Strip Club Argues That 'Stripper' Is Just Another Word for 'Slutty Ballerina'; Lap Dances Are a Tax-Exempt 'Art' Caity Weaver · 09/05/12 04:50PM The Nite Moves strip club/artists' collective in Albany made headlines Wednesday, as its owners took their argument that lap dancing qualifies as a tax-exempt "art" to the New York Court of Appeals.