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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- An Aboriginal-themed routine by two Russian ice dancers has stirred up a pre-Olympic controversy, with some indigenous Australians blasting the "rip off" of their culture and Canadian native leaders worrying about the insensitivity of the skaters. World champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin are doing an Aboriginal routine for their original dance -- complete with brown-toned costumes adorned with leaves and white Aboriginal-style markings. Their music includes a didgeridoo riff. In the original dance, couples can create any kind of dance that falls within an assigned theme. This year's theme is country/folk, and skaters are doing...

With their squeezed-tight knees and vigorously swinging backsides, the ushers do Usher one better. This Story Dance: Going to the Chapel & We're Gonna Get Jiggy YouTube: Wedding Entrance Dance Wearing pink dresses and dark glasses, the bridesmaids swivel and high-step down the aisle with deadpan gyrations, like voguers from the House of Honeymoon. The groom turns a somersault and coolly spins off to the altar, adjusting his tie.

LAP dancers must pay VAT on their earnings from customers, a High Court judge ruled yesterday. The clubs where they perform are not liable for VAT, Mr Justice Mann said. He upheld an appeal by Spearmint Rhino Ventures, which operates a chain of “gentlemen’s clubs”, against a VAT tribunal decision that the firm was liable. He said the services in question were when a dancer provided private dances for a customer. “A fee of £10 is charged for a semi-nude dance; £20 is charged for a nude dance,” the judge said. “In addition to those services, the dancer and customer...

The NY times published a photo the other day which looked like they had airbrushed out a "microphone" which significantly changed the meaning of the photo. I wrote the following letter to their corrections department. The NY Times responded by sending me the photographers explanation which follows in the body of the comment below. "Dear editor: I think you owe your readers a correction and an apology for the altered picture on August 27, 2006 at http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/08/27/world/27morale2.html which suggestively led your readers to believe that it showed a "stripper" beginning her "strip" to entertain our troops. That is a misrepresentation....

City's holiday fest bars 'Jesus Christ Dancers' By Shannon McMahon STAFF WRITER December 16, 2005 CHULA VISTA – At the city's annual holiday celebration, a rabbi lighted a menorah. A dance troupe performed a traditional prayer to the gods. But six young girls were told they they couldn't perform because they were wearing shirts emblazoned with a silver cross and the words "Jesus Christ" on the front. The "Jesus Christ Dancers," a group of 8-to-12-year-olds who describe themselves as Christian hip-hop dancers, were scheduled to make their citywide debut at the Dec. 3 holiday festival. Moments before taking the stage,...

The Jesus Christ Dancers troupe was barred from performing at an annual holiday celebration in Chula Vista, 10News reported. The group of 8-to-12-year-olds wore shirts with a cross and the words Jesus Christ and was scheduled to perform on Dec. 3. But, moments before they were set to go on stage, event organizers told them they did not want to convey a religious message in the show. During the event, a rabbi lighted a menorah and a prayer dance was performed to Hawaiian gods. Representatives of the dance troupe are talking with a lawyer, but h ave not filed a...

SAN DIEGO - An official with the City of Chula Vista (California) Recreation Department asked a local Christian hip-hop dance group to not perform at a city-sponsored "Holiday Festival" last weekend. The dance group was scheduled to perform at the city-sponsored event on December 3, but was told after the program began that it could not perform. The six-girl dance troupe -- with participants ranging in age from 8 to 12 -- wore shirts identifying themselves as a "Jesus Christ Dancer." AgapePress was told of the incident by Phil Magnan of Biblical Family Advocates. John Gates, senior supervisor for the...

Lock up your daughters! Here's some performers getting their start in the biz.

<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Workers at the nation's only unionized peep show walked the picket line Monday, complaining that the Lusty Lady is trying to cut their pay and sick time.</p> <p>Wearing pink T-shirts that read "Bad girls like good contracts," dancers banged on pots and chanted "Two, four, six, eight, Pay me more to gyrate!"</p>