From circus Showgirl to classic Las Vegas Showgirl, Eileen Ryans Scott tells the real truth about what it was like to be an African-American dancer in Las Vegas. She explains how “advance” audition notices alerted her to attend an audition and how she eventually landed her dream job as a Showgirl in Donn Arden’s Jubilee! […]
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Welcome to another Showgirl Story Time!! In this video, I am defining “Tiller.” All dancers had a love/hate relationship with the number called Tiller, so here I am giving a little background about it! The Tiller number in Jubilee was a tribute to the Tiller Girls, who are a world-famous troupe of precision dancers that
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Welcome to another Showgirl Story Time!! In this video, I am defining lines, the way that they organized the performers in Jubilee. The names of the lines have come up in a few of my podcast interviews and I figure they need a bit of defining! I will dive deeper into each line that I
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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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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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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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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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How did the ballerina become a Showgirl? I wasn’t always a showgirl. While I became obsessed with Showgirls when I read Josephine Baker’s autobiography in the 7th grade, it wasn’t ever a life goal of mine to become one. I had no idea that this baby ballerina would become a Showgirl one day. I wanted
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If you’ve ever seen me perform in the last 7 years, you would say there is no doubt that I am a classic Las Vegas showgirl, even though you can only find me on a burlesque stage. But what does it really mean to call oneself a showgirl? When looking up the definition online, one
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