Jett Adore is an American burlesque dancer. He has performed as part of Stage Door Johnnies, Chicago's only all-male burlesque troop.[1] Due to his career success, Adore has been referred to as the Prince of Boylesque and is an inductee of the Burlesque Hall of Fame.
Jett Adore | |
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 Adore performing at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2011 | |
| Occupation | Burlesque dancer |
| Website | jettadore.com |
Biography
editJett Adore has a degree in musical theater. Adore dances alongside Ray Gunn and Bazuka Joe in Stage Door Johnnies.[2][3][4] The Stage Door Johnnies, founded in 2007, is the only all-male burlesque troop based in Chicago.[5][6][7] In 2011 he performed at the New York Burlesque Festival.[8] In 2013 Adore performed in La Divina Productions' show Hotter Then Hell Burlesque at the Kessler Theater in Dallas.[9] In 2014 he was a performer at the Show Me Burlesque Festival in St. Louis, Missouri, the Texas Burlesque Festival, the Helsinki Burlesque Festival in Finland, and the Vienna Boylesque Festival in Austria.[10][11][12][13] He performed the opening and closing acts at the 2014 New York Boylesque Festival.[14] In 2016 he performed with Dita von Teese in her show Burlesque: Strip Strip Hooray Variety Show.[15]
Adore has won numerous burlesque awards. In 2011 Stage Door Johnnies won Best Troupe at the Burlesque Hall of Fame weekend in Las Vegas.[16] He was also awarded Most Innovative by the Burlesque Hall of Fame at the 2011 Tournament of Tease. In 2012 he won Best Duo alongside Frenchie Kiss at the tournament.[17] In 2015 he opened his own show, Diamond Studs, in New York City.[18][19]
Adore also teaches boylesque performance and technique, and hosts a master class called Exploring Masculinity.[20]
References
edit- ^ "Where the Boys Are: Backstage at the Burlesque Fest". 22 March 2011.
- ^ "The DIXEY Guide to Boylesque Brilliance (Edinburgh Fringe 2014) ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 22 July 2014.
- ^ "Shan de Leers' Southwest Burlesque Showcase Diary ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 8 April 2014.
- ^ "The Stage Door Johnnies All-Star BHoF 2013 Finale [Video] ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Secrets of Stage Presence with Jett Adore". www.brownpapertickets.com.
- ^ "May 28, 2011 - The Stage Door Johnnies w Phoenix L'Amour at Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines, IA". vaudevillemews.com.
- ^ "Chicago's famed Stage Door Johnnies "boylesque" dancers strip at Montreal Burlesque Festival". 27 September 2012.
- ^ "New York Burlesque Festival, 2011". 12 October 2011.
- ^ "Hotter Than Hell Burlesque Show with Catherine D'Lish / Jett Adore @ Kessler Theater in Dallas - GuideLive". GuideLive. Archived from the original on 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- ^ "Kitten 'n' Lou's Helsinki Burlesque Festival Diary ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Siobhan Atomica's Show Me Burlesque Festival Diary (Part 2) ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 31 July 2014.
- ^ "Russell Bruner's Vienna Boylesque Festival Diary ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Goldie Candela's Texas Burlesque Festival Diary (Part 1) ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 14 August 2014.
- ^ "The New York Boylesque Festival 2014 ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 27 May 2014.
- ^ "The One…The Only…The Gorgeously Talented….Dita Von Teese Talks To Us! About Her Seattle Gig At The Neptune! - Seattle Gay Scene - Your Daily Gay In Seattle". seattlegayscene.com.
- ^ "Review: 'Dita Von Teese: The Art of the Teese' - The Mancunion". 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Jett Adore". www.burlesquehall.com.
- ^ "Jett Adore's DIAMOND STUDS - Male Burlesque Theatre". UpOut.
- ^ "Jett Adore's Diamond Studs - LGBT in New York". 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Put Some Spring in your Step". 18 February 2016.