Editando Striptease

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[[Image:Striptease.jpg|thumb|right|225px|[[American burlesque]] dancer Lola Bel Aire performing a traditional striptease.]]
[[File:Baker Banana 2.jpg|thumb|right|225px|[[Josephine Baker]] in her "girdle of bananas" outfit, first seen in the [[Folies Bergère]] show ''La Folie du Jour'' in 1926-27.]]

A '''striptease''' is an [[erotic dance|erotic]] or exotic [[dance]] in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a [[seduction|seductive]] and [[Sexual arousal|sexually]] suggestive manner.<ref>Richard Wortley (1976) ''A Pictorial History of Striptease'': 11.</ref> The person who performs a striptease is commonly known as a "[[stripper]]" or exotic dancer.

In Western countries, the venues where stripteases are performed on a regular basis are now usually called [[strip club]]s, though they may be performed in venues such as [[pub]]s (especially in the UK), theaters and [[music hall]]s. At times, a stripper may be hired to perform at a [[bachelor party|bachelor]] or [[bachelorette party]]. In addition to providing [[adult entertainment]], stripping can be a form of [[Foreplay|sexual play]] between partners. This can be done as an impromptu event or&nbsp;– perhaps for a special occasion&nbsp;– with elaborate planning involving [[fantasy wear]], music, special lighting, practiced dance moves, or unrehearsed dance moves.

Striptease involves a slow, sensuous undressing. The stripper may prolong the undressing with delaying tactics such as the wearing of additional [[clothes]] or putting clothes or hands in front of just undressed body parts such as the [[breast]]s or [[genitalia]]. The 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's strippers usually continue dancing in the nude.<ref name="Richard Wortley 1976">Richard Wortley (1976) ''A Pictorial History of Striptease''.</ref><ref name=Clifton>{{cite book|title=Baby Oil and Ice: Striptease in East London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgCfPQAACAAJ|first=Lara|last=Clifton|first2=Sarah|last2=Ainslie|first3=Julie|last3=Cook|publisher=Do-Not Press|year=2002|isbn=9781899344857}}</ref> The costume the stripper wears before disrobing can form part of the act. In some cases, audience interaction can form part of the act, with audience urging the stripper to remove more clothing, or the stripper approaching the audience to interact with them.

Striptease and public nudity have been subject to legal and cultural prohibitions and other aesthetic considerations and [[taboo]]s. Restrictions on venues may be through venue licensing requirements and constraints and a wide variety of national and local laws. These laws vary considerably around the world, and even between different parts of the same country.

[[H. L. Mencken]] is credited with coining the word ''ecdysiast''&nbsp;– from "[[ecdysis]]", meaning "to molt"&nbsp;– in response to a request from striptease artist Georgia Sothern, for a "more dignified" way to refer to her profession. [[Gypsy Rose Lee]], one of the most famous striptease artists of all time, approved of the term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adamapubs.com/Self_Help/Father_s_I_Have_Known/Microsoft_Word_-_mencken-f.pdf|format=PDF|title=Fathers I Have Known&nbsp;– H.L. Mencken, H. Allen Smith}}</ref><ref name="Mencken1923">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Lbl5AAAAIAAJ|last1 = Mencken|first1 = Henry Louis|authorlink1 = H. L. Mencken|year = 1923|publisher = A. A. Knopf|edition = 3|title = The American language: an inquiry into the development of English in the United States}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/review/gypsy-and-the-ecdysiasts-2/|title= Gypsy and the Ecdysiasts;- Steve King}}</ref>

==History==
[[Image:1720 Der spanische teutsche und niederlaendische Krieg p238.png|thumb|right|250px|A 1720 depiction of a striptease<ref>Image from ''Der spanische, teutsche, und niederländische Krieg oder: des Marquis von ... curieuser Lebens-Lauff'', vol. 2 (Franckfurt/ Leipzig, 1720), p.238</ref>]]
The origins of striptease as a performance art are disputed and various dates and occasions have been given from ancient Babylonia to 20th century America. The term "striptease" was first recorded in 1932,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Webster|first1=Merriam|title=First known use of striptease 1932|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/striptease}}</ref> though "stripping", in the sense of women removing clothing to sexually excite men, seems to go back to at least the late 19th century.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

There is a stripping aspect in the ancient Sumerian myth of the descent of the goddess [[Inanna]] into the Underworld (or Kur). At each of the seven gates, she removed an article of clothing or a piece of jewelry. As long as she remained in hell, the earth was barren. When she returned, [[fecundity]] abounded. Some believe this myth was embodied in the [[dance of the seven veils]] of [[Salome]], who danced for [[Herod Antipas|King Herod]], as mentioned in the [[New Testament]] in Matthew 14:6 and Mark 6:21-22. However, although the Bible records Salome's dance, the first mention of her removing seven veils occurs in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s [[Salome (play)|play of 'Salome']], in 1893.

