Belly dancing classes at Adult & Community Enrichment are providing fitness benefits along with community connection for ...

GOLDEN — The women have finished stretching and are loose enough to begin the dance — a series of undulations here, arms outstretched and waving gracefully there — when a strange thing happens. One of ...

BRECKENRIDGE – In a county focused on fleece and extreme fitness, it’s easy to lose touch with the feminine side.But every week, a dedicated group of women gather to bare their bellies and shimmy to ...

If you want to feel good and sensual in your own skin, albeit slightly uncoordinated, you should try belly dancing. We (Angela and Alicia) went to a class for beginners and had a blast trying to learn ...

If you're thinking that belly dancing is too hoochie-coochie, you're not thinking about the kind of belly dancing Carolyn Weinand teaches. Weinand's belly dancing is based on Egyptian-style belly ...

In the cavernous space of Mobtown Ballroom in Pigtown, a small group of women shimmy their hips and move their arms in time to drum solos and Middle Eastern pop music. It’s the first day of a ...

But several times a week, these two women and scores of others in the North Bay step out of their daytime realities into a world of costumes, veils, coin belts, finger cymbals and mystical music, ...

This article was written under duress. I try to avoid free classes for two reasons: 1. I doubt a thing's worth it if I don't have to pay for it (that's right, the American dream). 2. The teacher doesn ...

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret.