Feature Dancing vs. Being a Regular Dancer at Strip Clubs
Though this might not be so common anymore, back in the day many major porn stars toured strip clubs as feature dancers- performing there for a limited amount of time. There are also the regular dancers at the club (called house dancers with the club being the "house"). I was the latter. Though I did porn, I didn't get my dancing gigs through porn. In fact, I started dancing years before I did porn. Working at strip clubs, I learned we house dancers had to actually pay to go into work. We had to pay the club a certain house fee each shift and also as a courtesy, tip support staff such as veejays. We didn't usually have a base salary in the U.S. except in places where this was required. For example, in Washington, D.C. the clubs paid a waitress salary to dancers of $2.15 at the time and then we earned tips on top of that. On the other hand, feature dancers get paid to dance at the club and don't have to pay the fees that house d...