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    Heart of America Raks

    About

    The annual Heart of America Raks Conference (AKA Festival) was established in 2015. It is produced by the Heart of America Arab Cultural Arts nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. The convention celebrates the dance arts of the middle east featuring professional dancers from around the world including Egypt, Canada, Japan, China, Mexico, and Russia as well as artists from across the US.

    HOA Raks Convention

    The name of our annual event is Heart of America Raks. It took us several years to settle on the names.  Since we are located in Kansas City, the heart of America,  we call our entertainment business “Heart of America Belly Dancers of Kansas City”.

    Because both Raks and Raqs mean dance in arabic, they are used interchangeably with belly dance on our site and conversation. A few website addresses we’ve tried out are: KCRaks, KCRaqs, HOARaks, KCBellydance, and more. We finally decided bellydancekansascity.com was the best name for school and entertainment website addresses, but some of the past names will still get you to our page.



    Heart Of America Arab Cultural Arts, nonprofit 501(c)(3)

    Our mission is to foster cultural diversity and enrich the community’s artistic experience and appreciation of Arts from the Arab world in Missouri and Kansas through art, education, and culturally relevant events including dance, music, culinary arts, and crafts.