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Open House this Weekend

Curious about what we do but haven't quite pushed yourself to take the plunge and come in for a class?

Well, this Saturday from 5-7pm you can check out the studio for FREE!

Not only will everything on the poster below be happening but there will also be clothing for sale from Rock Star Rehab, pasties and costume pieces from Danielle Muad'Dib, and the coolest accessories from VisualGrammar216!
I've also heard that Faith with be firing up the grill on our rooftop patio. Cleveland looks amazing from our roof! Bring something to throw on the grill.
The total number of performances that night has been tallied. 15! Up 15 acts for FREE!!!

It's from 5-7pm so you can still do family stuff during the day, come check us out, and then still have time to go out at night! PERFECT!

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Burlesque On Wheels Showcase #1

Just a wee reminder (can you tell I've been in Scotland for a while?) about the Burlesque on Wheels Workshop coming to Cleveland June 11th!!! 

Hold on to your hats cause these dames will make you dizzy with their whirlwind of tips and tricks. If you are currently performing, want to perform, just really like burlesque and want to have some fun then sign up. This combo in Cleveland may never happen again. Here's where to register.

For the next few weeks we will be featuring one of the gals who will be teaching in the workshop. Our first feature, Atlanta's own Vagina Jenkins.

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Since 2003, The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins has been gracing stages worldwide with her classic, breathtaking striptease. An ecdysiast exemplar, Vagina Jenkins style puts a modern spin on classic burlesque, hoochiecoochie & shake dancer traditions. 

The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins uses African American vernacular dance, the conventions of vaudeville and low brow theatre as well as feminist/ queer performance art techniques to craft performance art that defies audience expectations and re-defines the boundaries of the modern art making process.

READ MORE (except above from her website)

In the Burlesque on Wheels workshop Vag will be teaching you all about Bump and Grind!!! Watch more of Ms. Jenkins below!

Spring 2011 Schedule and Contest Details

The class schedule is out!

We've got our regular Pole, Burlesque, and Belly Dance classes all ready to start up for you again, and a TON of new stuff.

  • Hoop Dance & Fitness is back.
  • Hip Hop is now a drop-in, PCD style, super sexy workout class to get you in shape for the summer while you are learning some of the hottest dance moves.
  • Lots and Lots of workshops and the list of workshops we've got going is only Spring Session A!!! There will be more added late April/early May for Spring Session B.
  • You can now buy custom hoops on our website.

With the new schedule we have a prize drawing.

We are giving away
1. A $20 Victoria's Secret gift card.
2. One of our special workshops this semester free for you and a friend.

Here's what you do. We want to hear what you have to say about CED and we'd like you to share the love with others. 
Actively tag Cleveland Exotic Dance in either your Facebook status update or Twitter tweet. We are notified when people chat about us, so we'll be able to track who's posting away. All names of people who post will be collected and we will randomly draw the winner.

Remember this is active tagging. On Facebook you type "@cleveland exotic dance" and select us. On Twitter you also use @ but our user name there is different. It's "@ClevExoticDance"
Go ahead and tag away and say anything nifty about us. Tell people what your favorite class is, what you want to take, what you like about the different dance styles, shout out to your friends to get them to take a class with you, whatever. 

UPDATE: We found a problem with Facebook. All the instructors at CED manage CED's Facebook page but unless one of us is personally your friend on Facebook we won't be able to see if you tagged us or not. That's a huge problem. So, for Facebook, we are initiating the honor system. If you have tagged us in a FB post please come over to CED's FB page and write on our wall what you wrote. Then we'll enter you in the drawing.

UPDATE 2: The drawing will happen Wednesday April 6. Entries must be in that day by 7pm.

Just to be clear also, instructors and family of instructors at CED are not eligible for the drawing.

What are you waiting for?

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Ok Seriously....back now

I try not to get to personal on this blog because eventually it will be written by many voices. The instructors will have blogging access and this blog is bigger than me. But sometimes it's necessary. If moving the studio was the only thing I had to focus on this summer, keeping the classes running through the move and the blog and site updated would have been cake. I've had WAY more than that

Hoop Connection

We've got it! Hoop Classes are back. I'm making sure everyone know because we did have a little problem with registration and our website. Everything works perfectly now. Beginner hoop starts next Wednesday, Aug 4th at 6:15pm and runs for 6 weeks. Intermediate/Advanced did start yesterday at 7:15pm, but you can still sign up and start next week. Additionally, can still do the classes as

Burlesque 101 & Intermediate/Advanced now with Danielle!

Holy Cow have I got some special classes for you! Our regular burlesque classes are now with the fabulous Danielle. She is a burlesque dancer, actress, singer, belly dancer, instructor, has been in movies, commercials, traveled around, she's just awesome! Soon, we will do a teacher feature and tell you all about her. But for now, the classes. Here's the detailed descriptions Burlesque 101!!!!

And We're Back!

Wow! What a crazy couple of weeks. Moving the studio was way more involved than I thought it would be. But it's done and we're getting momentum to start classes back up. This week we have a couple open houses. We have one today at lunch time from 11:30am-1:30pm, so if you work downtown stop on by. Also tomorrow from 5pm -7:30pm. The open houses are free and are a chance for returning and new

It's Official! CED has a new home!

As June comes to a close we will be working on our new home downtown a couple blocks away from Cleveland State University. We have a larger and more open space in a secure building with it's own parking lot. If you are waiting for the class schedule for July, you will have to wait a little longer. We don't want to make the schedule and then find out we can't finish work on the new space in time.

Back from the Holiday, but I have been busy

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! I had a great time relaxing on Monday and that even spilled into Tuesday since the studio was still busy over the weekend proper. So I met today with a pile of emails, phone calls, and other business to attend to. Please forgive the short post, but it does carry some exciting news! Tomorrow I am putting in an application for a NEW location

Hoop and Poi Class Schedules Updated

We have made a few changes to the Hoop and Poi class schedule for June through mid-July. June 2 will be the last day of the current 6 week session. You are welcome to drop-in at 6:15pm for a beginner hoop class or at 7:15pm for intermediate/advanced. Poi drop-in is at 8:30pm. June 9th we're mixing things up a bit. The current intermediate/advanced students are going to be performing!!!! There