If this season of life has left you feeling more stretched than steady, you are not alone
Does this sound familiar?
You are functioning.
You are getting things done.
You may even look composed from the outside.
But inside, something feels muted.
Your body does not feel like a place you fully arrive in. Pleasure feels distant. Confidence feels inconsistent. Being seen can feel strangely exposing, even when part of you longs for it.
You do not need another demand to be bold.
You need a place where your body can stop bracing long enough for connection to return.
Welcome to 101 Get Your Sexy Back
*Sparkleforce is a rainbow business and we welcome and include all gender identities
You want a beginner-friendly space where you can move at your own pace
You are curious about burlesque but feel nervous about being seen
You want space where you do not have to perform
You want to feel more confident, sensual and present without forcing it
You feel capable on the outside but disconnected from your body on the inside
This is for you if...
You are ready for something playful, grown, gentle and real
Length: 8 weeks
Format: 1 live class per week
Class length: 1 hour
Level: Beginner-friendly
Focus: Nervous system regulation, burlesque foundations, confidence and embodied presence
Includes: Live classes, Sparkle System tools, Glam Lab community access
Investment: $697* special relaunch rate
Performance required: No
Dance experience required: No
101 Get Your Sexy Back at a glance:
foundational burlesque movement,
posture, presence and eye line,
sensuality without pressure,
playful expression,
confidence through repetition,
choice, boundaries and self-trust,
simple choreography elements,
Inside 101 Get Your Sexy Back
Week 1: Arrive
Settle into the room, meet the course, and begin with nervous system orientation.
Week 2: Soften
Explore breath, grounding and the first layer of body connection.
Week 3: Move
Learn foundational burlesque movement in a way that feels accessible and adjustable.
Week 4: Notice
Work with tension, self-consciousness and the places your body starts to brace.
Week 5: Express
Explore sensual movement, play and permission without needing to perform.
Week 6: Be Seen
Practise presence, posture, eye line and taking up space.
Week 7: Integrate
Bring the Sparkle System and burlesque foundations together.
Week 8: Celebrate
Reflect, embody and notice what has shifted.
The 8-week journey
You may notice:
you feel more at home in your body
movement feels less awkward and more available
you recover from self-consciousness faster
you begin taking up more space
you feel more playful
you trust your body a little more
you remember parts of yourself that have been quiet for a long time
What may shift over the 8 weeks
Because burlesque gives us a playful, structured way to practise being seen.
Not all at once.
Not by forcing confidence.
But through small moments of movement, rhythm, expression and choice.
In 101, burlesque becomes a way to explore:
taking up space
noticing where you shrink
softening the body without collapsing
moving with attention instead of apology
reconnecting with sensuality at your own pace
You are not expected to arrive feeling sexy.
That is why the class exists.
Why Burlesque?
This is a choice-based space.
101 Get Your Sexy Back is designed to be gentle, invitational and choice-based.
You will never be forced to perform, share, touch, disclose, or
push through discomfort.
You are welcome to:
rest
modify movement
sit out of an exercise
move smaller
ask questions
take your time
This is not a space where confidence is demanded from you.
It is a space where capacity is built with you.
How the space is held
The Sparkle System framework
Tools to help your body feel safer over time
A structure you can return to again and again
Gentle nervous system tools you can use outside class
Valued at $497
Access to The Glam Lab community
A space where the work continues gently between sessions
Connection with current and past students
Support without pressure
Valued at $67/month
8 live, 1-hour burlesque classes
A guided space to explore movement, rhythm and presence
Beginner-friendly burlesque foundations
No pressure to perform
An invitation to be in your body as you are
Valued at $997
Total value: $1,628
Your investment today: just $697*
* but only during this relaunch.
You do not need to be confident to begin.
Only willing to notice what is already there.
What you receive
You do not need to arrive confident
You do not need dance experience.
You do not need to feel sexy.
You do not need to be flexible, ablebodied, fearless or ready to perform.
101 is where we begin.
You do not need…
Crystal Mischief is an award-winning burlesque performer, educator and somatic coach who has been teaching and performing since 2010.
Their work blends burlesque, neuroscience, behaviour change and body-based confidence practices to help students reconnect with themselves in a way that feels grounded, playful and real.
Crystal has performed and taught internationally, delivered the TEDx talk Sparkling in the Darkness, and created Sparkleforce to offer burlesque as more than performance: a pathway back into presence, confidence and embodied self-trust.
My Pronouns: They/Them
My Honorifics: Mx
Kia ora, I'm Crystal
Your guide in The Glam Lab
Maybe You've Seen Me On...
Here's one of my fabulous students story ...
If you recognise yourself in any part of this, you are warmly invited.
During the course, something shifted.
She walked into the women’s section on her own and chose something for herself.
That is what this work can look like.
Not just on a stage.
In small, everyday moments where your body feels safe enough to stay.
When TK first came to Sparkleforce, being seen felt uncomfortable.
She moved through 101 at her own pace.
Not to perform.
Just to begin feeling safer in her body.
At the end of the course, she chose to perform a burlesque routine for her 50th birthday.
Not because she had to.
Because she wanted to.
Afterwards, she shared something that stayed with me.
For years, she avoided buying underwear for herself. It did not feel comfortable to be in that space.
Introducing TK ...
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Do I need dance experience?
A: No dance experience is not necessarily. We will teach you the foundations
Q: Do I need to be confident already?
A: No, we meet you where you are. Whether that be shy, nervous, anxious, excited, cautious.
Q: Do I have to perform?
A: No, there is not expectation that every student will perform. We work on an enthusiastic consent model, meaning if it's not a HELL YES! for you we will not ask you to push through this. Instead we will support you from the sidelines.
Q: What should I wear?
A: Comfortable clothes you can move in easily. Choose something you can bend, stretch and sit in without having to constantly adjust.
Q: Is this suitable if I feel nervous?
A: Yes. Feeling nervous is welcome here. We move gently, offer choices and do not ask you to push past your capacity.
Q: Is this therapy?
A: No this is not a replacement for medical or psychological advice.
Q: Is this online, in person, or both?
A: Both! If you select the online option this is the pre-recorded instant access. We also offer small groups in person in Lower Hutt.
Q: What if I miss a class?
A: If you have selected the pre-recorded instant access then you can do this in your own pace. If you are a part of the in person group then you will be offered to join the next in person class you missed.
Q: What happens after 101?
A: The next class in the sequence is 201 Foundational Burlesque and it builds on what we learn here.
Q: Is there a payment plan?
A: Not at the moment, we are working on this.
You are invited to arrive as you are.
There is no pressure to decide today.
I invite you to take your time and return when it feels light.
If your not quite ready yet, then you are welcome to join our wait list where you'll recieve gentle tools and practices to begin exploring this work at your own pace.