- published: 30 Jan 2014
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A stripper is a professional erotic dancer who performs a contemporary form of striptease at strip club establishments, public exhibitions, and private engagements. Unlike in burlesque, the performer in the modern Americanized form of stripping minimizes the interaction of customer and dancer, reducing the importance of tease in the performance in favor of speed to undress. Not every stripper will end her performance completely nude, though full nudity is common where not prohibited by law. The integration of the stripper pole as a nearly ubiquitous prop has also shifted the emphasis in the performance toward a more acrobatic, explicit expression versus the slow-developing burlesque. Stripping is typically associated with female performers; male strippers make up less than a third of the professional community. Strippers, when working, are typically found at strip clubs. House dancers work for a particular club or franchise. Feature dancers tend to have their own celebrity, touring a club circuit making appearances. Entertainers (dancers) are often not actual employees of the club itself but allowed to perform as independent contractor.
I want to be a stripper
some girls were born to dance
I'd glissade and tour jete
pirouette and releve
please mister give me a chance
I want to be a stripper
I'd be beautiful and grand
Overhearing people say
hey that girl could
go all the way
please mister let me dance
I know that I could do it
I knew that I'd be swell
a cheering crowd
would yell for more
and I'd say no
not another encore
smile and bid a fond farewell