For Ansuya Rathor, there was no questioning whether belly dancing would be a part of her life. Her mother, Jenaeni Rathor, was a blonde, blue-eyed belly dancer in the 1960s and '70s — an anomaly that ...

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 ...

Rakkasah East. Where: Ukrainian Cultural Center, 135 Davidson Ave., Somerset. When: 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.How much: $12-$15, discounts for ...

Belly dancing plays a significant role in rituals and celebrations. The natural movements not only symbolize fertility and femininity, it continues to be a dynamic and evolving art form reflecting ...

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 ...

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 ...

For over a decade, husband and wife Blue Siytangco and Anna Schkade-Siytangco have combined their passions involving movement ...