Transitioning from no contact to contact
So I've been dancing off and on for 3.5 years. I started in a divey bikini bar where I was a 21 year old newbie and really awkward and just was thankful for what I made on stage (pretty decent...about 200 to 300 a night). I did some air dances but found them really hard to sell with no contact and no nudity. I had zero hustle and drank at work often.
Four months ago I started at a nude club and upped my stripper game. I had traveled the world alone for the last year so my confidence and social skills were a lot better than before and my hair is now bleached and long and blonde (easier to fit the guys' image of a dancer and make $$$). I'm definitely not a top earner but I feel like I keep up in a club of hardcore hustlers and most importantly I feel comfortable at work and never drink anymore.
This club is still air dances although we get totally naked.
My contract for my day job ends next month and I am thinking of taking 1-3 months off to travel and strip -- potentially Hawaii, Vegas, Pac Northwest. However, I have never done contact dances and I'm nervous that it could make me hate stripping whereas now I really love my job and my club.
I guess my question is really simple: have any of you done no contact starting out and then transitioned? How was it? Did it change your attitude towards stripping? Or is it kind of like going from bikini to nude where I thought it was this huge deal and then took off my panties like "oh. that was easy." lol
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I went from topless contact to all nude no contact. I hated it so much, so I returned to my contact topless clubs and LOVE it. I guess my advice is to try it out for a bit, but don't make a commitment unless you're sure you can pull in what you were making before
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Going from No-Contact to Contact is doable if you don't mind the contact aspect of it.
I came from a 1-way contact (guys can't touch, gals can grind) club to a very-hadcore-contact club... it was easier transitioning from no-contact to contact for me. I don't have too many issues with people touching me... and I was making more money. Between those two clubs I worked at a very classy, air-dance-only club and the transition from minimal-contact to heavy-contact was a great deal easier than going from grinding to air-dancing.
The major point to remember is that you should set your boundaries with any form of contact. Don't permit guys to hurt you, scratch you, bite you, or do anything else that makes you feel uncomfortable. Setting boundaries and sticking to them is pretty empowering. Guys get annoying, but in the long run the lure of the forbidden usually nets more money. You call the shots, it's your hot bod, after all!
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Sometimes I wish I could do contact at my current club. I feel like I could really rake it in if it was a one way contact...but I think I am also nervous about the idea of having to deal w extras itc because our dances are in the open and nothing goes on. But as a longtime stripperweb creeper I'm armed w a lot of info on how to deal w that kinda shit. ^_^
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I'm the opposite of TurboHips, I went from total air dance clubs to a medium contact club and hated it. Then again, I hate being touched, hugged etc in real life.
Sophia gave great advice. Don't do anything you're not comfortable with. And remember- even if the club is heavy 2 way contact or something, you don't HAVE to do it if you don't want to.
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I just made the transition from 1 way to pretty heavy two way. Whenever I'm done if the guy possibly licked/kissed me I'll wipe that area off with alcohol. Mentally it doesn't bother me, it's just kinda a part of the business., although I do have certain boundaries!
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^Yes, having boundaries is always a must when working in places where contact is usually a norm.
In RVa, I knew a dancer who had this rule of thumb (the place was thong/pasties, though); if it's covered, is a no touching zone (the crotch/butt crack and nipples were covered, so those areas were off limits). Having boundaries with contact is always a good thing.