A nightclub or discotheque , or more commonly in shortened box or disco music , or club (of the English nightclub ) is a night space of entertainment .

In general, one associates the clubs with a space of Danse on a musical bottom ( dancefloor in English).

Music

The music diffused in these places can be played in live or mixed by a DJ. Traditionally, the musical genres diffused in the clubs were Blues, Country, Disco, Hip hop, Jazz and Rock. Today, it is more current to find there any kind of electronic musics like the Drum and low, the House, the Trance or the Techno, or of the musics Groove like the Ragga, the R' B or the Rap.

Practices

They are also places where one consumes Boisson S (often alcoholic). One can find also there Danseur S and dancers professionals and other forms of artistic expression which ensure the animation of the establishment. For example, sexy evenings show or chippendale are sometimes organized, subject to customers more or less concerned. Elections of miss, evenings foams, of the large DJ or of the local groups can be invited there.

Specialized boxes

These establishments often specialize according to one or several styles of music, the Socioprofessional category of the public, sound Sexual orientation (there exist “gay” establishments, “gay friendly”) or animations and services offered. Clubs known as " échangistes" or " libertins" sevicent more and more in the cities and become with the mode, with a luxurious aspect attracting and framework.

Semi-official functions

The nightclubs, in addition to their official function which is to distract itself using music and from dance have several semi-official functions most of the time , most obvious is to be a place of Séduction but they is often also places where are exerted illegal activities such as the Prostitution or traffic of Drogue. Whereas certain boxes try éradiquer these two activities, others benefit from it direct or indirect according to standing from the establishment.

The bouncer

The nightclub is a place favourable with the scuffles: the drink, the competitions in love or between bands, the possible traffics, crowd, the boosted atmosphere support the supervening of scuffles and brawls.

An important member of the personnel of nightclub is the bouncer (also called sortor or gatekeeper or physiognomist) whose function is to ensure the peace and the good reputation of the establishment. That consists in preventing from entering (for example if the maximum number people authorized inside is reached) or obliging to leave the undesirable individuals, either by their behavior, or by their reputation or their look (nightclubs being able to impose some Tenue: one speaks about “correct behavior required”).

When persuasion is not enough, the bouncer must employ more radical means calling upon his physical capacities and of combativeness, while privileging discretion.

Expulsions for reasons of ethnic, real or supposed membership, being prohibited, the bouncer can find himself in the position of having to defend oneself against charges of illegal discrimination; certain associations such as S.O.S Racism were illustrated to denounce these practices via testings, whose results from now on acquired a legal value. The ethnic co-education of the bouncers is a frequent solution with this problem, even if it constitutes sometimes an against-argument with these charges.

Qualities (5 P) of a good bouncer are:

1. Perspicacity: to know to distinguish with acuity the origin of the disorders in a difficult medium (lighting, smoke, noise, crowd)
2. Promptitude: to act without delay before the situation does not degenerate
3. Psychologie: to include/understand the signs, of the owner, the colleagues or the troublemakers
4. Aspect: to admit with safety the individuals to supervise or draw aside
5. Physical: To intimidate, if possible, but to act physically when that becomes necessary

Accidents

• April 23rd, 1940, in Rythm Night Club, 209 died during the fire of the nightclub with Natchez, the Mississippi, the United States.

• November 28th, 1942, the fire of plantation of Cocoanut, 492 killed in a fire of nightclub in Boston
• March 8th, 1973, To whiskey goes go fire, 15 killed after firebombing with the valley of courage, Brisbane, Australia
• August 2nd, 1973, disaster of Summerland, 51 killed with fire at the recreational center of Summerland at Douglas, island of the man
• May 28th, 1977, fire, 165 killed and 200 of club to dine on hills of Beverly wounded on fire
• February 14, 1981, disaster of Stardust, 48 killed and 214 wounded with the fire of nightclub in Dublin, Ireland
• April 5th, 1986, attacks of bomb on the discotheque of beautiful of, Berlin, 3 killed, 230 wounded
• February 1990, collapse of stage to a discotheque in Bilbao, Spain, 13 wounded
• March 25th, 1990, the happy ground fire, 87 killed in a fire of nightclub to the happy ground, New York City
• December 20th, 1993, the fire of Kheyvis, 17 killed in a fire of nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentine
• October 30th, 1998, the fire of nightclub of Gothenburg, 63 killed people, 200 wounded in a fire of nightclub with Gothenburg, Sweden
• October 13rd, 2001, stage rocked with discotheque Stuttgart de Zapata, several people wounded
• 2002, several people rise in the nightclub with Oberhausen on a heavy box of loudspeaker of 120 kilograms and fell downwards with the box,
• October 4th, 2002, 2002 bombardments of Bali, 202 killed by large bombs
• December 7th, 2002, the fire of Cowgate, Edinburgh,
• February 20th, 2003, the fire of nightclub of station, 100 illed with the fire of nightclub at Warwick, island of Rhode
• December 30th, 2004, the fire of nightclub of República Cromagnon, 194 killed and 714 wounded in a fire of nightclub to Buenos Aures, Argentinian
• December 31st, 2005, a circular transverse bar fell to the bottom of the roof of a nightclub in Ibbenbüren, in Germany, to 1 heavy person and 3 wounded bottoms,
• June 18th, 2007, Gatecrasher One Fire, Sheffield, RU

History

The term discotheque seems to come from the name of a club located in 1941 rue de la Huchette in Paris, at an unknown address. It may be that it is the personnel which chose the discs there, or perhaps was there just a juke-box at the disposal of the customers. The birth of the club has a relationship with the Occupation and certain prohibitions imposed by the Germans. The modern concept of discotheque was however invented a little later, and elsewhere: in 1953, whereas she worked with the Whiskey in Gogo in Paris, Régine decided to paint the lights of all the colors, to animate them with the hand, and to replace the juke-box by a double record player which can diffuse the music in an uninterrupted way, and especially under its control. Régine will have predilection for animated music and will popularize the Cha-cha.

See too

• Ibiza, known Spanish island for its proletarian discotheques

Very popular The Fabricdiscothèque in London

Simple: Nightclub

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