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• January

  

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  December 4, 2011 7:10:06 AM PST

  Hey ladies. I'm fairly new to dancing as well as this site.
  
  I have been VIPing in the Lower Mainland for the past 8 months or so and I want to transition to stage. Just wondering, once you sign with an agency and start booking clubs do you have any say in where you get booked? For example if I want to dance only in the Lower Mainland can I do that?
  
  Thx <3
  
• Annie Temple

  

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  December 8, 2011 3:38:11 AM PST

  Yes, you might get pressured to work elsewhere, but just say no. You won't get booked every week because there isn't enough work in the lower mainland to stay working stage every week, I don't think. Good luck and tell us how it works out!
  
• Sunshine

  

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  December 31, 2011 6:44:48 AM PST

  Your showprice will be for the most part capped too. So try to highball for your start price. If you're not worth it, the worst they can do is cut it down a bit. It's all but impossible to get raises now locally.
  Goodluck!
• January

  

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  January 28, 2012 4:25:06 PM PST

  Thanks for the input ladies :-)
  
  What would be a good price to ask for shows? I am attractive and fit and have been told I look like I've been dancing for longer than I have...on the other hand I've still only been VIPing very part time for about a year and I don't have a ton of costumes.
• Sunshine

  

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  February 8, 2012 10:05:29 PM PST

  My best advise to you is to look "Exotic". You can be completely natural, or enhanced- BUT make a look for yourself.
  There is some real good sense in branding your dancer persona.
  Rookie prices are ~40-55 dollars a show I believe. If you can actually dance and you are young and attractive with a good selection of beginner costumes you are within your rights to highball. The worst that can happen is they bump you down. ***Be firm in your price and be prepared to look elsewhere for agencys, or work in Alberta***. You do not need to have a major photoshoot as a rookie, because you can't go anywhere with a showprice is your bring everything to the table up front right? Have one or two well posed photos; makeup and hair done as you would on stage. Think glam. Nudity in posters is not required for a show raise. Also, do not get tangled up with agents for a raise- they will fuck you over and out of work in the end. So be smart.
• January

  

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  February 9, 2012 10:56:17 AM PST

  Thank you so much. Your advice is really helpful. One last question...do you know the numbers of anyone I can call to get stage costumes custom made?
• Sunshine

  

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  February 9, 2012 10:14:37 PM PST

  Yes I do. Locally I recommend my costume lady Heather. Her Facebook page is Glitter Pretty.
  Her website showcases previous work of hers...a lot are my old costumes.
  www.glitterpretty.weebly.com/
  I also recommend Kathrine's costumes. She is baised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her stuff is good. She is also very good with shipping orders well sized.
  But yeah, my Heather is baised in East Vancouver.
  
  If you would like some gently used bigger themes, let me know aswell. I will be moving back to Vancouver this fall, so that's just a thought for you to consider.
  *Alot of woman USED to go to Fantasy Dancewear, but I've heard horror stories about tons of money up front and then forever in wait and quality has gone down over the years. Just a forwarning*
  
• Sunshine

  

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  February 9, 2012 11:19:50 PM PST

  Just tell Heather that Lily Rage sent you.