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94-541: The Raymond Revuebar (1958–2004) was a theatre and strip club at 11 Walker's Court (now the location of The Box Soho nightclub), in the centre of London's Soho district. For many years, it was the only venue in London that offered full-frontal, on-stage nudity of the sort commonly seen in other cities in Europe and North America. Its huge brightly lit sign declaring it to be the "World Centre of Erotic Entertainment" made

188-478: A "disrobing" act onstage as early as 1896, which was captured in the 1901 Edison film, Trapeze Disrobing Act . Another milestone for modern American striptease was 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 . However, the burlesque theatres there were prohibited from having striptease performances in

282-407: A club and multiple dancers rotating between them per song. Some strip clubs consider ad hoc performances on satellite stages, paid for by a customer on a per song basis, a form of private dance . Rules at the satellite stages on the main floor tend to be the same as the main stage . In some cases, the layout is significantly different, allowing more or less access to the customer. If a satellite stage

376-438: A dancer privately dances and strips for a customer, typically without a barrier, performances can also be done with or without a formal stage or music. Private dances in the main club zones most often take the form of table dances , lap and couch dances , and bed dances among others. An air dance is a particular form of private dance where little-to-no contact between the dancer and customer occurs. This class of dance spans

470-423: A featured performance. Shower shows require special equipment, so they are more likely to have a dedicated stage in the club with house dancers performing in the show. Optional staging can be present on the main floor or in dedicated rooms throughout larger clubs. A full bar is the primary service mechanism for clubs that offer alcoholic beverages . In many clubs, the main bar is the second most dominant element on

564-508: A female model through a hole from their own private cubicles, and then pay to watch her strip, pose, and masturbate . Kabukichō , a red light district in Tokyo, had 13 nozoki-beya in the early 1980s. The sex industry became so pervasive in Asia that by the 1990s, Kabukichō was described as a "warren of peep shows, strip clubs, and massage parlors" and Bangkok, Thailand , attained a reputation as

658-403: A fixed sequence that repeats during a shift. Less formal clubs will have dancers take turns when a stage becomes empty or have a free flow of entertainers where the stage has any number of entertainers who wander off and on at will. Featured entertainers are not usually part of the rotation and they generally have set times when they will perform that are advertised throughout the shift. If a DJ

752-477: A legal ruling of 1937, leading to the later decline of these " grindhouses " (named after the bump 'n grind entertainment on offer) into venues for exploitation cinema. The concept of "strippers", as we know it today with the pole dance, has been popularized in the United States in 1972. British Columbia followed the lead around 1978. Widespread bans on striptease had a direct influence on the creation of

846-412: A nation governed by very strict cultural norms and laws, there are several Indian strip clubs offering at least partial nudity. Dancers may tie their state of undress to the number of songs played. This could correspond to a bikini performance for song one and topless for the second. In a fully nude club, the sequence could be topless-to-nude over two songs, or any one of a number of other variations. In

940-417: A particular project, making it important to obtain or generate a cost estimate as one of the vital elements of entering into the project. The U.S. Government Accountability Office defines a cost estimate as, "the summation of individual cost elements, using established methods and valid data, to estimate the future costs of a program, based on what is known today", and reports that "realistic cost estimating

1034-519: A picture of her with red lights on her breasts . The club went "bottomless" on 3 September 1969; launching the trend of explicit " full nudity " in American striptease dancing. It was Doda's brand of dancing which is credited with the move from striptease to stripping. 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 1970, and

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1128-418: A private dance if the customer wishes, at an additional fee. VIP seating can also act as lap dance booths, where a higher lap dance price would apply than in the general area. Estimated Estimation (or estimating ) is the process of finding an estimate or approximation , which is a value that is usable for some purpose even if input data may be incomplete, uncertain , or unstable . The value

1222-487: A rope or other physical marker. Most entertainment takes place in the main floor area, and this is where performers and staff can interact with patrons. Customers get comfortable in this area and from their observations, they decide which club services they will use. The main stage is visible from the main floor, and the main bar is accessible, if one is present. Patrons can usually select from open seating and some clubs will have staff to assist with seating. If premium seating

1316-762: A show known as The Festival of Erotica which ran for many years, with as many as three performances nightly. In 1980 Peter Richardson , with assistance from Michael White acquired the use of the Revuebar's second venue, the Boulevard Theatre as a new venue for Richardson's own comedy club. Richardson called it The Comic Strip , bringing with him a core group from The Comedy Store , including Peter Richardson, Nigel Planer , Rik Mayall , Adrian Edmondson , Dawn French , Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle . It opened in October 1980 and ran until 1981. In 1989,

