MOORHEAD - Belly dancing often conjures up images of a scantily clad woman seductively shaking her hips for bunch of men. But the true performance art, known as Middle Eastern dance, is very pro-woman ...

Inspired by her nomadic ancestry and the snake dances of the ancient lands of the Middle East award-winning dancer and choreographer, Nejla Yatkin is bringing an interactive, solo dance theater ...

The members of Tufts Middle Eastern Dance, a campus group dedicated to performing various folkloric and regional dance styles from the Middle East are performing their first fall show this evening.

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A husband who wouldn't take her dancing led Judy D. Fox to find the Middle East at the YMCA. The La Crosse woman enrolled in a Middle Eastern dance class. For 30 years, it's kept her hips moving. "I ...

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 ...