Show & Tell: Koree Kurkowski of ‘Pin Up’
Meet Koree Kurkowski
“Pin Up”
Age: 27
Hometown: Pittsburgh
“Fell in love” with dancing at age 5. … Danced competitively during her school years. … Signed with Royal Caribbean while a senior in high school and performed for about two years with Royal Caribbean and Celebrity cruise lines. … Moved to Las Vegas at 20 after being hired as a showgirl/dancer in “Jubilee!” (“I was the shortest in the show at that time.”) … Other Las Vegas credits include “Sin City Kitties,” “Bite” and “Fantasy.” … Has been with “Pin Up” since Day One and performs a pole solo in a firefighter number. (The trick to pole dancing: “Don’t slip.”)
On the advantages of being with a show from Day One:
“I feel like coming in on Day One you’re learning exactly how the choreographer taught you. When I went into ‘Fantasy,’ a girl taught me the routine that another girl had taught her. It’s like (the game) Telephone: Now the two of you could be doing something different without even knowing it. It’s nice to be the original.”
