Showgirls Life ep 001 is the introduction to the host of Showgirl’s Life podcast, Athena Patacsil. Learn about her path to becoming a Las Vegas Showgirl in Donn Arden’s Jubilee!, why she began this podcast, and sneak peeks to future episodes. From ballerina to Showgirl, Athena explains how body image in the dance world can […]
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Every Showgirl costume I make has a story. Eventually, I will be able to share all of them. This particular Showgirl headdress was inspired by a Bob Mackie design from Jubilee! (It is pretty much a knock-off, but real artists steal, so I am ok with that.) I did make it my own by making
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When I was a baby ballerina, I was OBSESSED with a certain Russian ballerina—Gabriella Komleva. I didn’t know at the time exactly why I loved her so much. Today I do. Watch the video to find out what attracted to me to such a lovely being.
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Hello Member!Excited to share my first *filmed* dress up session. This is my most recent creation, the Behemoth. This hat is so fun to wear and play dress up in! What do you think? Should I go out somewhere in public dressed like this and do a shoot? Which look is your favorite? Costume by Athena,
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It’s Showgirl Story Time!! I love sharing my experiences being a dancer in Donn Arden’s Jubilee! Today’s Showgirl Story Time is about the Jubilee Disco Number. It was my favorite number in Jubilee! As with most of Donn Arden’s MGM spectaculars, the music was a medley of songs that were from famous MGM Hollywood musicals.
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Recently, I got to play dress up in my newest Showgirl costume creation, the Behemoth. Inspired by the lovely designs that Pete Menefee did for Jubilee!‘s disco number, I had to have a yellow Showgirl costume! I setup a whole shooting session and just played. All by myself. It was an amazing experience. Playing my
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Welcome to Showgirl Story Time about the beautiful Bob Mackie Jubilee Costume, the Star! I will be sharing stories of my time in Jubilee!, history of showgirls, showgirl shows, as well as recent Showgirl shenanigans. And because I want to inspire and uplift, I will be sharing little stories I have collected about LIFE, LOVE
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What is a Brand of Sexy? Recently, I released a quiz to determine your Brand of Sexy. Take the quiz below to find out what your Brand of Sexy is and how you show up in love and life with feminine energy and archetypes. How I work with feminine energies In my effort to help
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Finding True Love I had no idea how our parent’s relationship affects our own relationships in life. I thought that I was supposed to find the same relationship as my parents when I first went out into the dating world. I wish I knew then what I know now—sometimes you have to kiss more frogs
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Why Dress up? As a #showgirlforlife, I sometimes forget that dressing up is a mystery to some people. (I live in Colorado, our “formal” is usually jeans and a button down.) I forget that dressing glamorously is not a normal thing that people experience except maybe 3 times in their lives: homecoming, prom, and weddings.
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Finding the way back to me Going from Showgirl to Mother was a breeze for me. I have always had a strong connection to my inner Mother as nurturing and care taking came easy to me. Once I left Jubilee! I naturally flowed into motherhood and made it my focus. Raising two beautiful girls was
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Take a Proper Bow During a curtain call recently, I witnessed another performer fail to fully take their bow when their name was called. They just sort of half heartedly walked to almost center, feebly bowed and then sheepishly scooted back into line with the rest of the cast. She failed to take a proper
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What does it mean to be authentic? Have you ever caught the eyes of a small child sitting in the seat of a grocery cart or as they are fleeing full speed from their mommy and they smile at you with the biggest, most beautiful smile and then playfully turn away? It makes my heart
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Choreography tips for those who hate choreographing Choreography. It’s my arch nemesis when it comes to creating a new act. I have never been good at it, nor wanted to become good at it—that was the problem. I needed some choreography tips. Growing up, I never had the desire to create choreography for me to
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Laughing leads to confidence I have figured out how I continue to look younger than other women my age, and in turn feel more confident. Laughing leads to confidence and eternal youth. Read on to learn more. One of the things I have been talking about with my coaching clients and bachelorettes about is tapping
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/> Put on false lashes like a pro I learned how to put on fake eyelashes early in life. Or so I thought. I have been wearing stage makeup since I was 5 or 6, but I didn’t upgrade to false lashes until I was in my early adolescence. I don’t even remember who “taught”
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What is Fake Confidence? Fake it ’til you make it, is another way to describe fake confidence. Read more to learn my experience with this confidence-building tactic that doesn’t really work. When I was a young dancer, about 14 years old, I had the fortunate experience to be chosen to be an I Love Dance
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How do you define success? Growing up, I was taught that success is how much money you have in the bank (or how big your house is and what kind of car you drive,) and how prestigious your job is. How’s that for a way to define success? My dad wanted me to be a
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How to clean false eyelashes Before I quit Instagram, I asked my followers on Instagram how often they get new lashes. Why get new ones when you can learn how to clean false eyelashes?! I was inspired to ask because of a dressing room conversation that I had heard about people using lashes only once
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How to customize false eyelashes Do you customize your false eyelashes? Or do you just buy a new pair, trim them to fit your eye and then glue them on? That’s how I used to use them until I spent some time in Jubilee! Because we performed on such a massive stage (half the length
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The hidden power of ritual Recently, I have been assessing all the abundance and love in my life and realizing that I have so much abundance and love, and it comes in the form of so many wonderful things!! One of them is the power of rituals and how they transform my present moment. One
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The hard truth about burlesque performer pay It is infuriating to learn that burlesque performers are stripping for free. The truth about burlesque performer pay is that someone is making money, and it isn’t you. Sometimes it makes sense to work/perform for free or little pay, as in ballet apprenticeships or any apprenticeship, for that
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Don’t encrust costumes in rhinestones In the summer of 2017, Dita Von Teese came to Denver on tour. I had never seen her perform and was dying to go, but was short on funds. My love got me tickets for my birthday to see her. It was quite the treat. One thing that everyone notices
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Top 5 fishnet mistakes This is part 2 of a 2 part series The secrets of fishnets: how to wear fishnets and how to fix fishnet mistakes. (If you missed the first part, read it first, then come back!) One thing I have noticed a lot as I watch burlesque performers is that they don’t
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Do you know how to wear fishnets? One of the first things I learned as a dancer in Jubilee! is the secret of how to wear fishnets. This is a two part series that I will be sharing those secrets with you. The standards of performers and their appearance were very high in Jubilee! Our
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