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ST. LOUIS — A south St. Louis mother and father are teaching their kids, including their son and young daughters, how to pole dance. Lindsey Teall is an exotic dancer. She said pole dancing includes ...

Renowned historian Pathisa Nyathi has embarked on a literary project to raise awareness on some of the country’s revered traditional dances. Running under the title “Zimbabwe’s Traditional Dances” the ...

When Alicia Cadena strolls onto the stage of a club near LAX, wearing her thigh-high vinyl go-go boots and neon-green hot pants, she expects to make bank. Any self-respecting exotic dancer would after ...

Discover three traditional dance styles that b-boys and b-girls infused into their breaking during the early days of the art form. Breaking has always been a dance that encouraged practitioners to ...

Justin Bieber's 'Love Yourself' gets a Thai twist! Rob Landes and Chris the Pianist collaborate for an exotic cover featuring ...

“We didn’t want to simply follow or repeat tradition — to continue an existing lineage of dances — but to create a new form of traditional dance that resonates with audiences and sensibilities in 2025 ...

Original story: In a federal lawsuit that provides a window into the world of an Alabama strip club, two exotic dancers are seeking back pay after the club failed to pay the dancers the minimum wage.

When 91-year-old Helen Yamamoto first started dancing, she was 4 years old. World War I had ended, women were earning the right to vote and TV hadn’t been invented. Eighty-seven years later, Yamamoto ...

It’s a muggy afternoon in Bali and there’s marinated snapper grilling inside a bamboo shoot over an open flame. I’ve been invited to lunch at the home of a craftsman who lives in a rural village with ...