Abstract
This paper explains that exotic dancers can be well-paid working as house dancers and feature dancers, who have an independent name as a starlet and move from town to town, providing "feature appearances". The author points out that male strippers dancing in front of female audiences, have become widespread; male and female strippers perform for gay and lesbian spectators respectively and both sexes perform together in pan-sexual contexts. The paper stresses that exotic dancing training has more to it than learning to dance in a sexy manner; the trainee needs to learn how to go into the greater fathoms within oneself, locate their own hidden beauty and grace and mingle it into a sensual movement.

Table of Contents
What the Career is
What Training is Necessary and how is it Essential to the Field of Dance
The Insights of Persons who have Chosen this as a Career

From the Paper
"Essence, another local dancer who is a graphic designer with Pima, replied that the negative typecast concern her. 'They're simple, they're sluts'. However, things do not unroll in that fashion; simply it is about girls who are at ease with their bodies. According to Essence regarding the striper's current earnings that there is nothing called as average income, you end up either winning or losing. While at school, she would not truly talk about what her performances were until the topic came through, which she states that never happened very frequently. She stated that her advisor had full knowledge regarding it. In the education environment, it crops up as a discussion in some type of women's studies class; these matters do not crop up."

Tags:contact-dancing, aerobatics, tips, hidden-beauty, dancers

Abstract
The author primarily focuses on the rich cultural history, Hawaiian dance, the Hula, and includes general traditions in Hawaiian art. There is a lengthy examination of Hawaii's racial mixtures, food, clothing, homes, family life, language, religion, and various activities, such as sculpture, painting, music, and dance.

From the Paper
"Hawaiian contributions to society include music, dance, surfing, the lei, and language.The Hawaiian culture is a fascinating one, based on ancient history of colonization and gods among other things. The ancient culture is so rich and is still just as vibrant today. It is portrayed beautifully with bright colors, the use of nature, and many forms of art. Though the Hawaiian culture may seem extremely different than that of other states, it is similar in many ways. There are a great number of differences that make the culture so fascinating. It may seem the similarities are buried among differences, but traditional American culture has a lot in common with Hawaiian culture. Some similarities include recreation, holidays, language, and diversity. Both cultures influence each other and will continue throughout time, but I don't think the traditional Hawaiian culture will ever fade out."

Tags:dance, hawaii, hula, lei, tradition, gods

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses Guy Vanderhaeghe's short story, 'The Dancing Bear' by analyzing selected quotations from the story. The writer also compares Shakespeare's character of King Lear to the main character in 'The Dancing Bear'.

From the Paper
"Guy Vanderhaeghe describes in 'The Dancing Bear' an old man who lay sleeping on the taut red rubber sheet as if he were some specimen mounted and pinned there to dry. With this introduction the theme of the story is established via figurative language which likens the elderly man to some insect that has been captured killed and mounted for display. In this essay a number of quotations from the short story will be analyzed and linked to the central theme of ..."

Tags:The Dancing Bear, Guy Vanderhaeghe, King Lear

Abstract
This paper describes social and literary contexts surrounding Guy Vanderhaeghe's short story "Dancing Bear" in the 'New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories". It includes an analysis of old man's haunting dreams about two bears from his childhood. Also, this paper takes a looks at how the Canadian prairies in the twentieth century influence the writer's outlook on the world and on his writing.

From the Paper
"As someone who has lived in Saskatchewan for most of his life, Guy Vanderhaeghe is very adept at describing characters and scenes that evoke the Canadian prairies in the twentieth century. This knowledge of and pride in his home province is particularly evident in his short story, "Dancing Bear". Vanderhaeghe's own past is clearly an important factor in his work, both in relation to the themes that he explores as well as in the setting, plot and character elements of these stories (Parker). Additionally, the social and literary contexts of the Canadian prairies in..."

Tags:vanderhaeghe, dancing, bear

Abstract
This paper examines historically social dancing in the 20th century, also called couple dancing. The paper describes the five different types: Modern Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Foxtrot, and Quickstep, all of which are presently danced the world over both socially as well as in dance sport competitions.

From the Paper
"Social dancing was derived from the concept of dancing by a couple, usually a man and a lady, in a closed hand. Coming from the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, these dances gained popularity from the standard ballroom dances with diverse rhythms, tempos, and aesthetics. Although all these aspects changed with the change in the social attitudes, the one thing, which remained common through out the history of dancing, is that of the couple dance or the social dances. (Evans 2001)"

Tags:couple, dance, modern, waltz, tango, viennese, slow, foxtrot, quickstep, world, dance, sport, competitions

Abstract
The paper looks at the research on exotic dancers to determine the manner in which female exotic dancers perceive themselves and feel supported by society, culture and family. The paper discusses the issue of women as sex objects and describes these dancers' isolated and inclusive family and social network. The paper also touches upon the issue of religion in this social group.

From the Paper
"Exotic dancers have become a serious topic of discussion in a culture where challenging the social taboos is occurring more rapidly than ever before and where the backlash of challenging just what these social taboos says about individual and culture pervade the academic world. Yet, there are clearly only very few research based works on exotic dancers and how they see themselves, feel culturally supported or other ethnographic issues alone or in comparison to other women and men of their age and demographic. Limited research offers limited but interesting insights into the culture of the young female exotic dancer."

