Ava Fleming's passion for dancing found her at a young age when her mind embraced thoughts of oceans and science. She says it chose her. Photo by Pauletta Tohonnie As a teenager, Ava Fleming went with ...

Belly dancing is a trendy way for young women to shape up, and an increasing number of Shanghai studios teach them how to shimmy, undulate and gyrate their way to fitness. Belly dancing is catching on ...

SHAKIRA’S shimmying and gyrating at the MTV awards sent pulses racing, but some purists say she ain’t the real thing. “It was horrible!” said Manhattan belly dancer and instructor who goes by the name ...

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 ...

Head and shoulders, knees and toes. It’s a sequence children go through while learning the basics of body movement. It’s also the pattern Sophia — as Jennifer Mollenhauer is known when she’s involved ...

Michel Ange Pierre dedicates two days a week to learning traditional dance of Haiti. But during this weekend’s LEAF Festival, Pierre, 22, will instead be the teacher, communicating her culture through ...

Award-winning dancer Jheri St. James will offer an introduction to belly dance in a six-week series of classes through Aliso Viejo Recreation Department starting Thursday, July 11. Classes will ...

The city is witnessing the eighth edition of the International Belly Dance Festival — a comeback after six years. Today marks the closing gala of the event which started on September 26. The festival ...