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 ...

Gladys Johnson entered the dance world via a Black Eyed Peas music video in 2009. After appearing in the “Hey Mama” hit, she went on to star in K-Swiss and AT&T commercials and become a backup dancer ...

Professional dancer Akira Armstrong had a pretty big idea in 2008 after enduring multiple unsuccessful casting calls. The plus-size Bronx, N.Y., native, who has been dancing since she was 8 years old, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fancy Feast is a plus-size burlesque performer who wants to inspire others to be self-confident. She’s an advocate for body positivity and owning her story and her body—and her confidence is ...

The show, which launches on the digital service on April 25, follows Alabama State University’s young and inspiring plus-size dance squad, the Honeybeez, throughout the 2019-2020 season, as they ...

Liquid Gold, a plus-size HBCU dance team, is challenging the idea that thinner means better. Practice and motivation really determines how successful you are at this type of dance — and Jada Mayes and ...