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As a newbie to the burlesque scene I've noticed that many performers use a personal touch when using social media (such as yourself) with very little line between the performer and who they are personally. Do you recommend this kind of transparency?
I do recommend this kind of transparency, actually. If you intend to continue performing for a long time, it will become increasingly difficult to seperate your "performance persona" from your real personality, especially online, especially if you don't want to have 2 profiles on every site (your "real" profile and your "performer" profile, one of which will naturally suffer because you're more interested in maintaining the other).
But it's also important to remember that, as a performer, you are actually selling yourself as a product. You can't get around it, so how you represent yourself can affect your hire-ability - for better or worse. Some folks in power may respond very positively to something you post, and some may respond very poorly to the exact same post.
It's definitely subjective - most corporate entities couldn't care less about a post I make that asks local performers to up the bar, consider politics, or stop asking for applause - but other local producers might care very much, or even be offended!
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Vaudezilla's Red Hot...’s Bio
Chicago Burlesque Dancer



