Move Your Body: Belly Dancers All Over the World

Belly Dancer Kristina Mnoyan of Russia competes in the Taxsim category of the 2017 "Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition" in Long Beach, California, on February 19, 2017.
The annual competition sees dancers from all over the world competing for prizes in six different categories.

Dancers of The Bellydance Evolution perform during their world tour opening program 'The Dark Side of the Crown' at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood on February 05, 2012.

Egyptian belly dancer Dina performs at a Cairo hotel 31 March, 2001. (Film)

Belly-dancing instructress Yi Hong (C) and her students party at a bar after class in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province on 28 October, 2007. By promoting belly-dancing mainly as a fitness activity, Chinese women are also tapping into a greater curiosity about sexuality that is seeing racier foreign dance forms like flamenco and even pole-dancing gain adherents in China.

Women perform during an international belly dance competition in Belgrade on December 18, 2005. Around 50 dancers competed in four categories of the dance, which has become popular in Belgrade's nightclubs and restaurants.

A Japanese belly dancing instructor Kayou Aoki, carrying a sword on her head, performs at a press conference for the Japanese movie "Tanka" at a Tokyo hotel on 22 May 2006.

Katya, a belly dancer, performs at an oriental dance festival in Cairo June 27, 2006.

Turkish dancing troupe Fire of Anatolia or Sultans of the Dance performs in the West Bank city of Ramallah late on July 8, 2008.

Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona displays his dancing skills with Turkish bellydancer Tanyeli in a televised entertainment program in Istanbul.

A Tunisian dancer attends a lesson at a belly dancing school in the Egyptian capital Cairo on December 12, 2012.

A belly dancer performs during the 5th Annual Belly Dance Festival "Hip-Nosis 2013" on October 26, 2013 in Bangalore.

Vietnamese belly dancer Huong Giang (C) and other dancers from the Apsara Dance Studio perform on December 11, 2008 at the Second Vietnamese Belly Dance Festival at the Sum Villa in Hanoi.

Belly Dancer Zaina of Poland competes in the Taxsim category of the 2017 "Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition" in Long Beach, California, on February 19, 2017.

Lebanese belly dancer Josida Muhanna performs after winning the best dance award at the end of this season's "Studio al-Fan" talent show presented by Lebanon's MTV channel in Beirut on June 5, 2010.

Indonesian women attend a belly dance class in Jakarta on August 2, 2008. The number of women learning belly dance, a dance locally known as "Tari Perut" and believed to be one of the oldest in the world, is growing in Indonesia.

Former Argentine president Carlos Menem is invited to dance with a belly dancer at an Arabian party in the Casa de Piedra event center in Santiago, April 17, 2004.

Contestant Lia Lebenszky performs during the Miss Belly-Dance Hungary competition in Budapest on 28 October, 2012. Lebenszky won the competition.