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Burlesque
Burlesque
Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects...

is a classic musical or theatrical entertainment of parodic humour.

Burlesque may also refer to:
  • American burlesque
    American burlesque
    American Burlesque is a genre of variety show. Derived from elements of Victorian burlesque, music hall and minstrel shows, burlesque shows in America became popular in the 1860s and evolved to feature ribald comedy and female striptease...

    , a form of variety show popular from the 1860s
  • Burlesque (album)
    Burlesque (album)
    - Personnel :* Jon Boden - lead vocals , fiddle, tambourine* John Spiers - melodeon, anglo-concertina, backing vocals* Benji Kirkpatrick - guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, banjo, backing vocals* Andy Mellon - trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals...

    , by Bellowhead
  • Burlesque (band)
    Burlesque (band)
    Burlesque were an English pub rock band formed in London in 1972 and disbanded in 1977. Core members were Billy Jenkins and Ian Trimmer, who after Burlesque had disbanded went on to record and perform as Trimmer and Jenkins.-Albums:...

    , London pub rock band
  • Burlesque (film)
    Burlesque (film)
    Burlesque is a 2010 musical film directed and written by Steven Antin and starring Christina Aguilera and Cher. The film was released on November 24, 2010 in North America....

    , a 2010 film starring Christina Aguilera and Cher
  • Burlesque (soundtrack)
    Burlesque (soundtrack)
    Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album by Christina Aguilera and Cher from the film of the same name. It was released on November 22, 2010 by RCA Records. The first buzz single from the soundtrack "Express" was released on November 19, 2010. The other two singles from...

    , to the 2010 film
  • "Burlesque", a song on the Bandstand
    Bandstand (album)
    -Side two:The CD release on Mystic Records also contains the following bonus tracks:* "The Rockin Rs" - original B side of "Burlesque"* "No Mule's Fool" * "Good News - Bad News" * "Weavers Answer" -Personnel:...

    album by Family
  • Burlesque (play), by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins
    Arthur Hopkins
    Arthur Hopkins was a Broadway theater director and producer in the early twentieth century.Hopkins was born in Cleveland. He was the youngest of ten children born to a Welsh couple, David and Mary Jane Hopkins...

    , filmed as The Dance of Life
    The Dance of Life
    The Dance of Life is the first of three film adaptations of the popular Broadway play Burlesque, the others being Swing High, Swing Low and When My Baby Smiles at Me . The Dance of Life was made with Technicolor sequences, directed by John Cromwell and A...

  • Empire Burlesque
    Empire Burlesque
    Empire Burlesque is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 23rd studio album, released by Columbia Records in June 1985. The album peaked at #33 in the US and #11 in the UK....

    , a 1985 album by Bob Dylan
  • Neo-Burlesque
    Neo-Burlesque
    Neo-Burlesque is the revival and updating of the traditional burlesque performance. Though based on the traditional Burlesque art, the new form encompasses a wider range of performance styles; Neo-burlesque acts can be anything from classic striptease to modern dance to theatrical mini-dramas to...

    , a revival and updating of the traditional American burlesque performance
  • Victorian burlesque, an imitative work that derives humour from an incongruous contrast between style and subject
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