The following are popular selections from Miss Mina's extensive repetoire of burlesque acts:
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Music: "April's Blues" by Aries and Dave D'Arango (6:26)
Colors: Red
A tribute to April March, The First Lady of Burlesque.
Stage set: a bench prop to be set upstage of center, a "catcher" to take the pieces of costume as they are removed.
Special:
* The costume is a replica of one of April March's few remaining outfits, with meticulous attention to detail. MIss Mina has done all the construction and beadwork herself .
* The prop was inspired by the one April March used for her stocking removes. As the original is long gone, this one was designed and built using photographs provided from Miss March's private collection.
* The music is a song called "April's Blues", which written exclusively for April March in the 1960s by a Canadian composer named Aries. She provided the sheet music and jazz musician Dave D'Aranjo created and recorded a new arrangement just for this act.
Read more about the creation of this act here!
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Music: "La Vie en Rose" by Louis Armstrong (3:26)
Colors: Red and green
Follow Miss Mina on a parasol-twirling promanade down the Champs-Élysées. Her award-winning rose costume is dazzling in its attention to detail. The final reveal is a perenial crowd pleaser.
Stage set: none
Special: can be performed with a chorus line of back-up dancers
In venues with the capability, act can end with a rose-petal drop.
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Music: "The Exciting Life" by Julie London and "Big Town" by Laurindo Almeida & The Danzaneros (5:13)
Colors: Black, crystal
Miss Mina indulges in a bottle of champagne, but she prefers the ice!
Stage set: chairs, low table, and couch, bench or armchair
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Music: "My Room" by Earl Okin (4:14)
Miss Mina's signature song. A sultry fan dance with two variations. Miss Mina uses her custom-made ostrich feather fans.
Version 1:
Colors: Black and white
An elegant dance with fans.
Stage set: none
Requirements: assistant to remove Miss Mina's gown
Version 2:
Colors: Blue and gold
Miss Mina appears in a dramatic blue satin and gold lace robe with a six-foot train. After retiring behind a screen, she undresses in silhoutte, then emerges with fans. The final removes are done again in silhouette.
Stage set: paper screen, back light, fans to be preset
Special: Miss Mina enters through the audience; center front stairs onto the stage are needed.
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Miss Mina has an number of fan dances to a variety of music, including:
- "Harlem Nocturne" by Sam Tailor and His All Star Jazz Band (3:00)
- "Sugar Rum Cherry" by Duke Ellington (3:08)
- "In Pain In Paris" by Four Piece Suit (4:38)
- "Some River in Europe" by The Brian Setzer Orchestra (4:27)
- "Green Onions" by Booker T. & the MG's (2:55)
- "Jezebel" by Frankie Laine (3:14) or Edith Piaf (3:08)
- "Toccata und Fuge in D Minor" attributed to J.S. Bach (3:38)
- "Suicide Scherzo" by Wendy Carlos (3:08)
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Music: "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" by Ute Lemper (3:15)
Colors: Black, red
Miss Mina takes you to a smoky cabaret for a deadpan act to the German version of "Mack the Knife". Featured in The Wrathskellar.
Stage set: chair
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Music: "Minnie the Moocher" by Cab Calloway (3:25)
Colors: Red
A flirty dance with a fan. The audience will be singing along!
Stage set: none
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Music: "Peter Gun Theme" by The Blues Brothers (3:49)
Colors: Black and white
Miss Mina, as a bumping, grinding film noir detective, strips out of men's clothing.
Stage set: none
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