Jett Adore
Adore performing at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2011
OccupationBurlesque dancer
Websitejettadore.com

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.

Biography

Jett 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

  1. ^ "Where the Boys Are: Backstage at the Burlesque Fest". 22 March 2011.
  2. ^ "The DIXEY Guide to Boylesque Brilliance (Edinburgh Fringe 2014) ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 22 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Shan de Leers' Southwest Burlesque Showcase Diary ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 8 April 2014.
  4. ^ "The Stage Door Johnnies All-Star BHoF 2013 Finale [Video] ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 10 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Secrets of Stage Presence with Jett Adore". www.brownpapertickets.com.
  6. ^ "May 28, 2011 - The Stage Door Johnnies w Phoenix L'Amour at Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines, IA". vaudevillemews.com.
  7. ^ "Chicago's famed Stage Door Johnnies "boylesque" dancers strip at Montreal Burlesque Festival". 27 September 2012.
  8. ^ "New York Burlesque Festival, 2011". 12 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Hotter Than Hell Burlesque Show with Catherine D'Lish / Jett Adore @ Kessler Theater in Dallas - GuideLive". GuideLive.
  10. ^ "Kitten 'n' Lou's Helsinki Burlesque Festival Diary ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 15 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Siobhan Atomica's Show Me Burlesque Festival Diary (Part 2) ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 31 July 2014.
  12. ^ "Russell Bruner's Vienna Boylesque Festival Diary ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 12 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Goldie Candela's Texas Burlesque Festival Diary (Part 1) ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 14 August 2014.
  14. ^ "The New York Boylesque Festival 2014 ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine". 27 May 2014.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Review: 'Dita Von Teese: The Art of the Teese' - The Mancunion". 6 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Jett Adore". www.burlesquehall.com.
  18. ^ "Jett Adore's DIAMOND STUDS - Male Burlesque Theatre". UpOut.
  19. ^ "Jett Adore's Diamond Studs - LGBT in New York".
  20. ^ "Put Some Spring in your Step". 18 February 2016.
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