juliet became less mysterious on the dance floor , there she was all woman : hips , waist , curves in all the right places , the places that mystify men and have done since the beginning of time : the small of the back that slopes outward to accommodate an ample ass ; the soft flesh of the arms that gives a little when pressed up against the torso ; the small hill of a belly in front receding toward the base of the ribcage , and the top of the pubis .