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:''Private dancer redirects here; for the Tina Turner album and song, see ''' Private Dancer ''' and ''' Private Dancer (song) ''''' A striptease or s and (especially in the UK) Pubs , though theatres and Music Hall s have also been used as venues. The " Teasing " part involves the slowness of undressing, while the audience is eager to see more Nudity . Delay tactics include additional Clothes being removed or putting clothes or hands in front of just undressed body parts. Emphasis is on the act of undressing along with sexually suggestive movement, rather than the state of being undressed. In the past the performance often finished as soon as the undressing was finished, though today striptease artists usually continue dancing whilst in a state of nudity Richard Wortley (1976) ''A Pictorial History of Striptease'' Lara Clifton (2002) ''Baby Oil and Ice: Striptease in East London''. Though today, the stripper often ends the performance 'fully nude', (see picture), in historic and contemporary circumstances not every item of clothing has always been removed: due to legal and cultural prohibitions and other aesthetic considerations. For instance in some parts of the USA there are cultural taboos forbidding the exposure of female nipples, which have thus to be covered by Pasties by the dancer (though no such taboo applies to the exposure of male nipples) Richard Wortley (1976) ''A Pictorial History of Striptease''. Such restrictions have been embodied in venue licensing constraints and local laws. Also certain jurisdictions (chiefly in the USA), have forbidden postures considered 'indecent' (such as spreading the legs). Shoes (often high heeled) are usually kept on, (see picture), for practical and aesthetic reasons. The costume the stripper wears before disrobing can be an important part of the act. These are often fantasy themed: such as a schoolgirl uniform, maid's dress, policewoman's outfit etc. Along with physical attractiveness and appropriate clothing, the main asset and tool used by the Exotic Dancer in recent years is the Stripper Pole . In addition to night club entertainment, stripping can be a form of sexual play at home between partners. This can be done as an impromptu event or--perhaps for a special occasion--with elaborate planning involving Fantasywear , music, special lighting, practised dance moves, and even dance moves that have been previously unpractised. OFF-STAGE See Also: lap dance A variation on striptease is private dancing, which often involves 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. Variations include private dances like Table Dancing where the performer dances on or by customer's table rather than the customer being seated in a couch. For certain events, including Bachelor/bachorette Parties , the stripper's job often involves holding games or contests with sexual themes. The contact between a performer and a customer is regulated in ways that vary in response to local laws and club rules, ranging from "air dances" with minimal or no contact to "friction" lap dances at the dancer's discretion. HISTORY World origins painted in 1906. The model was the dancer who in 1907 gave a private performance of the dance to King Edward VII . Other possible influences on modern striptease were the dances of the Ghawazee "discovered" and seized upon by French colonists in nineteenth century North Africa and Egypt . The erotic Dance Of The Bee performed by a woman known as Kuchuk Hanem , was witnessed and described by the French novelist Gustave Flaubert . In this dance the performer disrobes as she searches for an imaginary bee trapped within her garments. It is likely that the women performing these dances did not do so in an indigenous context, but rather, responded to the commercial climate for this type of entertainment. Middle Eastern Belly Dance , also known as Oriental Dancing, was popularized in the US after its introduction on the Midway at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago by a dancer known as Little Egypt . The French tradition 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. At this time Parisian shows such as the Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergere pioneered semi-nude dancing and Tableaux Vivants . One landmark was the appearance at the Moulin Rouge in 1907 of an actress called Germaine Aymos who entered dressed only in three very small shells. In the 1930s the famous Josephine Baker danced semi-nude at the Folies and other such performances were provided at the Tabarin . These shows were notable for their sophisticated choreography and dressing the girls in glitzy sequins and feathers. By the 1960s "fully nude" shows were provided at such places as Le Crazy Horse Saloon .Richard Wortley (1976) ''A Pictorial History of Striptease'': 29-53 The American tradition American striptease nurtured its roots in carnivals and . The art and business enjoyed prosperity as the United States economy grew out of the depression of the 1930s through the 1950s . In the sixties and seventies, with changing cultural expressions of sexuality, it declined in profitability and status. In the eighties and technology boom of the nineties, those in the profession enjoyed increased acceptance and better working conditions. The British tradition In Britain the . The Windmill girls also toured other London and provincial theatres, sometimes using ingenious devices such as rotating ropes to move their bodies round, though strictly speaking, staying within the letter of the law by not moving of their own volition. According to the film Mrs Henderson Presents , mice were also employed to get the nudes to move. Another way the law was bent was the Fan Dance , in which a naked dancer's body was concealed by her fans and those of her attendants, until the end of her act in when she posed naked for a brief interval whilst standing stock still. The Windmill girls were a major morale booster during wartime London as was the cartoon-strip stripper Jane , modelled on one of the Windmill girls, who appeared in the Daily Mirror .Gavin Weightman (1992) ''Bright Lights, Big City'': 85-90 By the 1950s touring striptease acts were used to attract audiences to the dying Music Halls . Changes in the law in the 1960s brought about a boom of strip clubs in Soho with 'fully nude' dancing and audience participation. Pubs were also used as a venue, most particularly in the East End with a concentration of such venues in the district of Shoreditch . Though often a target of local authority harassment, a remnant of these pubs survives to the present day. An interesting custom in these pubs is that the strippers walk round and collect money from the customers in a beer jug before each individual performance. Private dances of a more raunchy nature are sometimes available in a separate area of the pub ''Baby Oil and Ice: Striptease in East London''Lara Clifton (2002). . Striptease in Japan Striptease became popular in Japan after the end of World War II . When entrepreneur Shigeo Ozaki saw Gypsy Rose Lee perform, he started his own striptease review in Tokyo 's Shinjuku neighborhood. During the 1950s, Japanese "strip shows" became more sexually explicit and less dance-oriented, until they were eventually simply live sex shows.1 Recent history to dance around.]]Recently and Lap Dancing , organised by multi-national corporations such as Spearmint Rhino , was exported from North America to the United Kingdom, Central Europe, Russia, and Australia etc. In London, England a raft of such so-called 'lap dancing clubs' grew up in the 1990s, featuring pole dancing on stage and private table dancing, though, despite media misrepresentation, lap-dancing in the sense of bodily contact was forbidden by lawVlad Lapidos (1996) ''The Good Striptease Guide to London''. Tredegar Press. In America a notable contemporary practitioner of striptease is the rock singer Courtney Love . In one notorious incident in March 2004, she disrobed on prime-time American TV in front of host David Letterman while standing on his desk. Hollyweird's deadly love affair , Michelle Malkin, March 24 2004 In December 2006, a Norwegian court ruled that striptease is an Art form and made strip clubs exempt from Value Added Tax .BBC News. Stripping is art, Norway decides . December 6, 2006. New Burlesque |
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