When someone mentions belly dancing, do you imagine Salome with her seven veils, or perhaps a cabaret performance in a Middle Eastern restaurant? Often associated with scantily clad women enticing men ...

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 ...

DECATUR - To the beat of a Middle Eastern love song, Mary Beth Logue began stepping in time. She faced the mirror and started to instruct other participants at the YMCA how to sway with the music.

A former flight attendant ditched her day job to become a full-time belly dancer after taking up lessons during Covid. Lizzie Abou Chedid, from Cheshire, had daily online dance classes while living in ...

SEQUIM — Laura Samperi-Ferdig has been studying belly dance since she was 8 and teaching since she was 16. “Belly dance is one of the oldest known art forms,” she said. “Its true name is Raks Sharki ...