The Maq’ad of Sultan Qaitbey, a cultural centre located within this Mamluk site, hosted three women who stand out in dancing ...

Laura Samperi-Ferdig has been studying belly dance since she was 8 and teaching since she was 16. “Belly dance is one of the oldest known art forms,” she said. “Its true name is Raks Sharki meaning ...

The statuette is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New ... marble dwarf-dancer, who may have held an ancient percussion instrument, is thus part of "the long Egyptian tradition ...