In ancient Greece, the lawgiver [[Solon]] established several classes of prostitutes in the late 6th century BC. Among these classes of prostitutes were the [[auletrides]]: female dancers, acrobats, and musicians, noted for dancing naked in an alluring fashion in front of audiences of men.<ref name="Zaplin 1998">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNM_xibHGIsC&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=Solon+greece+auletrides#v=onepage&q=Solon%20greece%20auletrides&f=false|title=Female offenders: critical perspectives and effective interventions |authorlink= |year=1998 |publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning |location=  |isbn= 978-0-8342-0895-7 |edition= |last1=Zaplin |first1=Ruth |page=351 }}</ref><ref name="Jeffreys 2009">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-9U7Eqp8NigC&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=uk+strip+club+revenues#v=onepage&q=uk%20strip%20club%20revenues&f=false|title=The industrial vagina: the political economy of the global sex trade |authorlink= |year=2009 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |location=  |isbn= 978-0-415-41233-9 |edition= |last1=Jeffreys |first1=Sheila |pages=86–106 }}</ref><ref name="Bassermann 1968">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQiLAAAAIAAJ&dq=auletrides+strip&q=auletrides#search_anchor|title=The oldest profession: a history of prostitution |authorlink= |year=1968 |publisher=Stein and Day |location=  |isbn= 978-0-450-00234-2 |edition= |last1=Baasermann |first1=Lugo |pages=7–9 }}</ref> In [[ancient Rome]], dance featuring stripping was part of the entertainments ''([[ludi]])'' at the [[Floralia]], an April festival in honor of the [[Flora (mythology)|goddess Flora]].<ref>As described by [[Ovid]], ''Fasti'' 4.133ff.; [[Juvenal]], ''Satire'' 6.250–251; [[Lactantius]], ''Divine Institutes'' 20.6; Phyllis Culham, "Women in the Roman Republic," in ''The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic'' (Cambridge University Press, 2004), p. 144; Christopher H. Hallett, ''The Roman Nude: Heroic Portrait Statuary 200 B.C.–A.D. 300'' (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 84.</ref> Empress [[Theodora (6th century)|Theodora]], wife of 6th-century Byzantine emperor [[Justinian]] is reported by several ancient sources to have started in life as a courtesan and actress who performed in acts inspired from mythological themes and in which she disrobed "as far as the laws of the day allowed". She was famous for her striptease performance of "[[Leda and the Swan]]".<ref name="Evans 2003">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8T9TJwcs_20C&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=empress+Theodora+striptease+justinian#v=onepage&q=striptease&f=false|title=The Empress Theodora: Partner of Justinian |authorlink= |year=2003 |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=  |isbn= 978-0-292-70270-7 |edition= |last1=Evans |first1=James Allan|page=15 }}</ref> From these accounts, it appears that the practice was hardly exceptional nor new. It was, however, actively opposed by the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Christian Church]], which succeeded in obtaining statutes banning it in the following century. The degree to which these statutes were subsequently enforced is, of course, opened to question. What is certain is that no practice of the sort is reported in texts of the European Middle Ages.

An early version of strip-tease became popular in England at the time of the [[Restoration drama|Restoration]]. A strip tease was incorporated into the [[Restoration comedy]] ''[[The Rover (play)|The Rover]]'', written by [[Aphra Behn]] in 1677. The stripper is a man; an English country gentleman who sensually undresses and goes to bed in a love scene. (However, the scene is played for laughs; the prostitute he thinks is going to bed with him robs him, and he ends up having to crawl out of the sewer.) The concept of strip-tease was also widely known, as can be seen in the reference to it in [[Thomas Otway]]'s comedy ''[[The Soldier's Fortune]]'' (1681), where a character says: "Be sure they be lewd, drunken, ''stripping'' whores".<ref>Robert Hendrickson (1997) ''QPB Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins''. New York, Facts on File, Inc: 227</ref>

Strip-tease became standard fare in the [[brothel]]s of 18th century [[London]], where the women, called 'posture girls', would strip naked on tables for popular entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strip-magazine.com/shocking-history-striptease|title=The Shocking History of striptease|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816205447/http://strip-magazine.com/shocking-history-striptease|archivedate=2013-08-16|df=}}</ref>

[[File:La Fontaine - Tales and Novels in verse - v2 p130.jpg|thumb|225px|left|La Fontaine plate, 1896]]
Strip-tease was also combined with music, as in the 1720 German translation of the French ''La Guerre D'Espagne'' (Cologne: Pierre Marteau, 1707), where a [[galant]] party of high aristocrats and opera singers has resorted to a small château where they entertain themselves with hunting, play and music in a three-day turn:

<blockquote>The dancers, to please their lovers the more, dropped their clothes and danced totally naked the nicest [[Entree (ballet)|entrées]] and [[ballet]]s; one of the princes directed the delightful music, and only the lovers were allowed to watch the performances.<ref>The German text reads "Die Tänzerinnen, um ihren Amant desto besser zu gefallen, zohen ihre Kleider ab, und tantzten gantz nackend die schönsten Entrèen und Ballets; einer von den Printzen dirigirte dann diese entzückende Music, und stunde die Schaubühne niemand als diesen Verliebten offen.", ''Der spanische, teutsche, und niederländische Krieg oder: des Marquis von ... curieuser Lebens-Lauff'', Bd. 2 (Franckfurt/ Leipzig, 1720), S.238, recapitulated in Olaf Simons, ''Marteaus Europa oder der Roman, bevor er Literatur wurde'' (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2001), pp.617–635.</ref></blockquote>

An [[Arabs|Arabic]] custom, first noted by French colonialists and described by the French novelist [[Gustave Flaubert]] may have influenced the French strip-tease. The dances of the [[Ghawazee]] in North Africa and [[Egypt]] consisted of the erotic [[dance of the bee]] performed by a woman known as [[Kuchuk Hanem]]. 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.<ref name="Parramore 2008">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsMgC7uXLXIC&pg=PA132&dq=dance+of+the+bee+performed+by+a+woman+known+as+Kuchuk+Hanem#v=onepage&q=dance%20of%20the%20bee%20performed%20by%20a%20woman%20known%20as%20Kuchuk%20Hanem&f=false|title=Reading the Sphinx: Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture |authorlink= |year=2008 |publisher=Macmillan |location=  |isbn= 978-0-230-60328-8 |edition= |last1=Parramore |first1=Lynn |page=132 }}</ref> [[Middle Eastern]] [[belly dance]], also known as oriental dancing, was popularized in the United States after its introduction on the [[Midway (fair)|Midway]] at the [[World's Columbian Exposition|1893 World's Fair]] in [[Chicago]] by a dancer known as [[Little Egypt (dancer)|Little Egypt]].<ref name="Carlton 1994">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkgUAQAAIAAJ&dq=Looking+for+Little+Egypt&q=midway#search_anchor|title=Looking for Little Egypt |authorlink= |year=1994 |publisher=IDD Books |location=  |isbn= 978-0-9623998-1-7 |edition= |last1=Carlton |first1=Donna |page=14 }}</ref>

