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 ...

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 ...

LIHUE — The 8th annual “Raqs Tiki” Kauai Belly Dance Intensive event is ready to open its cultural doors with workshops on Wednesday and continuing through March 30 at the Princeville Community Center ...

I didn’t expect a cultural explosion, or an immersion into the raucous waters of the Mediterranean, but that’s what I got. When I pulled up to the tall white building on Northwest Highway, wrapped in ...

When she started teaching belly dancing in Pune more than 15 years ago, there were many questions. “You will see in Arabic countries that people have a belly dancer at weddings. In India, sadly, it's ...

The pulse of Middle Eastern dance and music returns to the Big Apple as the New York Belly Dance Festival celebrates its second edition from March 20-22, 2026. This one-of-a-kind immersive weekend ...