Stomachs undulating with the beat of Persian drums, about 20 women in coin-lined scarves and baggy harem pants belly-danced in a mirror-lined dance studio at the Jewish Community Center. Bellybuttons ...

It relieves stress, helps with weight loss, tones the body and is healthy for you. No, it’s not the latest fad for taking the pounds off. It’s the ages-old art of belly dancing. For more information, ...

St. Louis? The class begins simply enough, with a head roll, first to the left, then to the right. Then, to warm up the shoulders, you roll those, too. Next, you move the arms, then the chest, then ...

To Bianca Boll, belly dancing is a lot more than sparkly costumes, jiggly movements and exotic music. It was 21 years ago in Albuquerque, N.M., that Boll first experienced belly dancing, and she was ...

A full-time paramedic in Danvers for 20 years and a Justice of the Peace on the weekends, Watson is also the coordinator of the North Shore chapter of the North East Belly Dance Association. Her ...

With summer here, the idea of donning a bathing suit can be a daunting concept One novel way to get into shape is with belly dancing. Classes are on the rise, for good reason, they work and they're ...

Tell us what your business does. The studio teaches dance in many forms. We focus on belly dance instruction but also offer yoga, Plyometrics, burlesque and pole dancing for fitness. We are adding new ...

As she approached her 70th birthday, Carol Love decided that there was really only one way to mark the occasion. So, this past Sunday she gathered her coin belt and ancient assuit shawl, and headed ...

Violet Kind equates her new style of belly dancing to a language. As the owner of Satori Violet, she’s been teaching variations of belly dance in Mankato since 2011. In 2015 she trademarked her own ...

Female prisoners will be encouraged to keep fit and lose weight by taking belly dancing classes. Convicts are being offered courses in the Middle Eastern folk dance to help them shed a few pounds and ...