“As I developed tits and ass,” Corvette LeFace told me, “it was obvious I was never going to be a ballerina.”

I was born a bastard child, but I will die a hero...

...This dangerous context is what makes director Jon Manning’s new documentary, Burlesque: Heart of Glitter Tribe, essential viewing...

...This dangerous context is what makes director Jon Manning’s new documentary, Burlesque: Heart of Glitter Tribe, essential viewing...

...This dangerous context is what makes director Jon Manning’s new documentary, Burlesque: Heart of Glitter Tribe, essential viewing...

Ooooh we got two honest-to-goodness movie makers in the house today!!

A new documentary is showing an inside look into Portland’s burlesque scene.

Isaiah Esquire was once a shy and awkward teenager. However, the 6-foot teen soon found his calling in dancing.

As an introduction to a subculture, “Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe” goes beyond the sparkles and sequins to show the many varieties of burlesque.

Shot over seven years in Portland, Oregon, “Glitter Tribe” follows eight burlesque performers as they evolve their craft of tease, and develop relationships with one another.

While the ostentatious world of pasties and lacy underthings was once risqué and taboo to polite society, neo-burlesque is now widely respected as an art form—although that doesn't mean it's fully understood.

If there's one tangible difference between stripping and burlesque, it's money. In the former, patrons pay the performer to embody their sexual fantasies on stage. In the latter, the performers may take off most of their clothes, and they may stimulate their audiences, but...