Many women (Western and some Middle Eastern) who practice belly dance ascribe to the ideas of the dance being empowering,...

While American audiences might have sought out the nightclubs to see women dance, there were many men who became involved...

The era of the Middle Eastern nightclub in the United States stretched from the early 1950s to the early 1970s,...

The Veil as Dance PropThe veil as we know it in belly dance—a three-to-four yard of lightweight fabric used as...

Jamila was very much against the Hollywood image of the belly dancer; she felt American films took the stereotype entirely...

The term “Orientalism” holds within it a multitude of meanings from benign to controversial. Many scholars have dedicated insightful papers,...

In addition to the hugely influential Ballets Russes, individual early modern dancers between 1890 and 1920 interpreted the Middle East...

“Little Egypt” was not so much a dancer, but the idea of a dancer, a name used to describe any...

The Ballets Russes, considered one of the most innovative dance companies of the 20th century, was an itinerant ballet company...

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801) spurred a lasting interest in all things Egyptian surged throughout Europe and the...