"My Mother Is a Belly Dancer" is a surprisingly downbeat study of a bunch of women in a public-housing estate who find liberation from their dreary lives by taking belly dancing classes. Film will ...

Awash in sunlight, around 50 women stand in a circle on the rooftop performance space of Casa Gaia in Old Havana, Cuba. Karen Rodríguez guides them through a series of improvisational movements. Soft ...

The strong community of belly dancers in the Valley are coming together to celebrate the dance and its rich culture. The first annual Phoenix Rising Dance Festival embodies the mindset of belly ...

In the 1960s and ’70s, Los Angeles had a thriving Middle Eastern-themed club scene. Venues like the Fez, Haji Baba’s, and the Seventh Veil (now a strip club) boasted live bands, elaborate decor, and a ...

Swaying hips, jangling jewelry and bare midriffs - is there a belly dancer in the house? Come Saturday night, there will be dozens of belly dancers from throughout the state sharing the stage at ...

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -- Belly dancers from all over the State of Utah and Idaho celebrated the 16th annual belly dance festival "Spring Fest" on Saturday. Belly dancers danced from the time the ...

Huell spends the day at the Glendale Civic Auditorium at the RAQS L.A. Carnival of Belly dance. Huell spends the day at the Glendale Civic Auditorium at the RAQS L.A. Carnival of Belly dance. Belly ...

“Andalee” Nicole Owens, a professional Middle Eastern dance artist from Clovis, will host the Hot Raqs Belly Dancing Competition and Festival in the Clovis Veterans Memorial District on April 22 and ...

Alia Mohamed is a Los Angeles belly dancer who is creating a new work, "Electric Hamsa," with her father, Dallas drummer Jamal Mohamed, for the 19th Teatro Dallas International Festival. Lichiban “Go ...