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<p>A <b>table dance</b>, or <b>bartop dance</b>, is a dance performed at (or on) a table or <a href="Bar_(establishment)" title="Bar (establishment)">bar</a>, as opposed to on a stage. It may be an <a href="Erotic_dance" title="Erotic dance">erotic dance</a> performed by a <a href="Sex_worker" title="Sex worker">sex worker</a> or it may be done as a leisure activity.

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<p>In <a href="Strip_club" title="Strip club">strip clubs</a>, a table dance is a semi-private sexual performance that takes place near or on a customer's table.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some jurisdictions, a table dance may be an alternative to a <a href="Lap_dance" title="Lap dance">lap dance</a>, due to laws preventing <a href="Exotic_dancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Exotic dancer">exotic dancers</a> from making contact with customers. For example, in <a href="Waterloo%2C_Ontario" title="Waterloo, Ontario">Waterloo, Ontario</a>, a table dance is performed on a small portable platform the dancer takes around to patrons’ tables.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="Windmill_Theatre" title="Windmill Theatre">Windmill Theatre</a> in <a href="Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a>, London operated as a <a href="Strip_club" title="Strip club">strip club</a> from the 1990s until 2018. The club's licensing conditions included a "no touching" rule and the club had a licence for <a href="Striptease" title="Striptease">striptease</a>, <a href="Pole-dancing" class="mw-redirect" title="Pole-dancing">pole-dancing</a> and table dancing.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In many clubs, dancers earn most of their money from tips for table dancing.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>The <i>bartop dance</i>, performed for the entertainment of those seated at the bar, is similar to the table dance. The film <i><a href="Coyote_Ugly" title="Coyote Ugly">Coyote Ugly</a></i>, set in the New York City bar of the same name, led to a fashion for bartop dancing establishments. Several bars around the city (e.g. <a href="Coyote_Ugly_Saloon" title="Coyote Ugly Saloon">Coyote Ugly</a>, <a href="Hogs_and_Heifers" title="Hogs and Heifers">Hogs and Heifers</a>, Red Rock West Saloon, Doc Holliday's Saloon) actively encouraged women to jump on the bar and dance, contributing to an "Anything Goes" atmosphere. Hogs and Heifers encourages dancers to leave their <a href="Brassiere" class="mw-redirect" title="Brassiere">brassiere</a> hanging from the ceiling to commemorate their dance. However, table dancing is forbidden at many events and establishments.

</p><p>Table dancing by patrons (both male and female) became more common in New York after the enforcement of the City's cabaret licenses (required for dancing establishments) was relaxed around the time of the <a href="New_York_City_mayoral_election%2C_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="New York City mayoral election, 2001">2001 election</a> of Mayor <a href="Michael_Bloomberg" title="Michael Bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a>. In 2002, the Hilton sisters <a href="Paris_Hilton" title="Paris Hilton">Paris</a> and <a href="Nicky_Hilton" title="Nicky Hilton">Nicky</a> were reputed to be constant table dancers at club <a href="Bungalow_8" title="Bungalow 8">Bungalow 8</a>. Nicky denied the allegations and claimed that they only dance on the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/banquette" class="extiw external" title="wikt:banquette">banquettes</a>, and added that she did it purely "because it was fun". At another restaurant named <a href="Da_Silvano" title="Da Silvano">Da Silvano</a>, it was reported that <a href="Kim_Cattrall" title="Kim Cattrall">Kim Cattrall</a>, <a href="Candace_Bushnell" title="Candace Bushnell">Candace Bushnell</a> and <a href="Patricia_Duff" title="Patricia Duff">Patricia Duff</a> were seen table dancing together. Duff said "Somebody placed me up on the table, so I danced," and that the night was "spontaneous and magical".<sup id="cite_ref-Dissonance_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dissonance-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>Another form of table dance is practiced at traditional events like in <a href="Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazilian</a>, <a href="Europe" title="Europe">European</a> and <a href="Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> <a href="Carnival" title="Carnival">Carnivals</a>, in <a href="Germany" title="Germany">German</a> beer <a href="Tent" title="Tent">tents</a> during <a href="Oktoberfest" title="Oktoberfest">Oktoberfest</a>, and at other similar events. However, this kind of table dance is not of an <a href="Eroticism" title="Eroticism">erotic</a> nature. As this dance often leads to accidents, especially if performed by <a href="Substance_intoxication" title="Substance intoxication">intoxicated</a> individuals, it is often forbidden at many events, but dancing on chairs or benches may still be allowed.

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<ul><li><a href="Bargirl" title="Bargirl">Bargirl</a></li>

<li><a href="Burlesque" title="Burlesque">Burlesque</a></li>

<li><a href="Erotic_dancing" class="mw-redirect" title="Erotic dancing">Erotic dancing</a>

<ul><li><a href="Go-go_dancing" title="Go-go dancing">Go-go dancing</a></li>

<li><a href="Lap_dance" title="Lap dance">Lap dance</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Legal_status_of_striptease" title="Legal status of striptease">Legal status of striptease</a></li></ul>

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