Some claim the origin of the modern striptease lies in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s [[Salome (play)|play of 'Salome']], in 1893. In the [[Dance of the Seven Veils]] the female protagonist dances for [[Herod the Great|King Herod]] and slowly removes her veils until she lies naked.<ref>Toni Bentley (2002) ''Sisters of Salome'': 31</ref> After Wilde's play and [[Richard Strauss]]'s [[Salome (opera)|operatic version of the same]], first performed in 1905, the erotic 'dance of the seven veils', became a standard routine for dancers in opera, vaudeville, film and [[American burlesque|burlesque]]. A famous early practitioner was [[Maud Allan]] who in 1907 gave a private performance of the dance to [[King Edward VII]].

===French tradition===
[[File:Mata Hari 15.jpg|thumb|267px|Mata Hari. The most celebrated segment of her stage act was the progressive shedding of her clothing until she wore just a jeweled [[bra]] and some ornaments over her arms and head]]
In the 1880s and 1890s, [[Paris, France|Parisian]] shows such as the [[Moulin Rouge]] and [[Folies Bergère]] were featuring attractive scantily clad women dancing and [[tableaux vivants]]. In this environment, an act in the 1890s featured a woman who slowly removed her clothes in a vain search for a [[flea]] crawling on her body. ''[[The People's Almanac]]'' credits the act as the origin of modern striptease.

In 1905, the notorious and tragic Dutch dancer [[Mata Hari]], later shot as a spy by the French authorities during World War I, was an overnight success from the debut of her act at the [[Musée Guimet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/hari/5.html|website=www.crimelibrary.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210044610/http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/hari/5.html|archive-date=10 February 2015|title=Mata Hari is Born|author=Denise Noe|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref> The most celebrated segment of her act was her progressive shedding of clothing until she wore just a jeweled [[bra]] and some ornaments over her arms and head.<ref>[http://www.worldofbiography.com/9241-Mata%20Hari/life.htm Mata Hari] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806002604/http://www.worldofbiography.com/9241-Mata%20Hari/life.htm |date=August 6, 2011 }}</ref> Another landmark performance 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 1920s and 1930s the famous [[Josephine Baker]] danced topless in the ''danse sauvage'' at the Folies and other such performances were provided at the [[Bal Tabarin (Paris)|Tabarin]]. These shows were notable for their sophisticated choreography and often dressing the girls in glitzy sequins and feathers. In his 1957 book ''[[Mythologies (book)|Mythologies]]'', [[semiotics|semiotician]] [[Roland Barthes]] interpreted this Parisian striptease as a "mystifying spectacle", a "reassuring ritual" where "evil is advertised the better to impede and exorcise it".<ref>[http://xroads.virginia.edu/~DRBR/strip.html Striptease], in ''Mythologies'' by Roland Barthes, translated by Annette Lavers. Hill and Wang, bar New York, 1984</ref> By the 1960s "fully nude" shows were provided at such places as [[Crazy Horse (cabaret)|Le Crazy Horse Saloon]].<ref>Richard Wortley (1976) ''A Pictorial History of Striptease'': 29-53</ref>

[[File:Trapeze Disrobing Act (1901).webm|thumb|upright=1.25|thumbtime=1|left|[[Charmion]] in her disrobing act, 1901]]
[[File:Nude contestant posing in pool NAP 2013.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|left|A [[full nudity|fully nude]] stripper performs outdoor in a  pool at [[Nudes-A-Poppin']] event, USA, 2013]]

===American tradition===
In the United States, striptease started in [[traveling carnival]]s and [[American burlesque|burlesque]] theatres, and featured famous strippers such as [[Gypsy Rose Lee]] and [[Sally Rand]]. The [[vaudeville]] [[trapeze artist]], [[Charmion]], performed a "disrobing" act onstage as early as 1896, which was captured in the 1901 [[Thomas Edison|Edison]] film, ''Trapeze Disrobing Act''.  Another milestone for modern American striptease is the possibly legendary show at [[Minsky's Burlesque]] in April 1925: [[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]. The Minsky brothers brought burlesque to New York's [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]]. However the burlesque theatres here were prohibited from having striptease performances in a legal ruling of 1937 leading to the later decline of these "[[grindhouse]]s" (named after the bump 'n grind entertainment on offer) into venues for cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newvictory.org/newvicMain.m |title=The New Victory Cinema |publisher=Newvictory.org |date=1995-12-11 |accessdate=2012-08-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722001058/http://www.newvictory.org/newvicMain.m |archivedate=2012-07-22 |df= }}</ref>

