Sydney Workshops
Ferri Maya
Workshop 2
Burlyrock
11:05am to 12:05pm
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About Workshop
Burlyrock is all about Rock N’ Roll attitude!
Unleash your rock’n’roll showgirl while building your dance confidence and strengthening technique with Burlyrock!
Ferri Maya will teach you exercises and movement that you can use in your own routines or daily life as well as a Rocking routine so you can walk away feeling strong and confident
Burlyrock will involve a small amount of floor work, and will be adjusted to everyone’s needs. Ferri Maya believes that safety comes first, so she’ll be bringing her bag of leg waves.
This workshop is suitable for beginners to advanced dancers.
Level
Intermediate
Elements
Dance
Who Is This Workshop For?
Absolutely Everybody
What Attendees Need To Bring/Wear?
Water Bottle, Knee Pads, Heels & Fabulous You
About Ferri
Ferri Maya is the longest raining Miss Burlesque Melbourne, 2019-2022, and Miss Burlesque Australia’s most Innovative 2019-2021.
She’s also been internationally crowned New York golden pastie winner for the wild child 2019.
Ferri Maya has over 20 years of dance and theatre training and is currently teaching and mentoring through Bottoms Up dance in Melbourne.
Malaika Moon
Workshop 1
Creating Character
10:00am to 11:00am
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About Workshop
A Workshop on crafting narrative burlesque.
This course will guide you through working smarter not harder, simplifying story-lines and adapting the 3 act structure to your striptease.
Will this all end happily ever after? Sign up and find out!
Level
Open
Elements
Act creation and intentional performance choices.
Primary focusing on character with some movement for activity and participation.
Who Is This Workshop For?
Absolutely Everybody
What Attendees Need To Bring/Wear?
Loose comfortable clothing, heels are not required.
About Malaika
Malaika Moon is a singer, actress and burlesque performer hailing from Perth, Western Australia. Since debuting as a soloist in 2016, she has notably competed in Mx Burlesque Western Australia as a Semi Finalist (2017) and Finalist (2020), performed at ABF in Melbourne for The Blaze Out (2022) and served as a judge for The Apprentease Semi-Finals (2022).
Using her passion for storytelling and music with the medium of burlesque, Moon has carved out a reputation as a powerful and passionate performer with a magnetic stage presence. Each of her acts, whether crafted for humour or horror, focus on taking audiences on a journey with a twist.
Creating character is intended to help performers approach their act creation & performances with a renewed sense of curiosity.
Rainbow
Workshop 6
How to be Fanbulous!
3:25pm to 4:25pm
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About Workshop
HOW TO BE FANBULOUS!
In this workshop you will learn how to dance with silk fan veils starting by establishing a strong fan veil technique base through simple drills and building to a fun choreography.
You will learn fan veil holds or grips; learning right from left fan veils; how to control your fans; how to care for your fans, fan veil figure eights; fan veil dance drills and a short group routine.
Fan veils will be provided for use in class, but you are also welcome to bring your own.
Level
Open
Elements
Fan veils – learning how to hold them, care for them, perform flowing movements and some tricks and combining these all into a routine.
Who Is This Workshop For?
Absolutely Everybody
What Attendees Need To Bring/Wear?
Comfortable clothing they can dance in (not too lose as the fans can get caught in them)
Make sure to bring a water bottle and a towel as we are going to dance!
About Rainbow
Rainbow is an award-winning burlesque artist based in Newcastle, Australia.
She often incorporates fan veils into her award-winning solo burlesque work.
Known for her stage presence, originality and technique, Rainbow has quickly become a sought after performer at local and national events and is a headliner with this year’s Australian Burlesque Festival.
Summer Dragonfly
Workshop 4
Smoke Scene
1:15pm to 2:15pm
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About Workshop
In this workshop Summer Dragonfly will help you to channel your inner Sultry Siren smoke show and your hidden Femme Fatale.
Using inspiration from Burlesque stars and screen Goddesses of the 1940’s, we will explore everything from classic strut and strip to hair flicks and eye winks.
Learn to embrace the audience and yourself, be it from the stage or in front of the bathroom mirror.
The student will slink away with knowledge of classic Burlesque moves such as bump and grinds, creating alluring shapes with your body and how to use your hair to entice. We will also be learning how to seductively peel off a piece of clothing that we can then use to further tease. Please bring an item that can be removed easily such as a button front top, zip front top or cardigan. Layers can be worn underneath for comfort.
Level
Open
Elements
Classic Burlesque from the 1940s era.
Primary focusing on character with some movement for activity and participation.
Who Is This Workshop For?
Absolutely Everybody
What Attendees Need To Bring/Wear?
What to bring: Comfortable heels (optional), a top that can be easily removed with a front opening with a layer underneath (like a tank top) for your comfort, clothes to move in and water.
About Summer
Summer Dragonfly is the Elusive Beauty! She is the Gardenia of Burlesque! Dripping in jewels, she sparkles like stars in the night sky and glistens like dew drops at the break of dawn. Her garden is sweet indeed.
