"My Mother Is a Belly Dancer" is a surprisingly downbeat study of a bunch of women in a public-housing estate who find liberation from their dreary lives by taking belly dancing classes. Film will ...

Chico >> Once known as a sacred art of communication, belly dancing has proven the hips don’t lie. The ninth annual Tribal de Chico Belly Dance Festival will bring together a wealth of dancers ...

The Beyond Belly Dance 2013 festival runs February 16 through 17 at the Kim Robards Dance studio. The festival showcase will be held at 8 p.m. February 16 at the Denver Center for International ...

The ninth annual Yellowstone Valley Belly Dance Festival is at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 6, at Alberta Bair Theater. Tickets are $13 in advance or $15 at the door.

“Many think belly dancing is for the male gaze and titillation,” Gehman says. “It’s a form of dance that most women throughout the Middle East do for each other and not usually in sexually ...

Belly dancer Shakti from San Rafael, Calif. warmed up before her presentation. The 33rd annual Middle Eastern Dance and Music Festival was held Sunday March 17, 2012 at the Richmond, Calif ...

The strong community of belly dancers in the Valley are coming together to celebrate the dance and its rich culture. The first annual Phoenix Rising Dance Festival embodies the mindset of belly ...

When “Andalee” Nicole Owens set up a belly dance booth at last year’s International Village at Clovis Fest, she piqued the curiosity of many attendees.