Alvin Community College instructor Miriam Garcia moves her toned bare midriff to Middle Eastern music with a heavy drumbeat as she teaches the art of belly dance to her continuing education students. ...

A blur of indigo swirled with shimmering gold descends from the second floor of the Athenian Corner. The whirlwind of color floats across the dimly lit dining room, trailed by the ringing of exotic ...

Waving a flowy, blue chiffon veil, Michelle Harrington yelled instructions to her barefoot students as she danced in circles around the small boutique studio. "Remember, your veil is your friend and ...

Shrouded in centuries of Middle Eastern mysticism, belly dancing is as graceful as it is misunderstood. Instructor Ursula Hart and Town Center Fitness will put the ancient art on display for Beach ...

The beat thumps, and an exotic, melodic voice fills the room. The jingle of coins being struck together in time with the music crescendos, and it is a sound Golden Nugget retail supervisor Carol ...

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that ...

A new study contributes to the scant literature available on belly dancing. Belly dancers have fewer hang-ups about their bodies. Most women who participate in this torso-driven dance do so because it ...

This article was written under duress. I try to avoid free classes for two reasons: 1. I doubt a thing's worth it if I don't have to pay for it (that's right, the American dream). 2. The teacher doesn ...

The belly dancer was having trouble with her clangers. Otherwise, it was a pretty good evening at Aladdins Cafe. Aladdins serves authentic Middle Eastern cuisine with such exotic names as baba ghanouj ...