1410-412: A similar manner. A main stage is where a featured performer will dance as part of a rotation. In most clubs, the main stage is a dominant feature of the layout and the center of activity. A common type of strip club main stage is the thrust stage , also known as a runway stage, but the other major forms are also used regularly. Theatre in the round is also a popular form of strip club staging for

1504-442: A single room, with an improvised stage for the striptease show. Many clubs have more than the basic amenities . Larger clubs have clearer designations of areas. The different areas within a club could be separated by a physical step, built-in railing, platforms and levels, doorways, distinct rooms, and entirely separate floors, and they can also be formed by different carpeting, placement of seating, or physical implements such as

1598-445: A smaller gap between the two revenue sources relative to VCGH. Upscale clubs that offer food can have free-standing or built-in bars for buffet service. Otherwise, food orders might be taken at the main bar or by waitstaff. Consumption of alcohol is often facilitated via direct sales in strip clubs where such sales are legal, appropriately zoned , and licensed . Some clubs that are not licensed to serve alcohol will work around

1692-632: A spy by the French authorities during World War I, was an overnight success from the debut of her act at the Musée Guimet . 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. 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

1786-429: A wide variety of national and local laws. These laws vary considerably around the world, and even between different parts of the same country. 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

1880-555: A wider popular celebrity, may receive complimentary services according to their reputation with the club personnel. VIP seating adjacent to the main floor is often more comfortable. For example, arm chairs or couches may be provided, and may include booths with service tables. The area typically has a clear line of sight to the main stage. Reserve seating gives a customer a sense of importance and demonstrates prestige. In higher-end clubs, VIP seating might include balconies and other overlooks, which might also include smaller stages for

1974-526: A woman slowly removing her clothes in a vain search for a flea crawling on her body was seen in 1895 and possibly filmed in 1897 by the first female director, Alice Guy . This routine, Le coucher d'Yvette , inspired "French acts" in theaters and brothels in other parts of the world, seen in New York as early as 1878. The first public act of striptease in modern times is credited to Parisian theater in 1894. In 1905, Dutch dancer Mata Hari , later shot as

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2068-447: Is a large, four-floor compound with over 40 bars. Most of the bars are go-go bars with dancers in various stages of nudity. They are not formal brothels, since customers must negotiate without an intermediary, directly with the dancers, for services up to and including sex. Zürich , Switzerland, has legalized prostitution and its strip clubs throughout the city offer sex among their services. Differing from Zurich brothels, sex services via

2162-549: Is a recurrent theme in popular culture . In some media, these clubs are portrayed primarily as gathering places of vice and ill repute . Clubs themselves and various aspects of the business are highlighted in these references. "Top Strip Club" lists in some media have demonstrated that U.S.-style striptease is a global phenomenon and that it has also become a culturally accepted form of entertainment, despite its scrutiny in legal circles and popular media. Popular Internet sites for strip club enthusiasts also have lists calculated from

2256-528: Is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sensual manner. 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 . Striptease and public nudity have been subject to legal and cultural prohibitions, other aesthetic considerations and taboos. Restrictions on venues may be through venue licensing requirements and constraints and

2350-421: Is counting a small number of examples something, and projecting that number onto a larger population. An example of estimation would be determining how many candies of a given size are in a glass jar. Because the distribution of candies inside the jar may vary, the observer can count the number of candies visible through the glass, consider the size of the jar, and presume that a similar distribution can be found in

2444-417: Is important in business and economics because too many variables exist to figure out how large-scale activities will develop. Estimation in project planning can be particularly significant, because plans for the distribution of labor and purchases of raw materials must be made, despite the inability to know every possible problem that may come up. A certain amount of resources will be available for carrying out

2538-400: Is likely to be inaccurate. For example, in trying to guess the number of candies in the jar, if fifty were visible, and the total volume of the jar seemed to be about twenty times as large as the volume containing the visible candies, then one might simply project that there were a thousand candies in the jar. Such a projection, intended to pick the single value that is believed to be closest to

