Garib, Andrew S.; Sherman, William (December 11, 2008). "Famed sex den Scores, once a top moneymaker, can't jiggle out of financial troubles". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on December 14, 2008 . Retrieved January 30, 2021. In the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington, the city's Major League Baseball franchise, the Seattle Mariners, initially sued in King County Superior Court to prevent Dreamgirls cabaret from opening. The team's attorneys argued that the strip club's existence would adversely affect families that visit the stadium. The suit was dropped after the Mariners reached a compromise which included limits on outdoor advertising, window displays, and signs. The compromise specified that the clubs video screens would only show text on kids days at the stadium, and not images of strippers. In May 2010, there was public controversy because the club showed strippers on its large electronic display on "kids' day". Dreamgirls claimed that it is the team's responsibility to tell them when such a display is prohibited. [181] The floor area is open for general admission. A customer is free to wander around the club, except for employee areas and premium lounges. [54] [71] To access premium lounges (sometimes called VIP, champagne, or other lounges), a customer would normally be charged a fee above the cover charge. In some cases, the employee and premium lounges are dual use. For example, a manager's office might also double as the VIP room. [91] A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sensual manner. [58] The person who performs a striptease is commonly known as a " stripper" or exotic dancer. Most strippers are female; less than a third of strippers are male strippers. [59] Striptease and public nudity have been subject to legal and cultural prohibitions and other aesthetic considerations and taboos. 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. The ability to attract first-time patrons is critical to a nightclub's success. As such, promotions, advertising, and special offers are the typical means to market a nightclub. Marketing strategies for strip clubs include attracting new customers, increasing the frequency of visits by existing customers, and establishing a higher level of name recognition. Target markets can include the business-convention traveler, local professionals, and business people. [105] College students are also a secondary target market. [105] Advertising is essential for strip clubs, but local regulations and public reaction can make it challenging. For this reason, clubs around the world advertise on the World Wide Web. Advertising can include discount passes, virtual club tours, and dancer schedules. [180]

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In 1905, 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. [17] 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. [18] 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. [19] In the 1930s, the famous Josephine Baker danced semi-nude in the danse sauvage at the Folies and other such performances were provided at the Tabarin. [20] These shows were notable for their sophisticated choreography and for often dressing the girls in glitzy sequins and feathers. By the 1960s "fully nude" shows were provided at such places as Le Crazy Horse Saloon. [21] Exterior of the Windmill Theatre in Westminster, London, England a b c d e Poitras, Gilles (1999). The anime companion: what's Japanese in Japanese animation?. Stone Bridge Press, Inc. pp.535, 120. ISBN 978-1-880656-32-7. Pasko, Lisa (2002). "Naked Power: The Practice of Stripping as a Confidence Game". Sexualities. 5 (1): 66. doi: 10.1177/1363460702005001003. S2CID 145289267. Friedman, Devin (8 July 2015). "Inside Magic City, the Atlanta Strip Club that Runs the Music Industry". GQ . Retrieved 26 December 2018. HunkOMania is the London hen party and bachelorette party headquarters, birthday party central, and the place to be for an UNFORGETTABLE girls' night out. Ladies, this is YOUR night, do it right the first time, the last time, every time!

