When I turned 17, I wanted just one thing for my birthday: belly-dancing classes. The dance's beauty, grace and creative costumes, along with its strong connection to Arabic music, made it a natural ...

Sciatica drove Bettye Ames to belly dancing. Beset with back problems, and at the behest of a friend, the Dayton resident took up the ancient art 10 years ago to strengthen her abdominal muscles. The ...

CLINTON TWP. — When Jessie Fabian fell out of a tree house as a child, it left her with lingering back pain. She tried a number of remedies for the aches and pains, but nothing helped until she tried ...

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 ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- Jenny Kroska is a little tired of being judged. She's a lot of things -- a mother of two, a wife, an employee at St. Cloud Hospital -- but as soon as she mentions the fact ...

Wendy Goldberg owns her own studio in Brackenhurst. Wendy Goldberg has been doing Middle Eastern dancing better known as belly dancing since 2005. “My friend kept on inviting me to one of her belly ...

SALISBURY — When City Park belly dance instructor Fern Blair was growing up, she didn’t enjoy dancing. “I was actually a little girl and my mom signed me up for ballet. And I walked in the door, and I ...