Beginner Stripping Routines: Tips For Stage and Floor

Hi Bohemians! Welcome back, today’s post is all about beginning a career dancing like absolute beginners or baby strippers. A lot of y’all have reached out to me about how to dance or get on stage as a first timer. Trust me everyone starts out not knowing how to dance. Literally everyone. So don’t worry, here are my favorite tips for when you are first starting out and have no idea what to do! 

10 Steps for Your First Stage Rotation:

1.     Practice at home – find a hard surface to practice on and do a couple of passes in your shoes. You will also want to practice turning around and getting used to the slippery bottoms of the shoes

2.     When getting on stage for the first time you will want to get to the pole as quickly as possible. If there isn’t a pole on the stage then find the nearest wall. You can use the wall or pole to lean on and hopefully prevent wobbling (or falling!). 

3.     Once on the pole just hold on high with one hand and walk slowly around it. Turn your back toward it and lean back onto it. (You can do this stuff with a wall too)

4.     Make sure to look out into the crowd. There is nothing worse than seeing a new girl stare at the floor. 

5.     If you notice someone coming up to the stage to tip you, don’t get too eager or excited. You don’t want to rush over there and accidentally fall over. Take your time and use the pole to move to the floor. Then slowly crawl over there, trying to keep eye contact. You don’t want to walk over there when you’re first starting because you could easily fall without the pole for support. 

6.     When you are giving a stage dance for someone coming to tip you, each club has different rules for what is allowed. Generally, there is no touching the tipper at all. You can do like a bridge pose, lay on your back or side, or be on all fours and twerk. 

7.     After you are done with the patron tipping you, hold out the side of your g-string or panty for them to slip the tip into.

8.     Then slowly and deliberately drawl back to the pole or wall and climb back up to standing. 

9.     For your second song take off your top and bottoms (if applicable). Don’t make a big thing of it until you are used to walking on stage. Sometimes I would even go backstage to take everything off because I didn’t want to embarrass myself if I couldn’t get the bra unclasped. 

10.  Repeat for the second song and you’re done! 

Lap Dances 

For your first few table dances I would suggest looking at the other dancers and just copy what they are doing. Each club has different rules about what is allowed during a table dance on the floor. The most common rules are either no touching, keeping one foot on the floor at all times. No putting your hands on the floor. No kissing or touching the client. We will do another post that goes over table dances but for this one simple is best. You want to strip but don’t give too much because you want them to spend more money. Each dance should be a tease and so the first one should be sexy but conservative. Ideally, you want to use your dances to upsell going to VIP. Also, know when to charge for dances. Don’t stack dances, you should charge every 1-3 dances max. (Stacking dances = not getting payment for them individually). 

            Keep your dances slow and don’t get into any crazy acrobatics. If you do fumble it’s perfectly okay to tell them you aren’t a very good dancer or this is your first time giving a dance. Clients love hearing this, trust me. There is nothing to be self-conscious about!!

Things to Remember

-       Even if you can’t “dance” or never learned how doesn’t mean you can’t do this job. It’s not really dancing in a traditional sense. There are no steps to learn or choreography to memorize. 

-       The pole is your friend. You don’t have to be a professional pole dancer to get on stage. You should use the pole as more of a prop especially at the beginning to help you stand and turn around as you get used to walking in platform shoes. 

-       It’s okay to get stage fright! I would be lying if I said I never got nervous going on stage. Once I heard the DJ announce my name that I was next my palms would get all sweaty. Even after doing it for YEARS I still got nervous. It didn’t even matter how much I had to drink lol. Stage fright is perfectly natural but once you get out there and get your first tips it will make you feel so good you’ll forget about your nerves. 

-       Don’t be shy about giving dances. This is how you will be making most of your money. If you find a few certain moves that you like to them stick to them and repeat them over and over. Trust me – the client won’t know the difference! 

-       Utilize the many mirrors in the club. You of course want to look at the client too but don’t be afraid to look at yourself in the mirror to make sure you are looking good and most importantly having fun. 

-       If you do trip and fall just laugh it off! It happens to everyone especially me after a couple of drinks! 

For your first stripping routines, repetition and practice are key. Once you find a few moves that you like make sure to just keep on repeating them over and over. As you get more comfortable you can start adding more. Don’t take yourself too seriously and have fun with it. Seriously you got this! 

More questions about beginning routines to get started stripping? Ask in the comments below! 

Love & glitter,

BW