Eight girls clad in long, black skirts or baggy, colorful bloomers gyrated their bellies and hips in unison to the rhythmic music playing in the background. They did not fit the typical picture of ...
“Scandalous!” the Chicago newspapers proclaimed in reports from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. American impresario Sol Bloom purportedly shocked Victorian America--in order to boost ticket ...
Hypnotic music from the Middle East pulsates through the room. Hips covered in sparkly skirts sway to the beat. Naked shoulders move up, then down, caressing the air. Arms gracefully flow in and out ...