Self-confidence

Review of Virginia Keft-Kennedy paper published online in the journal ‘Women’s Studies’ in 2010. Keft-Kennedy’s paper offers a fascinating reminder that belly dance has never been just “a dance”—it has always been a conversation about women’s bodies. In its earliest encounters with the West, belly dance was viewed through a deeply judgmental lens. Nineteenth-century audiences often described the moving female body as excessive, uncontrolled, even “grotesque,”

In 2014, Australian researchers Marika Tiggemann, Emily Coutts, and Levina Clark set out to explore why belly dance seems to support positive body image, and whether it fits within a growing psychological framework known as embodiment theory. Their findings help explain what many belly dancers already know in their bones.

Highlights of 4 scientific papers on the impact of belly dance on those going through breast cancer treatment.

Seize the day to dance A memorial and heartfelt reminder to take face your fears and to follow your dreams.

Ever wondered how good you would be at dancing if only you started younger??? Well here are a few girls that started very young, they are amazing and worth the few minutes of your time. I hope they inspire younger dancers !

If your belly dance sword doesn't have grooves at the balance point, you can slow down the speed of it sliding..

Belly dance leads to improvement in pain, sleep pattern, functional capacity and self-image in patients with fibromyalgia

Your gestures and particularly where you are looking when you are dancing are some of the most important aspects of the dance. The...

Have a busy life and find it hard to fit in a bit of Belly Dance practice? Always mean to run over a few steps but life, work and /or the...