewatts have lost, gained and re-gained a few members over the years, but the current line-up of Ruby Joule, Jolie Goodnight, Ruby Lamb, Something Blue, Lola LeStrange, Layna D'Luna, Pearl Lux and Alexander The Great is something to behold. A lot of the members travel out of town for other shows, produce other shows all over the place, and continue to do their thing for the wider arts community as individuals. But you can be sure that, at least once a month, they'll again form Burlesque Voltron and put on as entertaining a show as you could hope to find as The Jigglewatts.
To paraphrase Elvis, I can't help falling in #JiggleLove.
Most burlesque performers are independent contractors, as it were, but sometimes they choose to band together and transform into Burlesque Voltron, aka a troupe! Troupes can have different performance aesthetics and different criteria for allowing people to join, but I love what The Jigglewatts have crafted over the years. They've essentially formed a troupe full of headliners, each who could carry a show on any given night, so you know when you're buying a ticket that the level of performance you'll see all evening is exceedingly high.
But it's not a cookie cutter situation where the members are expected to only perform certain kinds of acts in certain ways. The Jigglewatts bring classic burlesque, humor, singing, acrobatics...pretty much anything a seasoned audience member would expect from a variety show. I'm admittedly a total mark for this troupe because when I started watching burlesque, co-founders Ruby Joule and Coco Lectric were some of the first professionally polished and inspiring performers I got to see. As I met more of the troupe, and the badassery kept stacking up at unbelievable levels, I just gave myself over to it. Why deny the greatness directly in front of you?
The Jigglewatts have lost, gained and re-gained a few members over the years, but the current line-up of Ruby Joule, Jolie Goodnight, Ruby Lamb, Something Blue, Lola LeStrange, Layna D'Luna, Pearl Lux and Alexander The Great is something to behold. A lot of the members travel out of town for other shows, produce other shows all over the place, and continue to do their thing for the wider arts community as individuals. But you can be sure that, at least once a month, they'll again form Burlesque Voltron and put on as entertaining a show as you could hope to find as The Jigglewatts.
To paraphrase Elvis, I can't help falling in #JiggleLove.
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