2632-475: Is located in a premium access zone , access to the dancer could be considerably greater since the higher level of service can include a less restrictive policy than enforced on the main floor . Lap dance , peep show , and lingerie modeling clubs might only have satellite stages with pay to play entertainment options on their premises. Novelty acts (such as shower shows, fire shows , and oil wrestling ) can be presented on dedicated stages, temporary staging on

2726-476: Is nonetheless usable because it is derived from the best information available. Typically, estimation involves "using the value of a statistic derived from a sample to estimate the value of a corresponding population parameter". The sample provides information that can be projected, through various formal or informal processes, to determine a range most likely to describe the missing information. An estimate that turns out to be incorrect will be an overestimate if

2820-443: Is not present, the tip rail is the edge of stage or defined performance area. Other common tip methods are to insert the dollar into the stripper's cleavage from the hand or mouth, to simply place it or toss it on stage, or to crumple bills into a ball shape and throw them in the entertainer's direction. Each club and dancer has different tolerance levels for customer interaction, including tipping. Some clubs have multiple stages on

2914-514: Is open for general admission . A customer is free to wander around the club, except for employee areas and premium lounges. 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. All clubs are configured differently. A small club can have

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3008-460: Is present, they will "emcee" the rotation and typically announce the current dancer(s) on stage and possibly whom to expect in future sets. In peep shows , done with a customer seated in a private booth separated from a dancer by glass or plastic, there may be no music playing during a performance, in which the dancer removes their clothes and displays their body to the customer. In clubs which offer lingerie modeling shows, which are peep shows where

3102-399: Is provided, club staff will usually manage access to those areas. Depending on the day, time and staffing levels, accessibility of the general admission areas may vary. Larger clubs will rope off or otherwise close sections of the club to customers unless the size of the crowd warrants use of the space. Larger clubs could have multiple floor, bar, seating, and staging areas which are managed in

3196-408: Is too broad to be useful. For example, if one were asked to estimate the percentage of people who like candy, it would clearly be correct that the number falls between zero and one hundred percent. Such an estimate would provide no guidance, however, to somebody who is trying to determine how many candies to buy for a party to be attended by a hundred people. In mathematics, approximation describes

3290-435: Is used in signal processing , for approximating an unobserved signal on the basis of an observed signal containing noise. For estimation of yet-to-be observed quantities, forecasting and prediction are applied. A Fermi problem , in physics, is one concerning estimation in problems that typically involve making justified guesses about quantities that seem impossible to compute given limited available information. Estimation

3384-499: The East End , with a concentration of such venues in the district of Shoreditch . This pub striptease seems mainly to have evolved from topless go-go dancing. Though often a target of local authority harassment, some of these pubs survive to the present day. A custom in these pubs is that the strippers walk round and collect money from customers in a beer jug before each individual performance. This custom appears to have originated in

3478-526: The Windmill Theatre in London. At that time, British law prohibited naked girls from moving. To avoid the prohibition, the models appeared in stationary tableaux vivants . 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 ways that

3572-440: The apron in traditional theatre. It is referred to in slang as "ringside", "gynecology row", "pervert row", and other names. Many stages have actual railing built on or around the stage to function as the tip railing, in addition to indicating where customers should position themselves relative to the performance zone. Customers take turns tipping the dancer. They may also line up to tip popular performers. If physical railing

3666-455: 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. The costume the stripper wears before disrobing is part of the act. In some cases, audience interaction can form part of

3760-479: The impression that a customer is seeing their true selves. In reality, it is often just part of the act with little to no emotional attachment for the dancer. Rules governing strip clubs and the overall adult entertainment industry vary around the world and formats sometimes are combined under a single roof or complex. In Bangkok , Thailand, the Nana Entertainment Plaza in downtown Bangkok

3854-555: 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 . 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 . In Britain in the 1930s, Laura Henderson began presenting nude shows at

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3948-649: The 1990s and early 2000s as the first strip club in the world to successfully unionize and the first to become a worker's cooperative. The Japanese term for strip club, nūdo gekijo, literally means "nude theater". An older term was "sutorippu gekijo". American-style striptease became popular in Japan during the U.S. occupation after the end of World War II (1945–1952). Some girls chose to strip in theaters as an alternative to prostitution . When entrepreneur Shigeo Ozaki saw Gypsy Rose Lee perform, he started his own striptease revue in Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood. Teitoza

