When plus-size fashion brand Lane Bryant took over Times Square one Saturday this past September to launch its #PlusIsEqual campaign, Akira Armstrong and her dance troupe were right there in the thick ...

In "The Level Up," changemakers in the fitness and wellness industries tell us how they're making an impact in their communities, from pushing for inclusivity to promoting body acceptance and so much ...

A plus-size dancer has become the head of her own dance company after failing to find an agent in Los Angeles to represent her, despite having featured in two Beyoncé videos. Akira Armstrong, 33, from ...

Performances in N.Y.C. A law in New York City, a major dance capital, that protects artists against weight and height discrimination aims to give everyone a fairer shot. Members of Pretty Big Movement ...

The Royal Ballet School’s push for inclusivity—by including plus-size dancers and same-gender pairings—sparked a heated debate online Some welcomed the idea, saying, “dance is for everybody to enjoy,” ...

For Charity Holloway, dancing was always a release. “I just feel like when I’m dancing, I can be whoever I want to be,” says the Charlotte, N.C.-based project manager, who pop-locked her way through ...

Claim to Fame: DaQuendra won the Torrid model search. She also appeared on America’s Got Talent with her dance troupe the Honeybeez. On a balmy July afternoon most members of the Alabama State ...

Good burlesque, the kind that sticks its landing, requires a performer to know their body innately. It’s one thing to teasingly reveal skin, said burlesque dancer Carina Shero. It’s another to shed it ...

Since middle school, Quiana Reliford had wanted to attend a historically black college or university. But when the Kansas City, Kan., native found out that Alabama State University had a plus-size ...

With its U-Haul dealer and drab office strips, Columbia’s Red Branch Road may not seem like a likely spot for a boutique specializing in plus-size dance wear. But this past June, the Boutique by ...

A college band announcer was criticized for making a body-shaming comment about Alabama State University’s plus-size dancers. Florida A&M University band announcer Joe Bullard was forced to apologize ...