SALISBURY — When City Park belly dance instructor Fern Blair was growing up, she didn’t enjoy dancing. “I was actually a little girl and my mom signed me up for ballet. And I walked in the door, and I ...

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 ...

As a dance that was created by women of color, is amenable to a wide diversity of bodies, and is often described by its disciples as "empowering" and "liberating" one would think that "belly dance" is ...

Today in Pacific Spotlight, Stripes talks with Dianna Olsen, Camp Foster’s resident belly dance instructor: What attracted you to belly dancing? The beautiful movements and mysteriousness of the ...

The bellies were bulging and wrinkled, fat and firm. Rippled, dimpled, pierced, protruding, sloped, rolled and toned. But however they looked, all were shimmying. Mesmera, a belly dancer from Silver ...

If you are like me, you start looking for a new activity to carry you through those dark cold months of winter. There’s a cool performance today at Gravity Lounge that might just be the ticket to a ...

I'm looking out into the eyes of the audience members. My bare stomach is the symbol of a cultural dance that has helped me connect with my body and bring me closer to my heritage. My passion, my ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Shimmy your way into shape. Hip-drop yourself into hot pants. Belly dance your beautiful body. It's all right — everyone's doing it. Well, maybe not everyone … but they could, if ...

Nestled in the heart of historic downtown Perry, a small dance studio has been a gathering spot for women of all shapes, sizes and ages to learn the art of belly dancing for the past 14 years. The ...

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 ...