Never stripped before(please read)
Hey,I would really like to become an exotic dancer I have just come across this website and Im finding it very helpful so far ,but I have never had any experience or worked in a strip club or that type of environment before and I would just like to ask some questions.
(1) What do you have to do when auditioning for a job?
(2) What "documents" do you have to show to them,eg;ID? application for job??
(3) Will you need any experience before you go or do they teach you everything you need to know there??
(4) How much wil you earn,once you start?
Id really appriaciate it if someone could help me,or answer these questions if they know exotic dancing is something I would really like to try,and it would be really helpful.
Thank you.
maureen
:)
Re: Never stripped before(please read)
Use the search function (button at top right hand corner). And please read the sticky threads. Newbs ask these questions all the time. Im not a dancer yet, I just got hired, so I cant tell you much. But since I know youre an anxious newb, I will give you my experience so far.
1) I auditioned at a topless gentlemens club. I did 2 songs on stage in front of an audience, fully dressed up like I was working there.
2) ID and SS card
3) If you look good on stage, you probably dont need experience. I have a background in several dance forms, and practice simple pole work at home. I had no experience, but I knew how to move and look sexy. In stilleto platforms.
4) No one can answer this question for you.
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It all depends on the club. Some clubs require auditions, some don't. Some clubs require you to get a license (which might include a background check and finger printing), some don't require anything. Earnings are definitely going to fluctuate depending on the club in question and your own potential. Just call up or go into a club you are interested in and ask how they hire and what documentation they need if any. If you go in, talk to the dancers (please tip them well for their time) and ask what they think of the club.
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(1) What do you have to do when auditioning for a job?
I called ahead and asked if it was okay if I came into audition (already had my bag with shoes/outfit ready). I talked to the manager for a bit, he told me what the club was like, rules, etc and then I observed the other girls doing their sets for about 15 minutes before I went up. My club is a full nude club so the audition entails dancing to three songs-- the first song is fully clothed, the second you lose your top, and the third you're fully nude. I did that (the worst part was waiting to go up, it was so easy I dont know why I was freaking out) and then the manager hired me and told me to come in and try out a dayshift the next day and if I did well (which i did) he'd put me on nights.
(2) What "documents" do you have to show to them,eg;ID? application for job??
The only things they needed were 2 forms of photo ID (driver's license and school ID) and my SSN. They also took a polaroid snapshot for the file and the underage drinking board.
(3) Will you need any experience before you go or do they teach you everything you need to know there??
Having any kind of performance experience definitely helps with the stage performances and athleticism (dancing in 6inch heels for 6 hours is a workout). I was a comp. figure skater and had been dancing since I was 5 so I definitely felt confident being on stage. As for lapdances, how to accept tips, VIP room... all the other "strictly stripper" related things.... that's on the job training that I'm still getting used to.
(4) How much wil you earn,once you start?
It's really up to you- how often you go to work and how hard you work. You can hang out in the dressing room or at the bar all night and make only your stage tips (if that) or you can work the room, talk with the customers, give dance after dance and work the stage and make a lot. My first week I worked a Monday, Wednesday and Friday and made $1,200 :)
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Your questions are much to broad to get an accurate answer to. Everything varies greatly from club to club, city to city and state to state.
(1) What do you have to do when auditioning for a job?
Can be anything form walking in and being hired on the spot, changing into your stripper clothes and being hired, or auditioning on a stage for a song or 2.
(2) What "documents" do you have to show to them,eg;ID? application for job??
Depends. Some places you only need a proof of age. ( I.D). Some places you need other stuff. In Vegas, you need a business liscence, sheriff card, and I.D. The sheriff card you get by going and getting fingerprinted and a backround check. A few clubs Ive been to didn't even ask for I.D. ( small, hole in the wall, need dancers so bad they don't care about the law, had a few underage girls working there...)
(3) Will you need any experience before you go or do they teach you everything you need to know there??
Usually you don't need any experience. They wont teach ya, you gotta learn by doing. Some larger, more popular clubs may ask for experience. The better you look, the less they care about experience.
(4) How much wil you earn,once you start?
The million dollar question. This cannot be answered.
You can make absolutly nothing at all, even be in the hole, if you've paid housefees. You can make less than min. wage. You can make more than 100grand a year....
Earnings depend on the club, the area, the time of year, your looks, your hustle skills.......
There's just no accurate way to answer this. If there was...I would not be a stripper. I'd be a psychic.
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how you get a business card and where? i live in vegas and i hav been thinking bout getting into the strip club thing too.
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i auditioned 2 months ago,and all they had me do was go change in the dressing room then go tell the dj when i was ready,they let me pick my song too,i only danced to 1 song anf it was with a voting process if the customers liked me i got the job,they liked me so i got it. its pretty easy. i just had to show my D.L thats it,and my first night i made over $300.00 in 3 hours. it depends on what kind of hustler you are, with the money you make. like at first i didnt really hustle,and didnt make much but now im a big hustler,and make at least $500 a night!
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"it depends on what kind of hustler you are, with the money you make."
yes... but it also depends on
what club you work in
what city you work in
what time of the year it is
what time of the month it is
what day of the week it is
your look
the way you dance
how many girls are working
how many customers you have on that night
what you smell like
how the weather outside is
get my point? ....... you need to use the search feature (as suggested) and then browse the "hustle hut" forum for info/tips on how to make money. kenzi is right about hustle being important, but it's no where near "everything". there are a ton of contributing factors to how much money you'll make.