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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Durango Shimmy Mob invites the public to learn belly dancing and join the team for the Alternative Horizons performances to be held May 13 at various locations around Durango. The Shimmy Mob, opposite ...

Attention, everyone with a belly: Last call to shimmy into fall. Summer turns to fall, fall to winter, winter to spring and back again. Change is as much a part of nature’s rhythm as its ...

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 ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – If you’re not aware of the term “flash mob” then there’s a good chance you’ve managed to hide away from both the Internet and public places – which, frankly, is no mean feat!

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Bellydancers from all across the Midwest and other regions visited Lansing during the weekend for the 16th annual Great Lakes Belly Dance Convention. The convention’s ...

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, ...