Despite getting a teaching degree to appease her mother, Sherry Brier never saw herself as being a teacher. But when the Tiburon resident stumbled upon a belly dance troupe performing at a summer fair ...

Raqs is an Arabic word for dance. It carries with it history and tradition and emotion. For Sabra Nelson, dance is about all ...

Belly dancing teacher Cassandra Fox's straight-up joy in shaking what she's got allowed me to finally let go of my pot belly paranoia. One stalwart caveat to this embrace of my body’s natural ebbs and ...

Belly dancing plays a significant role in rituals and celebrations. The natural movements not only symbolize fertility and femininity, it continues to be a dynamic and evolving art form reflecting ...

Violet Kind equates her new style of belly dancing to a language. As the owner of Satori Violet, she’s been teaching variations of belly dance in Mankato since 2011. In 2015 she trademarked her own ...

What does this business do? “We offer belly dance classes and studio rental for other movement artists.” What was the impetus for starting this business? “I had been teaching belly dance in a few park ...

Belly dance instructor Sherry Ehrich promises that at the very least, her students will feel beautiful about the way they move. And if the ancient fertility rite dance still holds its magical power, ...

Dhyanis Carniglia is a woman of many talents. The 70-year-old is not only a grief coach and a scenic artist for local theater groups, but also a longtime belly dancer. A lifetime of experiences took ...

Raphael Simon here — Rafi, as you may remember me. We last saw each other in 1982 at a magnet school in Los Angeles, where I was your student. You were a terrific teacher, Mr. H — smart, witty, ...