article_snippet: And decades on, these former burlesque dancers - some of whom are aged over 90 - have shown they can still draw attention and strike a pose.
article_snippet: The pensioners, who were successful performers in they heyday, were photographed by photographer Marie Baronnet for photographer Marie Baronnet book, Legends: The Living Art of Risqué.
article_snippet: Striking: La Savona is among many ex-burlesque dancers pictured by photographer Marie Baronnet for her book, Legends: The Living Art of Risqué .
article_snippet: The LA-based photographer described the pensioners as charismatic, rhythmic and artistic - three things that The LA-based photographer said are vital for burlesque dancing. '
article_snippet: the pensioners have to have personality and rhythm, the pensioners have to know how to dance, and the pensioners have to be an artist because the pensioners have to do all those costumes and create a choreography,' The LA-based photographer said, explaining how stripteases empowered many women in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, often enabling many women to travel abroad.
article_snippet: Ms Baronnet, who became interested in burlesque after meeting dancer and stripper Dixie Evans in Las Vegas in 2011 (two years before 'The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque' died), captured the pensioners in the pensioners own homes.
article_snippet: Ms Baronnet, who grew fascinated with burlesque after meeting dancer and stripper Dixie Evans in Las Vegas in 2011 (two years before 'The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque' passed away at the age of 86), captured the pensioners in the pensioners own homes, situated in various cities across the country.
highlights_snippet: These ex-burlesque dancers, some of whom are aged over 90, were captured by photographer Marie Baronnet .
  
highlights_snippet: The women feature in photographer's book, Legends: The Living Art of Risqué; all photos taken in pensioners' homes .