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The Melbourne Leader Newspaper, 6th June 2007 'No Business Like So Business'. It was the photoshoot everyone was talking about but nobody got... Four sexily-clad burlesque dancers and a hoard of media were left wondering ``what the?'' after the guests of honour, Lord Mayor John So and Tourism Minister Tim Holding, failed to show. |
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The Age newspaper, 2nd June 2007, (and Channel 7 and ABC evening TV news) 'Mayor skips the Hurly-Burlesque'. Hi Ball Burlesque performer Dolores Daiquiri said her group had agreed to a morning photo shoot on the understanding that the Lord Mayor would be there. "Who wouldn't jump at the opportunity to have a photo taken with the Lord Mayor?" she said. |
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Rave magazine, Queensland, June 2007 "Hi Ball Burlesque is Australia's first burlesque troupe...these girls have performed at everything - for everyone. Since 2002 these girls have made burlesque what it is today, you haven't seen anything 'til you've seen Hi Ball Burlesque." |
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The Melbourne Leader Newspaper, Nov 2006 The girls appeared in the centrefold of the Melbourne Leader Gig Guide. Look out for those staples! |
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MX Magazine , 23 Nov 2006 Rusty and Dolores were snapped for MX Magazine in the lead up to Burlesque on Parade. |
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The Herald Sun Newspaper, 26 Oct 2006 Muffy appeared with Rusty from band Electric Mary in the Herald Sun to promote the Rock for Soup charity event. |
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Melbourne City Weekly Magazine, 5 Oct 2006 The girls of Hi Ball were snapped for the City Weekly at the opening of Baroq House in Melbourne. |
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Fiend Magazine, Issue 11, Jun-Sep 2006 "When Hi Ball performed at a PBS benefit gig at Melbourne's Corner Hotel, they gave Australia it's first taste of modern burlesque. Four years on, with a growing number of troupes all around the country, and increasing support from both venues and crowds, it seems clear that Australia just can't get enough. 'We knew it was just a matter of time,' says Hi Ball's Brandy Alexander, 'so we just decided to go for it!'"
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Arrivals and Departures Magazine, Winter 2006 "Hi Ball's dancing girls are into 1950s culture...their style of burlesque is cutesy and sassy, somewhere between the steaminess of Betty Page and the sexiness of Marilyn Monroe." Arrivals and Departures is available now at your newsagent! |
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Men's Style Magazine, Autumn 2006 "The great thing about burlesque is that men and women both appreciate it and get turned on by it," says Dolores Daiquiri, one of the six strong Hi Ball Burlesque troupe, which formed in Melbourne in 2002." View the article |
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Melbourne Magazine, May 2005 "The crowd at Melbourne's Cherry Bar, a rock'n'roll club located in a laneway named after the band AC/DC, is at once rowdy and captivated. They've assembled on this Saturday evening to see a show where stockings, pasties and suspenders are the currency of the night - on stage, at least. Burlesque is back." View Page 1, Page 2 & 3 |
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MX Magazine, Feb 2005 "It lets people feel a little bit naughty without doing anything wrong." View full article MX Magazine, Feb 2005 |
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The Age, Feb 2005 "When we started performing, people had no idea what burlesque was", says HiBall's Miss Muffy Manhattan. "I don't know if people knew what to expect, but they loved it. We've found women love it as much, if not more, than men." View full article The Age, Feb 2005 |
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The Gold Coast Bulletin, Front Page June 2004 "The Hi-Ball Burlesque dancers will be kicking up their heels at the Wintersun festival which last night caused one of the biggest traffic jams in Gold Coast history." |
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The Courier Mail, June 2004 "....the burlesque revival sweeping the world is tease without the sleaze; a stripshow without the strippers. "It's kitsch but also glamorous ... It's performance art ," HiBall's Muffy Manhattan says of her group's brand of burlesque." View full article The Courier Mail, June 2004 |
