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. ...

Mesmerised by those exotic belly dance moves? It may just be time for you to take to the dance form. The world of belly dancing revolves around hip drops, sways and shimmies. But if you thought it was ...

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 ...

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 ...

Redwood City-based Red Desert Dance Company’s repertoire includes traditional belly dancing forms such as sword, poi, veil and Tunisian. But this troupe also adds relevance by incorporating rock and ...

Who really knew that belly dancing, spread around the world by a group of gypsies of unknown origin, also drew strong influences from Rajasthan’s Kalbeliya dance – its hip movements and its costumes?

THIS week sees belly-dancing travel from the Middle East to Middleton. Nikki Franklin, an accomplished belly dancer, 'Urban Gypsy,' and teacher, begins a series of classes to bring this exotic art ...

Persian love poems sung in Urdu by an Indian musician who grew up in England. Ways to make African peanut soup. Directions for sending sequins and velcro to the Soviet Union. True Darbuka rhythms. All ...