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A Burlesque Evening with Improv-a-Tease

Did you make it to the 5th Annual Shimmy Showdown? On January 22, Tessa von Twinkle and Lola van Ella kicked off the three night burlesque extravaganza with Improv-A-Tease: Live! at the Bootleg, a new performance space in Atomic Cowboy. Performers walk on stage completely unaware of the song or style of music Improv-a-Band was about to play, and yet they gave it their all.

Photos by Steve Truesdell for the Riverfront Times.

See also:
-Photos: The Shimmy Showdown at Off Broadway (NSFW)
-Photos: The Year in Burlesque 2014 (NSFW)

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Reigning Shimmy Showdown champion Siobhan Atomica from Lexington, Kentucky.

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Clownvis Presley, The king of Clowns knows how sing and how to work that banana magic.

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Foxy le Feelion, local lady and 2012 Shimmy showdown champ.

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Foxy le Feelion, local lady and 2012 Shimmy showdown champ.

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Bombshell Gurl Haggard from Indianapolis.

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Gurl Haggard from the backside.

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It gets hard to keep a beat when distractions such as Gurl Haggard and her feather boa bend and shake.

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Lolla Von Ella sharing another beautiful talent with the audience --her voice. No lip-synching here.

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Jeez Loueez from Chicago takes gulps of PBR in between losing a few garments. PBR and burlesque: is there anything better? her act was playing drunk and stripping

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