The 1960s saw a revival of striptease in the form of topless [[go-go dancing]]. This eventually merged with the older tradition of burlesque dancing. [[Carol Doda]] of the [[Condor Club|Condor Night Club]] in the [[North Beach, San Francisco, California|North Beach]] section of San Francisco is given the credit of being the first [[Toplessness|topless]] go-go dancer.<ref name=club>''Nudity, Noise Pay Off in Bay Area Night Clubs'', [[Los Angeles Times]], February 14, 1965, Page G5.</ref> The club opened in 1964 and Doda's première topless dance occurred on the evening of June 19 of that year.<ref name=hole>''California Solons May Bring End To Go-Go-Girl Shows In State'', [[Panama City News]], September 15, 1969, Page 12A.</ref><ref name=hole/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-22039191_ITM|title=Naked Profits.|accessdate=2007-07-30|work=[[The New Yorker]]| date=2004-07-12 }}</ref> The large lit sign in front of the club featured a picture of her with red lights on her [[breasts]]. The club went "bottomless" on September 3, 1969 and began the trend of explicit "[[full nudity]]" in American striptease dancing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/1964?cat=technology |title=1964 |accessdate=2007-07-30 |website= }}</ref> which was picked up by other establishments such as [[Apartment A Go Go]].<ref>''Arguments Heard On Nude Dancing'', [[Los Angeles Times]], April 16, 1969, pg. C1.</ref> San Francisco is also the location of the notorious [[Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre]]. Originally an [[X-rated]] movie theater this striptease club pioneered [[lap dancing]] in 1980, and was a major force in popularizing it in [[strip clubs]] on a nationwide and eventually worldwide basis.<ref name="sfweekly">[http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2004-09-08/news/feature.html Lap Victory. How a DA's decision to drop [[prostitution]] charges against lap dancers will change the sexual culture of S.F. -- and, perhaps, the country.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406021322/http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2004-09-08/news/feature.html |date=2009-04-06 }} ''[[SF Weekly]]'', 8 September 2004</ref>

===British tradition===

In Britain in the 1930s, when [[Laura Henderson]] began presenting nude shows at the [[Windmill Theatre]], London, the British law prohibited naked girls from moving. To get around the prohibition the models appeared in stationary [[tableaux vivants]].<ref>Vivien Goldsmith, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3648187/Windmill-always-nude-but-never-rude.html "Windmill: always nude but never rude"], ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 24 November 2005</ref>  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. Another example of the way the shows stayed within the law 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 nude for a brief interval whilst standing still.

In 1942, [[Phyllis Dixey]] formed her own company of girls and rented the [[Whitehall Theatre]] in London to put on a review called The Whitehall Follies.

By the 1950s, touring striptease acts were used to attract audiences to the dying music halls. Arthur Fox started his touring shows in 1948 and Paul Raymond started his in 1951. Paul Raymond later leased the Doric Ballroom in [[Soho]] and opened his private members club, the Raymond Revuebar in 1958. This was one of the first of the private striptease members clubs in Britain.

[[Image:Windmill-Theatre.jpg|thumb|right|275px|The [[Windmill Theatre]] in 2009]]

In the 1960s, changes in the law brought about a boom of strip clubs in Soho with "fully nude" dancing and audience participation.<ref name="Murray Goldstein 2005">{{cite book|first=Murray|last=Goldstein|year=2005|title=Naked Jungle: Soho Stripped Bare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ToqAAAACAAJ|publisher=Silverback Press|isbn=9780954944407}}</ref> Pubs were also used as a venue, most particularly in the [[East End]] with a concentration of such venues in the district of [[Shoreditch]]. This pub striptease seems in the main to have evolved from topless go-go dancing.<ref name="It Started With Theresa">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=jivMPoquDfAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bill+Martland#PPA5,M1 |title=It Started With Theresa |date= March 2006|accessdate=2012-08-01|isbn=9781411651784 |last1=Martland |first1=Bill }}</ref> Though often a target of local authority harassment, some of these pubs survive 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. This custom appears to have originated in the late 1970s when topless go-go dancers first started collecting money from the audience as the fee for going "fully nude".<ref name="It Started With Theresa"/> Private dances of a more raunchy nature are sometimes available in a separate area of the pub.<ref name=Clifton/>

===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 revue in Tokyo's [[Shinjuku, Tokyo|Shinjuku]] neighborhood. During the 1950s, Japanese "strip shows" became more sexually explicit and less dance-oriented, until they were eventually simply [[sex show|live sex shows]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Shteir|first=Rachel|title=Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show|page=264|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-19-512750-8}}</ref>

[[File:Pole dancer 04.jpg|thumb|200px|left|A pole dancer]]

==Today==

Recently [[Pole dance|pole dancing]] has come to dominate the world of striptease. In the late 20th century, pole dancing was practised in exotic dance clubs in Canada. These clubs grew up to become a thriving sector of the economy. Canadian style pole dancing, [[Table dance|table dancing]] and [[Lap dance|lap dancing]], organized by multi-national corporations such as [[Spearmint Rhino]], was exported from North America to (among other countries) the United Kingdom, the nations of central Europe, Russia and Australia. 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 law.<ref>Vlad Lapidos (1996) ''The Good Striptease Guide to London''. Tredegar Press.</ref>

"Feature shows" are used to generate interest from potential customers who otherwise would not visit the establishment but know the performer from other outlets. A headlining star of a striptease show is referred to as a ''feature dancer'', and is often a performer with credits such as contest titles or appearances in adult films or magazines. The decades-old practice continued through the late 2000s (decade) to the present day with high-profile adult film performers such as [[Jenna Haze]] and [[Teagan Presley]] scheduling feature shows through the USA.

In December 2006, a [[Norway|Norwegian]] court ruled that striptease is an art form and made strip clubs exempt from [[value added tax]].<ref>BBC News. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6213222.stm Stripping is art, Norway decides]. December 6, 2006.</ref>

===New Burlesque===
{{Main|Neo-Burlesque}}
In the latter 1990s, a number of solo performers and dance groups emerged to create [[Neo-burlesque]], a revival of the classic [[American burlesque]] striptease of the early half of the 20th century. New Burlesque focuses on dancing, costumes and entertainment (which may include comedy and singing) and generally eschews full nudity or toplessness. Some burlesquers of the past have become instructors and mentors to New Burlesque performers such as [[:fr:The Velvet Hammer Burlesque|The Velvet Hammer Burlesque]] and [[The World Famous Pontani Sisters]].{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} The pop group [[Pussycat Dolls]] began as a New Burlesque troupe.

