My name is Sharon Davis

I am an Australian dancer, based in London.
I dance Lindy Hop, Charleston, Blues & Burlesque

email / me@sharondavis.com.au
phone / +44 (0)777 444 6100 (UK)

I perform Burlesque

// Retro showgirl & tease artiste
I perform Burlesque

I am a burlesque feather fan dancer, and I teach and perform a classic style of vintage burlesque based on my passion for the 1920s to 1950s.

Like swing dancing, burlesque is a dance style and entertainment art that evolved from the late 19th century through to the 1940s and 50s, only with a lot more feathers and sequins. But just like swing dancing, burlesque is experiencing a huge revival worldwide.

Burlesque as an entertainment artform evolved from the late 19th century through to the “bump and grind” era of the 1940s and 50s. In burlesque’s heyday (those golden days before television, when people had to go out to be entertained) burlesque was a grand affair. A burlesque show combined live music, comedians, variety acts, a chorus line and of course, glamorous burlesque headliners, in an elegant theatre with a full orchestra, grand sets and elaborate costumes!  A burlesque queen in this golden era would enchant with her beauty, delight with her dance, and captivate her audience with the art of the tease.

Burlesque died out in the 1960s, as the sexual revolution transformed gender norms and sexual taboos, and full nudity and explicit pornography flooded the market, but it was revived in the 1990s as a postmodern movement by women for women. The neo-burlesque movement champions the natural beauty, glamour and sex appeal of women of all ages, shapes and sizes. In particular, neo-burlesque performers around the world have adopted the aesthetics of the 1940s and 50s, embracing the womanly curves denied by modern popular culture.  Today’s burlesque is a sugar-coated approach to sexuality, bringing mystery, allure, fantasy and glamour back to the stage!

On Sharon:

When she stumbled across the art of burlesque in 2006, Sharon was delighted to discover a chance to incorporate her dance background, with her late night jazz collection, lingerie addiction, and less-than-secret desire for the spotlight. It wasn’t long before she had established herself as a booty-shaking burlesque Queen of Tease, known on stage by the ludicrous burlesque pseudonym, Bonnie Fox. Miss Fox embodies two extremes of seductive elegance and sugary cuteness, one part elegant starlet, one part madcap flapper, delighting audiences with her graceful feather fan dances, cabaret chair dances, bawdy skits and sassy showgirl antics.

Drawing on her background in theatre (Sharon studied at the University of Western Australia), she is charismatic and entertaining on stage, and has performed her signature feather fan dance around the globe. As she says, “Have feather fans, will travel.” Sharon is co-founder of Australian burlesque company, Sugar Blue Burlesque, now based in London. Sharon has taught classes at the Burlesque Academy in classic burlesque, showgirl dance, fan dancing, chair dancing, vintage chorusline, burlesquercise and 1960s go-go dancing.