Jett Adore Explained

Occupation:Burlesque dancer
Website:jettadore.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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Where the Boys Are: Backstage at the Burlesque Fest. 22 March 2011.
  2. Web site: The DIXEY Guide to Boylesque Brilliance (Edinburgh Fringe 2014) ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine. 22 July 2014.
  3. Web site: Shan de Leers' Southwest Burlesque Showcase Diary ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine. 8 April 2014.
  4. Web site: The Stage Door Johnnies All-Star BHoF 2013 Finale [Video] ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine]. 10 April 2014.
  5. Web site: Secrets of Stage Presence with Jett Adore. www.brownpapertickets.com.
  6. Web site: May 28, 2011 - The Stage Door Johnnies w Phoenix L'Amour at Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines, IA. vaudevillemews.com.
  7. Web site: Chicago's famed Stage Door Johnnies "boylesque" dancers strip at Montreal Burlesque Festival. 27 September 2012.
  8. Web site: New York Burlesque Festival, 2011. 12 October 2011.
  9. Web site: Hotter Than Hell Burlesque Show with Catherine D'Lish / Jett Adore @ Kessler Theater in Dallas - GuideLive. GuideLive.
  10. Web site: Kitten 'n' Lou's Helsinki Burlesque Festival Diary ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine. 15 April 2014.
  11. Web site: Siobhan Atomica's Show Me Burlesque Festival Diary (Part 2) ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine. 31 July 2014.
  12. Web site: Russell Bruner's Vienna Boylesque Festival Diary ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine. 12 August 2014.
  13. Web site: Goldie Candela's Texas Burlesque Festival Diary (Part 1) ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine. 14 August 2014.
  14. Web site: The New York Boylesque Festival 2014 ⋆ 21st Century Burlesque Magazine. 27 May 2014.
  15. Web site: 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. Web site: Review: 'Dita Von Teese: The Art of the Teese' - The Mancunion. 6 November 2018.
  17. Web site: Jett Adore. www.burlesquehall.com.
  18. Web site: Jett Adore's DIAMOND STUDS - Male Burlesque Theatre. UpOut.
  19. Web site: Jett Adore's Diamond Studs - LGBT in New York. 27 August 2015 .
  20. Web site: Put Some Spring in your Step. 18 February 2016.