From toys that pole dance to faux strip shows for real estate and $1,000 lap dances, it is evident that exotic dance is definitely front and center on the stage of pop culture's minds. Exotic dance is not just for strip clubs (or just strippers) anymore.
Implications - Perhaps the most fun of these exotic dance innovations is the LEGO pole dancer, which utilizes the children's playing blocks in ways only adults would approve. My favorite of these exotic dance innovations though has got to be the cross-dressing dance performance of Justin Timberlake and the SNL crew parodying Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' video.
Check out the slideshow below for 20 sizzling ways that that exotic dance has crept out from under society’s underbelly to the mainstream.
20 Exotic Dance Innovations
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Daytime Booty Dances
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Does The Kim Kardashian
12
Cross-Dressing SNL Skits
Justin Timberlake as Beyonce's Backup Dancer
11
Exotic Dance as a Workout
Lose Weight While You Bump and Grind
10
Art Inspired by Call Girls
'Hooker DreamEscape' Features Strippers, Sparkles & Animals
9
Teen Dance Crazes
Argentinean Flogging Entices Youth More Than ‘Dancing With the Stars’
8
Toy Pole Dancer
7
Dancers Are The New Rockstars
Bellydance Superstars
6
Faux Strip Shows for Real Estate
Window Dancers to Sell LA Apartments
5
Underwear Danceoffs
Jockey Underwars
4
$1,000 Lap Dances
Gentleman's Clubs Benefit from Financial Crisis
3
LEGO Builds for Grown-Ups
Scene Features Pole Dancers, Beer Gardens and Drunk Knights
2
DIY Home Dance Videos
Beyonce 'Single Ladies' YouTube Hits Make Great Credit Crunch Gifts
1
Dancers as Abstract Fashion Models
Vilsbol De Arce at Copenhagen Fashion Week
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