Season 2025 Episode 13. Diane Christiansen tells what it was really like to be a Showgirl in the 1970s
If you have seen recent movies or shows about being a showgirl, it could see pretty depressing. Diane Christiansen is here to tell you that it was exciting and uplifting and a way for a young woman in the 1970s who could dance and perform well to see the world!
Showgirls were powerful women in charge of their own careers — and well-paid, valued players in the flashy world of sequins, feathers, step-kicks, and lavish productions. Most were classically trained dancers who traveled the globe and planned their post-showgirl futures well in advance. They were nothing like the forlorn characters in recent movies.
Diane tells us what it was really like to be a showgirl and how she pivoted after "retiring" in her early thirties.
She captured it all in a book "The Last Real Showgirl--My Sequined Life Onstage" available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Showgirl+Diane+Christiansen&i=stripbooks&crid=3S1YE2W0LIK1B&sprefix=showgirl+diane+christiansen%2Cstripbooks%2C189&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
or at McFarland:
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-Last-Real-Showgirl/
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