Erotic dance

thumb|300px|Burlesque on Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ|Ben-Hur, A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. The word is loaned from French and derives from the Italian ', which, in turn, is derived from the Italian ' – a joke, ridicule or mockery.

thumb|300px|Depiction of the can-can by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

form of performing art

type of erotic dance

thumb|Swiss artist Milo Moiré performs, wearing pasties and a cut-out [[bra top, 2016]]

form of nightclub entertainment

dance meant to provide erotic entertainment or elicit erotic or sexual thoughts

Exotic dance involving tables

phrase

Dance of Inanna, Salome

theatre and cinema in London's Soho