burlesque

Alums in the News: Burneston, Hollander, Comfort, and Cangialosi

Here at UMBC, we take pride in what our alums accomplish after graduation. Take a moment to see which Retrievers have been on the move and making news! In a recent article from the Baltimore Post Examiner, Keri Burneston (Trixie Little) ’99, visual and performing arts, discusses “Us, Naked: Trixie and Monkey,” a new documentary about Burneston’s burlesque act filmed by Kirsten D’Andrea Hollander ’97 M.F.A., imaging and digital arts. Burneston shares how the idea for her documentary came around as well as how she found inspiration after teaching yoga and discovering unusual performance mediums. Hollander, who was Burneston’s professor… Continue Reading Alums in the News: Burneston, Hollander, Comfort, and Cangialosi

Life on the Edge (With a Safety Net)

Mary Volkman ’92, English, is a Baltimore native who writes fiction under the pen name “Margo Christie.” Her first novel, These Days: A Tale of Nostalgia on Baltimore’s Block, relies not only on the author’s time working in show bars on the city’s most notorious stretch of real estate (right under the shadow of City Hall, hon) in the 1970s and ’80s, but also in her careful attention to the reminiscences of those who’d been there during the heyday of burlesque just after World War II. But Margo Christie wrote the book. So let her tell it: It’s often said… Continue Reading Life on the Edge (With a Safety Net)

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