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'Don't be afraid' dance by Oleksandra Selivanova Photos by Yaroslav Debelyi A lot of housewives in Ukraine are desperate no longer.

Or so it would seem, from the whistles and cheers of the crowd that flocked to Kyiv’s Bingo nightclub on April 17 for a festival of erotic dance, performed by both professional and non-professional dancers.


Cancan performed by APSARA school of erotic dance


The festival took place for the third consecutive year, bringing together performers from three schools from around the country.



APSARAschool performs a dance called 'Pretender from Planet K7'


The show program was called Ying and Yang, leaving the rest to interpretation.



'Date' dance by Yulia Makarenko


The erotic dance schools from Kyiv, Kharkiv and Donetsk were showing off their skills to a crowd of around 400 people.


Nataliya Belykh dancing Lambada


The dancers came from all professions: housewives, teachers and waitresses who break out of their routine to practice those seductive moves and develop plasticity.



The men’s erotic show received much attention from the audience dominated by women.