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[[File:Go-Go dancing.jpg|thumb|350px|Go-go dancing happens on stage in live concerts, too.]] |
[[File:Go-Go dancing.jpg|thumb|350px|Go-go dancing happens on stage in live concerts, too.]] |
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'''Go-Go Dancing''' is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] - dancing energetically on one's own, often but not always professionally at a nightclub |
'''Go-Go Dancing''' is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] - dancing energetically on one's own, often but not always professionally, at a bar or nightclub for the entertainment of the patrons. While the outfits that go-go dancers wear are usually minimal to the point of being [[stripperiffic]] (and occasionally the dancers go topless, as at least [[w:Carol Doda|one]] famously did at [[San Francisco]]'s [[w:Condor Club|Condor Club]] in the 1960s), the dancers do not as a rule actually strip - [[Bikini Bar|go-go bars]] are not strip clubs. |
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[[The Other Wiki]] has an article about the history of [[w:Go-go dancing|go-go dancing]], including a mention that as of 1991 there were more go-go boys in gay clubs than there were go-go girls in "straight" clubs. |
[[The Other Wiki]] has an article about the history of [[w:Go-go dancing|go-go dancing]], including a mention that as of 1991 there were more go-go boys in gay clubs than there were go-go girls in "straight" clubs. |
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Compare [[Bikini Bar]] and [[Strip club]]. |
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Not to be confused with [[Big Hero 6|Go Go Tomago]]. |
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Not to be confused with [[Big Hero 6|Go Go Tomago]], [[Kill Bill|Gogo Yubari]], [[Batfink|Hugo A-Go-Go]] or [[Inspector Gadget|Go-go Gadget ''anything'']]. Or with the subgenre of [[Funk]] music that arose out of [[Washington DC]] in the 1960s-70s. |
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* The Kit Kat Club, Catwoman's home base in [[Batman (TV series)|the 1960s ''Batman'' TV series]], had caged go-go dancers performing for the patrons. |
* The Kit Kat Club, Catwoman's home base in [[Batman (TV series)|the 1960s ''Batman'' TV series]], had caged go-go dancers performing for the patrons. |
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** From the same show, there's the [[w:Batusi|Batusi]], based on typical go-go dance moves of the 1960s. |
** From the same show, there's the [[w:Batusi|Batusi]], based on typical go-go dance moves of the 1960s. |
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* [[Goldie Hawn]] and [[Judy Carne]] were frequently shown go-go dancing on ''[[Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In]]'', wearing bikinis with various slogans, [[Catch Phrase]]s and punch lines painted on their bodies. |
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== [[Music]] == |
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Go-Go Dancing is Exactly What It Says on the Tin - dancing energetically on one's own, often but not always professionally, at a bar or nightclub for the entertainment of the patrons. While the outfits that go-go dancers wear are usually minimal to the point of being stripperiffic (and occasionally the dancers go topless, as at least one famously did at San Francisco's Condor Club in the 1960s), the dancers do not as a rule actually strip - go-go bars are not strip clubs.
The Other Wiki has an article about the history of go-go dancing, including a mention that as of 1991 there were more go-go boys in gay clubs than there were go-go girls in "straight" clubs.
Compare Bikini Bar and Strip club.
Not to be confused with Go Go Tomago, Gogo Yubari, Hugo A-Go-Go or Go-go Gadget anything. Or with the subgenre of Funk music that arose out of Washington DC in the 1960s-70s.
Go-Go Dancing is the Trope Namer for:
Examples of Go-Go Dancing include:
Advertising
Anime and Manga
Ballads
Comic Books
Fan Works
Film
- Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is about three go-go dancers who go on a crime spree.
- Girl in Gold Boots, a 1968 film about what The Other Wiki calls "the seedy underworld of go-go dancing".
- Go Go Tales, a 2007 comedy where the go-go club becomes a strip club.
- The dance scene in Pulp Fiction uses go-go dance moves.
Literature
Live-Action TV
- The Kit Kat Club, Catwoman's home base in the 1960s Batman TV series, had caged go-go dancers performing for the patrons.
- From the same show, there's the Batusi, based on typical go-go dance moves of the 1960s.
- Goldie Hawn and Judy Carne were frequently shown go-go dancing on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, wearing bikinis with various slogans, Catch Phrases and punch lines painted on their bodies.
Music
- Pizzicato Five has a song titled "Go Go Dancer", sung from the perspective of a go-go girl from the 1960s or 1970s.