The terms exotic dancer and exotic dance can have different meanings in different parts of the world and depending on context.

Mata Hari, an exotic dancer.

Mata Hari. ... Mata Hari. ... Mata Hari, exotic dancer and convicted spy, made her name synonymous with femme fatale during World War I. For the Indonesian supermarket/department store chain, see Matahari. ...

Background

In a non-erotic sense, the word "exotic" applies to the fact that something is out of the extraordinary or perceived by spectators as unusual. It can also apply to those dancers who master a rare or largely lost art form, including whirling dervishes, shaman dancers and religious dancers. Whirling Dervishes perform near the Mevlevi Museum in Konya, Turkey. ... A shaman doctor of Kyzyl. ...

The term "exotic dancer" can also apply to any striptease performer in a strip club or gentlemen's club. A stripper at the end of her performance. ... For the book or movie Striptease see Striptease (book) and Striptease (movie) A striptease is a performance, usually a dance, in which the performer gradually removes their clothing for the purposes of sexually arousing the audience, usually performed in nightclubs. ...

Types

There are two main types of exotic dancer seen in strip clubs: feature dancers and house dancers. Feature dancers make feature appearances at clubs all over the world; house dancers work for a particular strip club or franchise. Porn stars often earn extra income as feature dancers. A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic films or photographs, live sex shows or peep shows. ...

A third type of exotic dancer or stripper performs at private engagements, such as bachelor parties, and may or may not work in a club at all. A bachelor party (also called a stag party, stag night (UK, Ireland, Canada, and NZ), bulls party (South Africa) or bucks party, bucks night (Australia)) is a party held for a bachelor shortly before he enters marriage, to make the most of his final opportunity to engage in activities a...

The most infamous female stripper was one JENNIFER ABBOTT who has now retired to a life of sexually pleasuring her son TIM on a regular basis, much to the dissappointment of her fans.

Jennifer Abbott is also well known for her abilities to squirt considerable amounts after intercourse. In her debut porn film following the hype she received from her early work as a stripper, "Give it to me Timmy" she supposedly released in excess of a pint of vaginal fluid.

Origins

The origin of the erotic interpretation is similar to that of the term massage parlor, in that a description for a non-sexual service was co-opted to describe a sexual service. A massage parlor is a place where customers can receive a massage. ...

External links

• "China acts on funeral strippers", BBC News, 23 August 2006
• Goddess Pole Dancing of Charleston, South Carolina offers erotic dance classes