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New Burlesque Documentary Shows Just How Powerful Getting Naked Can Be<\/b><\/p>\n

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A new documentary is telling the stories of burlesque dancers and revealing just how empowering getting naked<\/a> can be.<\/p>\n

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Directed by James Lester<\/a>, “Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story<\/a>” follows five professional burlesque dancers over the course of four years living and working in New York City. The film features<\/a> Gal Friday<\/a>, Darlinda Just Darlinda<\/a>, Perle Noire<\/a>, Hazel Honeysuckle<\/a> and Minnie Tonka<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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“Getting Naked” highlights<\/a> the bright lights and distinct style of the 100-year-old performance art, while also showing the dancers’ family life and struggles with relationships outside of work. <\/p>\n

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Burlesque, like other types of performance art<\/a>, has the potential to be<\/a> a feminist act<\/a>. “We’re all there doing exactly what we want, not just getting naked<\/a> — we’re there expressing ourselves completely,” one woman<\/a> says in the trailer for the film below. <\/p>\n

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The film’s Kickstarter launched<\/a> on Oct. 15 to raise funds for post-production in order to finish the film.<\/p>\n

According to the film’s director James Lester, the five performers all come from different backgrounds. “Each performer I followed had a different background. But they all arrived to the same place: burlesque,” <\/span>he<\/span> told The Huffington Post “There was a specific moment they realized they were living lives of constraint. Whether it was a dead-end job, or a life of loneliness, or a near-death experience, each woman<\/a> decided for herself, enough is enough, it’s time I live<\/a> a life of liberation and fulfillment. For them, that new life was burlesque.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Darlinda Just Darlinda explained to HuffPost how burlesque has empowered her over her 11-year career. “For me, the empowerment of burlesque comes from audience inspiration,” she said. “They come to see a show and end up feeling empowered about their sexuality, their bodies and they have been entertained.”  <\/p>\n

“Whether it’s body type, skin color, or age, burlesque represents what is actually real, in existence, not what’s been photo-shopped in a magazine or edited on TV,” Lester said. While Darlinda agreed that burlesque “can be tied to feminism,” she said that it “<\/strong>needs to be better curated to include all shapes, sizes and colors.” <\/p>\n

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As Hazel Honeysuckle says in the film<\/a>, “When I do burlesque I can be sexy, I can be stupid, I can be gorgeous, or ugly, or funny. I can do anything I want when I get out on stage, and that’s pretty magical.”<\/p>\n

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Damn straight that’s magical. <\/p>\n

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Head over to the film’s Kickstarter<\/a> or website<\/a> to learn more about the documentary. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Also on HuffPost: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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