Want to hire an Oriental Dancer? Be careful with what you ask for...

One thing is for sure: any Oriental Dancer who has professionally worked in her field for a good couple of years has many - how can I put it? - exotic tales to tell. It´s not a common profession, although - for me - it´s as natural as breathing. You also don´t need to work in Egypt or any Middle Eastern country to have a taste of the still victorious ignorance related to our craft.

Thanks God, the cases of "I want to kill you so badly but, instead, I will only tell you to check if I´m around the corner selling potatoes" have drastically dropped with me. The number of clients requesting "exotic, streap-tease" like performances and the comments about the supposed spicy (???) flavour of my work have been replaced by a great deal of appreciation and respect - thanks to the professionalism and love I always put in everything I do and a slow - but firm - change of the mentalities (thanks to many Dancers who are REALLY making an effort and always reaching for Excellence).

Nevertheless, the world is still a crazy place and Oriental Dancers are juicy victims of all kinds of perverts and sexually frustrated creatures.
So, for the sake of truth, social change and also laughs, here´s a common story (in images) that many dancers will recognize as their own:

WHAT (SOME) CLIENTS EXPECT OF ORIENTAL DANCERS WHEN THEY HIRE THEM TO PERFORM:

WHAT THEY MAY GET IN RETURN:

 
 
 
 
 

If you, like me, have a wicked sense of humor, then there´s so much more that you can add to this picture: like pushing a smart ass from the audience - the one who was yelling out loud how great my ass is - to dance FOR ME on stage with a cute coin belt on his hips, no excuses allowed.




THE CLIENT´S FACE WHEN HE (IT´S USUALLY A "HE" :(  ) FINDS OUT WE´RE NOT THE CHEAP VEILED STREAPERS THEY IMAGINED:

 

WE MAY KEEP SMILING AND DANCING BUT HERE´S WHAT WE´RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT DISAPPOINTED CLIENT WHO HIRED US:

 

 

 

AND, FINALLY, "LA PIÈCE DE RESISTANCE":

WHAT WE REALLY MEAN (AS A STATEMENT) WITH OUR DANCE, DIRECTLY TO THE IGNORANT CAVE MEN WHO STILL INSIST ORIENTAL DANCE IS AN EXOTIC BULLSHIT AIMING TO SEDUCE THE SULTANS: