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 ...

Dec. 15—April Lee believes in healing through movement. It's what started the Blackshear resident on her path to dancing, specifically belly dancing, in 2009. "I got into belly dancing as a means of ...

“Maybe it was Jeannie’s outfit on 'I Dream of Jeannie' back then, but I really can’t explain what I liked about it,” Bell said about the popular TV sitcom starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old ...

It was a night like Don't Tell Mama had never seen before. Burlesque is a big part of the cabaret and concert community. A tried, true, and respected art form, all kinds of burlesque can be found in ...

Something clicked for Julie Elliot as an undergraduate at the University of Iowa in the late 1970s. The young Strawberry Point student joined a folk dancing club and the Scottish Highlanders, then ...

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret. Despite their enthusiasm, none of them ...

When she first began bellydancing, Lauren Jeffries-Johnson says, she was “all sorts of confused.” As it made its way from East to West, this form of dancing has been portrayed as a lot of things, ...

In a bejeweled and revealing costume that plenty of younger women might even shy away from, Virginia Werner, 65, carved a place for herself into the elite group of women who can call themselves Ms.

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport saw some action on Tuesday afternoon — but it didn’t have to do with travelers fighting over masks. Video posted to FLL’s Twitter account shows three ...