As exotic music plays in the background, the dancers shimmy, their chests lift, hips slide sideways and then their chests drop. This is a belly dancing class that is now inviting fitness enthusiasts ...

Despite getting a teaching degree to appease her mother, Sherry Brier never saw herself as being a teacher. But when the Tiburon resident stumbled upon a belly dance troupe performing at a summer fair ...

Jenny C. Cohen, 40, of Chester, teaches tribal fusion belly dance at the Middletown YMCA. She began to dance in the third grade and is trained in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, hip-hop and belly dance.

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that ...

The origins of the belly dance have always been shrouded in mystery. With its sinuous hip and abdominal movements, some scholars believe that it was associated with the old practice of offering the ...

With its focus on shimmying hips and undulating abs, many people might think belly dancing is a male-oriented performance. It’s actually for and about women, say the members of Troupe Hayati, who are ...

City-based theatre group, Nrityakosh, will look at the evolution of belly dance with Safar-e-Raqs. “The actors will play European and Middle Eastern artistes who have shaped the modern belly dance ...

A flyer and a simple “Do you like good music?” from a promoter led to an obsession. At the time, Rebecca Williams was 17 or 18 and went to a concert for a band she had never heard of, Beats Antique.

We have seen our Bollywood divas trying hard to attempt this difficult form and only a few of them managed to do a decent job. Mumbai: Today, every dance lover around the world must be celebrating ...