Suzanna and Celeste: is it ok if I quote you're stories in my article (of course with reference to you guys :-) ?

Suzanne, yes please that would be great :-)

I also have seen escaping boobage, some dancers don't know their bra size and buy a too small costume. Either escaping boobage at the top, or when the backband is too wide, at the bottom. Both are just plain old costume malfunctions and can be avoided.
I have also heard of 'raqs beaver' stories, I can never understand why dancers do that. I have seen a dancer who did spins and she flashed a bare bum because she was wearing a g-string. Yuch!

A couple of things that I know have happened...fortunately, no naughty bits were seen in any of them...but one was rather embarrassing for the dancer.

I lost my belt while dancing once. The belt was attached by velcro...and I had gained some weight. So, we posed in a dramatic spot in our choreography, and I heard it hit the floor. The other girls were panicking because they thought that one of us had lost her top...but it was just a belt and we finished the routine no problem.

A lady who used to dance at our studio (and has since retired) went to a restaurant to dance one night. She usually wore light colored opaque harem pants under all of her costumes and would just take her panties off if they were dark enough to be seen under the pants. So, she got to the restaurant, changed into her costume (sans panties) and went out to perform. At one point, she decided to do some veil work and grabbed her veil out of her dance bag as she danced past it.

The veil unfurled beautifully...and the panties that had managed to get caught in the veil went soaring across the restaurant. She didn't notice at first until either the restaurant owner or one of the people in her party (I forget which) handed them back to her with a "I think these are yours." She was mortified.