The 5 most beautiful cabaret dancers

There are many legends about cabaret dancers. They always managed to fascinate men, attract even the most sophisticated audience with their performances and at the same time not cross that very thin line between vulgarity and sexuality. Dita von Teese, Josephine Baker, Mistinguette – these names are certainly familiar to those who at least once dealt with the brightest stars of burlesque. We decided to remember what other cabaret dancers could be included in this list.

Dita Von Teese

Heather Renee Sweet aka Dita Von Teese, remains one of the most famous modern burlesque dancers. Dita began singing in 1992 with a group of dancers who aimed to revive the burlesque genre. He believes that a stylish striptease show is a work of art that requires creativity and dedication, which is why he always accompanies his performances with original props and characters. She is inspired by musicals and films of the 1930s and 1940s. And the key number “A Glass of Martini” has already become a burlesque classic.

Gypsy Rose Lee

American burlesque dancer Rose Louise Howick Gypsy Rose Lee. She grew up in the shadow of her sister, a famous actress named June Havok, but later realized she wanted fame of her own and joined the Minsky Brothers’ burlesque. It was here that she gained the status of an elegant and at the same time humorous striptease dancer. One day, during one of her performances, the straps of her dress came undone, leaving her naked. The audience was stunned but continued to applaud. Later, Gypsy Rose Lee made this trick her signature trick.

Josephine Baker

She is known by various names – “Bronze Venus”, “Black Pearl” and “Creole Goddess”. But perhaps the most famous Josephine Baker. Fearing racial segregation in Missouri, a state in the Midwestern United States, Baker fled to Paris, where she first performed at La Revue Negre in 1925.

He made his name performing at the world-famous Folies Bergere cabaret in Paris. Meanwhile, Isadora Duncan, Edith Piaf, Frank Sinatra and Elton John performed within its walls. But Josephine Baker is remembered not only as a dancer, actress and singer. She fought as an activist against the discrimination of black people. And in 1939, World War II. During World War II, he joined the French army and served as a counterintelligence agent. After the war he was awarded the French Resistance Medal and a Knight of the Legion of Honor.

life jacket

Mae Jane West She was a sex symbol of the 1920s. He made his stage debut at the age of five and achieved great success by starring in the Broadway comedy show “A la Broadway”. After that, he was entrusted with the direction and staging of the plays. In one of them, he was sentenced to 10 days in prison due to too many sex scenes. But as they say, black PR is also PR. This only worked for him and more viewers started coming to his show than before. In 1999, the American Film Institute posthumously named Mae West the 15th greatest female film legend of classic American cinema.

mistinguette

Jeanne Florentin Bourgeois, better known as mistinguette, was a famous French actress, singer and performance artist. She began her dancing career in 1911 at the famous Folies Bergere cabaret and then, like many popular burlesque dancers, performed at the Moulin Rouge. She was called the queen of the Paris “Music Hall”, and thanks to her, huge feathered headdresses became one of the main attributes of cabaret all over the world. Another interesting fact is that Mistenguette’s legs, also known as “the most beautiful legs in Paris”, were insured in 1919 for the huge sum of 500,000 French Francs.

Mistinguette was so passionate about his life’s work that he performed in nightclubs until he was 72.