Michelle L'amour

Michelle L'amour performing her fan dance (2007)

Michelle L'amour performing in 2007

Michelle L'amour is an American neo-burlesque performer who grew up in Orland Park, Illinois.^[1] In 2006, she performed stripteases on NBC's America's Got Talent, Showtime's "Sexual Healing", and small touring performances. Her tagline is "The Ass That Goes POW!" and she sells related promotional products (The Michelle L'amour Signature Fanny Facial). A Canadian documentary made by two film students called "What a Booty" profiled her performances.^{[citation needed]}

Earlier life and performances

Michelle L'amour began studying ballet, jazz, hip-hop, modern and lyrical at the age of 15. Michelle began dancing burlesque striptease at age 22.^[1]

While earning a degree in finance from the University of Illinois,^[2] she began her dancing career. Weeks before graduation she began choreographing for a rock-n-roll revue and developing what would later be her burlesque troupe Lavender (later named The Lavender Cabaret).

She won the title of Miss Exotic World 2005 with her Snow White routine, after three years as a burlesque dancer.^[2][3] The Miss Exotic World Pageant is the premier pagaent in the world of Burlesque, the event regularly records attendance of over a hundred people.

Recent activities

She has performed her novelty act on numerous television programs, including Fox's "A Current Affair", STAR Network (Canada) "Everything...", MSNBC's "The Situation with Tucker Carlson"*, Showtime's "Sexual Healing" and NBC's "America's Got Talent".^[4] Studio L’amour opened officially in June of 2008 in response to the overwhelming call for Michelle L’amour to open her own burlesque instruction school. She had been teaching the L’amour Method for four years across the globe (at festivals, workshops, and shows) before opening the facility.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Smith, Scott (2005-11-30). "Interview: Michelle "Toots" L'Amour; Burlesque Dancer, Lavender Cabaret". Chicagoist.com. pp. 1. http://chicagoist.com/2005/11/30/interview_michelle_toots_lamour_burlesque_dancer_lavender_cabaret.php. Retrieved 2006-12-15. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Rosenberg, Stuart (2005-12). "Oh, L'amour!". Chicago Magazine. http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2005/Oh-Lamour/. Retrieved 2007-08-01. 
3. ^ Bisnett, Shylo (2005-09-19). "The Ass That Goes POW: Michelle "Toots" L'Amour". Gapers Block. http://www.gapersblock.com/detour/the_ass_that_goes_pow_michelle_toots_lamour/. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
4. ^ "Michelle L'amour official website (Fun Facts section)". http://www.michellelamour.com/. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
5. ^ http://studiolamour.com/about/

External links

Media related to Michelle L'amour at Wikimedia Commons

• Michelle L'amour's official website

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