Tags:society, culture, family, sex, desire

Abstract
This paper defines exotic options and its variation, digital options, which are also referred to as binary or all-or-nothing options. Specifically, the paper demonstrates ways, including formulas, to price these options using the Black-Scholes, cash-or-nothing (CON) or asset-or-nothing econometric models. After investigating the advantages and disadvantages of digital options, the paper concludes that exotic options help investors find the best solutions for their problems as well as for their strategic financial planning.


Table of Contents:
Introduction
Description
Types of Digital Options
Correlation Digital Option
Pricing
Black-Scholes Model
Cash-or-Nothing (CON)
Calculation Example
Asset-or-Nothing
Target Market
Advantages
Disadvantages
Conclusion

From the Paper
"For companies that want to invest, there is a huge variety of financial products on the market to choose from. One type of security is the so called option. For sophisticated investors the opportunities are various, however risks for non-specialists can also be extremely high. The following definition simply explains what an option is. ...
"There are many kinds of options. They range from very speculative to rather conservative. First options are differentiated between American and European options."

Tags:risks, fixed payout profile, payout ratio, distribution hedge

Abstract
This paper discusses how women in the U.S. and Europe who practice belly dancing but don't fully understand Arab culture may have helped destroy the integrity of the dance. The author also discusses how belly dancing allows the Western dancer to transcend cultural boundaries which is why so many Western tourists are drawn to belly dancing.

From the Paper
"Most of these women were probably not thinking about how this lack of understanding of Arab culture by Western dancers may be helping to destroy the integrity of the dance. In the West, the belly dancer seems to have become the epitome of the "exotic other." Through a lens distorted by ethnocentrism, the dancer's body has become a symbol for conflicting values regarding the body, ethnicity, and sexuality.
"The ideologies that have developed around belly dancing in the Western world, namely, the United States and Europe, can be understood as a single facet within the larger historical context of Orientalism. In an October 2004 lecture, UC Davis Professor Baki Tezcan, notes that the symbolic starting point of Orientalist scholarship began with Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798. More of a crude farce of anthropology than serious scholarship, the "scholars" who studied the area did so in the context of justifying imperialism and exploitation. They used their studies to "prove" that the "East" was vastly different and inferior to the "West." This East-West dichotomy and the power relationship inherent within has became ingrained into the Western consciousness. Even into modern times, few even think to question it. In her article, "Race Sexuality, and Arabs in American Entertainment, 1850-1900," Lori Anne Salem describes the frequency with which "Arab" acts--acrobatics, dancing, and acting--were part of curiosity or "freak" shows in the United States in the mid to late nineteenth century. Performers in such shows usually had "descriptive tags that advertised their oddity and explained why they were interesting," such as "Millie Christie, the two-headed girl" (214). Yet the Arab acts lacked such tags: "Without it, the advertisements imply that the Arabs were freakish by definition--no explanation needed" (215)."

Tags:orientalist, dancers, arab, sexuality, dancers

Abstract
This paper examines how "Dancing Queen" by Abba is a prominent example of the popular music of the 1970s. It also discusses how, as opposed to the scientific view on the popular culture, represented by Theodor Adorno and Barbara Tepa Lupack, that suggests the male domination in leisure culture, the dance pop of that time, in particular, ABBA's music, can be distinguished by its highlighting of gender equality and appreciation of expressive and balanced individuality.

Outline:
Introduction.
Musical Analysis of "Dancing Queen".
Elimination of Androcentrism in the Song.
General Discussion of the Disco/Dance Party Culture.
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The song is composed of three verses and three choruses. The chorus is "You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen/ Dancing queen, feel the beat of the tambourine/ You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life/ See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen" (Abba, Dancing Queen, 1975). The chorus melodically differs from the verse, but does not contrast the latter harmonically, as it is perceived as an accelerated and highlighted verse melody. As for the rhythm, the song represents the classical thirty-two bar form, or AABA, in which the A-section is harmonically self-sufficient and cadences on the tonic, whereas the B section is the so-called "middle eight", that seems more harmonically open the previous section but necessarily contains a smooth transitional notes that allow switching to the A-part again. The song writers used regular AABA, which is, however, elaborated by rhyming parts inside the line: queen-seventeen / queen - tambourine/ jive - life / scene - queen. "

Tags:disco, gender

Abstract
This paper relates that Vanderhaeghe's own past is clearly an important factor in the themes that he explores as well as in the setting, plot and character elements of his stories. The paper discusses the character of Dieter, from "Dancing Bear", who is an old man that dreams of his younger self and the experiences he had with bears. The paper also shows how the social and literary contexts of the Canadian prairies in the second half of the twentieth century influenced Vanderhaeghe when he wrote "Dancing Bear".

From the Paper
"As someone who has lived in Saskatchewan for most of his life, Guy Vanderhaeghe is very adept at describing characters and scenes that evoke the Canadian prairies in the twentieth century. This knowledge of and pride in his home province is particularly evident in his short story, Dancing Bear. Vanderhaeghe's own past is clearly an important factor in his work, both in relation to the themes that he explores as well as in the setting, plot and character elements of these stories (Parker). Additionally, the social and literary contexts of the Canadian prairies in the second half of the 20th century have affected Dancing Bear specifically, and Vanderhaeghe's work in general."

Tags:Canada, prairies, Dieter, youth, setting, plot, character