Belly-dancer Gypsy Phillips is not about to tell you her real name, try as you might to find out. “Oh, I don’t even remember what it is,” she laughs, waving a toned, delicate arm but making sharp eye ...

My uncle still talks about the night he saw a belly dancer fold a dollar bill with her stomach. But there’s more to belly dancing than, well, drool. There’s shimmying, shiny veils and bells and all ...