PHOTOS: LYN ARCHER


Between one night’s grind and the next exists an array of instants, shared between Bourbon Street’s working girls. Our skills are learned in real-time, on-shift. Our work is relentless, independent, and ironically isolating. So these instances of wit and care, existing just at the edge of the hustle, have a secret and sacred quality to them: our Stripper Sodality.


Dallas Marie Alexander coaching Stripper Style at Awakenings Pole Fitness
Dallas Marie Alexander coaching Stripper Style at Awakenings Pole Fitness
Stretching in the dressing room during a slow shift
Stretching in the dressing room during a slow shift