[[File:ChippendalesLasVegas.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The [[Chippendales]] dancers are a famous group of male strippers.]]

==Male strippers==
{{main|Male stripper}}
Until the 1970s, strippers in Western cultures were almost invariably female, performing to male audiences. Since then, male strippers have also become common. Before the 1970s, dancers of both sexes appeared largely in underground clubs or as part of a theatre experience, but the practice eventually became common enough on its own.  One of the better-known troupes of male strippers are the [[Chippendales]]. Male strippers have become a popular option to have at a [[bachelorette party]].

==Private dancing==
{{Main|Lap dance}}
A variation on striptease is private dancing, which often involves [[lap dance|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 dance|table dancing]] where the performer dances on or by customer's table rather than the customer being seated in a couch.

==Striptease and the law==
{{Main|Legal status of striptease}}
From ancient times to the present day, striptease was considered a form of [[public nudity]] and subject to legal and cultural prohibitions on [[morality|moral]] and [[indecent exposure|decency]] grounds.  Such restrictions have been embodied in venue licensing regulations and various national and local laws, including liquor licensing restrictions.

[[File:IndigoBlueMissExoticWorld2006.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A [[Neo-burlesque]] stripper at the [[Miss Exotic World Pageant]] in 2006, showing the use of [[pasties]] as required in some U.S. jurisdictions]]

===U.S.===
Numerous U.S. jurisdictions have specific laws on the books related to striptease. One of the more notorious local ordinances is San Diego Municipal Code 33.3610,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter03/Ch03Art03Division36.pdf |title=Ch03Art03Division36 |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2012-08-01}}</ref> specific and strict in response to allegations of corruption among local officials<ref>{{cite news|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/probe/20050719-9999-1n19council.html|title=More bad news? What else is new? – Blemishes keep city in national spotlight|author=Philip J. LaVelle|date=19 July 2005|newspaper=The San Diego Union Tribune|accessdate=7 January 2016}}</ref> which included contacts in the nude entertainment industry. Among its provisions is the "six foot rule", copied by other municipalities in requiring that dancers maintain a six-foot distance while performing.

Other rules forbid "full nudity". In some parts of the USA, there are laws 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).<ref name="Richard Wortley 1976"/> In early 2010, the city of Detroit banned fully exposed breasts in its strip clubs, following the example of Houston which began enforcing a similar ordinance in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?k=71554&id=38135a7b-209a-41ef-a325-80435be65732 |title=Houston topless clubs lose case, may respond to Supreme Court with pasties |publisher=Canada.com |date=2008-03-29 |accessdate=2012-08-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192107/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?k=71554&id=38135a7b-209a-41ef-a325-80435be65732 |archivedate=2016-03-03 |df= }}</ref> The city council has since softened the rules eliminating the requirement for pasties<ref>[http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/22628122/detail.html Detroit Passes New Strip Club Rules - Detroit Local News Story - WDIV Detroit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609032414/http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/22628122/detail.html |date=June 9, 2011 }}</ref> but kept other restrictions. Both cities were reputed to have rampant occurrences of illicit activity linked to its striptease establishments.<ref>{{cite web|author=Time Waster |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0602081harris1.html |title=Another Houston Strip Club Raided |publisher=The Smoking Gun |date= 2011-06-06|accessdate=2012-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kissdetroit.hellobeautiful.com/10251/detroitcitycounciltovoteonstripclubrestrictions/|title=Detroit City Council To Vote On Strip Club Restrictions|author=Fantasee Blu|date=11 November 2009|publisher=Kiss-FM|location=Detroit|accessdate=29 January 2016}}</ref> For some jurisdictions, even certain postures can be considered "indecent" (such as spreading the legs).<ref>"A Gentleman" (2010) [https://books.google.com/books?id=yVhNAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA2&ots=rMmqyrwEPa&dq=striptease%20indecent%20postures&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q=striptease%20indecent%20postures&f=false ''The Stripping Question''] Xlibris, p.2 {{ISBN|9781450037556}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}

=== Britain ===
In Britain in the 1930s, when the [[Windmill Theatre]], London, began to present nude shows, British law prohibited performers moving whilst in a state of nudity.<ref>Martin Banham, "The Cambridge guide to theatre", [[Cambridge University Press]], 1995, {{ISBN|0-521-43437-8}}, page 803</ref>  To get around that rule, models appeared naked in stationary [[tableaux vivants]]. To keep within the law, sometimes devices were used which rotated the models without them moving themselves. [[Fan dance]]s were another device used to keep performances within the law. These allowed a naked dancer's body to be concealed by her fans or those of her attendants, until the end of an act, when she posed naked for a brief interval whilst standing stock still, and the lights went out or the curtain dropped to allow her to leave the stage. Changes in the law in the 1960s brought about a boom of strip clubs in Soho, with "fully nude" dancing and audience participation.<ref name="Murray Goldstein 2005"/> Following the introduction of the [[Policing and Crime Act 2009]], a local authority licence is required for venues in England and Wales (and later Scotland) where live nude entertainment takes place more than 11 times a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/http:/crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/crimereduction057a.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/http:/crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/crimereduction057a.pdf|format=pdf|archive-date=13 April 2010|title=Sexual Entertainment Venues: Guidance for England and Wales|date=March 2010|publisher=Home Office|accessdate=6 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="Echo NewLaws 2010">{{cite web | url = http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/8212913.Tough_new_rules_on_strip_club_openings/ | title = Tough new rules on strip club openings | accessdate = 2010-06-11 | work = Echo | date = 2008-06-11 | last1 = Orbach | first1 = Max}}</ref>

