For Ansuya Rathor, there was no questioning whether belly dancing would be a part of her life. Her mother, Jenaeni Rathor, was a blonde, blue-eyed belly dancer in the 1960s and '70s — an anomaly that ...

Google the term “belly dance” and the first images the search engine offers are of white women in flowing, diaphanous skirts, playing at brownness. How did this become acceptable? The term “belly ...

Looking to firm up your belly or dance like the ancients? Tina Elkins is ready to help at the San Clemente Community Center, where she teaches belly dancing. A. I am a belly-dance instructor, ...

Jenny C. Cohen, 40, of Chester, teaches tribal fusion belly dance at the Middletown YMCA. She began to dance in the third grade and is trained in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, hip-hop and belly dance.