James Brantley is an Air Force computer specialist by day. After hours, he is “Shadid,” male belly dancer. Brantley, a former Marine Corps sergeant from nearby Ft. Worth, took up the traditionally ...

The stereotypes around belly-dancing are hard to shake. And that's perhaps not surprising, what with those bare gyrating midriffs and the old stereotypes of harem women shimmying for sheikhs. But at ...

If you're thinking that belly dancing is too hoochie-coochie, you're not thinking about the kind of belly dancing Carolyn Weinand teaches. Weinand's belly dancing is based on Egyptian-style belly ...