On Gor, dance of the sort in which I was expected to perform, is called,
simply, "slave dance". That is presumably because it is a form of
dance which, for the most part, is thought to be fit only for slaves, and
would be performed only by slaves. (Dancer of Gor)
"Slave dance", on Gor, incidentally, is a very rich and varied
dance form. It covers a great deal more than simple "ethnic dance".
For example, it includes dances such as hunt dances, capture dances, submission
dances, chain dances, whip dances, and such. Perhaps what is done in slave
dance on Gor would count as "exotic dance" on Earth, but, if we
are thinking of actual kinds of dances performed, then there is much in slave
dance, for example, story dances, which are seldom, if ever, included in "exotic
dance" on Earth, and there are forms of dance in "exotic dance"
which, for one reason or another, are seldom, if ever, seen on Gor, for example,
certain forms of carnival dancing, such as bubble dancing or fan dancing.
Perhaps the reason such dances are seldom, if ever, seen on Gor, is that Goreans
would not be likely to regard them as being "real dance". They would
be regarded, I think, as little more than culturally idiosyncratic forms of
commedic teasing. They are, at any rate, not the sort of dance, or the "danse-du
ventre" sort, so pleasing to strong men, which a slave on Gor, fearing
the whip, must often learn to perform. (Dancer of Gor, p. 172)
