PORT ANGELES — This spring, Jovi Deede is immersed in two vocations that have surprised, even baffled, her family. Bellydancing and truck-driving. About both, “They ask me, ‘Where did that come from?’ ...

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 ...

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 heck with lap dancing. Tara Eivers, owner of Sinbad’s restaurant in Tempe, has the jump on the next hot trend in entertainment. Several nights a week, Sinbad’s features a bevy of belly dancers who ...

Gemma Marin, 30, is a Spanish actress and dancer based in Los Angeles. Having danced since she could walk, she didn't even consider taking to the sidelines when she got pregnant with her first child, ...

“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 ...

If her neighbors heard the loud music coming from Tiffany Grogan's backyard shed Thursday night, they may have thought she was having a party. If they walked in and saw the nine ladies wearing ...

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 ...

Aphrodite Belly Dance Studio will showcase the transformative power of belly dance at the upcoming Women’s Wellness Experience on 30 August 2025 in Cape Town. This event is designed to empower women ...