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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. The "teasing" involves the slowness of undressing, while the audience is eager to see more nudity. Delay tactics include additional clothes under clothes being removed, putting clothes or hands in front of just undressed body parts, etc. Emphasis is on the act of undressing along with sexually suggestive movement, not on the state of being undressed: in some cases the performance is finished as soon as the undressing is finished. A street musician with accordion in Bremen A performance comprises an event in which generally one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for the benefit of another group of people (the viewer or viewers, or audience). ...
A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ...
(See also List of types of clothing) Humans often wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments or attire) on the body (for the alternative, see nudity). ...
Sexual arousal is the process and state of an animal being ready for sexual intercourse. ...
A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the UK) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ...
Teasing is the act of playfully disturbing another person, either with words or with actions. ...
Nudity or nakedness is the state of wearing no clothing. ...
Overview
A strip club is a nightclub which specializes in striptease. Striptease performers are called, among other things, strippers or, the term preferred by those in the profession, exotic dancers. A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the UK) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ...
There are two main types of dancer: feature dancers and house dancers. House dancers work for a particular strip club (or local group of clubs). Feature dancers tend to have their own reputation as a starlet, and travel from town to town, making "feature appearances". Porn stars often earn much of their income as feature dancers. A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ...
A variation on striptease is lap dancing or contact dancing. Here the performers, in addition to stripping for tips, also offer "private dances" which involve more attention for individual audience members. The contact can vary from a simple up-close dance with no touching, to physical contact with the stripper to, in some clubs, sexual intercourse. Variations on this theme include table dancing (performer dances on or by customer's table) and couch dancing (customer sits on a couch), or sexual acts between two female strippers, like touching, kissing, fingering and cunnilingus. Along with physical attractiveness and clothing, the main asset and toolhead used by the stripper is recent years is the stripper pole. Women are often allured into the profession due to the attractive salaries they can receive in the form of tips. A lap-dance is a specific type of erotic dance, in which the patron is seated, and the dancer is either in immediate contact with the patron, or within a very short distance. ...
SUCK MY PENIS BITCH!!! ...
A table dance is an erotic dance performed at the customers table, as opposed to up on stage. ...
A couch-dance is an erotic dance much like a lap-dance, except that the person upon which the dance is being performed is seated on a couch. ...
For the band by this name see Couch (band) Sofas come in a variety of colors, patterns, and materials A couch, also known as a sofa, settee, or chesterfield is an item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person. ...
Oral sex consists of all those sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, etc. ...
A girl demonstrating a pole dance at a private party Pole dancing is a form of erotic dancing that takes muscular endurance and coordination as well as sensuality. ...
History of striptease - Note: much is missing here, and needs to be written.
Ancient striptease Striptease is an ancient art: various accounts in the Bible describe the daughter of Herodias (often called Salomé) as dancing for king Herod, who offered her anything she wished as a reward. Modern interpretations of these stories presume that this dance was, at least in part, a striptease. The Biblical account goes on to relate that, prompted by her mother, she then asked for the head of saint John the Baptist on a platter. The Bible (From Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, plural of βιβλιον, biblion, book, originally a diminutive of βιβλος, biblos, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos, meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material), is a word applied to sacred scriptures. ...
Herodias was a Jewish princess famous for her beauty and love affairs, daughter of Aristobulus III of Judea. ...
Salomé, like Dismas, or the various names of the Three Magi, is a name given to a character in the Bible whose name is not given in the Bible itself. ...
Herod I, also known as Herod the Great was an ancient king of Judaea. ...
John the Baptist (also called John the Baptizer or John the Dipper) is regarded as a prophet by at least three religions: Christianity, Islam, and Mandaeanism. ...
Burlesque The People's Almanac credited the origin of striptease as we know it to an act in 1890s Paris in which a woman slowly removed her clothes in a vain search for a flea crawling on her body.
Striptease enjoyed a revival with the advent of burlesque theatre, with famous strippers such as Gypsy Rose Lee. In 1940, humorist H. L. Mencken coined the term ecdysiast as a euphemism for strippers; it derives from the Greek ekdusis meaning "to molt." Burlesque was originally a form of art that mocked by imitation, referring to everything from comic sketches to dance routines and usually lampooning the social attitudes of upper classes. ...
Gypsy Rose Lee (February 9, 1911 (not 1914, as is often falsely seen) - April 26, 1970) was an American actress and burlesque entertainer. ...
1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A humorist is an author who specializes in short, humorous articles or essays. ...
H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was a twentieth century journalist and social critic, a cynic and a freethinker, known as the Sage of Baltimore and the American Nietzsche. He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th...
A euphemism is a word or phrase used in place of a term that originally could not be spoken aloud (see taboo) or, by extension, terms which the speaker considers to be disagreeable or offensive. ...
