Photo Essay: Moonstruck Burlesque
Clementine rests in her bed at her home in Athens, Ohio, after a dance rehearsal for a performance.
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Clementine rests in her bed at her home in Athens, Ohio, after a dance rehearsal for a performance.
After the show, Clementine, left, Robin Bordeaux, center, and Rena LaMarr enjoy pizza they picked up after the show at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio. The performers were starving after the show because the show lasted into the early morning hours.
Rena LaMarr and Clementine leave Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio around 1:30 AM. The two are residents of Southeastern Ohio, so they had a long drive back home from Columbus.
Clementine, right, laughs at Aaron Ashby's, a performer based in Pickerington, Ohio, dancing at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio. The performers hung out at the burlesque bar after their show and goofed around with each other.
Clementine's hair flies in the air while she dances on stage at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio.
Parts of Rena LaMarr's costume lay on the stage with tips thrown on top at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio. LaMarr said she is sure to throw pieces of clothing she has taken off far behind where she is performing so she does not accidentally trip.
Clementine swings her jacket around as she starts to take her clothes off during her second number of the night at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio.
Clementine goes up on stage after being introduced by Touchstone the Tramp, who is coming off stage. This was Touchstone the Tramp's second time emceeing for Moonstruck Burlesque, and will continue to be a part of the troupe's shows. Touchstone dresses as a sad clown and mixes dry humor into introductions for each performer.
Julie Moore, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, places money in Rena LaMarr's G-string with her mouth at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio. Every once in a while, performers have to deal with rambunctious spectators.
Robin Bordeaux, who is from Columbus, Ohio, and has been performing burlesque for five years, laughs at Clementine's "70s Porno" costume at at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio, in between their numbers.
The crowd watches Rena LaMarr perform a number at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio.
Rena LaMarr performs her second number of the night at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio.
Rena LaMarr pulls up a fishnet stocking while getting ready for her first number for a show at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio. Performers prepared in the attic of the bar before going on stage.
Clementine flaunts her G-string she will be wearing for one of her numbers at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio. Burlesque dancers tend to wear many layers which include some sort of cover up, a bra, underwear, pasties to cover their nipples, and G-strings.
Rena LaMarr applies lipstick in the attic of Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio, before performing her first number of the night.
Clementine styles her hair before a show at Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint at 2598 N High St, in Columbus, Ohio. Before driving to Columbus from Athens, Ohio, Clementine put her hair up in curlers so it was curly for the show.
Papi, Rena LaMarr's dog, licks Rena while she is sewing on decorations to a bra in her home in Chauncey, Ohio.
Rena LaMarr glues rhinestones on a large feather fan in her home in Chauncey, Ohio. Rena LaMarr likes to add a little shimmer to her fans so they sparkle just enough on stage to catch the eyes of the audience.
Rena LaMarr sews decorations onto a bra for for a mermaid themed costume in her home in Chauncey, Ohio. Burlesque dancers buy all kinds of costume pieces, and then sew things on to make it showy and glittery on stage.
Rena LaMarr leads burlesque practice in Kantner Hall, at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio.