About
Brooke Bird is a dancer for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
Burlesque en pointe is a rare thing, and it's Brooke Bird's signature. Classically trained, the Melbourne artist brings precision, grace and old-world glamour to routines that run from classic burlesque danced to vintage jazz, Pink Pussycat and Black and Tan Fantasy among them, through to neo pieces set to Blondie and Gwen Stefani. She's toured Australia and Europe, and the act is deliberately tasteful: polished, playful and suited to mixed crowds at corporate events, private parties, hens parties and festivals. Music runs through the venue's sound system, staging can be a clear performance area or roving through the room, and single routines, encores or multi-performance sets are styled to fit the program, with photo opportunities on offer too.
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The show
A classic burlesque routine, polished and built around your event rather than dropped in off the shelf. It's showgirl striptease done with elegance: playful, glamorous, and confident enough to hold a room without making anyone uncomfortable. That last part is deliberate, because these crowds are usually mixed. So you get the old-world glamour and the tease without the night tipping somewhere you didn't intend.
On the day
Music plays back through the venue's own sound system, so there's no rig to find. For the performance itself, either a clear area to work in or enough room to move through the crowd, whichever suits your floor plan. The one firm ask is a private dressing room with a mirror. Costume changes and en pointe work both need somewhere proper to get ready.
Performance options
You can book a single routine, add an encore later in the night, or have a multi-performance set styled around your running order. Which one works depends on how long your program is and where the gaps sit. Photo opportunities and a meet and greet with guests can be part of it too, and that tends to be the bit people talk about afterwards.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
What they perform
Classic Burlesque: vintage jazz tunes
- Pink Pussycat, Black & Tan Fantasy, Egyptian Fantasy
- Call Me - Blondie, What U Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani, Gang - Anoraak
