Belly dancing may seem like an exotic art that’s difficult to master, but that doesn’t mean that mere mortals can’t give it a try. The public is invited to shake their hips, belly and booty at a free ...

LONG BEACH – Dancer Alhasan Morales doesn’t care that belly dancing is largely thought to be a women’s art. The 11-year-old Morales, who has been taking belly dancing lessons in his native Puerto Rico ...

Connie Reynolds has seen a lot of people come into The Yoga College studio thinking they can belly dance. But once they try and give it a shot, they realize it’s actually a lot harder than it seems.

Belly dance conjures up images of genies, Shakira and faraway lands — not Seattle. But veteran belly dancer Suzanna Davis hopes to change that. “People think it’s a hoochie-coochie dance, but it’s not ...

St. Louis? The class begins simply enough, with a head roll, first to the left, then to the right. Then, to warm up the shoulders, you roll those, too. Next, you move the arms, then the chest, then ...

Belly dancing takes a lot more than a pretty shimmy. The pros say it can lead the way to a healthy, more sensual life. Neena and Veena have been doing it for the past 10 years and have used their ...

Suzy Evans has spent a significant chunk of her life debunking myths about belly dancers. “There were so many times when I came across people who thought that belly dancers were like strippers,” she ...

“It’s not stripping, and it’s not intended to seduce men,” says Katrina Valenzuela of Yarmouth Port. More commonly known by her Egyptian name, Khadija, she teaches the art of Egyptian dance, or belly ...

CAIRO — Egypt’s foreign belly dancers have gotten their marching orders. The government says it wants to protect homegrown practitioners of the seductive Middle Eastern dance form and no longer will ...