4042-399: The Boulevard Theatre was also home to Eddie Izzard 's stand-up venue, Raging Bull. During the 1990s, audiences dwindled. Competing table dancing clubs such as Spearmint Rhino and Stringfellow's began to attract customers, and Soho was becoming more of a venue for gay nightlife the Revuebar was seeming outdated. The name and control of the theatre (but crucially, not the property itself)

4136-500: 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: The third day, dedicated to ball and dance, was used for the finest entertainment to divert the men; their eyes were given the opportunity to see all the pleasures nature could offer; and if

4230-469: The Revuebar a local landmark. The Raymond Revuebar was the creation of Paul Raymond . The theatre was formerly the Doric Ballroom. When it opened on 21 April 1958 it offered traditional burlesque-style entertainment, which included strip tease, and was popular with leading entertainment figures of the day. The venture took considerable investment from Raymond, who sold his house and his car to open

4324-518: The Revuebar also incorporated a Sunday night show aimed at a gay audience. By 1967, the venue was purely hosting striptease. This would, in turn, make way for glitzy, big budget erotic shows of the type presented by Continental clubs such as the Crazy Horse . Performers were mostly female, with a small number of male dancers. Shows involved a mixture of solo striptease acts mixed with simulated boy/girl and girl/girl sex. These were packaged together as

4418-481: The Revuebar, but it was highly profitable and he made over half a million pounds within the first ten years. The Revuebar was one of the few legal venues in London to show full frontal nudity; by turning itself into a members-only club it was able to evade the strictures of the Lord Chamberlain's Office which then barred models from moving. Even though homosexual acts between men were illegal at that time,

4512-494: The United States, clubs are classified based on typical performances, zoning regulations, and advertised services. Zoning regulations in the U.S. can prove a challenge, with clubs needing to be a certain distance away from schools and other areas where minor children are known to congregate. These restrictions are meant, ostensibly, to curb exposure to activities that could negatively impact social development of children, and to protect nearby real estate properties not tied to

4606-445: The act, with the audience urging the stripper to remove more clothing, or the stripper approaching the audience to interact with them. Unlike in burlesque theater, the modern popular form of strip theater can minimize the interaction of customer and dancer, reducing the importance of tease in the performance in favor of speed to undress. Most clubs have a dancer rotation where each dancer, in turn, will perform for one or more songs in

4700-401: The actual value, is called a point estimate . However, a point estimation is likely to be incorrect, because the sample size—in this case, the number of candies that are visible—is too small a number to be sure that it does not contain anomalies that differ from the population as a whole. A corresponding concept is an interval estimate , which captures a much larger range of possibilities, but

4794-559: The art of striptease in Japan into new territory. In 1956, Osaka became the first city in Japan to have pubic hair on display during a strip show. Dotonbori is a well known red light district in Osaka, Japan , that has featured entertainment theaters and prostitution for hundreds of years. The strip clubs of today are the latest incarnation of its temptations. Peeping clubs, which feature peeping rooms (nozokibeya), are businesses similar to western peep shows. Customers in peeping clubs view

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4888-526: The bans on striptease, but it eventually merged with the older tradition of burlesque dancing. Carol Doda , of the Condor Night Club in the North Beach section of San Francisco, is credited with being the first topless go-go dancer. The club opened in 1964 and Doda's première topless dance occurred on the evening of 19 June of that year. The large lit sign in front of the club featured

4982-471: The bar service; providing and refreshing drinks while maintaining the cleanliness of the seating areas. Many clubs have a lobby area where the cover charge, if any, is collected by a doorman or doorwoman and security personnel can do a quick check of prospective customers as they enter the facility. Games are also a common feature of strip clubs. Arcade and gambling machines are popular features, as are pool tables . Some clubs also have dedicated areas of

5076-526: The building will affect the physical layout of a club. The more money that has been invested in a facility, the more it resembles a dedicated club. Regardless of the floorplan , as an interactive theater , there are features every strip club will have. They include: performers (strippers) , a floor area where the customers will congregate, and some form of staging for the striptease performance. Higher-end gentlemen's clubs have features that cost millions of dollars to install and maintain. The floor area

5170-460: The club. Customers rarely, if ever, see the preparation of these props, since they are denied access to the backstage of a dancer's performance space by the layout of the club. A customer often wants a dancer to "drop the act", which makes them feel special and desired. This girlfriend experience can involve increased intimacy up to and including sex acts. Dancers are commonly aware of this customer desire for increased confidence, and may allow

