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"Troupe mamma", or leader, Caroline Adkins suffers from health problems including arthritis and osteoporosis.
She says performing improves her well-being, while other troupe members say it boosts their self-esteem.
The group, Bump N Grind, plans to become a social enterprise, a business that reinvests or donates its profits.
They describe themselves as the Highlands' first burlesque troupe.
At present the group has five members. They are Caroline, who is known on stage as Evelyn Adore, also Emma MacKenzie aka Candy Kitten, Rowan Drever who performs as Lady Ivy, Cody Ross aka Moonstone Cherry and Rhianna Bain who performs as Miss Rhi Von Bee.
Burlesque is a genre of variety show and features music, song and dance routines.
BBC Scotland's The Nine caught up with Bump N Grind during one of their rehearsals.
Original article by BBC News
