Paid To Dance: Stripping Past & Present is a comprehensive insight into the stripping industry, from its origins to its modern day evolution. Everyday women share stories of working in gentleman’s clubs, paying their way through university, funding travel and even escaping homelessness and crime. Parents and partners offer intriguing perspectives of their loved one’s… Continue reading The Women of Paid To Dance: Telling Their Stories
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An Exotic History in Australia
American touring ensembles were responsible for bringing vaudeville-style theatre Down Under, and the popularity of Shakespearean plays and opera performances increased. https://youtu.be/puwVhe-Vm-A The gold rushes of the 1850s brought a growth in population to Australia, and there was a growing demand for entertainment. However due to the disruptions of World War 1, the first decade… Continue reading An Exotic History in Australia
An Exotic History: The Geisha
In the Far East, the geisha training system was founded in Japan in the 11th Century to promote the economic self-sufficiency of women. The geisha held high social status, and it was for that stated purpose that the geisha training system was established quite admirably in Japanese society, where there were very few pathways for… Continue reading An Exotic History: The Geisha
An Exotic History: American Showgirls
The first American showgirls emerged in the United States in 1907, created by producers such as Florenz Zigfried and Margaret Kelly Leibovici, otherwise known as Miss Bluebell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbT7ATk0jW0&feature=youtu.be Striptease was one of the many sideshows featured in travelling carnivals, and female performers incorporated the tent pole into their routines by climbing to the top and… Continue reading An Exotic History: American Showgirls
An Exotic History: The Windmill Theatre
Named after a windmill that had once stood at the same site, The Windmill Theatre first opened in London as a small playhouse, replacing Britain’s first art house cinema, the Palais de Luxe. https://youtu.be/nal7rGoo5us Laura Henderson, the widowed wife of a wealthy merchant, bought the Palais de Luxe in 1930. Mrs. Henderson and her theatre manager, Vivian Van Damm, decided to… Continue reading An Exotic History: The Windmill Theatre
A Exotic History: The Moulin Rouge
The second industrial revolution saw a time of frivolity unfolding in Paris. With electricity being rolled out across the city, cabarets like ‘Le Chat Noir’, ‘Le Miriton’ and ‘Les Folies Bergères’ were established and offered a place for aristocrats and workers alike to relax and enjoy themselves. https://youtu.be/08aHwv_O_Xk These venues generally settled in Montmartre, at… Continue reading A Exotic History: The Moulin Rouge
An Exotic History: The Golden Age of Burlesque
In the Victorian Age, although separated by wealth and privilege, both society’s elite and working class indulged in exotic entertainment. Women went to great lengths to hide their physical forms beneath bustles, hoops and frills, and so the idea of young ladies appearing on stage in their silk stockings and bustiers was a controversial temptation.… Continue reading An Exotic History: The Golden Age of Burlesque
Paid To Dance: Researching An Exotic History
The earliest evidence of exotic dance can be traced back twenty thousand years to Palaeolithic cave paintings in the south of France, and proof has also been found by archaeologists near the Black Sea regions of Bulgaria and Romania. https://youtu.be/Rs3keqLuUFo It is thought to hold its origins in ancient rituals associated with fertility, not only… Continue reading Paid To Dance: Researching An Exotic History
Paid To Dance: Writing A Book Series About Stripping
At the beginning of 2016 I began work on what would become Paid To Dance: Stripping Past & Present, the first book in the Paid To Dance series. https://youtu.be/mFK2pJ4ImrQ It was an idea that I had entertained for a number of years beforehand, but now with the completion of the writing of my debut novel,… Continue reading Paid To Dance: Writing A Book Series About Stripping
Stripping in the age of the Me Too movement
New book gives insight into the stripping industry in Australia At a time when women’s rights are being highlighted daily in the media, Paid To Dance: Asha's Story Part Two offers a comprehensive insight into the stripping industry, allowing readers to make up their own minds about whether it is liberating or degrading to women,… Continue reading Stripping in the age of the Me Too movement