Her cheek bones are carved from alabaster and coloured by rose petals, her kisses as soft as butterfly wings.
Summer is no stranger to the stage, draping herself in her hand made creations, her years studying design shine through. With an undying adoration for the mysteries of times past, she found her way to The Bombshell Burlesque Academy. From here she drew back the curtains and has been performing in shows all over Brisbane and Australia.
Summer was the winner of Burlesque Idol Newcastle 2018 and has performed in The Australian Burlesque Festival for five consecutive years. She was a Mx Burlesque QLD finalist in 2022 and 2023.
The sun shines on the wings of this divine dragonfly, there is magic within her.
Tash York
Workshop 3
Producing 101 - Business VS Babe
12:10pm to 1:10pm
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About Workshop
Wanting to produce your very first show or have done it before but don’t know where or how to start again? Whether you’re a performer, writing a show or figuring out what’s important in your showbusiness journey, dealing with the admin of it all can be overwhelming. Think of this session as your checklist on how to make and interpret a budget, write a marketing plan, create a timeline of important dates and help achieve your ultimate goals.
Join Tash York for this workshop all about how to balance your life between being a babe and the business.
Level
Intermediate
Elements
For mid to advanced performers looking to focus on setting up their business side of things – everything from scheduling, cutting deals, planning resources and self care.
Who Is This Workshop For?
Absolutely Everybody
What Attendees Need To Bring/Wear?
Laptop
About Tash
As a self made producer/performer, Tash has made a lot of her own success in the independent scene with her keen sense of business acumen and willingness to learn everything about producing a show.
She has a background in Publicity and Marketing services which she tailors and designs for other independent artists to help encourage them to share their art with as many people as possible.
She worked as the marketing coordinator for the Butterfly Club pre-pandemic, and she has continued to do this with her own mentoring sessions in both the producing and creative space.
As a self-made independent cabaret business owner for almost 10 years Tash has sold out shows across all of the major Australian festivals and even at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Vincent Prize
Workshop 5
Storytelling Techniques for Burlesque
2:30pm to 3:20pm
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About Workshop
This workshop is designed for Burlesque performers who want to create a compelling and coherent story for their performances.
The workshop covers the basics of storytelling, character arc, and the effective use of music, costumes, and props to create a narrative that will captivate the audience.
Participants will learn how to identify key elements of a story and create a concept and theme for their performance.
They will also learn practical techniques for exploring character motivations and goals and creating a satisfying conclusion on stage.
Effective use of music, costumes, and props to reinforce character and theme will also be explored.
Level
Open
Elements
Basics of storytelling:
Participants will learn the basics of storytelling techniques and narrative structure, including identifying key elements of a story, such as the beginning, middle, end, conflict, and resolution.
Character arc:
Participants will learn how their story relates to their character
Music, costume, and props: Participants will learn how to use music, costumes, and props to enhance their performances and reinforce character and theme and when to edit.
Narrative arc and flow:
Participants will learn how to build a narrative arc that engages the audience and creates momentum and anticipation with a satisfying payoff.
Practical techniques: The workshop will provide participants practical techniques for incorporating storytelling, character arc, music, costume, and props into their performances.
Who Is This Workshop For?
Absolutely Everybody
What Attendees Need To Bring/Wear?
A notepad, Costume optional and music ideas.
About Vincent
Vincent Prize graduated from Theatre at Swinburne University and has qualifications in Scriptwriting, Theatrical Production and Music Editing.
As the producer of The Goblin Ball (10+ years), he has created magical experiences for thousands of audience members and as a published author understands the importance of story delivery.
ABF prides itself on providing a safe and inclusive space for our teachers and students. We do not tolerate harassment, bullying, racism, homophobia, sexism or any kind of disrespect towards our teachers, students and staff.
Anyone found to be engaging in the above behaviour will be asked to leave the workshops immediately.
Refund Policy
Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable for any reason including but not limited to:
• change of mind
• missing part or all of an Australian Burlesque Festival event due to late arrival
• unable to attend due to medical/personal reasons*
*Refunds will only be considered due to extenuating circumstances related to Covid-19 – specifically where the Australian Federal and/or State Government authorities mandate an official change/upgrade in regulations and restrictions regarding social distancing and/or large event and large group gatherings.
Please arrive 10 minutes before class commences and quietly wait outside until the workshop prior is complete. Do not enter the studio if there is a workshop.
All students are responsible for ensuring they are medically fit to attend the class. ABF is not responsible for injury. Please let the instructor know if you have an injury or medical condition.
Instructors retain copyright for all content taught in the workshops. Cannot be used for commercial or public use without the instructors consent.
ABF is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged items. Please make sure you take all items with you after the workshop.
Please leave promptly when the workshop finishes as there are other workshops immediately after.
No photos are allowed during the workshops unless the instructor has approved the shot. All students will be encouraged to join in the group shot at the end of the workshop.
If an instructor is unable to attend the workshop then a suitable substitute teacher may fill in that workshop. If not the workshop fee, excluding credit card/booking fee will be refunded.
All workshops will incur a booking fee (credit card, Paypal). No bank transfer available.