Starting from scratch: lap dancing and alcohol.
Hi! I'm a new member to SW, located in Scandinavia.
I am 36 years old and have always been fascinated by exotic dancing, as long as I can remember. But I never had the courage to try it myself, until now. It's been a long journey, mentally, and I've been taking things in baby steps. First visiting clubs as a guest, then taking pole dance classes and now, finally, having the guts to ask for an audition.
Fortunatly I got to know the manager of a club last year, so asking for a chat to talk about an audition was fairly easy. I had like a million questions to ask the manager when I was there a couple of weeks ago. One of my biggest fears was that I was too old to start dancing. But the manager reassured me that it wasn't a problem at all. I've always looked younger than my age and besides, he had had older girls than me working there. Plus, being the age that I am also could give me a couple of advantages, he said, when communicating with the guests. Simply because I was older and wiser than most of the other girls. I had never even thought of that.
So, after a long chat the manager decided to give me a chance. If I pass the dance audition he's gonna give me a chance to try the other stuff and start working.
But I need to practice on my dancing skills a little bit more, after a long winter with no pole dancing, so we agreed that I would go home and do that and then come back later this summer and do the audition, in full outfit, make-up, shoes and everything.
In this club you make your money on table dances (full nude) and selling champagne. And it wasn't until I came home from the chat that I realised that yes, I know a little pole dancing and haven't any problems going nude, but I have never tried lap dancing. Ever! Which is very different from pole dancing, in my point of view. And at this club you do it in very tiny VIP-rooms, which I now see must be quite of a challenge, space wise. How do they do it? And where to start, when you're at scratch?? At this point I suck at lap dances.
Another concern of mine is the drinking. I'm normally very moderate on alcohol and after a couple of glasses of champagne (or even beer) I get tipsy. How do I manage through a whole night, if I happen to sell a couple of champagnes at the VIP? And... at the same time give lap dances (worth paying for) and do my shows on stage (the girls do 3 sets a night each). The manager told me the trick was to get the customer to drink most of the champagne. But you're not allowed to leave the table before the bottle is empty and if the customer only takes a little sip himself, I'm in deep shit... :O The plan, if all goes well, is to work full weeks (6 nights a week) every other week, during the coming fall. But I don't want to be soaking drunk each night. I want to dance, make lots of money and have fun!
Any ideas on the alcohol part and how to start from scratch on lap dancing?
Thanks!
Re: Starting from scratch: lap dancing and alcohol.
Welcome to StripperWeb!
As you have figured out, making money stripping has VERY LITTLE to do with dancing. Rather it has EVERYTHING to do with how well you can upsell your time and champagne in the VIP rooms.
Browse hustle hut for general advice on sales skills. There is a lot of information in there, some good....some bad.
Strippers and Booze will give you some ideas on how to work sober. That is actually the topic in my upcoming newsletter, so be sure to click the link in my signature to sign up for it.
Re: Starting from scratch: lap dancing and alcohol.
Hi Karin, Don't worry so much about the drinking. Waitresses will help you not drink. They need those bottle sales, so they will make sure you do not have a drop if that is what you want. I have worked at clubs where drinking seemed like a requierment, but somehow never had more than one drink at work in 6 years. Most of the time I do not even have that. I toast with the champagne, and make a big to-do about it, but after pressing it to my lips I don't drink it. At my club now I can ask for the host to put some OJ in mine. She will take the glass and return it with mostly soda water and a drop of OJ. But honestly, usally I don't even have to do that. Customers know that they need to buy the bottle for our time, and the good ones will not care so much if you are not drinking like a fish. Clubs also have fake drinks. I have also worked at clubs where I would bring in my own very healthy drinks and have the bartender pour me one of those when I asked for my special drink (at smaller clubs).