"Blood on the Veil" is a mesmerizing theater piece with the commendable mission of dispelling the misconception that the ancient oriental art of belly dancing is nothing but a dance of seduction.

EVERETT — Tiffany Angell, 24, always wanted to learn dancing. But most dancing seemed to require people to start at an early age. Angell recently found a form of dance she could start as an adult: ...

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 ...

“Scandalous!” the Chicago newspapers proclaimed in reports from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. American impresario Sol Bloom purportedly shocked Victorian America--in order to boost ticket ...

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 ...

KINGSTON — The women wrapped scarves adorned with jangling beads around their hips, slipped tiny cymbals onto their fingers and, at least in their imaginations, traded a cold Pennsylvania winter for ...