Immodesty Blaize

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Appearance at the Miss Exotic World Pageant

Immodesty Blaize (* 1978 in Hitchin , United Kingdom as Kelly Fletcher ) is an internationally performing British burlesque dancer. In June 2007 she was voted Miss Exotic World 2007 in Las Vegas .

Life

Although she originally worked in television productions, for example she won a prize for directing a commercial for the Nobel Prize ceremony, she began performing burlesque in the mid-1990s. She says about this time: “I really worked in a vacuum. Few people knew what it was and it was hard work convincing them that I was no ordinary stripper ”. Blaize performed in small underground clubs in the early years of her career. She is considered to be one of the initiators of the revival of the burlesque scene. In 2003 she ended her work as a producer and director in the advertising industry and concentrated exclusively on appearances as a burlesque artist and moved the genre into attention with some highly regarded appearances from the subculture of the general public.

She is often referred to as the undisputed queen of British burlesque or Britain's best showgirl . Blaize brought burlesque back to the historic Windmill Theater after 30 years and took on the lead role in the West End show Burlesque , known in the UK from television interviews such as the BBC Women's Hour or documentaries.

Appearances and interviews

In addition to appearances at events such as Christian Dior , Cartier , Ascot Racecourse and others, she has appeared many times on British television and on stages:

  • Faking It (TV Series)
  • The New Paul O'Grady Show
  • Balderdash and Piffle , BBC
  • Britain's next top model , Living TV
  • I'd Do Anything by Graham Norton and Andrew Lloyd Webber , BBC
  • My Body Hell , BBC
  • Casualty (as a choreographer), BBC
  • The Immodest Tease Show

Web links

Commons : Immodesty Blaize  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guardian Unlimited Arts: "Portrait: Immodesty Blaize " Last accessed May 18, 2008
  2. ↑ Time Out London: Immodesty Blaize: Interview ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Quote: “I really was working in a vacuum. Very few people knew what it was, and I had a hard job to convince people that I wasn't going to do the classic Stringfellows stripper. "  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.timeout.com
  3. ^ Times, November 2004 issue. The Face, 2004
  4. ^ Sunday Times, April 2005. Saturday Times, 2005
  5. ↑ Style Magazine, May 2005, New Paul O'Grady Show 2007
personal data
SURNAME Blaize, Immodesty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fletcher, Kelly (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British burlesque dancer
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Hitchin , United Kingdom