Something clicked for Julie Elliot as an undergraduate at the University of Iowa in the late 1970s. The young Strawberry Point student joined a folk dancing club and the Scottish Highlanders, then ...
When Jamila Salimpour created the Bal Anat belly dance company to perform at the 1968 Northern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire in San Rafael, she was already a foundational figure in a style ...
One word came to mind to describe Karen Escarzaga's relationship with her fellow belly dancers — sisters. Escarzaga, 64, said she began belly dancing 13 years ago when a friend, at the time, dared her ...
In Nigeria, only a few artists are gifted with multiple talents. Korra Obidi may well be one of these lucky people. This young woman is so talented that it is difficult to pin her to a particular ...