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The biblical story of Salome and the Dance of the Seven Veils has also been interpreted and represented as having strong psychological undercurrents that anticipate modern notions of [[sadomasochism]] and [[BDSM]] play -- in addition to the more mainstream phenomenon of [[striptease]], as well as [[paraphilia]]s such as ephebophilia, [[necrophilia]], and [[incest]] (the last two remain strictly taboo in almost all cultures).     
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The biblical story of Salome and the Dance of the Seven Veils has also been interpreted and represented as having strong psychological undercurrents that anticipate modern notions of [[sadomasochism]] and [[BDSM]] play -- in addition to the more mainstream phenomenon of [[striptease]] as well as [[paraphilia]]s like ephebophilia, [[necrophilia]], and [[incest]].     
  
 
These themes are present in various modern treatments and expansions of the story -- particularly, in the Symbolist paintings of Gustave Moreau, the French Decadent/Symbolist play by Oscar Wilde (which takes great liberties with the original biblical sources, and adds considerable new dimensions of perversion to the story), the accompanying Art Nouveau drawings to the Wilde play by Aubrey Beardsley, and the German opera by Richard Strauss.   
 
These themes are present in various modern treatments and expansions of the story -- particularly, in the Symbolist paintings of Gustave Moreau, the French Decadent/Symbolist play by Oscar Wilde (which takes great liberties with the original biblical sources, and adds considerable new dimensions of perversion to the story), the accompanying Art Nouveau drawings to the Wilde play by Aubrey Beardsley, and the German opera by Richard Strauss.   

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Some dominants enjoy seeing their submissive dance for them, and quite a few submissives, especially females, enjoy the pleasure they can give when dancing for the one they are serving. Dances are mostly informal moves and may be made to music or without external sound.

Two of the most well-known pleasure dances are the 'belly dance' and the 'pole dance'. Neither has a strict set of moves or sequences but each has its own focus which an experienced viewer might expect to see. Most pleasure dances are even less formal. Often, the dancer creates his or her own dance to enhance his or her own body while incorporating what he or she is capable of and missing out on what he or she has yet to learn.

Slave dances are an important part of the culture described in the Gor books.

Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils and BDSM

The biblical story of Salome and the Dance of the Seven Veils has also been interpreted and represented as having strong psychological undercurrents that anticipate modern notions of sadomasochism and BDSM play -- in addition to the more mainstream phenomenon of striptease as well as paraphilias like ephebophilia, necrophilia, and incest.

These themes are present in various modern treatments and expansions of the story -- particularly, in the Symbolist paintings of Gustave Moreau, the French Decadent/Symbolist play by Oscar Wilde (which takes great liberties with the original biblical sources, and adds considerable new dimensions of perversion to the story), the accompanying Art Nouveau drawings to the Wilde play by Aubrey Beardsley, and the German opera by Richard Strauss.

Strauss's opera, in particular, seems to have inspired a curiously historicized view of the story of Salome as a metaphor for a host of modern social problems and geopolitical-ideological concerns -- such as child abuse, sex-slave trafficking, imperialist/capitalist exploitation of the Third World, and the invasion and occupation of formerly sovereign nations by foreign powers. The association of Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils with Fascist appeasement and collaboration (intertwined with modern BDSM-fetish iconography) is made quite explicit in Liliana Cavani's film, The Night Porter.

In addition to The Night Porter, other films which depict the story of Salome with an implied BDSM subtext include Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Gospel According to St. Matthew and Ken Russell's Salome's Last Dance.

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