Chatelaine Gaze at KC Fringe 2025
Let Risqué Revelry take you on a journey spanning hundreds of years of history starting in the mid-1600s. Discover the humble origins of the bawdy and boisterous art form that is burlesque. From commedia del’Arte to Classical, from Raqs Sharqi to Neo you will be entranced by our performers each making their own mark on each era while highlighting the many diverse voices that contributed to this art form that has recently entered its Renaissance!
Who Will Be in the Show?
Our lovely Biblio-Bard will take you on the journey from 1600s Italy, through the 1800s Victorian boom. Then you’ll traverse with our vaudevillian Master of the Mic all the way to the buxom golden era complete with belly dance and finishing out with the modern neo movement.
Featuring the Risquette troupe of the twice nominated Best Burlesque Troupe of Kansas City – Risqué Revelry. Knotty Orchid will hold your hearts hostage as the Harlequinn of Commedia del’Arte. Lillie LaLune will give you Victorian elegance from the 1800s. Tiana Charming will shake and shimmy her garters down as we enter the tempting 20s. Eva Amora will give you Tangolele fervor as she brings us into the 40s.
Kimberly will bring us through the 50s for the Golden Era as we explore the entanglement of Belly Dance and Burlesque. That leaves our tantalizing Naja VeNim rounding us out for the modern era to juxtapose our journey!
Why Call it Chatelaine?
A Chatelaine is a Victorian jewelry piece hung from the belt of the Lady of the Household. A Swiss army knife of the 1800s that carried the most important items needed for daily life.
We chose this name as a hark back that each of our performers are an important piece of what makes a show so magical for the audience. Each piece coming to make a better whole. Modern burlesque is often defined by its creation through the female gaze rather than the male, hence "Chatelaine Gaze".
Want to Help?
We are currently raising funds through gofundme in order to make this the most extravagant production yet! Or you can be the first to buy exclusive merch including troupe photos from our latest troupe shoot by photographer Page 2 Media!
Want to be a Sponsor?
You can also sponsor us directly by emailing risquerevelry@gmail.com with title "Chatelaine Gaze Sponsor" and we can talk about sponsorship tiers! See who has already sponsored our show below.
