Cage dancing
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A cage dance is a specific type of erotic dance, performed inside a cage
, usually at a night club or dance hall. The activity originated in the 1960s and rose in popularity with the advent of disco
music. In particular, the practice began at the Los Angeles music venue, Whisky a Go Go
.
Though the club was billed as a discothèque, meaning only recordings with no bands, the Whisky A Go-Go opened with a live band led by Johnny Rivers
and a mini-skirted DJ
spinning records between sets from a suspended cage at the right of the stage. When the female DJ danced during Rivers' set, the audience thought it was part of the act and the concept of Go-Go dancers in cages was born. Cage dancing was recently reaffirmed as mainstream in the United States
, with the new US$1.3 Billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington
, Texas
featuring cage dancing by the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.
More recently, both sexes have started to practice cage dancing. Go-Go boys, for example, can regularly be seen in cages at night clubs frequented by homosexuals
.
Cage (enclosure)
A cage is an enclosure made of mesh, bars or wires, used to confine, contain or protect something or someone. A cage can serve many purposes, including keeping an animal in captivity, capturing, and being used for display of an animal at a zoo.-History:...
, usually at a night club or dance hall. The activity originated in the 1960s and rose in popularity with the advent of disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
music. In particular, the practice began at the Los Angeles music venue, Whisky a Go Go
Whisky a Go Go
The Whisky a Go Go is a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip.-History:...
.
Though the club was billed as a discothèque, meaning only recordings with no bands, the Whisky A Go-Go opened with a live band led by Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. His styles include folk songs, blues, and revivals of old-time rock 'n' roll songs and some original material...
and a mini-skirted DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
spinning records between sets from a suspended cage at the right of the stage. When the female DJ danced during Rivers' set, the audience thought it was part of the act and the concept of Go-Go dancers in cages was born. Cage dancing was recently reaffirmed as mainstream in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, with the new US$1.3 Billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington
Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
featuring cage dancing by the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.
More recently, both sexes have started to practice cage dancing. Go-Go boys, for example, can regularly be seen in cages at night clubs frequented by homosexuals
Gay bar
A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBT and queer communities...
.
See also
- Discothèque
- Erotic dance
- Fire dancingFire dancingFire dancing is a group of performance arts or disciplines that involve manipulation of objects on fire...
- Go-Go dancer
- Pole dancing
- Rhythmic gymnasticsRhythmic gymnasticsRhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...
- StripperStripperA stripper is a professional erotic dancer who performs a contemporary form of striptease at strip club establishments, public exhibitions, and private engagements. Unlike in burlesque, the performer in the modern Americanized form of stripping minimizes the interaction of customer and dancer,...
- Table dancing