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Some [[dominant]]s 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. | Some [[dominant]]s 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 | + | 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. | Slave dances are an important part of the culture described in the ''[[Gor]]'' books. | ||
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==Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils and BDSM== | ==Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils and BDSM== | ||
| − | In addition to the more mainstream phenomenon of [[striptease]], 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]] | + | In addition to the more mainstream phenomenon of [[striptease]], 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]], [[BDSM]] play, and "Stockholm Syndrome" -- 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 | + | These themes are present in various modern treatments and expansions of the story -- particularly, in the Symbolist paintings of Gustave Moreau, the French 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. |
| − | + | Liliana Cavani's controversial 1974 film, ''The Night Porter'', features a notorious flashback sequence depicting a modern variation on Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils in a Nazi death camp. The scene is performed by a female Jewish prisoner -- wearing only trousers, suspenders, and an SS cap -- for the benefit of an SS officer with whom she is having a sadomasochistic relationship. Like many other European arthouse and exploitation films of the 1970s, ''The Night Porter'' implies that there is a necessary connection between the BDSM play and relationships on the one hand, and the sadistic psychology and fetishistic uniforms and iconography of Nazism-Fascism on the other. | |
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Revision as of 15:55, 16 December 2007
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
In addition to the more mainstream phenomenon of striptease, 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, BDSM play, and "Stockholm Syndrome" -- 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 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.
Liliana Cavani's controversial 1974 film, The Night Porter, features a notorious flashback sequence depicting a modern variation on Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils in a Nazi death camp. The scene is performed by a female Jewish prisoner -- wearing only trousers, suspenders, and an SS cap -- for the benefit of an SS officer with whom she is having a sadomasochistic relationship. Like many other European arthouse and exploitation films of the 1970s, The Night Porter implies that there is a necessary connection between the BDSM play and relationships on the one hand, and the sadistic psychology and fetishistic uniforms and iconography of Nazism-Fascism on the other.
