Kazakhstan strippers used to be ballet dancers and boxers, the professionals told Tengrinews.kz.
An average cost of one dance is 15 thousand tenge ($100) both for male and female striptease. The performance lasts for around 5 minutes. However, the dancers may ask for an additional pay, if conditions are unsatisfactory (e.g. if the room is small or the floor is slippery). In such case the dance may cost up to 25-30 thousand tenge ($160-200). But despite of the relatively high prices, stripping does not always turn out a profitable business.
Male dancer from Almaty with the stage name Grom told that strippers spend a lot of money on their appearance: “Gym, different cosmetics, sunbeds, beauty parlors. My hair cut costs 75 thousand tenge ($500). The expenses frequently exceed the profits.” The dancer added that a stripper’s success depends on him or her only. “It is necessary to always come up with something new, change performances, make new costumes and update music. We need to adjust to the people. Success comes when a person considers it his life, invests in it,”Grom said.
According to him, Asian mentality of Kazakhstan women does not complicate the dancers’ work. “Of course, we have to consider local mentality, views and traditions. A person who does his job putting some soul in it can understand how to make it not vulgar, but elegant and beautiful,” Grom said.
Dancer Romeo told that everyone comes from different striptease schools. “Some come from ballet, some even from boxing,” he said. Romeo confirmed that every professional stripper has to take care of himself: go to the gym, beauty parlors, take care of his nails and constantly work on his skills. According to him, strippers are of less demand in summer time. Most of the performances fall on March 8 (International Woman’s Day). This day they have to work all day long. In general, the dancers noted that striptease was not a very profitable business in Kazakhstan.
I’m not sure how I first got a subscription to Redbook magazine. I think it had something to do with extra frequent flyer miles. Frankly, I prefer news sources and fashion monthlies. But once Redbook appeared in my mailbox, I started reading and quickly realized this isn’t my mother’s magazine, anymore.
My mother used to subscribe to Redbook, and, as a child, I remember flipping through pages filled with recipes, beauty tips, and home health remedies. So you can imagine my shock when I came across a two-page article titled, “Inside the Life of a Mom Who Strips,” in my March 2012 issue.
The article attempts to glamorize the life of Leah, a Brooklyn housewife and former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent who works as a stripper so she can afford to send her four-year-old daughter to private school in Manhattan. (The family, according to the article, is currently applying to schools.)
Shockingly, the author tries to normalize Leah's and other mothers’ decision to strip in order to “better the life of her family.”
Rebecca Hall has learnt a few saucy new moves for her latest film role.
The Vicky Cristina Barcelona actress plays real-life stripper and gambler Beth Raymer in Stephen Frears' Lay The Favourite, and told the Daily Mail she had a lot of preparation to do for the role.
If you can't afford the lap dance, then don't get one! This exotic dancer in the amazing earrings got stiffed $20 and called on Johnny Law to settle the debt. Find out how the story unfolds here