Ten-year-old Ariana Ferguson is the youngest dancer who will perform in Duluth's all-fusion belly dance show Saturday, Jan. 26. She will be one of 17 group-, troupe-, and solo acts who will perform ...

The roots of belly dancing run deep, but also far and wide. Steps and techniques differ in Egypt and Turkey, in Lebanon, Morocco and Algeria. But even with the overwhelming popularity of belly dance ...

Come as you are and shake what you’ve got. That’s the mantra at Tribal Dance Long Island & Caravan Connection in Northport, where studio owner Cienna Rizza and her crew are moving more than just their ...

Debapriya Das spent her childhood in Kolkata and Mumbai, where her fascination with dance began very early. She started training in Bharatnatyam at the age of eight and went on to study other forms ...

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 ...

CHICO — Devin “Kaira” McBain was still learning to walk when she started belly dancing in her mother’s footsteps. Now a mother and professional dancer and teacher herself, McBain is also a Belly Dance ...

Belly dance has so captured our fancy that the form has made inroads into Bollywood and is also a part of contemporary vocabulary movement here. What is interesting is to know when this form started ...