When you think of belly dancing, images of lithe dancers in sultry, gauzy costumes probably come to mind. It’s the stereotype put forth in movies and music videos, in everything from 1950s sitcoms to ...

Serena Wilson, a noted dancer, teacher and choreographer who was widely credited with helping to popularize belly dancing in the United States, died last Sunday in New York. She was 73. The cause was ...

Inspired by the cinema of the 1950s, Egyptian artist Youssef Nabil’s latest show is a comment on the dying art form New York-based Egyptian artist Youssef Nabil’s latest show, “I Saved my Belly Dancer ...

What do you get when you mix a belly-dancing Salma Hayek with 1950s Egyptian screen sirens and a flannel-clad cowboy on a white horse? The answer is Youssef Nabil’s newest work, “I Saved My Belly ...