Traditional belly dance consists of chor-eographed movements. Many traditional belly dancers perform in a cabaret style, garbed in glamorous costumes and dancing to traditional music from Egypt or ...

Redwood City-based Red Desert Dance Company’s repertoire includes traditional belly dancing forms such ... who also creates most of the colorful costumes. Soderlund dreams up the imaginative ...

Among teens, that song has generated more interest in learning to belly dance, said Weinand. However, Shakira's "skimpy costumes and lewd manner," don't help the reputation of traditional belly ...

Some belly dance for art, many ripple and shake their ... Today, though, it’s the foreigners who like the traditional costumes and the Egyptians prefer the more revealing, tighter-fitting ...

"It’s so spell-binding, and the costumes are so beautiful ... and some more modern interpretive dance. And we have very traditional belly dance numbers as well." About 20 dancers, including ...

performed folk and oriental dance rather than belly dance. She would never wear the traditional revealing costume. Her dances were perfectly composed and choreographed by Mahmoud Reda, who took ...

Several women learned to belly dance at ... Book of Esther. Traditional celebrations often include the reading of the Purim story, festive meals, music and dressing up in costume.

To showcase the food, artisans and traditional ... belly dancing. Adriane Whalen, artistic director of the Washington-based troupe, said, "There's the beauty of the dance and the costumes, of ...

Witness the blend of traditional Middle Eastern movements ... Beyond the dance floor, attendees can explore a vibrant bazaar with belly dance costumes, accessories, and more.