Ever considered belly dancing to ease pregnancy? Middle Easten women have been belly dancing during pregnancy and labor for years. In fact, that's how belly dance started said Emily McKeon,34, who ...

When Jamila Salimpour created the Bal Anat belly dance company to perform at the 1968 Northern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire in San Rafael, she was already a foundational figure in a style … ...

Snake dancing is thought to have been started in the late 1960s by Jamila Salimpour, the mother of tribal belly dance in the United States.

For Ansuya Rathor, there was no questioning whether belly dancing would be a part of her life. Her mother, Jenaeni Rathor, was a blonde, blue-eyed belly dancer in the 1960s and '70s — an anomaly ...

The biggest star at Habeeba's belly-dance studio is Habeeba. On a recent weekday evening, voices rose and the energy level seemed to kick up a notch shortly after 7.

In Egypt, ballet and belly dance represent two distinct yet culturally significant forms of expression, each with its own ...

Belly dancers from all over make the pilgrimage to Cairo for a custom costume made by Eman Zaki, the Coco Chanel of belly dance.

Traditional belly dancing arose in Egypt in the early 20th century with the rise of evening cabarets and has been declining a century later owing to the lack of ...

Set one, “The 1960s Cultural Revolution,” celebrates the fusion of music and dance by blending traditional and contemporary belly dance with the sounds of Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and more.

A belly-dancing class in Seattle creates an intimate space where beginning dancers are comfortable dancing a few feet away from experienced performers.