5264-667: The commercial climate for this type of entertainment. Middle Eastern belly dance , also known as oriental dancing, was popularized in the United States after its introduction on the Midway at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago by a dancer known as Little Egypt . In France during the late 19th century, Parisian shows such as the Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergère were featuring attractive, scantily clad, dancing women and tableaux vivants . In this environment, an act featuring

5358-624: The customer is seated, on the main floor. Table dance may also refer to a form of minimal-touch private dance where the performer is physically located on a small table in front of the customer(s). Table dances should not be confused with table stages, where the stripper is at or above eye level on a platform surrounded by chairs, and where there is usually enough table surface for customers to place drinks and tip money. Where offered, lap dances are performed in all manner of locations and seating, ranging from plain stools and kitchen-grade chairs to plush leather armchairs. They can also be performed with

5452-418: The customer standing in these designated areas. A service provided by many clubs is for a customer to be placed on stage with one or more dancers for a public lap dance. Occasions for this type of performance are bachelor parties and birthdays, among others. Bed dance areas require more space because they are designed for the customer to be prone with the entertainer(s) positioned on top of them. Bed dances are

5546-542: The customer's crotch while they remain clothed, in an attempt to arouse or, in the case of "extras" with contact occurring during grinding, to bring the recipient to climax. Touching of strippers is not permitted in many localities, however, some dancers and clubs allow touching of dancers during private dances. In some parts of the U.S., there are laws forbidding the exposure of female nipples, and thus dancers must cover their nipples with pasties to comply with those laws. Such clubs are known as pastie clubs . A striptease

5640-543: 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

5734-443: The different categories listed above, and some dancers may perform air dances when more contact-heavy forms of dance were expected and paid for. Club management may set standard prices for the various dance services, but individual strippers, where permitted, will negotiate their own prices, which may be higher or lower than the advertised rate. Table dances are distinguished from other forms of dances in that they can be performed where

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5828-665: The dying music halls. Paul Raymond started his touring shows in 1951 and later leased the Doric Ballroom in Soho, opening his private members club, the Raymond Revuebar , in 1958. This was the first of the private striptease members' clubs in Britain. 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 venues, most particularly in

5922-668: The establishment. 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, they approach, and attempt to establish a social relationship. Interaction can also be initiated by customers. 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

6016-427: The estimate exceeds the actual result and an underestimate if the estimate falls short of the actual result. The confidence in an estimate is quantified as a confidence interval , the likelihood that the estimate is in a certain range. Human estimators systematically suffer from overconfidence , believing that their estimates are more accurate than they actually are. Estimation is often done by sampling , which

6110-489: The floor after the main stage, and in some cases, the main (or satellite) stage is built into the bar. Clubs can derive large percentages of their income from drink purchases. For both Rick's Cabaret and VCGH, Inc., service revenues were the single largest revenue source, with sales of alcoholic beverages second. VCGH earned 18% more and RICK 27.5% more in service revenue than alcohol sales. The amounts are closer when food and merchandise sales are considered, with RICK reporting

6204-455: The floor, or on the main stage itself depending on the club. The main stage, if used, must be prepared and possibly covered to prevent damage, as accidents and injuries have been reported during these types of striptease performances. When dangerous materials such as fire are used as props, a permit may be required to be compliant with local ordinances . Novelty acts are typically performed by feature dancers or by select house dancers during

6298-761: The industry from devaluation . These are known as "secondary effects". The validity of secondary effects has been disputed, with the counterargument that clubs have been forced through zoning into "seedy neighborhoods". Elsewhere in North America, the Zona Norte red light district in Tijuana, Mexico , has a number of legal brothels which are modeled on strip clubs and feature U.S.-style striptease performed by its prostitutes. Many strip clubs are located in buildings that are converted bars, restaurants , or warehouses, or had industrial uses. The original layout of

6392-521: The inputs of site visitors. The legal status of strip clubs has evolved over the course of time, with national and local laws becoming progressively more liberal on the issue around the world, although some countries (such as Iceland) have implemented strict limits and bans. Strip clubs are frequent targets of litigation around the world, and the sex industry, which includes strip clubs, is a contentious issue in popular culture and politics. Some clubs have been linked to organized crime . The term "striptease"

6486-424: The internet, including live video feeds. Beyond this more passive entertainment, some clubs' dancers offer additional services, such as lap dances or trips to the champagne room, for a set fee rather than for tips. This fee will typically include a set fee for the room, for a fixed amount of time. Lap dances may also be offered during lingerie modeling sessions. During a lap dance, the dancer dances above and around

