Burlesque Show - a short story by Vanilla Rose

The lights on the stage went down and the host announced the next burlesque performer, who seemed to almost materialize out of nothing, surrounded by mood lighting and a slow and sensual music. She was wearing a fairy-tale dress: blue bustier, decorated with shining sequins; a long and voluminous light blue tulle skirt, that gave her the shape of a hourglass; blue satin long gloves; a very soft feather boa, with mixed colours –silver, light blue and blue- that laid on her shoulders and that she held on by keeping her arms slightly bent. She was moving on the stage in a fluid, heavenly way, following the slow rhythm of the melody, looking towards the audience with a sweat and sensual expression, that from time to time became deep as soon as the music’s intensity increased.

She played for a while with the boa, caressing it as if it were her lover, infusing the sensation of sensual pleasure that one feels when caressing soft and smooth skin. Then, as soon as the music suddenly stopped for a second, she let it fall down.

Next she caressed with her right hand the left glove, with a graceful movement she lifted both arms over her head and with the right hand she took off slowly the left glove. She kept it extended in between her hands, placed it on her breast and threw it behind her.

Then she turned with her back to the public, she moved her right arm behind her back, at her tiny waist’s level; with the other hand she caressed the right glove, she turned her face looking back over her shoulder, smiling maliciously; she turned suddenly, causing the voluminous skirt to flutter, moved both arms on the front, and quickly removed the glove. That movement produced a glitter rain that created a star dust effect. Moving her right hand near her mouth, she blew away the remaining glitters, creating another shining rain. Finally, she threw in the air the glove, that fell on a side of the stage.

At that point, the song was over but a new one, uptempo, had already begun.

She was now fluttering the skirt left and right, following the faster rhythm. With a rapid move she took off the skirt and she wore it like a cape, then she let it fall aside, made it spin over her head and finally released it on a corner of the stage. The skirt removal revealed her beautiful legs wearing fishnet stockings and high heels shoes.

She started to loosen the satin laces that tightened her corset and then began to unzip the front, at the rhythm of the quick pauses of the music, each pause causing the audience to say “yeah!” or “uuhh…”. Once completely unzipped, she kept the corset closed with both hands, but very quickly opened it for a second to allow the audience to take a peek… they were quivering… she loved to play, she made them wait … till she got rid of the corset, disclosing a sensual blue lace bra, with so tiny cups that could hardly contain her breast.

The music was almost over, she did her final move – a pirouette – smiled, took a bow and elegantly left the stage while the audience was breaking into an applause.