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Belly dancing improves body image
Many see a belly dance or a dance performed by a woman with curving movements of the hips and abdomen as an exquisite treat that should be set apart for special...
Pravda -
August 30, 2007
Dancing to an Arabic beat
I wanted the Arabic or Lebanese or any of the Middle Eastern people in town -- if they want to have a night of music, where it's like being back at home in the old country, they could come...
Edmonton Journal -
August 30, 2007
Belly dancing class entices students
What's hotter on campus than the 100-plus degree weather? Belly dancing is the ultimate ab-sculpting, body-shaking, heart-pumping, inner-goddess-revealing workout, at least according to some...
UEO -
August 30, 2007
Spiced cooking, belly dancing and music
Troupe member Jeanette Watts, 40, of Dayton, said some think of belly dancing as "hoochie coochie" dancing, which is far from the reality. She said belly dancing is among the most intense forms...
Dayton Daily News -
August 27, 2007
Belly Dancing Hits Delivery Room
With the teacher, DeeDee Farris-Folkerts, by her side reminding her of the moves, Ms. Wright stood holding her husband while doing the hip circles and pelvic rotations characteristic of the...
Wall Street Journal -
August 21, 2007
A good day at belly dancing class
The tinkling sound of hundreds of shiny coins on the beaded scarves covering their hips accentuated the rhythms of the dances they were learning. Teacher Leela guided the women...
La Canada Valley Sun -
August 21, 2007
My Vision of Bellydance as an Alternative Spiritual Culture
I begin this article sitting in the airport of Bogota, Columbia where I have just finished a weekend seminar with the Prem Shakti Academy of Bellydance. During my time with the wonderful women...
Bellydance.com -
August 21, 2007
Male belly-dance back in vogue
As the empire's reach declined and society modernized women became more in view and the number of female belly dancers rose, but Alex sees the dance as most erotic on a male body. Although the...
Canada.com -
August 1, 2007
Porty's Lorna wobbles way to Cairo fame
Born and bred in Edinburgh, Lorna became the first Scot to belly dance professionally in Cairo when she emigrated there just over a year ago - quite a feat for someone who had never...
Scotsman.com -
July 24, 2007
Concert shakes up the way people view belly dancing
Suzy Evans has spent a significant chunk of her life debunking myths about belly dancers. "There were so many times when I came across people who thought that belly dancers were...
Jewish Journal -
June 27, 2007
