What is striptease? Where did he come from? Everyone will find answers to these and other questions by reading our article. We will also consider varieties.
So what is striptease? This is an erotic dance. In the process, the performer gradually undresses. Usually professional female or male striptease can be seen in nightclubs. The classic element of such an erotic dance is the pylon (i.e. the pole). It is around this element that the performer dances, undresses. The stripper can go off the stage right into the hall. He can also sit visitors on their knees. An important rule is that visitors cannot touch the dancer with their hands. But here the stripper himself can relate to the guest of the institution.
Note that the central and local authorities establish laws that determine how much a stripper can be exposed.
Sometimes a client can order a so-called private dance. In the process, a stripper dances for only one person in a separate room under the supervision of a (naturally hidden) guard. As a rule, such a service is paid separately. The approximate cost of a private dance is twenty dollars. As a rule, during the dance, visitors give money to the stripper. Often the performers of this dance come up with various sonorous aliases.
"Striptease". Definition of the word
What definitions does the word "strip" have? In Ozhegov’s dictionary there is the following interpretation: striptease is a dance number with strip elements. The encyclopedic dictionary has a slightly different interpretation. What is striptease? In this book, striptease has the following definition: demonstrated in cabaret, variety show, night restaurants. During it, the performer dances and slowly undresses. In the finals, he appears before the audience naked.
The world's first striptease
For the first time, striptease was shown on February 9, 1893 on the stage of the Moulin Rouge during a party hosted by students from Paris. During an impromptu beauty pageant, a model with a stage name Mona threw off all her clothes. For this behavior, the girl was fined a hundred francs.
In the same year, striptease appeared in Chicago. There, a dancer was exposed in a cabaret.
Professional Features
Initially, there were no criteria for striptease dancers, but as competition increased, they did appear. Typically, strippers are young (from eighteen to thirty years old) people with a model appearance. A prerequisite for dancers is grooming (that is, a hairstyle, manicure, pedicure and hair removal should be done). A stripper can only be a person in excellent physical shape. In addition, he must have a sense of rhythm and plasticity. It is also highly desirable that the stripper has experience in dance performances.
The working day of the stripper dancer in the club starts at ten in the evening. And ends at five in the morning. Typically, a stripper’s work schedule is two through two. That is, the stripper dances for two nights, and rests for two.
Usually the salary of dancers consists of a tip or the payment for ordering a private dance. Note that stage costumes are bought by strippers, usually for their money.
Such work, unfortunately, can create problems with loved ones who may experience a sense of shame or awkwardness.
The origins
"Wasp Dance" was a prototype of the current striptease. This dance has been known since antiquity. What is he like? Everything happens as follows: to the music a girl moves, wrapped in a shawl. She imitates the shaking of a wasp, which is entangled in clothes. During the dance, the clothes unfold, as a result of which the girl is exposed.
Another original prototype of striptease can be called a dance called "cancan". He appeared in France half a century earlier. They began to perform it in cabarets, restaurants and other entertainment venues.
Note that both striptease and cancan have been considered vulgar, obscene, and defiant dances for decades. Performers were equated with prostitutes.
First, striptease in America was called burlesque. And the artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec was very fond of drawing cancan performers.
Striptease in the twenty first century
And what is striptease in the twenty-first century? Striptease is often associated with prostitution. Although some dancers do provide clients with intimate services, sometimes even publicly. But it cannot be said that sex is an integral part of striptease. These are two different things.
Although, of course, striptease performers enjoy special attention from the opposite sex, therefore they often receive offers of additional services of an intimate nature. From various kinds of inappropriate behavior of people strippers, as a rule, protect the guards.
Note that recently appeared such an erotic dance as pole dance. In this direction there are many elements of acrobatics and fitness with a pole. Such dances allow girls to be liberated. Sometimes after taking such courses, girls can show home striptease for their beloved man.
Types of strip services
What varieties of striptease are known?
- The main place of work of such dancers is considered to be strip clubs. In such institutions, you can both watch performances on stage and order a private dance. The peculiarity of the earnings of performers who work in strip clubs is Lap dance, “private dances” and consummation. As a rule, girls strip for men. Although there are institutions where guys work, speaking for women. There are also clubs in which people dance for gay people.
- Striptease to order. This type of earnings is optional. That is, the dancer (or the dancer) goes to the venue of the event (bachelor party, corporate party, bachelorette party and others). A stripper can be ordered for one dance, or for more. The duration of one dance is from five to fifteen minutes, depending on the musical accompaniment.
- In addition, you can order strip-draws. For example, a dancer can play the role of a policeman, a pizza or gift delivery man. Striptease from the show cake is also popular.
Finally
Now you know what a striptease is, what definitions a given word has. We also talked about when this type of dance came about.