Just curious...How many dancers on SW consider dancing as their career? I know alot of younger girls dance to save up money to go to college, but I was wondering if there were any who just wanted to dance for a living. Just wondering, that's all :)
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Just curious...How many dancers on SW consider dancing as their career? I know alot of younger girls dance to save up money to go to college, but I was wondering if there were any who just wanted to dance for a living. Just wondering, that's all :)
I've got a college degree and I'm thinking about getting another one, but no matter about all of that, I consider dancing my true career. I've been in it long enough to consider it such, and I enjoy it more than any other job I've ever had. I'm also better at it than I was at any other job.
So, while I might not always be a dancer, I do consider it my career for right now. Time will tell if I can find another.
i will do it as long as possible, or until my earnings from my future art therapist/marriage and family therapist career are sufficient.
Right now the end is indefinate for me. I agree with what Andygirl said, even though I have a college degree, this is the best job I can find (and the one I am best at). So I'll keep doing it until I burn out or don't make money anymore.
I, too, will dance as long as I can still make money. I may cut down my hours when my other business takes off, but I can't imagine ever *wanting* to quit. I love my club, I love the business and I don't think that's likely to ever change.
I plan on going back to college and am saving money for that now...but really, school is just an excuse for me to get a student visa so I can live (and strip, and study aerial arts) in Australia for a few years. Unless something disasterous happens, dancing will most likely be my bread and butter until I'm in my mid 30's. If I end up being one of those people who look years younger than they actually are (and if dancing is still as profitable as it is now), I'll do it for even longer than that.
I definitely can see myself dancing for another decade...in ten years I'll still only be 33.
Yeah, there's a certain amount of particular bull shit that we put up with that you'll only ever have to deal with in an SC...but even with all that, stripping beats the hell out of other jobs IMHO. Where else can you set your own schedule (at least for the most part), make upwards of $500 in a single night, randomly decide to work 1 or 2 extra nights this week if an emergency comes up or if you just want some extra cash, travel to any city with a suitcase and a pair of 7" heels and get a job by the end of the day (the end of the week at the very latest), and most importantly IMHO...leaves you with plenty of time to pursue things that you're passionate about, while still being able to live comfortably and have some savings.
So yeah...I'll dance until I no longer have the looks, or until it stops being profitable, or until I just get sick of it. I do like the idea of going back to school and just knowing that I *have* other options, though. Knowing that I have other plans and skills makes me more relaxed at work and helps me to hustle...it's like a reminder to myself esp. on the bad days, "I'm here b/c I *want* to and b/c I'm good at this, not b/c it's my only option and I'm stuck."
I am a lifer. I have so much money invested into featuring I can't imagine quiting.
I keep saying 'fuck it im done' but I just cant bring myself to walk away. I love performing. I will never ever go back to lap dancing, that is something I just can not do. I am a stage performer at heart. If I had to quit featuring I would probably find another job. Though who knows... maybe I would go back to lap dancing... just not in Southern Ontario....
^ You could try finding a low contact place where you get lots of stage time. That way you can mostly perform.
^^^ Non existent in Canada lol.
I would love to move to Philly and work in MrC's club full time.. his club is da shit.
:boobies: :yes:
<------LIFER
(not to say I won't find other ways to supplement my income dancing, but as long as I can make $300+/night without being dirty and I don't need a walker, I'm in.)
Lifer here! :wave: :boobies:
funny you should mention that. I was there on Sat night and one of the dancers I swear looked just like you (at least from what I've seen from the pictures you used to have in your sigs). I remembered you had worked there, and did a little mental double take wondering "is that Cally?" :P Then I thought nah, she's probably back in Canada by now.
Yeah, this is my career. It's what makes me happy. I've quit more than once to do the day job thing, and I was always dreaming about going back to dancing. Even the job I went to school for didn't give me the satisfaction that I got in a club. I finally quit fighting it and started dancing again.
I shall stick with it for as long as I can. Ive worked with women up to the age of 50 who still look fabulous and make good money, but Ive not yet worked with any women over 50. So Im sort of thinking that at or by 45 I might move on to something else.
Even tho' I have been saying for a long time that I will be cutting back or even starting to plan my exit (not that I havn't already) around age 35 I know full well that I may end up dancing longer than that ... well... at least I'm open to the possibility.
Not so much a lifer. As much as I get upset etc over this business in the end it has afforded me so so much and made me a better person to a certain extent... so I will keep doing it until other projects finally pay off.
:wave:
Well for the record, I'm 21 now and my goal is to stop dancing by the age of 24. :D
I'm a lifer. At least until I'm old and knarly enough to be one of those bartenders at someplace like the American Legion. You know the mean lookin' woman, covered in tatoo's that greets you when you walk in with a friendly "What the fuck do you want?" "A what?" "We got beer and whiskey choose one of those!"
If I could pause time, I'd be a lifer... But alas, there are "normal people" stuff that I've always pictured myself doing. :)
I am 32 and still going!
I think I am too. Brief hiatus here and there, but I don't think I could stop.
hmm my goal is 25. i'm 19 now..
I use to hate having such a baby face, but at 36 and still dancing....I'm loving it!!! That number looks so bizarre to me:O ....i tell myself all the time There's NO WAY I'm 36....I just don't feel it and thank goodness...I don't think I look it either;D
^^^Yay! StevieStar rocks.
Dude, I am to start on my masters in the fall, but I am going to continue stripping until the bitter end, or until I totally burn out...whichever comes first.
Eh... I don't know if I'm going to dance for LIFE... like.. as in being 100 years old and still up on stage.. that's a little too literal..but I'll do this until I'm done with school..and if that doesn't work out..until I've found a career that will support me and allow me to do all the things that I know dancing will allow me to do (travel, make $$$, flexible hours). So... I'm aiming for quitting at 27 (when I will be done with school ..Ph.D.)