A steady drumbeat pounded through the basement of the Rivers Edge plaza Sunday evening. The sound, which was occasionally permeated by laughter, originated from some of the Lovely Dozen belly dance ...

Bill Noren is a musician and composer. He sat down at his computer to order a new doumbek — a goblet-shaped drum — that he’d use to keep the beat with his Middle Eastern belly dance drum group. Noren ...

A woman has garnered significant attention on social media after a video of her belly dancing went viral. The clip was shared on Instagram by dancer Leilah Isaac. Since being posted, many flocked to ...

Stomachs undulating with the beat of Persian drums, about 20 women in coin-lined scarves and baggy harem pants belly-danced in a mirror-lined dance studio at the Jewish Community Center. Bellybuttons ...

On Sunday mornings, parishioners line up at the First Church of Cambridge to make their peace with God. But Saturday nights are an entirely different story. Those nights, a diverse bunch—from preps to ...

It starts with the rhythm. Fingers tap on a tightly stretched drum skin. Heads sway in a larger pattern. The dancers don’t come out on stage so much as they sashay gently out of the wings dressed ...

The Call of the Drums is a belly dance troupe performance that will raise money for Sarah’s Refuge on March 15 at 7 p.m. at the Country Squire. Sarah’s Refuge is a domestic violence and rape crisis ...