Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Art

Dance With the Devil! Demonic Vintage Burlesque

Burlesque is something I’ve always appreciated; one of my best friends danced burlesque for years, so I found myself in the front row of countless shows. It’s a dance that hasn’t changed much over the years – at least, when I was going to shows there wasn’t any twerking, that may have changed. But the routines, costumes and atmosphere are very much rooted in the past. There is a lot of reverence for the dancers that came before, women who invented the pinup aesthetic. It goes without saying – but I’ll say it – that women’s sexuality has long been associated with Satanic worship, witchcraft and demonic activities, so a popular routine from the early to mid 20th century was the “Dance with the Devil” routine. It usually involved a prop devil attached to the dancer, often cupping the dancer’s breasts or otherwise lovingly embracing her while she danced across the stage and shed her clothing. In fact, looking at some of these pictures of the Devil’s dance, it looks like I have burlesque to thank for the god-awful sexy Devil costume I’m subjected to every year in some form. But these women rock it, and make me say, fuck yeah I want to dance with Satan!

Spotted on Dangerous Minds

Written By

Meghan MacRae grew up in Vancouver, Canada, but spent many years living in the remote woods. Living in the shadow of grizzly bears, cougars and the other predators of the wilderness taught her about the dark side of nature, and taught her to accept her place in nature's order as their prey. She is co-founder of CVLT Nation.

Relapse DF 92123
Sentient 51423

You May Also Like

History

Crime scene photos are something I thought of as just taking pictures of a body. Ignorant, I know. Especially now that I’ve learned about...

Art

Here at CVLT Nation, we’re obsessed with everything occult – just take a look at our features on witchcraft, the Left Hand Path, Satanism....

Art

In the mid-19th century, daguerrotypes were the first iteration of the photograph that only required a few minutes of exposure, not hours like with...

Bizarre

In the mainstream world, many people try to paint the kind of imagery and music that we cover on CVLT Nation as evil or...

Copyright © 2020 CVLT Nation.