It’s 10 o’clock in the morning at the Albee Dance Studio in Brooklyn, and the World Famous Pontani Sisters are about to teach me the secrets of burlesque dancing. I have no rhythm. I have no moves. To ...

"Just imagine you're wearing a huge strap-on dildo and you're tracing a circle on the wall." Zora Phoenix rocks her hips counter-clockwise in front of the class as she gives 14 burlesque wannabes ...

Moorhead school officials and some students have set out to banish provocative moves that have riled up chaperones and better-behaved dancers at school functions. They're fighting back with talk of ...

You’ve heard about a burlesque revival. You’ve seen snippets of this sensation in the press and on T.V. Now it’s time for you to get in on the action! Calling all divas, cool cats, harlots, dames hot ...

Lap dances are taxable because they don’t promote culture in a community the way ballet or other artistic endeavors do, New York’s highest court concluded Tuesday in a sharply divided ruling. The ...

The latest burlesque show to buzz clubland might be heavy on the booty-shaking, but it never crosses to the crass. Maybe it’s the male dancers, or the live music from a six-piece jazz band, but ...

With witty writing and titillating choreography, "Visions of Sugarplums: A Burlesque Nutcracker" takes a delightfully feminist slant on Tchaikovsky's ballet, skipping over the main story line and ...