WOODSTOCK, N.Y. – Christine Dempsey doesn’t insert a jewel into her navel or bare her taut belly to turn men on. It’s not for their carnal pleasure that she sways her hips and moves her torso ...

Despite getting a teaching degree to appease her mother, Sherry Brier never saw herself as being a teacher. But when the Tiburon resident stumbled upon a belly dance troupe performing at a summer fair ...

EGYPTIAN MUSIC BOOMS through the amplifier at 6:15 p.m. as instructor Leslie Rosen leads her belly-dance class through what she calls a shimmy warmup. She gives gentle instructions every few seconds ...

After her mastectomy, Jennifer LaFleur found herself lying on the hardwood floor in her kitchen. The firm surface seemed to loosen up her tense back muscles, which were sore from the maddening ...

Beyond its glamour, belly dancing is proving to be gaining ground for being therapeutic and fun. It is becoming increasingly common for more and more women’s wear stores, especially in the Downtown ...

Shanaya Kapoor shared a video clip of her belly dance practice session, and BFFs Suhana Khan and Navya Naveli Nanda are mighty impressed. “How we learn a choreography. #practicesessions with the best!

Shanaya's close friend and Amitabh Bachchan's granddaughter Navya Naveli wrote: "I got a stomach ache watching this." Shah Rukh Khan's daughter Suhana Khan commented with a heart emoji. Shanaya Kapoor ...

Shanaya Kapoor shared a video clip of her belly dance practice session on Instagram, and BFFs Suhana Khan and Navya Naveli Nanda are mighty impressed. “How we learn a choreography. #practicesessions ...

AKRON, Ohio _ Middle Eastern music plays softly as the dancers gracefully raise their hands from their sides and lift them high, ending with their palms together above their heads. The movements of ...

The stereotypes around belly-dancing are hard to shake. And that's perhaps not surprising, what with those bare gyrating midriffs and the old stereotypes of harem women shimmying for sheikhs. But at ...