BlackBookMag.com – By Steve Lewis
There may be a push to a performance-based nightclub scene as more and more clubs explore alternative ways to attract moths to their fading lamps. The Box has certainly led the way for this generation but its shocking, or often described as “disgusting approach,” to performance may not be necessary. There are inklings of a burlesque revival, which has small but tenacious roots in places like Corio and The Slipper Room. Dita Von Tesse is the grand dame of this genre, I caught her act over at the now defunct E 27th Street haunt Happy Valley, when she performed for Suzanne and Kenny…