This is part five of a seven-part series in which I feature guests who are all People of Color who performed in Hallelujah Hollywood!, Jubilee!, and/or Hello, Hollywood, Hello! between 1973-2016. Victor Littles was a dancer in the line formerly known as the “Ebony Guys” in Jubilee. He started his dance training late, but was […]
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Hello Member! Here is this week’s replay. Finished hand sewing the skull cup lining yay!! Next week is feather attachment. WE ARE ALMOST DONE!! I promised to show you in the video what a french curl is. I forgot. I will try to remember to do it next week when we play with feathers!! (Writng
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Welcome to part two of the Créme Showgirl costume series. If you missed part one, you can see it here. I get to discuss my favorite part of making costumes, the design process!! My process is pretty standard when it comes to design:1) Inspiration2) Plan3) Prep4) Construct Some projects skip planning altogether and go straight
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This is part four of a seven-part series in which I feature guests who are all People of Color who performed in Hallelujah Hollywood!, Jubilee!, and/or Hello, Hollywood, Hello! between 1973-2016. Gayve Littles started much later than usual for a female dancer at the age of 18. With the help of her brother, and some
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Hello Member! Here is this week’s replay. We have finished the embellishment!! Now onto the sewing of the lining. Next week is hand sewing. YAY!! Enjoy!Athena
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I’ve made many costumes in my life, but nothing as daunting as this costume I am going to share with you. (at least up to this point, but that is another story…) In May of 2016, I produced my very first burlesque show. And I’m of the mind if you can’t go big, don’t even
This is part three of a seven-part series in which I feature guests who are all People of Color who performed in Hallelujah Hollywood!, Jubilee!, and/or Hello, Hollywood, Hello! between 1973-2016. Anthony Brown started his Las Vegas entertainer journey in Reno performing in Hello, Hollywood, Hello!. After one short contract, he joined the Ebony Guys
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7 Ways to Use Your Alter Ego to Get What You Want Think that an alter ego is just for the stage? Think again. I have successfully used my alter ego, Gazella, to navigate through some of the #adulting tasks in life that most shy away from due to their insecurities or lack of self-confidence,
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Hello Member! Here is this week’s replay. I just couldn’t bring myself to sew today!! A little secret in here about me and sewing…So we embellished!! I have more stones to add next week, and *hopefully* get to the inner lining. Thanks for watching! Athena
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This is part two of a seven-part series in which I feature guests who are all People of Color who performed in Hallelujah Hollywood!, Jubilee!, and/or Hello, Hollywood, Hello! between 1973-2016. Jakki Ford picks up from last week and shares her thoughts on joy and diversity. We chat about her introduction to the “Ebony line”
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Embodying an alter ego There I was, sitting in my group coaching call on zoom, feeling insecure, unsure of how to move forward in my business and fed up with feeling this way. My coach was outlining the next module of her course and my ears perked up when she said alter ego. I already
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Hello Member! Here is this week’s replay. Feathers are ready to put on the hat!!! This session I finish wrapping all the feathers with tape so they have a nice finished look. The next session will be starting the skull cap lining and making the sparkle condom to hide the feather spire. And then we
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This is part one of a seven-part series in which I feature guests who are all People of Color who performed in Hallelujah Hollywood!, Jubilee!, and/or Hello, Hollywood, Hello! between 1973-2016. I begin this journey by talking about my own experience with diversity growing up, moving into the world of entertainment in the ballet company
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Turning up the dial on fun Last week, I shared all about that moment and how it impacted my mindset and my confidence. The moment that I realized that I get to want what I want and therefore create the life that I wanted to live and be excited about, was the moment that I
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Hello Member! Here is this week’s replay. We are DONE wire wrapping feathers!! This session I finish the black feathers, select pheasants and wire wrap. The next session will be finishing the wrapped feathers into bunches and starting the skull cap lining. Yay!! See you live next week! Enjoy!Athena
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From dressing Mitzi Gaynor on tour straight out of fashion design school to designing for film and fashion, Karan Feder’s path led her to her position curating the costume and textiles collection at the Nevada State Museum Las Vegas where she helps preserve this unique time in Las Vegas history for generations to come. We
“What do you want?” It seems like a simple question that a woman who thinks she knows who she is and what she wants would be able to answer, but I just couldn’t do it! Every week, in therapy, she would ask me, “What do you want?” And every week I would say “I don’t
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Hello Member! Here is this week’s replay. So close to finishing the black coque feathers!! Next week we have 3 more “branches” to make and then we get to play with pheasant feathers!!! See you next week!Athena
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Today’s episode is all about AUDITIONS! Listen in to hear about my experiences with auditions from my very first ballet audition when I was 12 years old until my final audition as Principal in Jubilee! eighteen years later. I discuss what went down in a showgirl show audition, what dancers went through during the process
Hello Member! Here is this week’s replay. Black feather time!! YAY!!! I also shared a personal project I worked on this week for the new year… Enjoy!Athena
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Scott Barnard went from taking classes in a small village in New York to a full scholarship to train with Gus Giordano in Chicago. After a year of training, he went to Las Vegas, where the tall dancers went, to audition for Jubilee. We discuss the elementary school bullying that almost prevented his dance career,
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Hello Member! Here is the replay for session 21. Finally finished with the red feather bunches!!! Enjoy!Athena
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Alan Clancy came to Las Vegas in his early twenties after traveling the world as an acrobat from the age of 17, and then performing in Fredrick Apcar’s Casino de Paris production in Sydney, Australia. Blown away by the lights and lifestyle of the entertainment industry, he settled there and performed in many of the
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Hello Member! Here is the replay from session 20. It took less time for the other side of the red, almost done! Enjoy!Athena
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Today’s very special guest, Sal Angelica, shares about his journey from Brooklyn to the stages of Las Vegas and beyond over his 35+ year career as a dancer and adagio partner. From working with Donn Arden in Sky High in the Latin Quarter as his first professional dancing job to his dream job of performing
