Radio Aluna Teatro

"a person who's terrified - TERRIFIED - of life, but they show up anyways: I think that that's what tenderness is." - Dainty Smith.   Meet Dainty Smith - Toronto based actor, burlesque performer, playwright, producer, and speaker. She is the founder of Les Femme Fatales: Women of Colour Burlesque, and the co-creator of the Body Love program. In this interview we talked about what burlesque means to her, how there are many ways of being sexy, her passion for telling the stories of complicated women, and the power of tenderness.   Show Notes Josephine Baker, world renowned performer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights activist. Les Femmes Fatales: Women of Colour Burlesque Troupe, the first burlesque troupe for women of colour in Canada, which Dainty founded. Body Love, a series of affirming dance classes led by Dainty Smith and Ravyn Wingz. Toronto Burlesque Festival and the Burlesque Hall of Fame Museum, examples of celebrating excellence in burlesque.  The PUSH.PULL project, a series of workshops, pan