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    Default Feature Dancing Anyone?

    I've been interested for a long time in feature dancing. I'm not a porn star, but I have a lot of dancing talent, yoga skills and gymnastic ability, etc. I also like to do skits on stage to entertain customers. How does one get started as a feature (besides the obvious being in porn which is not for me)? Do features get paid a set amount or are they expected to hustle like the regular dancers?

    Anybody who has featured ever, please give me some advice. Thanx a bunch.

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    Default Re: Feature Dancing Anyone?

    I've done it a few times, I'm not ready to do it full time yet. But if you are really interested go here http://www.pure-talent.com/

    They can answer all your questions.


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    Default Re: Feature Dancing Anyone?

    www.continentalagency.com

    I'm working on becoming a feature, and Frank has been great with giving me advice and helping me out.
    Take the road less traveled- just make sure you have a map.

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    Default Re: Feature Dancing Anyone?

    My own personal take on the economics of featuring today ...

    There is a 'first tier' of features, who are paid moderately well (at least enough to cover travel expenses and hotel bills if they're not extravagant, say $1000 per week). First tier features share a characteristic that they are advertiseable by the clubowner. This usually means the girl has XXX boxcover credits, 'playboy playmate / penthouse pet' credentials, a 'Miss Nude ___" award, or some standout physical property like being a 6'2" showgirl or having a cup size in the second half of the alphabet or having a competition female bodybuilder physique. Any or all of these will 'stand out' when a clubowner places an ad in local media, and will probably be able to attract new customers to that club on the basis of name / trademark / visual recognition. Even so, many 'first tier' features have found that the only way that they can make significant profits from featuring today is to use their club booking as a tax write-off and supplement their incomes via 'private sessions' a la - hint, click on the RATES tab at the top of the page.

    There is also a 'second tier' of feature bookings where the girls may be stunning and great performers but do not have the same name / trademark / visual recognition. Thus the clubowners cannot capitalize on local media advertising drawing in new customers to anywhere near the same degree, thus the feature fees paid to 'second tier' girls are significantly lower (say $100 a night). However, the cost of travel and accomodation expenses are virtually the same. Thus with gasoline over $3 per gallon, with 'discount' air fares rising, and with hotel room rates rising,'second tier' features really need to do some calculating to see whether their net after tax income from featuring actually will exceed their expenses.

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    All the replies are correct in different ways! Plain and simple there are 3 things you need to decide when considering becoming a feature act:
    1. Do Hardcore Porn? (This will gain you the most fame and ultimately the most $$ on the road as a feature)
    2. Do Softcore Porn (Playboy TV, model for magazines ect.)
    3. No Porn, just be an amazing entertainer (this is the most expensive option because no one will pay you to appear in their club unless you travel with large props, VERY expensive costumes and have OUTSTANDING stage presence and personality. Oh, and you have to be REALLY hot too!)

    These are all things considered in our Feature School. You will learn where your place is and we help you gather all the resources you will need to start your feature biz. I hope you will contact us because our next feature school is Feb. 12- 16! Fill out the form at www.PoleChamp.com
    XXXO, Nakita

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    So you are saying that if you do porn you dont have to be attaractive or in shape, or have decent costumes, or have a stage presence......in order to feature????

    Maybe this is why featuring is becoming less and less of an option...clubs wont pay for a girl who has banged 10 guys on film and does nothing on stage!!

    If you want to be a porn star...be a porn star.

    If you want to be a feature...learn to entertain!

    Oh...and btw...they DO pay WELL for Real Entertainers!
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    Quote Originally Posted by alenadowns View Post
    So you are saying that if you do porn you dont have to be attaractive or in shape, or have decent costumes, or have a stage presence......in order to feature????

    Maybe this is why featuring is becoming less and less of an option...clubs wont pay for a girl who has banged 10 guys on film and does nothing on stage!!

    If you want to be a porn star...be a porn star.

    If you want to be a feature...learn to entertain!

    Oh...and btw...they DO pay WELL for Real Entertainers!

    I love you Alena!!!! LoL

    I've talked to a few American Agents now and they are searching hard for REAL entertainers. One of the biggest complaints now is girls don't know how to entertain. I've had agents from the US contacting me and offering me work visas to feature in the US because they want show girls. Girls who know how to put on a real show.. and they are offering me great money for it as well.

    Perfect example is Jada Deville... she doesn't do porn. She is a title holding feature and she gets paid great money because she knows how to put a show on.

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    [quote=alenadowns;1371648]So you are saying that if you do porn you dont have to be attaractive or in shape, or have decent costumes, or have a stage presence......in order to feature????]

    In some cases unfortunately not! I can think of a handful of ps's out there that don't have costumes, don't dance and are out of shape that get way more $ than non-porn girls.

    [Maybe this is why featuring is becoming less and less of an option...]

    I agree! That is why I have been trying to help entertainers in the US be better and YES, I do teach adult stars how to build better shows and have more stage presence!

    [clubs wont pay for a girl who has banged 10 guys on film and does nothing on stage!!]

    They actually will and several have and would probably do it again! I know 1 ps that went on stage and all she did was stick her fist in her mouth and she got paid like 3x more than I did at that club!

    [Oh...and btw...they DO pay WELL for Real Entertainers!]

    I seem to have struck chord, and I didn't mean to! I have the most respect for you Alena as I am a pole dancing instructor and forever a student of Shawn Frances Lee. However, I am not just talking out of my ass. My husband runs the Lee Network which is the largest feature agency (in conjunction with Continental Agency), in the United States. I know what I am talking about not only because I have been a feature for 12 years in the US, but because I live with an agent. I hope for entertainers sake, it is different up there. But down here, regular non-porn entertainers get a fraction of what the big porn stars are getting because they draw more people to the club. That's the bottom line. Clubs want to make $ and they will bring in the girl that will make them the most $.

    I hope to keep strip club entertainment alive by doing feature schools and teaching the basics of putting on an entertaining show. We are on the same side!
    XXXO, Nakita

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    Default Re: Feature Dancing Anyone?

    Quote Originally Posted by Callyish View Post
    I love you Alena!!!! LoL

    Perfect example is Jada Deville... she doesn't do porn. She is a title holding feature and she gets paid great money because she knows how to put a show on.
    I agree Jada does a great show. I am sure she makes great money. And, congrats on a possible US tour! I look forward to hearing your name around here!
    XXXO, Nakita

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