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BOYLESQUE!? YES, PLEASE!!!

Matty Slick-Haxx

Go-Go Harder

 When it comes to burlesque, I am always down! There is an obvious difference between a go-go and a burlesque dancer (I am trying my hardest to unbiased).  Either way, what it boils down to is that I love it when people get naked in front of me; even more when there is a story involved. The master that is Go-Go Harder really just upped the anty; with his new boy-lesque class in full swing, we have to give it up to the one and only Johnny Russel for providing a first-hand experience of what exactly is happening. While taking the month-long course, Johnny is getting ready for his debut as Boy-lesque Extraordinaire! I am just glad he took notes! Our boys over at Queerty.com made sure we have the full scoop! Do nothing but enjoy... and maybe strip in front of your mirror... Here's a teaser of what Johnny had to say about the entire experience.

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There are whoops and whistles, catcalls and applause mingled in with nervous laughter and Hole’s “Celebrity Skin,” all coming from the small studio above Brooklyn performance space The House of Yes.

Inside, six skinny white guys are watching one of their classmates strip for (what I assume) is the very first time.

Everyone has to do it. That’s what we’re all here for: to learn how to strip.

It’s the first exercise in the first week of Go-Go Harder’s monthlong “Intro to Boylesk” class—all the students have to give an impromptu, three-minute striptease to get us acclimated to taking off or clothes in front of people, and to make us aware of just how long three minutes—the length of your average burlesque number, according to Harder—can feel onstage.

I’m a good 20 minutes late to class, so I’m the last to go. Everyone else is already in their undies and I’m suddenly very aware of the fact that all I’m wearing is a T-shirt and jeans over my purple and black Calvin Klein briefs—hardly enough costume to spend three minutes shimmying out of.

Full disclosure: This isn’t my first time dancing in my underwear in public. I used to pick up the odd go-go dancing gig here and there, usually in bars on the Lower East Side and Williamsburg. I’ve even tried my hand at boylesque, which is how I came to meet Go-Go Harder.

Chris “Go-Go” Harder is something of a nightlife celebrity in New York. The 25-year-old, who came to the city to be, as he puts it, a “serious actor,” has been performing burlesque for a little over two years now.

(Read the rest of the article here.)

 

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Already, I am super-duper excited for the final performance! LETS SEE SOME SKIN!!! The class showcase will be at The House of Yes, November 6th at 9:30. Not only will you be getting to see brand new man-meat hitting the boylesque scene, you'll get the to see the seasoned talents of The Evil Hate Monkey, Nasty Canasta, Dangrrr Doll and even some stellar grab-bags from The Pleasure Chest! So many pros, so few cons... CAN I GET A HELL YES?!

The un-named NYC gay male population thanks you, the performers, for your courage to get us all hard in our seats.