Minsky Malone

{{short description|Australian erotic dancer}}

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Minsky Malone, also known as Charlie Robinson,{{cite web |last1=Alder |first1=Julia |title=It's back to burlesque |url=http://preston-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/it-s-back-to-burlesque/ |website=Preston Leader |accessdate=11 December 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918061700/http://preston-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/it-s-back-to-burlesque/ |archivedate=18 September 2008 |date=18 September 2008}} is an Australian creative director for stage, an international burlesque performer, and the creative director of House of Burlesque.{{cite book |last1=Darling |first1=Juliana |title=Showgirl: For the Love of Pole Dance |date=2016 |publisher=Bastei Lübbe |isbn=9783732533688 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HB-RDQAAQBAJ&q=minsky+malone&pg=PT149 |language=de}}{{cite web |title=Minsky Malone |url=http://houseofburlesque.com.au/minsky-malone/ |website=House of Burlesque |accessdate=11 December 2018 |date=13 April 2016}} Since 1997 she has performed around the world, first starting with her troupe in the seaside tourist town of Blackpool in northern England. During this time she appeared on British TV on Ali G and Men and Motors, followed by tours in Milan and Ibiza (1997–2000).

In 2004 Malone started the Melbourne Burlesque School,{{cite web |title=Art of Tease at Fitzroy's House of Burlesque |url=http://melbourne.theagendadaily.com/leisure/art-of-tease-house-of-burlesque-fitzroy/ |website=Melbourne Agenda |accessdate=11 December 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720212508/http://melbourne.theagendadaily.com/leisure/art-of-tease-house-of-burlesque-fitzroy/ |archivedate=20 July 2010}} in which graduates formed Australia's only Fan Dancing Troupe and performed in various events. In 2008 Malone wrote, directed, and produced burlesque-vaudeville play 'Pandora's Dolls' as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. In January 2009 her Minsky's Circus Burlesque was voted the top New Year's Eve Event in Melbourne by the Melbourne Age. In 2009 she performed, co-wrote and directed a Dali Burlesque show for the National Gallery of Victoria. In 2010 she judged the Miss Burlesque New Zealand{{cite web |title=New Burlesque Queen crowned – she's from the Manawatu |url=http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=54561 |website=Wellington.scoop.co.nz |accessdate=11 December 2018 |language=en |date=15 April 2015}} and Miss Burlesque Australia.

In 2012 Malone appeared in the German documentary film Melbourne - Australiens neue Boomtown (Melbourne - Australia's New Boomtown) by Stephan Düfel.{{cite web |title=Melbourne - Australiens neue Boomtown |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2137770/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1 |website=IMDb |accessdate=11 December 2018}}