Erotic dance
![Josephine Baker in a legendary dance routine](/Images/godic/202501/11/Baker_Banana_25722.jpg")
![Pole dancer Kelly Stafford](/Images/godic/202501/11/Kellystafford-venus20065722.jpg")
![At the Erotic Dream adult entertainment convention in Athens, Greece, 2012](/Images/godic/202501/11/Athens_Erotic_Dream_2012,_image_28185722.JPG")
An erotic dance is a dance that provides erotic entertainment and whose objective is the stimulation of erotic or sexual thoughts or actions in viewers. Erotic dance is one of several major dance categories based on purpose, such as ceremonial dance, competitive dance, participation dance, performance dance and social dance.