Author Lily Burana has founded a burlesque school especially for military spouses. Free to spouses of all branches, Burana hopes to help those dealing with deployment.
Burana is the author of the memoir Strip City [Miramax, 2003] and the Western novel Try [St. Martin's Griffin, 2007]. In 2009 she published her third book, the memoir I Love a Man in Uniform [Weinstein Books, 2009] which chronicles her transformation from a former punk rock stripper to wife of an Officer in the United States Army. Her latest book describes many of the challenges of a military wife, such as the complicated etiquette, the stress of deployment and the experience of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Toward the end of the book, Burana writes of her desire to help other wives of deployed soldiers. She writes, “I wanted them to feel confident that when they faced their husbands again, they’d be strong and sexy. But mostly I wanted them to be there for themselves.” To achieve this, Burana came up with the idea of “Operation Bombshell”, the world’s only burlesque school for military wives.
Open to military wives of all branches, Operation Burlesque is a 90-minute burlesque class taught by Burana. The routines are choreographed by Jo Weldon, headmistress of The New York School of Burlesque. Burana stresses that there is no nudity involved in the burlesque routines and that classes are open to all levels of physical ability; no previous dance training is required.
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Operation Bombshell's website HERE.
I hope some of the wives at Dover Air Force Base see this.
ReplyDeleteWhere were wives that look like that being handed out when I was in the military? Oh. Strip clubs.
ReplyDeleteWhere do I sign up?
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It's a Shame people see life this way.
ReplyDeleteTo feel strong and sexy, pick up a book and learn something and make something with your hands. This is so superficial. Much like a easter egg with nothing inside.
ReplyDelete12:50 it's a shame that there is always an a$$ like you in every comment page
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