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 ...

A former flight attendant ditched her day job to become a full-time belly dancer after taking up lessons during Covid. Lizzie ...

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.

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 ...