Members of the Shimmy Mob Team Parkersburg dance on Saturday at Point Park in Parkersburg to raise awareness for domestic violence and abuse as part of World Belly Dance Day. (Photo by Michelle Dillon ...

From left, Deborah Trippett and Josie Rabatin, co-leaders of Shimmy Mob Team Parkersburg WV. The dance squad is soliciting new members and donations to support the Family Crisis Intervention Center in ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - What began as a one-time event in 2011 has grown each year to become a worldwide event with teams of belly dancers participating in a belly dance flashmob. The event ...

Domestic violence isn’t always black eyes and broken arms. Sometimes referred to as intimate-partner violence, it is a systematic pattern of power and control exerted by one person over another, ...

KALAMAZOO --The shimmy and shake of Middle Eastern belly dance spread throughout the centuries from Spain to India, caused some heart palpitations in Victorian era Chicago, and was appropriated by ...

On stage, belly dancer Claire Lynch is known as Faaria meaning "tall woman" in Arabic -- an appropriate name for this 5-foot-10 woman who shimmies for fun. Lynch practices traditional belly dance, ...

Huell spends the day at the Glendale Civic Auditorium at the RAQS L.A. Carnival of Belly dance. Huell spends the day at the Glendale Civic Auditorium at the RAQS L.A. Carnival of Belly dance. Belly ...