Sauntering toward me in the cafe is the legendary burlesque dancer Velvet Ice. She came of age in the funky ’70s but on this Thursday is adorned in a modern black fleece, dark denim flares, and wedge ...

Ever since Gypsy Rose Lee slid off her first satin glove in the 1930s, audiences have gone wild for burlesque — so much so that, over seventy years later, cities are still rife with sexy dancers ...