About The Instructor : Ruby Joule is a classically trained dancer and actress with over 20 years experience in ballet, jazz, ballroom and world dance, with a burlesque career that spans over 15 years. Based in Austin, Texas she has traveled the world performing her award-winning burlesque acts and sharing her workshops from Australia to Europe and across North America. She is a three-time title holder at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, and has been invited to teach her classes at BurlyCon (the largest burlesque educational convention in the world) over multiple years. She has studied with the Legends of burlesque as well as contemporaries including Catherine D’Lish and Michelle L’Amour. Ruby is known for her intertwining of sensuality and elegance, as well as the playful and lighthearted energy she brings to performing and teaching.