=== Iceland ===
The [[legal status of striptease#National issues|legal status of striptease in Iceland]] was changed in 2010, when [[Iceland]] outlawed striptease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16567&ew_0_a_id=359882 |title=Iceland Review Online: Daily News from Iceland, Current Affairs, Business, Politics, Sports, Culture |publisher=Icelandreview.com |date= 2010-03-24|accessdate=2012-08-01}}</ref> [[Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir]], Iceland's prime minister said: "The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale."<ref name="salon.com">{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Tracy |url=http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/03/26/iceland_bans_stripping_strip_clubs |title=Iceland's stripping ban - Broadsheet |publisher=Salon.com |date=2010-03-26 |accessdate=2012-08-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605073604/http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/03/26/iceland_bans_stripping_strip_clubs |archivedate=2011-06-05 |df= }}</ref> The politician behind the bill, [[Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir]], said: "It is not acceptable that women or people in general are a product to be sold."<ref name="salon.com"/>

==In popular culture==

===Film===
[[File:Rita Hayworth as Gilda performing "Put The Blame On Mame" in the trailer for the film Gilda.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Rita Hayworth begins her striptease in ''[[Gilda]]'']]

====1940s-1950s====

[[Mary Martin]] reprised her famous fur coat striptease of "[[My Heart Belongs to Daddy]]" in the 1940 movie ''[[Love Thy Neighbor (1940 film)|Love Thy Neighbor]]'' and the 1946 Cole Porter [[biopic]] ''[[Night and Day (1946 film)|Night and Day]]''.<ref name=Tmlo>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-nEd2lSb_oC&pg=PA162 |title=The melody lingers on: the great songwriters and their movie musicals |author=Roy Hemming | isbn=978-1-55704-380-1 | year=1999 | publisher=Newmarket Press}}</ref>

''[[Lady of Burlesque]]'' (known in the UK as ''Striptease Lady'') (1943) based on the novel ''[[The G-String Murders]]'' (1941), by famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, stars [[Barbara Stanwyck]] as a stripper who gets involved in the investigation of murders at a burlesque house. A play by Gypsy Rose Lee entitled ''The Naked Genius'' (1943) was the inspiration for ''[[Doll Face]]'' (1945), a musical about a burlesque star ([[Vivian Blaine]]) who wants to become a legitimate actress.

''[[Gilda]]'' (1946), showcases one of the most famous stripteases in cinematic history, performed by [[Rita Hayworth]] to "[[Put the Blame on Mame]]"), though in the event she removes just her gloves, before the act is terminated by a jealous admirer. ''Murder at the Windmill'' (1949), (known in the U.S.A. as "Mystery at the Burlesque") directed by Val Guest is set at the Windmill Theatre, London and features Diana Decker, Jon Pertwee and Jimmy Edwards. ''[[Salome (1953 film)|Salome]]'' (1953) once again features Rita Hayworth doing a striptease act; this time as the famous biblical stripper Salome, performing the Dance of the Seven Veils. According to Hayworth's biographers this erotic dance routine was "the most demanding of her entire career", necessitating "endless takes and retakes".<ref>Edward Z. Epstein and Joseph Morella (1984) ''Rita: The Life of Rita Hayworth''. London, Comet: 200</ref> ''[[Expresso Bongo]]'' (1959) is a British film which features striptease at a club in Soho, London.

[[File:Natalie Wood Gypsy 1962.jpg|thumb|left|215px|[[Natalie Wood]] as [[Gypsy Rose Lee]] in the [[Gypsy (1962 film)|film version]] of the stage musical ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]'']]

====1960s-1970s====
In 1960, the film ''[[Beat Girl]]'' cast [[Christopher Lee]] as a sleazy Soho strip club owner who gets stabbed to death by a stripper. ''[[Gypsy (1962 film)|Gypsy]]'' (1962), features [[Natalie Wood]] as the famous burlesque queen [[Gypsy Rose Lee]] in her memorable rendition of "[[Let Me Entertain You (Gypsy)|Let Me Entertain You]]". It was re-made for TV in 1993 Starring [[Bette Midler]] as [[Rose Thompson Hovick|Mama Rose]] and [[Cynthia Gibb]] as Gypsy Rose Lee. ''The Stripper'' (1963) featured Gypsy Rose Lee, herself, giving a trademark performance in the title role. A documentary film, ''Dawn in Piccadilly'', was produced in 1962 at the Windmill Theatre. In 1964, ''We Never Closed'' (British Movietone) depicted the last night of the Windmill Theatre. In 1965, the feature film ''[[Viva Maria!]]'' starred [[Brigitte Bardot]] and [[Jeanne Moreau]] as two girls who perform a striptease act and get involved in revolutionary politics in South America.

Also produced in 1965 was ''Carousella'', a documentary about Soho striptease artistes, directed by [[John Irvin]]. Another documentary film, which looked at the unglamorous side of striptease, is the 1966 film called,"Strip", filmed at the Phoenix Club in Soho.
''[[Secrets of a Windmill Girl]]'' (1966) featured [[Pauline Collins]] and April Wilding and was directed by Arnold L. Miller. The film has some fan dancing scenes danced by an ex-Windmill Theatre artiste. ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]'' (1968) gives a possibly legendary account of the birth of striptease at Minsky's Burlesque theatre in New York. In 1968, the sci-fi film ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' depicted [[Jane Fonda]] stripping in [[zero-gravity]] conditions whilst wearing her spacesuit. ''[[Marlowe (film)|Marlowe]]'' (1969) stars [[Rita Moreno]] playing a stripper, in the finale of the movie simultaneously delivering dialogue with the title character and performing a vigorous dance on stage. [[The Beatles]] movie ''[[Magical Mystery Tour (film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]'' has a scene where all the men on the tour bus go to a gentleman's club and watch a woman strip on stage.

