Immodesty Blaize

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British dancer

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Field	Value
name	Immodesty Blaize
image	ImmodestyBlaizeMEW2007Cloak.jpg
imagesize	200px
caption	Performing at the 2007 Burlesque Hall of Fame pageant which she won.
birth_place	Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
occupation	Burlesque performer and novelist
website	http://www.immodestyblaize.com/
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Immodesty Blaize (born Kelly Fletcher in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is an English burlesque dancer who performs internationally. She was crowned Reigning Queen of Burlesque in June 2007 at the Las Vegas Burlesque Hall of Fame formerly known as Exotic World.

Her stage name is an allusion to the character Modesty Blaise.

Rise to fame

Immodesty has been performing burlesque internationally since 1999. Originally she performed in addition to her film day job. She worked in film, first as a storyboard artist, then progressing to producing and eventually getting her break directing. She won an EVCOM award for directing 10 short films for the Nobel Prizes sponsored by CNN and Cisco systems. By night she moonlighted, performing burlesque striptease, until she chose to perform and produce shows full-time. Immodesty has been widely credited as trailblazing the burlesque renaissance in Europe. Immodesty brought a mainstream profile to the genre in Britain, bringing the genre into mainstream press, and onto Prime Time TV. as well as bringing burlesque out of clubs and back into West End theatre with a continual nightly run that was extended to 5 months. She also wrote two books published by Ebury and produced a docu-film Burlesque Undressed that premiered in cinemas in 30 countries and became one of Sky Arts top rating documentaries for 8 years.

Showgirl and writer

Immodesty performs her live shows in theatrical venues globally such as London Royal Opera House, Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, Wintergarten Berlin, various Las Vegas Casinos, and Sydney State Theatre. She performed for Cher and Christina Aguilera at the premier of the Sony Pictures Burlesque movie, and she has performed in shows with artistes such as Marc Almond, the late James Brown, Roxy Music, Goldfrapp, Scissor Sisters, Barry Adamson, and Nick Cave. In 2009 Immodesty signed to EMI She produced the feature-length documentary Burlesque Undressed which screened in cinemas in over 30 countries. She competed at, and was crowned 'Reigning Queen of Burlesque' (to date, the only British performer ever) in Las Vegas 2007 at the Burlesque Hall of Fame.

In pushing continually over 20 years for burlesque's profile in the mainstream as legitimate theatre, Immodesty beat TV censorship to perform a full showgirl striptease on Prime Time TV on ITV1 the Paul O'Grady Show and on Italy's Dancing with the Stars (Ballando Con Le Stelle) on RAI1 . Immodesty is best known for her signature act with an enormous rocking horse, but has many other shows including with her giant telephone, a crystal bubble bath, and her signature oversized powder puffs.

Immodesty is known as a public speaker away from the burlesque stage and in 2008 she was the first showgirl to be invited to debate at "the world's most prestigious debating society" the Oxford Union, which she took part in alongside US Congressman Bob Barr and Lord McNally. She's spoken extensively on radio and television as a pundit e.g. Woman's Hour and BBC World Service, various TV shows, and at places such as National Film Theatre, and Hay Literary Festival. She also outsold Archbishop Desmond Tutu's presentation at Hay Literary Festival. Immodesty also follows in a tradition set by Gypsy Rose Lee, and has written two novels set in the modern showgirl world, which are published by Ebury, Ambition and Tease. Immodesty lives in Monaco.

Publications

Immodesty has written two novels.

{{Cite book | date = May 2009 | title = Tease: the Secrets of a Showgirl | last = Blaize | first = Immodesty |place=London | publisher = Ebury Press | isbn = 978-0-09-193001-1
{{Cite book | date = June 2010 | title = Ambition | last = Blaize | first = Immodesty |place=London | publisher = Ebury Press | isbn = 978-0-09-193004-2

References

Barnett, Laura. (4 September 2007). "Portrait of the artist: Immodesty Blaize, burlesque dancer". The Guardian.
"Immodesty Blaize (Kelly Fletcher) – Person – National Portrait Gallery".
(2012-09-13). "Immodesty Blaize: A Venus on Tour". HuffPost UK.
"Immodesty Blaize | Press Room".
"Immodesty Blaize, la regina del Burlesque".
(18 November 2009). "Blaize lands film and record deal". Irish Independent.
"Empire's Burlesque Undressed Movie Review". Empire.
"Drama & Soaps – Categories".
John Walsh, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090531003024/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/immodesty-blaize-sex-scandal-and-naked-ambition-1692829.html "Immodesty Blaize: Sex, scandal and naked ambition"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 30 May 2009
Brinton, Jessica. (September 2024). "People like them". The Times.
"The bonkbuster is back".

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