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 ...

If her neighbors heard the loud music coming from Tiffany Grogan's backyard shed Thursday night, they may have thought she was having a party. If they walked in and saw the nine ladies wearing ...

The heck with lap dancing. Tara Eivers, owner of Sinbad’s restaurant in Tempe, has the jump on the next hot trend in entertainment. Several nights a week, Sinbad’s features a bevy of belly dancers who ...

Dec. 15—April Lee believes in healing through movement. It's what started the Blackshear resident on her path to dancing, specifically belly dancing, in 2009. "I got into belly dancing as a means of ...

Nestled in the heart of historic downtown Perry, a small dance studio has been a gathering spot for women of all shapes, sizes and ages to learn the art of belly dancing for the past 14 years. The ...

Mangaluru: Belly dancing is fast becoming the city's latest trend, attracting not just youngsters, but also older women. The art form is open for anyone who is five and above. With a 75-year-old woman ...

“Maybe it was Jeannie’s outfit on 'I Dream of Jeannie' back then, but I really can’t explain what I liked about it,” Bell said about the popular TV sitcom starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Three local women -- Kelsey Captolia Indziniak, Cyndal Ellis and Shanta L. Evans-Crowley -- join collaborative efforts to organize Goddess Rising: A Bellydance Benefit for the Women’s ...

Something clicked for Julie Elliot as an undergraduate at the University of Iowa in the late 1970s. The young Strawberry Point student joined a folk dancing club and the Scottish Highlanders, then ...

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret. Despite their enthusiasm, none of them ...