There are some 2,000 rhinestones adorning each brassiere that the ladies of Fantasy: The Strip’s Sexiest Tease wear for the opening number of the topless revue, a fact that quickly becomes moot as the eight dancers remove the sparkling bras and are individually introduced by emcee/vocalist Lorena Peril. Several of the ravishing cast members performing on a Sunday night at Luxor are in the 2024 Fantasy: The Strip’s Sexiest Tease calendar, including flame-haired French enchantress Gigi (March), New York City siren Abby (May) and Minnesota marvel Ashton (cover).
April’s calendar girl is onstage, too, and sizzles during the next number that calls for her to join two dancers in bed for a playful tryst. Erica saunters around the metal frame bed before making a fierce spin that immediately defines her stage persona. Each Fantasy: The Strip’s Sexiest Tease dancer has a distinct personality that sets her apart from her seven stage sisters. Erica is a dynamo with barely contained Aries energy, whipping her long, honey-blonde, highlighted hair around with seeming abandon and exuding confidence in every move.
“There’s bite. There’s an aggressiveness, like in the best of ways,” Erica says of her approach in an interview with Las Vegas Magazine. “I put so much energy and strength in my dancing, and I just love going so full out because … we’re onstage. It’s hard not to. I want to give my best performance at all times.”
Erica says she auditioned for Fantasy: The Strip’s Sexiest Tease and joined the cast in March after establishing her career in her native Massachusetts. Tonight, she’ll play prominent roles in existing numbers and newer ones, including one that features her singing in the show for the first time. Exuberant Abby, with her trademark blonde bob, and dark-tressed temptress Rachael will join her in bed. She’ll perform peek-a-boo bit “Solo” with Ashton and Gigi, and be the only dancer of the evening to take it all off during one fleeting moment.
Like the rest of the cast, Erica makes complex choreography look effortless. Ever-present smiles may distract from the fact that an inestimable amount of hard work is behind every performance. “It’s a lot. I learned this show in five days,” says Erica. “One thing I do pride myself in is how well I’m able to pick up choreography and remember it fast. It’s not an easy task as a dancer.”
Hours of repetition in rehearsal and review are why each step is smooth and each segment segues with ease into the next. Peril, who makes melismatic magic during a performance of “I Put a Spell on You,” is the hype mistress in charge of encouraging people to stand up and dance, and keeps things lively and fun.
The dancers complement the show with personal expression. “There’s that classic showgirl look-essence-vibe onstage, and I want keep that,” says Erica. “But I also want to add my own flavor, my own essence, to all the choreo and the performances as a whole. I feel my Aries-ness—if that’s even a word—my fire, kind of comes out.”
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