Try flexing one glute muscle at a time. That's right, each individual butt muscle: Left. Right. Left. Right. Now pick it up: left, right, left, right. And faster still, left-right-left-right ...

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of their ...

Frank Farinaro gets his audience’s attention from the minute he dances his way onto the stage. The first thing to catch your eye may be his costuming: “harem”-style pants in muted but ...

In it, Randa Jarrar complains that belly dancing is the object of a "century-old tradition of appropriation," and argues that white belly dancers—even those who've seriously studied the form for ...

In the heart of Cairo, a new generation of Egyptian women is shimmying to rewrite the story of belly dance, an art form once ...

The president of the Teszia Belly dance Troupe at Cornell, Stephanie Rakhmonova ’26, noted in her interview that the group is in the process of changing its name to something with actual Arabic ...

Kathi Jenness has been taking Rosen’s classes for 14 years. She danced ballet for decades, but now feels more comfortable belly dancing. “I love the loosey-goosey-ness of belly dance,” she says.

I'm looking out into the eyes of the audience members. My bare stomach is the symbol of a cultural dance that has helped me connect with my body and bring me closer to my heritage. My passion, my ...

The Las Vegas resident has been coming to Cultural Fusion Belly Dance Center, 3111 S. Valley View Blvd., for more than a year.

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, ...