A few shimmies and hip drops can empower even the timidest woman to come — or dance — out of her shell. The trick to belly dancing is "all in the torso," said Garnett Kepler, longtime artistic ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. As a dance that was created by women of color, is amenable to a wide ...

Belly dancing teacher Cassandra Fox's straight-up joy in shaking what she's got allowed me to finally let go of my pot belly paranoia. One stalwart caveat to this embrace of my body’s natural ebbs and ...

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 ...

It’s an interesting juxtaposition. You hear the word “superstar,” and you think Champagne and spotlights, you think Jem and the Holograms, you think Molly Shannon’s armpits. Hear the term “belly dance ...

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 ...

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 ...

A reader recently sent us the below video, in which a group of women belly dance to Down’s “Stained Glass Cross.” Needless to say, I was intrigued. Usually when someone sends us a video like this, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A belly dancing group is shimmying to raise awareness of domestic abuse and help support women’s shelters, performing in a May 14 flash mob in Cedar Rapids. The group is looking for ...

Get those hips swinging, because Saturday, May 10, marks this year’s World Belly Dance Day. The website Days of the Year attributes World Belly Dance Day to the World Belly Dance Alliance, but other ...