Burlesque v. Geisha or democratising the erotic

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06 March 2009In the East and the West there are two different sexualised art forms. There's high culture geisha in Japan and low culture burlesque in Europe. Whereas burlesque is going through a revival, geisha is vanishing.

A palpable cultural shift has occurred in Europe in recent years which has allowed burlesque to become, while not mainstream, certainly a socially acceptable form of entertainment. The London Burlesque Festival was inaugurated two years ago and last year the - ironically named - Ministry of Burlesque acquired a seven-figure investment from a major mainstream media company to create a TV channel and studios exclusively committed to burlesque.

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