6580-434: The late 1970s when topless go-go dancers first started collecting money from the audience as the fee for going "fully nude". Private dances of a more raunchy nature are sometimes available in a separate area of the pub. In America, striptease started in traveling carnivals and burlesque theatres, and featured famous strippers such as Gypsy Rose Lee and Sally Rand . The vaudeville trapeze artist Charmion performed

6674-462: The least common of the three, and in many clubs are a more expensive option than a lap dance because of the novelty and increased level of contact between customer and service provider. Strip clubs are profit-oriented businesses like restaurants and other retail establishments. Performers and staff are the primary customer service representatives in the club environment. Dancers are their primary vehicle to entice customers to spend time and money in

6768-450: The main floor dedicated to performing private dance services. Access to certain parts of a strip club can require payment of an additional fee, or can be by invitation. These areas offer features that are not present in the general admission areas. This approach might allow a club to offer different types and standards of services in the various areas, or to comply with local laws. In this setting, VIPs such as high rollers or persons of

6862-412: The main stage. During each set of one or more songs, the current performer will dance on stage. A dancer collects tips from customers either while on stage or while mingling with the audience after their performance. A customary tip (where customers can do so at the stage) is a dollar bill folded lengthwise and placed in the dancer's garter from the tip rail . The area of the tip rail is equivalent to

6956-454: The number of clubs in the U.S. has grown. Profitability of strip clubs, as with other service-oriented businesses, is largely driven by location and customer spending habits. The better appointed a club is, in terms of its quality of facilities, equipment, furniture, and other elements, the more likely customers are to encounter cover charges and fees for premium features such as VIP rooms. The strip club as an outlet for salacious entertainment

7050-415: The parts that can not be seen, thereby making an estimate of the total number of candies that could be in the jar if that presumption were true. Estimates can similarly be generated by projecting results from polls or surveys onto the entire population. In making an estimate, the goal is often most useful to generate a range of possible outcomes that is precise enough to be useful but not so precise that it

7144-436: The pleasant aspects of a well shaped young lady are able to arouse the mind, one can say that our princes enjoyed all the delicacies of love. The dancers, to please their lovers the more, dropped their clothes and danced, totally naked, the nicest entrées and ballets ; one of the princes directed the delightful music, and only the lovers were allowed to watch the performances. Other possible influences on modern stripping were

7238-458: The premises. Tipping etiquette varies between countries and cultures. In Eastern European and Asian clubs, it is customary to agree on payment upfront for a certain amount of time or dances, for stage performances and any private sessions. Satellite staging includes one or more areas where a stripper can perform other than a main stage and private dances. Larger clubs can have elaborate staging layouts with multiple stage areas distributed around

7332-471: The process of finding estimates in the form of upper or lower bounds for a quantity that cannot readily be evaluated precisely, and approximation theory deals with finding simpler functions that are close to some complicated function and that can provide useful estimates. In statistics, an estimator is the formal name for the rule by which an estimate is calculated from data, and estimation theory deals with finding estimates with good properties. This process

7426-571: The removal of clothing on stage was integrated into the process. Over time, as regulations were relaxed, a variety of acts developed with shows presenting a variety of movements, such as taking a bath in an outdoor washtub. One of the most famous variants had audience members given magnifying glasses for close up views. During the 1950s, Japanese "strip shows" became more sexually explicit and less dance-oriented, until they were eventually simply live sex shows . The strip shows in Tokyo during this time remained low key, but Osaka and Kyoto were pushing

7520-486: The restriction by implementing a bring your own beverage (BYOB) policy and a juice bar . Juice bars have the appointments of full bars but only serve non-alcoholic beverages such as water, fruit juice , and flavored carbonated beverages . Such a bar could double as a service counter for the storage of BYOB material and offer ice and mixing services to create mixed drinks using the customer-purchased ingredients. Where waitstaff are present, they may serve as an extension of

7614-430: The sex capital of the world. American-style strip clubs are often structured as nightclubs or bars . High-end establishments are commonly referred to as "gentlemen's clubs", complete with luxury features and services. More down-market competitors can be known by various names, such as titty bars, rippers, peelers, skin bars, girly bars, nudie bars, bikini bars or go-go bars. Regardless of size, name, or location in

