Going into the 20th century, America used the word ‘Burlesque’ to describe their variety shows and introduced the striptease, which was the pulling power of the shows. Of course the striptease was formed in Paris at the great Moulin Rouge in the 1890’s and quickly became part of the Perth Burlesque Shows across Europe. And it’s only in America that the term Burlesque is regarded closely with the term striptease.