Blog: BURLESK: As You Like It!

tags: 1950s, 1953, Latin Quarter, Miami, Nejla Ates, New York City, beginnings, bellydancer, burlesque, showgirl, vintage, magazine photo, on stage
Nejla Ates aka. “The Exquisite Turkish Delight”.. Nejla was actually born in a small Romanian town called Kanara, in 1932. As a 20 year-old dancer, she was already headlining shows at the ‘Casino De Paris’ in France. In 1953,
tags: 1950s, 1953, Latin Quarter, Miami, Nejla Ates, New York City, beginnings, bellydancer, burlesque, showgirl, vintage, magazine photo, on stage