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, ...

Believe it or not, belly dancing may help raise money for the local Animal Allies Human Society thanks to an event called Shimmy for the Shelter. A committee of six has been working countless hours ...

Bodysuits and aerobics? They’re as outdated as combs winking out of back pockets and squared-off shoulder pads. But, girls — young and mature — still want to dance and exercise in fun costumes whether ...

Ancient instruments weave a hypnotic foreign melody, bare-midriffed dancers shimmy hips decked with belts of coins, and an appreciative audience claps in unison while sipping from balloon glasses of ...