Male strippers Until the 1970s, on an official level strippers were almost invariably female, performing to male audiences. Since then male strippers, performing to female audiences, have also become common. Male and female strippers also perform for gay and lesbian audiences respectively, as well as for both sexes in pansexual contexts. Prior to the 1970s dancers of both genders appeared largely in underground clubs or as part of a theatre experience, but the practice eventually became common enough on its own. Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution...
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. ...
Male is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces sperms. ...
Gay, in addition to meaning happy, also means, simplistically, preferring the same sex in current usage, though to tie down the word to a specific cultural meaning might be to misrespresent a huge community of individuals who find themselves described by the word gay. The term gay, or lesbian for...
A lesbian (lowercase L) is a homosexual woman. ...
Bisexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by romantic love or sexual desire for members of either or both genders, contrasted with homosexuality, heterosexuality, and asexuality. ...
Visits by women to clubs featuring male exotic dancers, usually as a group for an activity such as a hen party, have now become part of mainstream culture in Western countries. And unlike the enforced sedate atmosphere at clubs featuring female exotic dancers for male audiences, the female audience for male strippers is very vocal, rowdy, and even aggressive. Female patrons getting up on stage with the male exotic dancers and helping them strip or joining them stripping is commonplace. This atmosphere is possible because the male exotic dancers do not view such women as a physical threat as female exotic dancers would if their male patrons were to do likewise—not only is the average man stronger than the average woman, but attractive men tend to be unusually muscular. Because of this, the nightclub management and their bouncers do not try to restrain their female audiences. This is picked up by the female patrons, and they push the envelope to just see how far they're allowed to go. Most commonly, it is the female patrons testing the boundaries who are the ones that start restraining themselves before the bouncers do. A hen party (or bachelorette party) is a party for women only, often held for a woman who is about to be married. ...
Conversely, gay male strip clubs comparatively rarely feature male performers who do a strip-tease. Generally they feature men who appear initially in skimpy undergarments (which are quickly removed if full nudity is allowed) and socks. There is no illusion of modesty made at these locations, and though often it is technically prohibited, fondling the strippers is commonplace and considered fair game. In cities such as Washington, D.C. where full nudity is allowed, the male strippers at gay venues stand on the bar or stage and masturbate to maintain erection, allowing the customers to also masturbate them for tips. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
Relationship to the erotic movie industry Many erotic actresses and actors in the US make their main living from their earnings from personal appearances as featured strippers, in much the same way that many musicians make their main living from live performance, with their recordings serving as advertising. And many in the striptease industry appear in erotic media to be paid more for appearing at stripclubs as "feature dancer" due to being a "porn star", which clubs advertise to bring in a bigger paying audience. The more famous the "porn star", the more the exotic dancer will be paid by the stripclub to perform at their club. A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ...
Notable strippers Gypsy Rose Lee (February 9, 1911 (not 1914, as is often falsely seen) - April 26, 1970) was an American actress and burlesque entertainer. ...
Sally Rand (January 2, 1904 - August 31, 1979) was born Harriet Helen Gould Beck in Elkton in Hickory County, Missouri. ...
Lili St. ...
Blaze Starr (born 1932) was an American stripper and burlesque star. ...
Notable modern strippers The Pussycat Dolls are a female burlesque dance revue based in Los Angeles. ...
Dita Von Teese (born Heather Sweet in Rochester, Michigan on September 28, 1972) is a popular American burlesque artist. ...
Danni Ashe Danni Ashe (born January 16, 1968 in Beaufort, South Carolina, USA) is an American nude model and former stripper. ...
See also Burlesque was originally a form of art that mocked by imitation, referring to everything from comic sketches to dance routines and usually lampooning the social attitudes of upper classes. ...
Calendar Girls is a British film of 2003, based on the true story of a group of Yorkshire women who produce a nude calendar to raise money for charity, under the auspices of the Womens Institute. ...
In several areas of Western culture, the Dance of the Seven Veils by Salomé is one of the elaborations on the historical and biblical tale of the execution of John the Baptist. ...
The Exotic World Burlesque Museum and Hall of Fame is located on the site of an abandoned goat farm in Helendale, California. ...
A fan dance is an erotic dance performance, traditionally by a woman. ...
The Full Monty is a 1997 comedy film, a story of six unemployed British steel workers who decide to form a male striptease act. ...
The original poster for the show. ...
External links - StripperWeb (http://www.stripperweb.com): an exotic dancer community that not only provides advice, support, and free services for strippers but also serves as a window into the lives of exotic dancers, their thoughts, and work.
- Professional Striptease (http://www.striptease.pro): A community for professional strippers / exotic dancers.
- = Exotic Dancer Forums (http://dcdancers.com/): another exotic dancer online community, focused on the professional and business side of the industry.
- A guide to the British strip pub scene (http://www.trashcity.org/STRIP/INTRO.HTM)
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