Fan dance

A Fan Dance is a type of dance performed with one or more fans constructed of feathers - such as ostrich feathers. While considered a traditional dance in some cultures, the dance is considered an erotic dance in other cultures.

When a fan dance is performed as an erotic dance performance, the performer is usually a woman who is either nude or appears to be so to the audience. The performer dances while moving the fans is used to give an illusion of exposure to the auidence.

Nyota Uhura once performed a fan dance on Nimbus III to distract a patrol of the Galactic Army of Light so that the remainder of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) landing party could steal the party's horses. Seeing Uhura dancing in the moonlight, all the members of the patrol scrambled towards the dancing woman, only to be captured and subdued by other members of the landing party, while Uhura told them that she always wanted to play to a captive auidence. (TOS movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier).