Juliana Beasley estudió foto en NYU. Al salir de la universidad se dió cuenta que no era tan fácil encontrar trabajo en el mundo del arte. Decidió volverse lapdancer profesional y asà seguir tomando fotos. Ocho años y muchos movimientos de cadera después de haber comenzado: un libro que combina sus dos carreras. Y unos años después de eso: un taller en Tóxico Lab, la próxima semana, junto con Tema Stauffer.
Truth or Dare?
Un poco de ambos, probablemente.
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Juliana tells us:
“When I discovered lap dancing, I was delighted because my job description was cut and dry—no more conniving for tips. I provided a service and was paid upfront. I had the freedom of choice to interact with customers verbally if I cared to, but my income didn’t depend on me making conversation with men or developing regulars. If they were difficult, I always had the option of turning my back and walking away. Since alcohol is not served in nude clubs, I never felt the pressure to sit with a customer for drinks, which invariably left me with a hangover the next morning. I personally found it less emotionally taxing.
Besides doing the obligatory dance sets—either sharing the stage with other dancers or performing alone—I made the majority of my money walking up to customers and soliciting “private dancesâ€â€”lap dances—and taking them into “private†areas of the club. Private dances are really not so private: they are often wedged between undulating couples biding for space. During peak hours on Fridays and Saturdays, customers and dancers wait their turn outside the lap dance room.
A lap dance has a beginning, a middle, and an end. First, I would systematically lay down a cloth on the customers’ laps, then grind against their crotches, either by straddling them frontally or by rubbing my buttocks against their groins. In nude lap dance clubs, many dancers carry around personal wraps or leave them in the lap dance room. They lay the material across customers’ laps to provide a hygienic barrier between themselves and rough or dirty pants and unwanted fluids.”
Read more here, on Juliana’s personal blog.
