With the increasing popularity of Belly dance, there is an ever-increasing demand for information about events, classes and workshops which are taking place for this form of dance.

It is easy to see why this Eastern style art is so popular these days across Europe and North America with belly dancing offering the benefits of exercise, friendship, a form of dance where shape really does not matter and also an art form which can literally be practiced at home when time permits. The nature of the belly dance in fact, is such that it was originally a fertility dance and it is said that belly dance helps to strengthen the hips, which in turn aids childbirth.

Valeria Lo Iacono, originally from Sicily, Italy, but now living in Bristol, England, has now created a website called worldbellydance.com and this site offers the benefit of being able to add Belly dance EVENTS to the website dynamically in real time and for free. Valeria is also open to ideas about in which direction to take the site. If you have an ideas about what you would like to see on Worldbellydance.com then feel free to send your ideas to Valeria at worldbellydance.com. This site is for belly dancer by a belly dancer and the site is an ongoing project. One particular area of interest to Valeria is the area of dance therapy and how belly dance can be used for therapeutic uses. If you have any information and interest in belly dance and dance therapy then feel free to get in touch.

If you are completely new to Belly dance and have thought about it before but not started then why not give it go. There are many benefits to belly dance and ten good reasons to take up belly dance are listed below:

1. Belly dancing is can be fun! Dancing can be fun.
2. Belly dance can be great for your health including for weight loss.
3. It is great socially. You get to meet many other dancers and you can find yourself making many new friends.
4. Belly dancing is thought to make your hips stronger and this can aid child birth.
5. It can help to build your self-esteem.
6. It can also help to reduce stress.
7. It is a relatively inexpensive hobby (unless you start buying various belly dance attire).
8. Belly dancing is something which you can start no matter what your level and you can easily
9. Belly dance is said to help relieve PMS.
10. It is something you can practice for for free.