A few shimmies and hip drops can empower even the timidest woman to come — or dance — out of her shell. The trick to belly dancing is "all in the torso," said Garnett Kepler, longtime artistic ...

LANSING, MI -- Garnett Kepler was set on being a ballet dancer. But her plans changed when she took a belly dancing class as a student at Lansing Community College. She soon realized Middle Eastern ...

When the Habibi Dancers talk about crossing borders, it isn’t just geography. Their annual spring concert this weekend along with two days of workshops featuring Sharon Kihara, a belly dance superstar ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Have you ever heard of Habibi dancing? Though it may look challenging to some, according to artistic director Garnett Kepler, all it takes is a little practice. “There is no ...

Awash in sunlight, around 50 women stand in a circle on the rooftop performance space of Casa Gaia in Old Havana, Cuba. Karen Rodríguez guides them through a series of improvisational movements. Soft ...

When Gail Tsiatsos of New Smyrna Beach signed up for a community belly dancing class, she did not realize what a long lasting impact it would have on her life. She met friends in the class, including ...

Cuban-American belly dancer and filmmaker Tiffany “Hanan” Madera spent 13 years making “Havana Habibi” Photo by Beatriz Ricco This Thursday, after 13 years of incubation, Miami dancer and filmmaker ...

New York: Around midnight, upstairs in a small club on Avenue of the Americas, the pitch-black dance floor resounded with the rapid stomps and warbling, high-energy cries of the dabke, an Arab folk ...