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Flashdance, the Playboy Way

Our 1983 pictorial found the real meaning of "Flashdance."

Classics • September 14, 2026
Flashdance, the Playboy Way

This story first appeared in our December 1983 issue. She’s a maniac on the floor, and her dance is stripped-down, flashed-up. Come explore. You’ve seen the movie, heard the music, hyperventilated to the video. Zoom in, now, for a look at the women who make flashdancing the musical model of sensory overload. It has set […]

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