New York burlesque star twirls her way to Memphis
A burlesque dancer performs in Velvetina’s Blue Moon Revue, a show at Hernando’s Hide-A-Way in Memphis. (Karen Pulfer Focht/ Special to the Daily Memphian)
Dancer Velvetina Taylor masters the old-fashioned art of the tease.
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Karen Pulfer Focht
Karen Pulfer Focht is a freelance photojournalist. She has won numerous awards in her career, many for in-depth projects about children and families in Memphis. Her work is regularly published in newspapers and magazines around the world.
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