7708-526: 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 naked 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

7802-411: The size of the global strip club industry was estimated to be US$ 75 billion. In 2019, the size of the U.S. strip club industry was estimated to be US$ 8 billion, generating 19% of the total gross revenue in legal adult entertainment . SEC filings and state liquor control records available at that time indicated that there were at least 3,862 strip clubs in the United States, and since that time,

7896-470: The stage, are a dancer's primary form of income. 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. Dancers, in an attempt to acquire a tip or monetary reward, may be selling more than just attractiveness and fantasy. They portray feelings of intimacy and emotional connectedness for their customers, and most of

7990-422: The strip clip joint and the exotic dancer as known today. Bans still exist; enforced now mostly at the local municipal level. American-style striptease began to appear outside North America in the post-World War II era and is now practiced widely around the world. The 1960s saw a revival of striptease in the form of topless go-go dancing . Topless dancing was banned in certain parts of the country, similar to

8084-470: The strip clubs are typically performed off site. Eastern European strip clubs have a similar model. A 0.34-square-kilometre (0.13 sq mi) "sex zone" in Tokyo, Japan , had approximately 3,500 sex facilities in 1999. These included strip theaters, peep shows, "soaplands", "lover's banks", porno shops, telephone clubs , karaoke bars , clubs and more all offering adult entertainment services. In Dubai ,

8178-535: The time, these portrayals are overstated or false. The stage persona is different from who they are backstage, even if it does mirror aspects of their true personality. Within the context of the strip club, dancers might sometimes give the impression that they are revealing private (or backstage ) information to customers in order to play a confidence game for increased profit. Dancers use props such as make-up, clothing, costumes, and appealing fragrances to complete their character and maintain their " front " while in

8272-568: The world, strip clubs can be full nude, topless or bikini. Where offered: For any of the three types of clubs, there are exceptions based on the individual dancer and management. The use of pasties can alter the legal interpretation as to whether a performance is topless or not and whether a business is sexually oriented . A club might also hire or broadcast forms of entertainment other than striptease (such as pay-per-view events), for which it earns revenue via premium fees. Some clubs have also moved into providing chat and broadcast services via

8366-628: Was a major force in popularizing it in strip clubs on a nationwide and eventually worldwide basis. A further development in the American tradition took place with the emergence of upscale " gentlemen's clubs " in the early 1990s in large cities such as New York. Scores New York was the first major gentlemen's club, with "a gorgeous interior, high-end food and drinks, and of course stunningly beautiful women in sexy gowns. Prior to that, live adult entertainment in New York consisted largely of seedy peep show-type places", according to adult industry veteran Joe Diamond. San Francisco's Lusty Lady became known in

8460-426: Was bought by Gérard Simi in 1997 who reconfigured the show as a more conventional striptease revue. Gradually the theatre's fortunes waned, with Simi citing rising rent demands from Raymond as the cause. In 2004 the Revuebar went into administration. It closed on 10 June 2004 and became a gay bar and cabaret venue called Too2Much, designed by Anarchitect. In November 2006, it changed its name to Soho Revue Bar, where it

8554-488: Was first recorded in 1938, though "stripping", in the sense of women removing clothing to sexually excite men, seems to go back at least 400 years. For example, in Thomas Otway 's comedy The Soldier's Fortune (1681) a character says: "Be sure they be lewd, drunken, stripping whores". Its combination with music seems to be as old. A conclusive description and visualization can be found in the 1720 German translation of

8648-408: Was imperative when making wise decisions in acquiring new systems". Furthermore, project plans must not underestimate the needs of the project, which can result in delays while unmet needs are fulfilled, nor must they greatly overestimate the needs of the project, or else the unneeded resources may go to waste. An informal estimate when little information is available is called a guesstimate because

8742-612: Was the first club to open in Shinjuku, on 15 January 1947. The first act was titled "The Birth of Venus". 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, also featuring no motion or stripping. As this style of theater spread,

8836-725: Was the home of popular club nights including Trannyshack and hosted frequent special events including the West End Gala performance of the musical Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens on 1 December 2008. On 29 January 2009, the Soho Revue Bar closed. The venue reopened in February 2011 as The Box Soho , billed as "A theatre of varieties", under the ownership of Simon Hammerstein. 51°30′45″N 0°08′03″W  /  51.51245°N 0.1341°W  / 51.51245; -0.1341 Strip club As of 2005,

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