If you want to feel good and sensual in your own skin, albeit slightly uncoordinated, you should try belly dancing. We (Angela and Alicia) went to a class for beginners and had a blast trying to learn ...

Redwood City-based Red Desert Dance Company’s repertoire includes traditional belly dancing forms such as sword, poi, veil and Tunisian. But this troupe also adds relevance by incorporating rock and ...

If you're thinking that belly dancing is too hoochie-coochie, you're not thinking about the kind of belly dancing Carolyn Weinand teaches. Weinand's belly dancing is based on Egyptian-style belly ...

Tonight, it's believed to be the oldest form of dancing and the exotic movements and bright colors have helped belly dancing grow in popularity all over the world. Karen Meyers catches up with a local ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- Jenny Kroska is a little tired of being judged. She's a lot of things -- a mother of two, a wife, an employee at St. Cloud Hospital -- but as soon as she mentions the fact ...

Sterling Heights resident Zea Weisenbach was diagnosed with arthritis at age 26. At that time, she knew she wanted to keep moving through some form of exercise, so she started by picking up a belly ...

Belly dancing originated in the Middle East as an exercise to prepare women for childbirth. While most of the attendees in the Oct. 8 night’s belly dancing short course weren’t preparing for ...

As a dance that was created by women of color, is amenable to a wide diversity of bodies, and is often described by its disciples as "empowering" and "liberating" one would think that "belly dance" is ...