Valentine Selena (July 2004). How to Date an Exotic Dancer: For Men Who Prefer Extraordinary Women. Island Waves, LLC. ISBN 978-0-9753088-0-6 . Retrieved 2010-08-13. Dancers continually interact with the customers in the club. They walk around and solicit drinks and lap dances, usually scanning the club floor to find the most lucrative customer to greet. The dancer qualifies a customer by sizing up their appearance and personal characteristics. Once the dancer identifies a suitable customer, she approaches, and attempts to establish a social relationship. Interaction can also be initiated by customers. [71] Clubs generate revenue by cover charges, selling drinks, and other means. Dancers make most of their income from giving lap dances or VIP dances, where regulations allow. Otherwise, customer tips, at the stage, are a dancer's primary form of income. [71] Dancers are entertaining the customers in exchange for money and employing all of the resources at their disposal to do so. They sell the fantasy of sex, but do not typically follow through with the act. [59] When entrepreneur Shigeo Ozaki saw Gypsy Rose Lee perform, he started his own striptease revue in Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood. Teitoza was the first club to open in Shinjuku, on 15 January 1947. The first act was titled "The Birth of Venus". [40] Each performance lasted for fifteen seconds and was modest by modern standards, incorporating veils, panties and a bra which covered much of what would be shown today. The woman on stage stood in a stationary pose, similar to shows in Britain. The show ran until August 1948. Theaters in Asakusa had fully nude displays, [40] also featuring no motion or stripping. As this style of theater spread, [40] the removal of clothing on stage was integrated into the process. over the world – from London to Spain to Italy and of course America – to give the show a decidedly As a global industry, strip clubs are booming. [2] As of 2009, there were between 3,500 and 4,000 strip clubs in the United States alone. [105] More money is spent in the U.S. in strip clubs than is spent on theater, opera, ballet, jazz and classical music concerts combined. [120] [154] Some clubs have hundreds of entertainers appear on stage within a single year. [155] Global industry [ edit ] Neon "Girls Girls Girls" sign on the front of club Burlesque with nude dancers in outline ( North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.)Tampa City Council – meeting transcription detail". Tampagov.net. 1998-06-05. Archived from the original on 2011-11-28 . Retrieved 2010-08-13. Poitras, Gilles (2005). The Anime Companion 2: More What's Japanese in Japanese Animation?. Stone Bridge Press, Inc. p.35. ISBN 978-1-880656-96-9. Jiggles, sometimes called Jiggles Strip Club, [34] was a strip club in Tualatin, Oregon, in the United States. In March 2014, Jiggles received media attention when Jake Stoneking, a 19 year old diagnosed with medulloblastoma, included a visit to the club on his list of activities to complete before his death. The club shut down and the building in which it was housed was demolished later that year. This is a list of notable strip clubs, both active and defunct. A strip club is a venue where strippers provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other erotic or exotic dances.

The image of strippers as known today evolved through the late 1960s and 1970s in the U.S. and in international cultures which embraced American striptease. [35] By the 1980s, the pole dancing and highly explicit imagery associated with today's performers was widely accepted and frequently portrayed in film, television, and theater. Jumbo's Clown Room, often shorthanded to Jumbo's, is a "bikini bar" (non-nude strip club) located on Hollywood Boulevard in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The bar opened on July 27, 1970, and later became a strip club in 1982. [23] Other possible influences on modern stripping were the dances of the Ghawazee "discovered" and seized upon by French colonists in 19th 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. [12] a b Bremer, Susan (2005). "The Grind". In Egan, R. Danielle; Frank, K.; Johnson, M. L. (eds.). Flesh for Fantasy: Producing and Consuming Exotic Dance. New York, U.S.: Thunder's Mouth Press, Avalon Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-56025-721-9.

Marosi, Richard (2005-01-23). "Prostitutes in Tijuana fight, beat City Hall / Hookers organize to stop proposal to ban street walking in revitalized red-light district". Los Angeles Times (reprint by SFGate.com) . Retrieved 2010-07-05. Adamson, Melitta Weiss; Segan, Francine (2008-10-30). Entertaining from Ancient Rome to the Super Bowl: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p.389. ISBN 978-0-313-08689-2. In South Africa, there has been public controversy over incidents of prostitution and violence related to its strip clubs. [206] [207] [208] In June 2010, 17 customers were arrested, during a raid at a strip club in Cape Town, for committing unspecified illegal acts. 35 Eastern European dancers were also arrested for working at the club without the correct documents. [209] [210] Striptease involves a slow, sensuous undressing. The stripper may prolong the undressing by making sure that the sensual build-up has been properly done using techniques such as the wearing of actual clothes or putting clothes or hands in front of just undressed body parts such as the breasts or genitalia in a sensual and playful manner. 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. [21] [60] The costume the stripper wears before disrobing is part of the act. In some cases, audience interaction can form part of the act, with the audience urging the stripper to remove more clothing, or the stripper approaching the audience to interact with them.