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TASSELS will twirl and feathers fly in Fortitude Valley tomorrow as a burlesque revival snowballs in popularity.
Students of Lola the Vamp's new six-week burlesque course will sauce it up for a graduation show, showing off their shimmies and bump-and-grinds.
It is rumoured that the 26-year-old herself will perform as she prepares for her turn in the Miss Exotic World Pageant in Las Vegas later this month, the world's biggest burlesque dance reunion and competition.
"It's a lifestyle. There's so much preparation that goes into it - - dance classes, rehearsals, hair curling, depilation," she says.
"It is so popular because you can create your own styles, whatever you are into -- Goth, rockabilly.
"To me, burlesque is all about the story you tell with the objects. I...