Theresa Mahon has been teaching belly dancing in Nyack for 20 years %22You feel so beautiful when you put that costume on%3B there%27s a mix of sensuality and strength in belly dancing.%22 This low ...

Terri Allred, director of community engagement at the Women’s Shelter and Support Center, has a confession to make: She’s a belly dancer. She’s also the featured speaker at the upcoming UMR Connects ...

As much as belly dance has been caricatured, it’s actually a subtle art. Unlike other styles of dance — say, ballet — it’s not focused on movement of the limbs, but instead undulations of the torso.

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

SEQUIM — Laura Samperi-Ferdig has been studying belly dance since she was 8 and teaching since she was 16. “Belly dance is one of the oldest known art forms,” she said. “Its true name is Raks Sharki ...

Eman Zaki is often called the Coco Chanel of belly dance. If you need a tiger-print mesh ensemble with a diamante halter top encrusted with fake pearls, she can make it. Same goes for a gold and ...

Belly dancing classes at Adult & Community Enrichment are providing fitness benefits along with community connection for ...

Heather Abrams has been belly dancing on Friday nights at Canton’s Desert Inn since she was 9. Now she’s 31. “My boss Mark Shaheen (the restaurant’s owner) jokingly says I have the longest-running gig ...

A group of movements that awaken feminity; a way to discover yourself and your inner being. That’s how dancer Kerlyn Araya describes belly dance, a practice that has helped her to grow as a person and ...

Catherine Furst, known to her friends as Kay, turned 100 years old over the weekend."I don't feel 100," Furst said.Furst isn't your typical senior citizen. She credits being kind and belly dancing to ...

There were no hand cymbals or sequined harem pants, and no Middle Eastern music was playing in the background. And yet the rhythmic, wavy movements of an Iraqi woman's abdominal wall muscles resembled ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- She's been dancing for more than 70 years and she has no plans to quit. Catherine Furst of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida celebrated her 100th birthday this past weekend by ...