Everything old is new again! The 21st century has seen a massive renaissance in the timeless art of the tease. You probably are not as far as you think from great local burlesque shows in your area, so here’s why making a date night at the cabaret can be great for your own little stage back home.

Let’s get loud!

It is perfectly natural to feel hoarse in the throat after watching a great burlesque show! Audiences are always encouraged to hoot and holler at the shedding of each layer on stage. The best performers will even begin to disrobe, but sadly and coquettishly turn away if the audience doesn’t sound excited enough at first. This is a great lesson in nonverbal cues for the bedroom; signalling what you love with sighs and moans encourages more of the same, and watching your partner for encouraging reactions to bold new moves shows you’re an attentive lover as interested in giving as receiving.

Close quarters

The first thing you’ll notice about a great burlesque show is how how much attention goes into the ambience. Candlelight, small intimate tables, inviting sofas and red velvet curtains for miles. The ambience is warm, soft and small, allowing the performers to appear to take up much more room on stage. A couple watching a burlesque show is encouraged to snuggle up close together, look at each other with approving glances at tantalizing twirls of the performers. Keeping a hand on your dates thigh or the small of their back allows you to signal when you see something you like with an affectionate squeeze or caress.

Slow and Steamy

Burlesque star and author Scarlett James writes that there’s nothing conservative about a little old fashioned feminine mystery to take your sexuality to new depths. Great performances prove burlesque is all about milking the moment of disrobing, and getting a jump on physical stimulation before anyone’s completely naked. A great takeaway would be watching for costume pieces that remind you of your own sexy clothes a lingerie, and recreating that suspenseful strip tease for your partner. Let dresses slowly slide off each and every hug and curve of your body, or unbutton a blouse with deliberate and exaggerated effort in your arms and your face. The longer you take to peel off the layers, the more worked up your eager partner will get watching!