Pensacola Raqs to feature belly dance, workshops from Egyptian master

An Egyptian master trained in ballet, belly dance, ballroom and more will teach workshops in Pensacola for two-day event that ...
Phoenix New Times

Belly Jelly

The heck with lap dancing. Tara Eivers, owner of Sinbad’s restaurant in Tempe, has the jump on the next hot trend in entertainment. Several nights a week, Sinbad’s features a bevy of belly dancers who ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

The Roots Under the Stage: Connecting to Culture Through Dance

You’re standing there, costume on, lights pointing down at you. The music is about to begin, and the crowd has gathered in their seats. Then you count down in your head, “three, two, one,” and hear ...
Al-Monitor

'In our blood': Egyptian women reclaim belly dance from stigma

Some young Egyptians are trying to reclaim belly dancing as part of their country's artistic heritage, pushing back against decades of stigma — Khaled DESOUKI As belly dancing gains popularity ...
Queerty

It’s World Belly Dance Day & these gays are putting their midriffs in motion

Get those hips swinging, because Saturday, May 10, marks this year’s World Belly Dance Day. The website Days of the Year attributes World Belly Dance Day to the World Belly Dance Alliance, but other ...