When you think of belly dancing, images of lithe dancers in sultry, gauzy costumes probably come to mind. It’s the stereotype put forth in movies and music videos, in everything from 1950s sitcoms to ...

Eight girls clad in long, black skirts or baggy, colorful bloomers gyrated their bellies and hips in unison to the rhythmic music playing in the background. They did not fit the typical picture of ...

Serena Wilson, a noted dancer, teacher and choreographer who was widely credited with helping to popularize belly dancing in the United States, died last Sunday in New York. She was 73. The cause was ...

MONTCLAIR — In this circa-1950 photo, youths are shown at a teenage dance party in Montclair. In the book "Race, Rock and Elvis", Michael T. Bertrand writes, "The musical choices of countless young ...

What do you get when you mix a belly-dancing Salma Hayek with 1950s Egyptian screen sirens and a flannel-clad cowboy on a white horse? The answer is Youssef Nabil’s newest work, “I Saved My Belly ...