They may have different reasons for attending, but the five women learning the ancient art of belly dancing agree on one thing — it’s a lot of fun. “I really enjoy it,” said Dorothy Dingee, who at 84, ...

Belly dancing is an ancient art form. Patti Beaman, the owner of World in Motion, says belly dancing is at least 6,000 years old, and many practitioners say it allows them to make a connection to ...

MIDDLETOWN -- Cloaked in a burgundy robe appearing to be from another place and time, petite Gia Khalsa pushes her long dark hair behind her shoulders as she relays her personal, present-day mission. ...

Belly dance instructor Sherry Ehrich promises that at the very least, her students will feel beautiful about the way they move. And if the ancient fertility rite dance still holds its magical power, ...

Rakkasah East. Where: Ukrainian Cultural Center, 135 Davidson Ave., Somerset. When: 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.How much: $12-$15, discounts for ...

BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- When one thinks about choreographing a dance to the music of Harry Potter or a hit country tune, you might not immediately think of belly dancing as the genre. But that’s just what ...

Five years ago, Sue Libey thought that she and her daughter, Ashley, could put a new twist on their relationship by taking belly dance lessons together. “She had to convince me,” Ashley said. “But ...

When Angela Nation of Springfield was a little girl, she loved to watch belly dancers perform on TV. “I’d watch shows just for little glimpses of the belly dancers,” she said. “I never actually had ...

In classical Greek mythology, the goddess Artemis is described as the daughter of the god Zeus and the beautiful mortal Leto, daughter of Coeus and Phoebe. With Zeus’s wife, the goddess Hera, none too ...