Burlesque is a 2010 American backstage musical film written and directed by Steven Antin. It stars Cher, Christina Aguilera, Kristen Bell, Cam Gigandet, Eric Dane, Stanley Tucci, Julianne Hough, Alan Cumming, and Peter Gallagher, and features cameos from Dianna Agron and James Brolin.
Burlesque: Directed by Steve Antin. With Cher, Christina Aguilera, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane. A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.
After leaving Iowa with stars in her eyes, Ali arrives at a Los Angeles burlesque lounge with dreams of taking the stage with her soaring voice.
There’s much more to burlesque than you might think. Combining theater, music, comedy, and proactive dance, burlesque is a style of art to which others simply cannot compare. Learn more about burlesque and its long history.
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A small town singer, Ali (Christina Aguilera), moves to the big city for her chance at stardom where she is enchanted by Burlesque, a glamorous nightclub packed with dancers, sizzling music, and an owner (Cher) in need of a star. Jam-packed with visually stunning musical numbers and an all-star cast featuring Eric Dane, Kristen Bell and Stanley Tucci.
The topsy-turvy onstage world of burlesque was amusing and exciting to audiences, but it could also be viewed as threatening. Any subject was fair game for the comedic barbs of burlesque performers like Thompson, and they often took sharp aim at social conventions, especially questioning accepted ideas of the proper place of women.