Ava Fleming, ASU's belly dance professor, became interested in dancing as a teenager in college.

They may have different reasons for attending, but the five women learning the ancient art of belly dancing agree on one thing — it’s a lot of fun. AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Belly Dancing at the Senior ...

SHAKIRA’S shimmying and gyrating at the MTV awards sent pulses racing, but some purists say she ain’t the real thing. “It was horrible!” said Manhattan belly dancer and inst… ...

The instructor began to learn belly dance more than four years ago and decided to open the store to raise awareness of Middle Eastern cultures about three years ago.

Jasmin Jahal School Of Dance helps students explore the performing arts of Middle Eastern dance, learn belly dance as an art form, and share and appreciate the beauty that can be found in the ...

Marisha Pearson, 16, wanted to learn belly dancing \"because it's pretty.\" Holli Barton, 10, thinks the dance is fun, and Kimberly Barthelemy, 11, who was visiting from Matawan, N.J., says it is ...

Belly dance's roots in Eastern cultures, North African cultures in particular, is undeniable. Black and Brown dancers fill the scenes of ancient Egyptian wall paintings and of dance history gems ...

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces its summer 2014 schedule for Second Saturday Workshops offering a variety of studio classes including painting in various mediums and cartooning, as well as ...

Gulya DeFelice teaches the Morale, Welfare and Recreation belly dance class at Wheelock Bayou Fitness Center and is quick to mention its benefits.

April Rainey, center, and the rest of the Middle Eastern belly dancing class at the Ananda Seva Center in Kalispell move to the beat while learning to dance to the baladi.