Academy of Burlesque and Cabaret

There are very few opportunities in life where someone tells you to jiggle your thigh fat and you don’t want to punch them…
The opportunities where someone tells you to jiggle your thighs and you not only WANT to but you greatly enjoy the process and laugh the whole way through, while listening to great music tracks, swinging feather fans, peeling gloves & cracking jokes?
Those are unicorns.

22 of us booked the academy of burlesque June 2012 for a hen party 2hr lesson and I must say, it was absolutely brilliant!!! Our teacher was Bonbon and she worked previously as a Las Vegas show girl so she had plenty of sexy moves for us and taught us a few easy routines! Thanks Bonbon you made our day! Not only that but the booking process with Jane/​Viva was very professional, she booked our class at a venue close to our accommodation and also in a place where we could continue with our hen party drinking while we danced! Perfect service with such a big group of girls to organise.
Some girls were a little apprehensive before doing the class but by the time we were finished all girls had completely enjoyed themselves!
If you are looking for some real good girlie fun, with a great dance school who are very cheaply priced if you ask me, then book up now with this company I will defiantly be using them again x Little Miss Sparkle x (aka Melissa)

I arranged a Hen Party with the Academy of Burlesque and Cabaret for my sister’s Hen weekend in Exeter, there were 12 of us aged between 19 – 38 with some very apprehensive members of the group! We opted for a pub venue, which made it so much more intimate and provided a better atmosphere, the pre-​drinks were a bonus as well!
Viva was brilliantly helpful and friendly from day one, and communication was excellent and speedy! It was so easy to arrange I decided on a time and everything else was arranged for us.
Our teacher, Miss Blue Belle was fantastic, and being an ex-​international showgirl, it was fascinating to hear about her stories as a burlesque dancer. By the end of it, it felt like she was one of the group.
Even the unsure members of the of the group, who almost pulled out of the weekend because of our activity choice, couldn’t stop laughing! They didn’t at any point during the party feel self conscious and everyone did the little performance at the end of the lesson. It was just great fun from the off, I can’t tell you how much we laughed and still managed to learn some sassy moves!!! :) The girls are still talking about it now and I know they will be for years to come! GREAT FUN!!!
Thank You Again
Devina Jhundoo
(Berkshire)

I thoroughly enjoyed the Academy of Burlesque and Cabaret’s beginners course so a group burlesque lesson was an obvious choice for my recent hen party.
Our instructor Gypsy was fabulous, she immediately put the group at ease. Even the most uncoordinated people in the group managed to follow her instructions which she delivered in a simple but entertaining way. Everybody had a blast, even those who were a bit nervous beforehand. By the end of the lesson even my mum and future mother-​in-​law where twirling their tassels like a pro!
I am sure we will see some fabulous poses in the wedding photos and I guarantee that everybody will be trying the tassel twirling at home! I shall definitely be booking myself into their next course of lessons when I come back from my honeymoon!
–Erika Birse