It's better than that. The strippers are teachers at this school. Apparently in St. Louis the only professional dancers are strippers. It was a very odd kind of recital, they started with the youngest age groups, like 2 or 3 year olds up to seniors in high school and the strippers. Also, all of Jean-Claude's group comes dressed up as if they were either going to a nightclub or the opera. The women are wearing evening gowns with bugle beads.