Hypnotic music from the Middle East pulsates through the room. Hips covered in sparkly skirts sway to the beat. Naked shoulders move up, then down, caressing the air. Arms gracefully flow in and out ...

OROVILLE — Michelle Paloma’s former husband thought she was crazy when she decided to open her bohemain boutique Lunatic Fringe from home. She had yards and yards of fringe laid out all throughout her ...

EXOTIC AND EXPRESSIVE: Belly dancer, teacher and breast cancer survivor Tamara Allerhand in one of her costumes. For Featherston's Tamara Allerhand, Middle Eastern belly dance is the perfect way to ...

Shimona.Kanwar@timesgroup.Remember Mallika Sherawat swaying to Arabic tunes in a dimly lit café in Turkey in the Abhishek Bachchan-starrer 'Guru' released in 2007. CHANDIGARH: Remember Mallika ...

The beat thumps, and an exotic, melodic voice fills the room. The jingle of coins being struck together in time with the music crescendos, and it is a sound Golden Nugget retail supervisor Carol ...

Debapriya Das spent her childhood in Kolkata and Mumbai, where her fascination with dance began very early. She started training in Bharatnatyam at the age of eight and went on to study other forms ...

The San Francisco Bay Area is a hotbed of innovative technological development and a crucible for the growth of performance arts. One art that thrives in the progressive creative environment of the ...

Considered as one of the recognised art forms in India today, belly dancing has gained traction over time. More than a hundred belly dancers from across the country and internationally will showcase ...