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    Hey everyone! I took the plunge last night, and auditioned at a topless bar. I got the job, but I'm still surprised that I was hired because my stage show was so bad that it could make a corpse go limp There was an assortment of offbeat body spasms and seizure-like movements that I would like to forget, and I spent the entire time trying to look sexy while fighting the urge to puke. A pro dancer in the dressing room who watched me on stage said that I confused her because I looked like someone who knew how to dance, but then was one jerky movement away from doing the robot on my second song I know that every dancer goes through this super awkward phase at the beginning of their career, and I was just wondering when the turning point came for some of you. When did you swap your shaky two-steps for slow and sensual stripper moves?

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    I have always danced like a stripper, oddly enough. Senior prom? Yeah.....

    I work with a couple of girls who just can't dance though, and they still haven't turned yet (after over a year of dancing). So there's a possibility you won't change. If this happens, then just pick music that works better for you (Manson, harder stuff). Or just focus on dancing slower. Either way, not being able to dance does make you stick out more--so it could actually work in your favor. Just make sure you smile a lot and act like you're having a good time so the custies don't think you take yourself too serioiusly.

    OR you could practice at home. Practice body rolls in front of a mirror...watch DVD's of dancing and try to imitate their movements. It takes a lot of practice to change how you naturally move, but it'll pay off (literally).

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    Take some time to watch what the other girls on stage do. Take note of the moves they do and practice in front of the mirror at home. Alot of girls make the mistake of dancing like they were out at the club when they're on the stage, which doesn't really look sexy. Also, pick music that makes you feel confident and sexy. Trust me, the "awkward" stage doesn't last long lol.

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    I'd say the awkward was gone after a few weeks, but I'd say it took me a good year to move like a pro super fluidly and naturally. I don't trip over myself or do anything abrupt, which girls do for months before it finally snaps and they become pro, sometimes longer.

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    the awkwardness lasted a couple weeks... but I didn't become super fluid until I worked on a stage with a pole and got used to it, which was probably three months later. I picked a stripper idol in portland who was an amazing dancer and copied her... and now i get compliments on my dancing, something i never thought would happen.
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    i wasnt awkard ever. i have a gymnastics background.
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    I know that I'm going to need lots of practice, so I want to try and work four shifts a week. That's a whole lot of hours, but I figure it's a good way to make the "newness" wear off more quickly. I also wanted to spend a good deal of time watching the other dancers, but was afraid that my eagerness to learn the ropes would be mistaken for an attempt to steal routines. Would it piss the other dancers off if I sat and watched them? I'm not trying to get into a dressing room brawl this early in the game. Maybe it's better to watch people who can't hit me in the head with their stripper shoe, like the girls on youtube or in DVDs.

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    just watch them at work, from a distance. while sitting at the bar or with a customer. you don't have to sit at the rack to see what more experienced dancers do in their routines.
    "Life and death, energy and peace. If I stop today it was still worth it. Even the terrible mistakes that I made and would have unmade if I could. The pains that have burned me and scarred my soul, it was worth it, for having been allowed to walk where I've walked, which was to hell on earth, heaven on earth, back again, into, under, far in between, through it, in it, and above."

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    I have never danced. I just pose and bend over a lot b/c my ass is one of the better features

    There was this trainwreck bitch that would get so hammered on stage at my old club she'd just lean over, squish her boobs togther while looking at them in the mirror, and sway to the music- she'd look like a crackhead tweaking out but she still banked!

    After that I'm convinced you don't have to be able to dance lol

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    ^ so true. There's a girl at my club that does nothing but bounce frenetically up and down while throwing up gang symbols, lip-synching to the music and pumping her fists in the air. Oh... and occasionally doing a newbie spin around the pole which results in her landing in a pile of twiggy arms and legs on the floor, still bobbing up and down and mouthing "east side!! west side!!". She is a tweaker though.
    "Life and death, energy and peace. If I stop today it was still worth it. Even the terrible mistakes that I made and would have unmade if I could. The pains that have burned me and scarred my soul, it was worth it, for having been allowed to walk where I've walked, which was to hell on earth, heaven on earth, back again, into, under, far in between, through it, in it, and above."

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    i've been dancing for 4 years and i still havent figured out how to be more graceful. but i've seen girls that have been dancing two weeks that dance beautifully. Unfortunately, i think its one of theose things here either you have it or you dont. it doesn't affect my money though, and soem of the best stage dancers at my club always go home broke.

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    I dont dance. I walk the stage and pose - I strut like Im a model on a runway. Ill grab the pole and pose against it. ONCE in a while Ill do a pole trick. Funny enough is I get sooooo many compliments on my "dancing" from guys and the other girls.

    When I was younger and newer I actually danced.... now, not so much. It took me about a year to get good. Took me a few years to not care and to do what I do now....

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    ^^^ I love it.

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    Ha! When I first started dancing at 18, I would (am a "professional" dancer with a BFA in dance) seriously be thinking of like ballet technique while I was on stage... like...in my mind... I would be like thinking these rediculous things...that have nothing to do with stripping, but I couldnt put that together...

    I noticed girls doing ballet arms and twirls while I was on stage making fun of me, and realized I probably looked like an idiot... I still obviously look a bit ballet-ish on stage...but I was basically doing pirouttes and ballet stretches when I first started...

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    I used to dance way too fast. I felt like I had to keep up with beat of whatever songs was playing and I'm sure I looked like a complete spaz.

    My turning point was when I figured out I could move through the music rather than to the music, if that makes sense. It slowed me down and my stage show went from a frenzy to sexy.

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    My turning point was a couple of weeks ago. I lost my intern job because of this financial nightmare where in. So I stepped up the dancing to pay the bills of course. It basically came down to spending more time at the club during the off hours with the other girls and they have been really nice it helping me improve. As well that it improved my confidence when in the end that is all you need; more time in the gym has not hurt either.

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    Go three times slower and remember that practice makes perfect.
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