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SpeakEasy Noir
Burlesque

SpeakEasy
Noir
Burlesque

Immerse yourself into our experiential and transformational offerings.

Take a decadent dive into ceremony. Come undone.

Journey in & spiral out tonight.

SpeakEasy Noir is a mind-body wellness practice and immersive movement experience for intensely sensuous and deeply curious souls. Create new pathways with shadow play through sensual movement, burlesque freestyle, primal play, erotic expression, theatre improv, boudoir portraits, and so much more. 

Signature Burlesque Offerings

"burlesque boudoir workshops" - https://speakeasynoir.com

Burlesque Immersion

A 6-week course to expand your erotic wellness practices and lifestyle through burlesque.

Come back to your body. Slow down and breathe. This exploratory workshop guides you through the SpeakEasy Noir “sensual core flow” method to freestyle movement. Utilizing improv-based prompting and progressive sequences, evoke and provoke your sensual free flow.

Linger in the thrill of TOUCH. In this guided movement workshop, play with your sense of and intent of touch. Explore storytelling and expression as you feel your way around with objects, costumes, props, and even yourself.

Show up and SHOW OUT! This movement workshop fuses the “sensual core flow” method with erotic-noir burlesque choreography. In this signature chorus experience, be guided through show-stopping performance scores and sultry sensual freestyle focused on stage presence, storytelling, subtext, and seduction.

Explore your many layers. There is something to be said for WHAT you reveal and what you keep hidden. There’s something to be said for HOW, WHEN & WHY you hide or reveal parts of yourself. There’s something in between the layers. Be guided to unleash with intent and flow with erotic, playful prompts. Discover the extravagant, dramatic, and emotional range of your big reveal!

Throw a tantrum with any emotion. If you’ve ever been accused of being too emotional or even being emotionally unavailable, this is the workshop for you. Go deeper in your self-expression through flow, movement, and performance. Explore a wide range of human emotions set to music and motion, including journaling prompts & theatrics!

Discover new pathways to express yourself. This exploratory workshop guides you through the SpeakEasy Noir “sensual core flow” method to primal movement. Utilizing improv-based prompting and archetypal play, evoke and provoke your raw erotic nature. 

Be whoever, whenever, however you want. Explore extreme emotions, nuances and movement through archetypal play. Using theatre and dance, explore the depths of all of your many sides utilizing the 12 signature SpeakEasy Noir archetypes.

“I would do this work, this gorgeous, delicious body work, again and again and again… because while it let me express my sexuality in ways that I absolutely relish, it also taught me something about the intrinsic nature of me, of human beings, of sensuality and expression.” 

BROOKE ARCENEAUX, Author & Digital Creative

Sit Down On It: Chair Dance

A 4-week series exploring chair + lap dance, movement and flow through burlesque.

You need a throne. Learn the decadent power of sitting down on it. In our classic 4-week series, play with erotic prompts and theatrical motifs both on and off the chair as you journey to pleasure in our burlesque improv dance class.

MAIN FOCUS: Improv Prompts

You need a throne. Learn the decadent power of sitting down on it. In our classic 4-week series, play with erotic prompts and theatrical motifs both on and off the chair as you journey to pleasure in our burlesque improv dance class.

MAIN FOCUS: Sequencing, Mapping and Choreo

You need a throne. Learn the decadent power of sitting down on it. In our classic 4-week series, play with erotic prompts and theatrical motifs both on and off the chair as you journey to pleasure in our burlesque improv dance class.

MAIN FOCUS: Lap Dance

You need a throne. Learn the decadent power of sitting down on it. In our classic 4-week series, play with erotic prompts and theatrical motifs both on and off the chair as you journey to pleasure in our burlesque improv dance class.

MAIN FOCUS: Freestyle + Flow

"burlesque chair dance" - https://speakeasynoir.com

“No words for the power of this night and the power of you, Shay. I cannot wait to spend more time together and watch you transform other people’s lives.”

–  LOLA MANEKIN, Alchemista & Founder of Tribe Baltimore and Movement Lab

Exposed: Striptease Dance

A 4-week series exploring striptease and reveals through flow, prompting, and burlesque.

Explore your many layers between what you choose to expose and the mysteries you hold close. Delve into the intricate dance of when, how, and why you unveil, reveal, or shield aspects of your being.

MAIN FOCUS: Improv Prompts

Explore your many layers. There is something to be said for WHAT you reveal and what you keep hidden. There’s something to be said for HOW, WHEN & WHY you hide or reveal parts of yourself. There’s something in between the layers. Be guided to unleash with intent and flow with erotic, playful prompts. Discover the extravagant, dramatic, and emotional range of your big reveal!

MAIN FOCUS: Archetypes

Explore your many layers. There is something to be said for WHAT you reveal and what you keep hidden. There’s something to be said for HOW, WHEN & WHY you hide or reveal parts of yourself. There’s something in between the layers. Be guided to unleash with intent and flow with erotic, playful prompts. Discover the extravagant, dramatic, and emotional range of your big reveal!

MAIN FOCUS: Emotional Storytelling

Explore your many layers. There is something to be said for WHAT you reveal and what you keep hidden. There’s something to be said for HOW, WHEN & WHY you hide or reveal parts of yourself. There’s something in between the layers. Be guided to unleash with intent and flow with erotic, playful prompts. Discover the extravagant, dramatic, and emotional range of your big reveal!

MAIN FOCUS: Freestyle + Flow

"burlesque striptease class" - https://speakeasynoir.com

“Shay took me through a mind-blowing experience.”

 EMPRESS V,  Journalist & Cofounder of Urban Wax Creative Studio

We’ve taught classes & workshops at the following events, studios and festivals:

We’ve led movement workshops in the most sacred and pleasure-filled spaces, such as a queer tantric monastery in the mountains of South Carolina at the Touch & Play Festival; at a yoga resort in the Nosara jungle of Costa Rica at the Soul Fire Retreat, as well as wellness, dance and fitness studios along the East Coast including Lululemon. Our offerings are also booked as add-ons and features for both national and international wellness, tantric and movement retreats, and immersions, such as Sex Witch, Radiant Ecstasy, and Dakini Tantric by Lauren Harkness.

The Fit Factory • Movement Lab • Lululemon Baltimore • The Mythic Masculine • Touch&Play Emerging Seeds • Touch&Play Earthdance • MadameNoire • Soul Fire: Embodied Movement Retreat • CREATE Retreats • Touch&Play Transmutations • The Radiance Retreat • Sex Witch Retreat • Dakini Tantra Practitioner Training • The Rowe Center • Earth Dance • The Nest of The Owl Nest Group • Nine Mountains Retreat Center • Elizabeth Kross Photography