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Why are stage sets so long?
Why do dancers stage sets go for so long? In the clubs I've been in, each set is about 12 minutes (three or four songs). My problem with that is that if there are say 20 dancers in the club, I would have to stay for 4 hours to see them all dance and strip. It's boring watching the same girl on stage for that long if she is not one I personally like (regarding her looks, personality and dancing). Often they stay clothed for much of the time at the beginning.
Why not instead have shorter dances (say 5 minutes/two songs) and have each dancer on more times per night? They would be seen by more people that way.
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Re: Why are stage sets so long?
Go to a different club. They're not all like this.
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12 minutes 0_0? That is definitely not the norm. The longest stage set my club ever does is 3 songs, and thats only in the beginning of the shift when things are slow and the DJ even edits the songs so that they are shorter.
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My stage set is like 4 minutes... maybe 4 and a half if the DJ is being lazy.
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So dancers have time to do dances, talk to customers and order drinks in between. Clubs don't make anything from the dancers being onstage. The only reason they put them up there is to keep customers occupied until they buy another drink.
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Most of the clubs I go to now have two song sets for the dancers. One dies 12 to 20 minute sets depending on how many dancers or on the shift. It's different everyplace. I get bored silly in a club with longer sets but I'm almost always there to see somebody so it's really not an issue for me.
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Originally Posted by
Hopper
It's boring watching the same girl on stage for that long if she is not one I personally like (regarding her looks, personality and dancing).
Solution: Buy dances from girls you do like that aren't on stage. You'll never be forced to watch a dancer you're not interested in on stage again.
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Then he will be complaining "why are the lapdances so short" to the same 3 song set.
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My club has five stages, but we normally only use three of them. Our stage sets are long but it's 2 songs per stage. So there's still a change of girl every 2 songs on our main stage. Most everywhere I have worked, 2-3 songs is normal.
Unless you go to LV; in which case not all of the dancers have an opportunity to get up onstage- but then you'd still be bitching about not getting to see them all.
What's wrong with the offstage dancers approaching you?
Oh and they stay clothed because they haven't been tipped adequately. When I worked nude in Atlanta, it took a minimum of $10 in stage money to get me nekkid on the stage: the price of a dance. However this may not be the case in cities where the club are not stage oriented, like Austin.
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Originally Posted by
JayATee
Go to a different club. They're not all like this.
Most clubs in my area are like this, or else there are long breaks between dancers. This may not be the case in all countries/states/cities.
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Originally Posted by
Blue_Dust_Bunny
12 minutes 0_0? That is definitely not the norm. The longest stage set my club ever does is 3 songs, and thats only in the beginning of the shift when things are slow and the DJ even edits the songs so that they are shorter.
I'd consider three songs too long, considering the number of girls there are in the club (around twenty usually, on Friday and Saturday nights or other busy times). Though if they are edited short, three songs might only be six minutes.
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Originally Posted by
LuckyOne
So dancers have time to do dances, talk to customers and order drinks in between. Clubs don't make anything from the dancers being onstage. The only reason they put them up there is to keep customers occupied until they buy another drink.
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Originally Posted by
fast tan77
Then he will be complaining "why are the lapdances so short" to the same 3 song set.
I think these are the two main reasons.
My club actually once put it to a vote amongst the dancers- 2 song sets or three? The dancers chose the 3 song set. The reason? More time to hustle and sell dances in between your stage sets.
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Originally Posted by
LuckyOne
So dancers have time to do dances, talk to customers and order drinks in between. Clubs don't make anything from the dancers being onstage. The only reason they put them up there is to keep customers occupied until they buy another drink.
I asked why the sets themselves are long, not the breaks between sets. Unless you mean when there are not many dancers in the club. My complaint is that in busy times there are about twenty or more dancers on and with long sets it takes hours for them all to go on.
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^^^ simple math. If the sets themselves are shorter, than that's less time in between each dancers set.
It may seem like it takes too long for them to go on stage, but in many if not most clubs girls prefer to go on stage less and make more money from being off stage.
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Originally Posted by
Bob_Loblaw
Solution: Buy dances from girls you do like that aren't on stage. You'll never be forced to watch a dancer you're not interested in on stage again.
True enough, except it's harder to tell whether I like them when theyare sitting on the other side of the room chatting or walking about in a crowded club, than when they are dancing and stripping on stage. Somehow there is usually a big difference to how they present on stage to how they present on the floor, even if they are right next to me talking with me. One they are naked and two they are dancing.
And also, I like to see stage performances. They are not the same as private or lap dances. It's a strip club after all.
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Originally Posted by
fast tan77
Then he will be complaining "why are the lapdances so short" to the same 3 song set.
I'm talking about stage shows, not lapdances.
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^^^ We dance to the same songs. Does this club play different music in the private dance area or something?
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Originally Posted by
Hopper
I asked why the sets themselves are long, not the breaks between sets. Unless you mean when there are not many dancers in the club. My complaint is that in busy times there are about twenty or more dancers on and with long sets it takes hours for them all to go on.
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Hopper
I'm talking about stage shows, not lapdances.
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Originally Posted by
mediocrity
My club has five stages, but we normally only use three of them. Our stage sets are long but it's 2 songs per stage. So there's still a change of girl every 2 songs on our main stage. Most everywhere I have worked, 2-3 songs is normal.
Unless you go to LV; in which case not all of the dancers have an opportunity to get up onstage- but then you'd still be bitching about not getting to see them all.
More than one dancer on stage at a time - that's one solution. Might be embarassing for dancers if the other dancers are getting more attention than her at the same time. Sometimes at my clubs there are two on at once, but usually not.
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What's wrong with the offstage dancers approaching you?
See my post above. They don't always approach me (and often I don't get a chance to approach them). Though often I CAN tell if I like a girl just from talking or even from across the room. Depends on how she dresses - if it shows off her body/face the right way or shows enough of it.
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Oh and they stay clothed because they haven't been tipped adequately. When I worked nude in Atlanta, it took a minimum of $10 in stage money to get me nekkid on the stage: the price of a dance. However this may not be the case in cities where the club are not stage oriented, like Austin.
By clothed I meant they dance in their dresses, not just bra and pants/g-string. That tipping rule applies in some clubs near me. I don't need to see a girl completely naked on stage to check her out.
One reason for long sets is allowing the girl enough time to get stage tips and interaction with customers by the stage. I was thinking in terms of her going on to scare up LDs.
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Originally Posted by
Elvia
^^^ simple math. If the sets themselves are shorter, than that's less time in between each dancers set.
It may seem like it takes too long for them to go on stage, but in many if not most clubs girls prefer to go on stage less and make more money from being off stage.
Where I go, in busy times, there are a large number of dancers on, so I could be there for three hours and still not see all the dancers on stage, let alone see one dance more than once.
I realise that the dancers need time between sets for hustling and performing LDs. I assumed that if they are occupied with performing LDs they would just not take their turn on stage or do it when there is a break in their bookings if they are that busy.
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Originally Posted by
Elvia
^^^ We dance to the same songs. Does this club play different music in the private dance area or something?
Where I am the LDs are fixed times, not a number of songs. The stage sets go by songs. But I'm not talking about how long the songs are, I'm talking about how long the sets are, though individual song lengths affect that.
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LuckyOne
I hope that's not me.
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Re: Why are stage sets so long?
^I just post that when I can't think of anything to say. Lol. I guess its tantamount to :facepalm:
Maybe you should ask the management of that particular stripclub.
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LuckyOne
I love that one and this one:http://www.slantmagazine.com/images/...kiemonster.jpg
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^I know, I've seen you use it. Are you using it now?