Belly dancing originated in Greece and came to Egypt when Alexander the Great (356-323BC) built the coastal city of Alexandria, according to some researchers. Others trace its origins to northwestern ...
Traditional belly dancing comes into the spotlight with rise in Islamism To the West, it is the belly dance. To Middle Easterners, it is raqs sharqi or the oriental dance. Whatever the name, the dance ...
“We don’t really like tradition,” is the motto of the Bellydance Superstars, the latest cultural dance group to spread its expansive wings and propel itself into mainstream American entertainment.