SLCene Suggests: SuicideGirls Blackheart Burlesque

SUICIDEGIRLS BLACKHEART BURLESQUE, IN THE VENUE, Sunday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m., $25

It wasn’t that long ago that Salt Lake City seemed to spawn a new burlesque troupe on a weekly basis. That era is apparently over, but that doesn’t mean fans of both sexes don’t still enjoy intricate and often funny dance productions by beautiful women. Take, for example, the SuicideGirls, the long-running online community of “alternative beauty and indie culture” that has spun off video productions, soundtrack albums and, yes, touring burlesque shows like the one arriving in SLC on Sunday (of all nights), SuicideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque. After nonstop touring through the early ’00s, this is the first new SuicideGirls live jaunt in six years, and includes tongue-in-cheek homages of Kill Bill, Game of Thrones, The Big Lebowski, Dr. Who and other pop-culture ephemera. And of course, look at that picture–Boba Fett!