Why I can’t stand white belly dancers Whether they know it or not, white women who practice belly dance are engaging in appropriation ...

Belly Dance is an Arabic expressive dance which originated in Egypt and that emphasizes complex movements of the torso. We have seen our Bollywood divas trying hard to attempt this difficult form ...

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of ...

Japanese dancer and choreographer Farida Yumi is working to deepen cultural exchange between the Arab and Japanese worlds by bringing the complex rhythms and expressive movements of belly dance to ...