''[[Ichijo's Wet Lust]]'' (1972), Japanese director [[Tatsumi Kumashiro]]'s award-winning [[Roman Porno|''Roman porno'']] film featured the country's most famous stripper, Sayuri Ichijō, starring as herself.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:155671|title=Ichijo Sayuri: Nureta Yokujo|accessdate=2007-06-26|work=[[Allmovie]]}}</ref> A British film production of 1976 is the film ''Get 'Em Off'', produced by [[Harold Baim]]. Alain Bernardin the owner of the Crazy Horse in Paris directed the film,"Crazy Horse de Paris" [1977]. ''Paul Raymond's Erotica'' (1981) stars Brigitte Lahaie and Diana Cochran and was directed by Brian Smedley-Aston. The Dance routines were filmed at the Raymond Revuebar Theatre.{{clear left}}

[[File:Barbarella1 crop.JPG|thumb|250px|In [[Roger Vadim]]'s 1968 film ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'', [[Jane Fonda]] as the title character did a striptease in zero-gravity out of her spacesuit.  Fonda continually changed outfits in the film, most of which were skin-tight and designed for their erotic appeal.]]

====1980s-1990s====
In addition to lesser-known videos such as ''A Night at the Revuebar'' (1983), the 1980s also featured mainstream films involving stripping. These included ''[[Flashdance]]'' (1983), which told the story of blue-collar worker Alexandra (Alex) Owens ([[Jennifer Beals]]), who works as an exotic dancer in a [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] bar at night and at a steel mill as a welder during the day. Stripping also was part of "genre" films, such as horror thriller ''[[Fear City]]'' (1984), by [[Abel Ferrara]], about a mass-murderer who terrorizes dancers working at a seedy strip club in [[Times Square]], [[New York City]]. The erotic drama ''[[9½ Weeks]]'' (1986) depicted [[Kim Basinger]] stripping to the tune of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by [[Joe Cocker]]. ''[[Stripped to Kill]]'' (1987) was an [[exploitation film]] from [[Roger Corman]] about a lady cop who poses as a stripper to catch a murderer; which was followed by a sequel of the same name. ''[[Ladykillers (TV movie)|Ladykillers]]'' (1988), was a 'whodunnit' murder mystery involving the murders of male strippers by an unknown female assailant. ''[[Blaze (1989 film)|Blaze]]'' (1989) features [[Lolita Davidovitch]] as notorious stripper [[Blaze Starr]]. Starr herself appears in the film in a cameo role.

''Massive Attack : Eleven Promos. "Be Thankful For What You've Got"'' (1992), directed by Baillie Walsh, includes one dance routine by Ritzy Sparkle at the Raymond Revuebar Theatre. ''[[Exotica (film)|Exotica]]'' (1994), directed by [[Atom Egoyan]], is set in a Canadian lap-dance club, and portrays a man's ([[Bruce Greenwood]]) obsession with a [[student|schoolgirl]] stripper named Christina ([[Mia Kirshner]]). ''[[Showgirls]]'' (1995) was directed by [[Paul Verhoeven]] and starred [[Elizabeth Berkley]] and [[Gina Gershon]]. ''[[Striptease (film)|Striptease]]'' (1996), was an adaptation of the novel starring [[Demi Moore]].'' [[Barb Wire (film)|Barb Wire]]'' (1996), starred [[Pamela Anderson]] (of ''[[Baywatch]]'' fame), who performs a wet striptease. ''[[The Full Monty]]'' (1997) is a story of British ex-steel workers who form a Chippendales-style dance revue and decide to strip naked to make an extra buck. It featured songs including an updated version of [[David Rose (musician)|David Rose]]'s big hit [[The Stripper]] and [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]'s version of "You Can Leave Your Hat On". ''[[The Players Club]]'' (1998) starred [[LisaRaye]] as a girl who becomes a stripper to earn enough money to enter college and study journalism.

====2000s-present====
''[[Dancing at the Blue Iguana]]'' (2000) is a feature film starring [[Daryl Hannah]]. The female cast of the film researched the film by dancing at strip clubs and created their parts and their storylines to be as realistic as possible. ''The Raymond Revuebar the Art of Striptease'' (2002) is a documentary, directed by Simon Weitzman. ''[[Los Debutantes]]'' (2003) is a [[Chile]]an film set in a strip-club in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]. ''Portraits of a Naked Lady Dancer'' (2004) is a documentary, directed by Deborah Rowe. In '' [[Closer (2004 film)|Closer]]'' (2004), [[Natalie Portman]] plays Alice, a young stripper just arrived in London from America. ''Crazy Horse Le Show'' (2004) features dance routines from the Crazy Horse, Paris. ''[[Mrs Henderson Presents]]'' (2005) portrays the erotic dance routines and nude tableau-vivants which featured at the [[Windmill Theatre]] before and during World War II. The film ''[[Factotum (film)|Factotum]]'' (2005) (by Norwegian director [[Bent Hamer]]) concludes with [[Matt Dillon]] (in the role of [[Henry Chinaski]] - an [[alter ego]] of [[Charles Bukowski]], who wrote the novel on which the film is based) having an artistic [[epiphany (feeling)|epiphany]] whilst watching a stripper in a strip club. ''[[I Know Who Killed Me]]'' (2007) stars [[Lindsay Lohan]] as Dakota Moss, an alluring stripper involved in the machinations of a serial killer, and features a long striptease sequence at a strip club. ''[[Planet Terror]]'' (2007) stars [[Rose McGowan]] as Cherry Darling, a beautiful [[go-go dancer]] who aspires to quit her job. In 2009 a DVD called, "Crazy Horse Paris" featuring [[Dita Von Teese]] was released. ''[[Magic Mike]]'' (2012) features a male stripper Mike Lane ([[Channing Tatum]]) guiding a younger male stripper in his first steps into stripping in clubs.

