Harlem in Havana Project
A multimedia documentary work created by Leslie Cunningham that honors one of America's most successful traveling girl shows, and the brave African American showman who pioneered entertainment during the era of Jim Crow.
Monday, February 20, 2023
The Harlem in Havana Project presents at the The International Booklover's Burlesque Festival in Portland Oregon, April 2023
The Harlem in Havana Project: Burlesque Education Series - Girl Shows!
- Title: Girl Shows!
- Presented by: Leslie Cunningham
- Class Description: A look at the American carnival girl shows of the 20th century and a review of the book Girl Show: Into the Canvas World of Bump and Grind by A.W. Stencell. This class is part of The Harlem in Havana Project: Burlesque Education Series. Learn more.
Friday, November 18, 2022
The Harlem in Havana Project: Burlesque Education Series presents at BurlyCon 2022 (Seattle, WA)
The Harlem in Havana Project: Burlesque Education Series was featured at BurlyCon 2022 in Seattle, WA. Presented by Leslie Cunningham, the Burlesque Education Series features classes covering American burlesque history from the traveling carnival stage. These fun, passionate and energetic classes are filled with new and existing burlesque material, personal experiences, book reviews, film clips and much more.
BurlyCon is offering the virtual class "My Grandma Was an Exotic Dancer?!" until December 2022. The class looks at early Black Burlesque through a glimpse into the lives of the Bates Sisters, three brown-skin showgirls who helped innovate exotic dance from the American carnival stage. Visit Virtual BurlyCon 2022.
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Saturday, October 8, 2022
The Harlem in Havana Burlesque Education Series - My Grandma was an Exotic Dancer?!
- Class Title: My Grandma was an Exotic Dancer?! Presented by Leslie Cunningham
- Class Description: An hour-long look at early Black Burlesque through a glimpse into the lives of the Bates Sisters, three brown-skin showgirls who helped innovate exotic dance from the American carnival stage.
- The Harlem in Havana Burlesque Education Series: The Harlem in Havana Project: Burlesque Education Series features three hour-long classes covering American burlesque history from the traveling carnival stage. Presented by Leslie Cunningham, a documentary filmmaker and creator of the Harlem in Havana Project, these fun, passionate and energetic classes are filled with new and existing burlesque material, personal experiences, book reviews, film clips and much more. Learn more.