The roots of belly dancing run deep, but also far and wide. Steps and techniques differ in Egypt and Turkey, in Lebanon, Morocco and Algeria. But even with the overwhelming popularity of belly dance ...

Ten-year-old Ariana Ferguson is the youngest dancer who will perform in Duluth's all-fusion belly dance show Saturday, Jan. 26. She will be one of 17 group-, troupe-, and solo acts who will perform ...

Sterling Heights resident Zea Weisenbach was diagnosed with arthritis at age 26. At that time, she knew she wanted to keep moving through some form of exercise, so she started by picking up a belly ...

On stage, belly dancer Claire Lynch is known as Faaria meaning "tall woman" in Arabic -- an appropriate name for this 5-foot-10 woman who shimmies for fun. Lynch practices traditional belly dance, ...

With easy precision, Kelly Ferguson mimics her instructor's movements in unison with verbal cues. She bends one knee slightly, then the other, her hands by her side with palms parallel to the floor.

Dance Studio A is tiny, a bare-bones box of a room next to a printing lab in the basement of the University of Florida’s student union. Unless you’re specifically looking for it, you might walk right ...