R.I.P. Lottie the Body
I just received word that African-American burlesque legend Lottie "The Body" Graves (Lottie Tatum, b. 1930) has shimmied off this mortal coil on February 28. Born in South Carolina, she moved with her family to Syracuse in 1931. She began modeling and dancing as a teenager. Classical dance training was to set her work apart […]