===Television===
*BBC Panorama (1964) episode produced for the last night of the Windmill Theatre in 1964. Richard Dimbleby interviews Sheila van Damm.
*''[[Get Smart]]'' (1967) CONTROL scientist Dr Steele also works as a stripper, with her lab located at the striptease theatre.
*"If it Moves it's Rude-The Story of the Windmill Theatre" (1969). A BBC television documentary on the Windmill Theatre.
*''For the Record: Paul Raymond'' (1969), the British stripclub owner [[Paul Raymond (publisher)|Paul Raymond]] told his own story, on [[London Weekend Television|LWT]].
*''Peek a Boo'' (1978), alternative name ''The One and Only Phyllis Dixey'', stars [[Lesley-Anne Down]], [[Christopher Murney]], [[Michael Elphick]], [[Elaine Paige]] and [[Patricia Hodge]]. Drama documentary on [[Phyllis Dixey]].
*''[['Allo 'Allo]]'' Helga frequently does a striptease in front of [[General Von Klinkerhoffen]].
*''[[Neighbours]]'' (1985) The character of [[Daphne Clarke|Daphne]] is originally a stripper at Des's bucks party, and eventually goes on to marry him.
*''[[Married... with Children]]'' (1987–1997) often featured [[Al Bundy]], [[Jefferson D'Arcy]], and the NO MA'AM crew spending a night at the Nudie Bar.
*''[[Soho Stories]]'' (1996) [[BBC2]]. A series of 12 documentary programmes screened from October 28, 1996 to November 20, 1996. Some programmes featured the Raymond Revuebar Theatre.
*''Humor es...los comediantes'' (1999) [[Televisa]].  In her first appearance on this series, [[Aida Pierce]] portrayed her elderly alter ego, Virginola, who drinks a bottle of [[youth serum]], and then performs a striptease, taking off her sweater, skirt, scarf, and even her wig, revealing a black sheer [[bodysuit]] and pants...and Pierce herself.  Pierce began cohosting the series the next year.
*''[[The Sopranos]]'' (1999–2007). Business was often conducted at the [[Bada Bing]] strip club.
*''Normal, Ohio (2000)
*''[[Strip Search (TV series)|Stripsearch]]'' (2001-), an ongoing [[Australia]]n [[reality television]] show which centers around the training of male strippers.
*''Sex in the 70s-The King of Soho'' (2005), ITN. A television documentary on Paul Raymond.A longer version of the documentary was produced in 2008 after the death of Paul Raymond under the title,"Soho Sex King-The Paul Raymond Story".
* in ''[[Sos mi vida]]'' (2006), there were two striptease scenes which performed by [[Natalia Oreiro]] and [[Facundo Arana]].
*''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]'' (2007), In the two part season 6 finale titled ''Don't You Want Me'', [[Alex Nunez]] resorts to stripping after her mother and herself do not have enough money to pay the rent on their apartment.
*Various episodes of the ''[[Law & Order franchise|Law & Order]]'' series have the cast conducting interviews in strip clubs.
* ''True Stories:  Best Undressed'' (2010) A documentary about the Miss Nude Australia Contest which is for dancers. Partly filmed from the Crazy Horse Revue, Adelaide, Australia. Screened 22-6-2010 on Channel 4.

===Theatre===
*[[Mary Martin]] became a star with her [[fur coat]] striptease performances of "[[My Heart Belongs to Daddy]]" in [[Cole Porter]]'s Broadway musical ''[[Leave It to Me!]]''<ref name=Tmlo/>
*''[[The Full Monty (musical)|The Full Monty]]'' (2000) is an Americanized stage adaptation of the 1997 British [[The Full Monty|film of the same name]], in which a group of unemployed male steelworkers put together a strip act at a local club.
*''[[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll and Hyde]]'' (1997). The character of Lucy Harris (originally portrayed by [[Linda Eder]]) works as a [[prostitute]] and stripper in a small London club called The Red Rat, where she meets a multi-dimension man named Doctor Henry Jekyll, who turns into his evil persona Mr. Edward Hyde. Lucy performs the song ‘Bring on the Men’ during a show at the Red Rat (which was later replaced with ‘Good ‘n’ Evil’ in the Broadway production, some claiming ‘Bring on the Men’ was too ‘risqué’.).
*''[[Ladies Night (play)|Ladies Night]]'' is a New Zealand stage comedy about unemployed male workers who put on a strip show at a club as a way to raise some money. A version was also written for the United Kingdom. There are many parallels with ''The Full Monty'', although ''Ladies Night'' predates that film.
*''Barely Phyllis'' is a play about [[Phyllis Dixey]] which was first staged at the Pomegranate Theatre, [[Chesterfield]] in 2009.

==See also==
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*[[Bubble dance]]
*[[American burlesque|Burlesque]]
*[[Cabaret]]
*[[Exhibitionism]]
*[[Erotic dance]]
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*[[Fan dance]]
*[[Funeral strippers]]
*[[Go-Go dancing]] 
*[[Gown-and-glove striptease]]
*[[Lap dance]]
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*[[List of strippers]]
*[[Pole dance]]
*[[Strip club]]
*[[Table dance]]
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==References==
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