Hypnotic music from the Middle East pulsates through the room. Hips covered in sparkly skirts sway to the beat. Naked shoulders move up, then down, caressing the air. Arms gracefully flow in and out ...
Mesmerised by those exotic belly dance moves? It may just be time for you to take to the dance form. The world of belly dancing revolves around hip drops, sways and shimmies. But if you thought it was ...
Japan is in the middle of a nascent belly-dancing boom. Over the last few years, the expressive dance has won a growing number of devotees who are drawn to its colorful garb, captivating rhythms, and ...
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 ...
The origins of the belly dance have always been shrouded in mystery. With its sinuous hip and abdominal movements, some scholars believe that it was associated with the old practice of offering the ...
Yassir Jamal is a Moroccan darbuka player who lives in Ukraine, where he is also a professor and is pursuing his PhD in Economics at Kharkov University. His dissertation is about a correlation matrix ...
When Malia Elmer first saw a belly dancing performance at the annual mango festival, she was captivated. The 15-year-old Konawaena High School sophomore said she fell in love with the movements, but ...
Northampton - Northampton came alive with swirling silks, finger cymbals, and mystical drum beats as Western Mass. belly dancers with stage names such as Sahina Sadai, Eliza Luminara and Kenna ...
You are in: Suffolk > Entertainment > Pulse > Bellyful of pain & smiles The Ambassador's Belly Dancer By Andrew Woodger The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer is one-woman play about torture, drugs, ...