Professional Oriental Dance Set Primer
Elements of a Professional Dancer’s Set The Magency – Oriental Entrance Taksim Egyptian Baladi and the Baladi Taksim Cane Dance – Saidi, Baladi or Lebanese Veil and Double Veil dance Sword Dance and Balancing Dances Floor Work in Oriental Dance Middle Eastern Pop, Al Jeel and Shaabi Sagat (Finger Cymbals) The Classics and Om Koulthum …
Personal Links
My links are very personal, dancers I know, musicians I’ve worked with, instructors I’ve studied with, e-lists I subscribe to, events I’ve attended (or really hope to attend soon), info sites I frequent, vendors I’ve used, organizations I support, people I enjoy and things I like. I hope you enjoy and find these links useful. …
Link Exchanges
Belly-Dancing.info – Membership Arkadia WorldWide Properties International real estate classified ads from homeowners or brokers to buy, sell or rent your property, house, apartment, business, land. Worldwide directory of vacation rentals by owner!. Middle Eastern Dance Raks Vajra 500+ Belly Dance Links Oriental Dance in Drawings Centralhome – Dance, fitness and sports videos and DVDs. …
International Belly Dance Workshop Instructors I’ve studied with
Suha Deeb – Classic authentic Lebanese style Oriental Dance captured in time, articulate, unique, beautiful, a real favorite of mine. Tito Seif – Famous and masterful Egyptian Oriental & Folkloric performer and instructor. One of the best. A second site for Tito. Aida Nour – Famous Egyptian Oriental Dancer, she does a mean sitting shimmy. …
Worldwide Belly Dance Performers and Instructors
Catherine Barros – Dallas, Texas – Wonderful warm person, elegant dancer and in the know. Jalilah Zamora – Vancouver, Canada – This woman is amazing, she is the Jalilah of the great CD series, the wonderful articles and she is so down to earth. Mariyah – New York, NY – She’s a beautiful, fluid, rich …
Utah Belly Dance Performers and Instructors
Shimmering Sands – Run by my former troupemate Sumra, a wonderful dance school in Logan, UT Hathor Dance Collective – Run by another former troupemate Rebecca and another early inspiration Stephanie, a wonderful dance school in Salt Lake City, UT Thia – Belly dance is her life and it shows, great personality on stage and …
Books
Looking for Little Egypt Donna Carlton This is an excellent book on the history of our dance since it came to the United States in the late 1800s. Well researched and some wonderful old pictures. A Trade Like Any Other – Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt Karin van Nieuwkerk An excellent book on the …
Belly Dance Magazines
Arabesque no longer in print The “Belly Dancer” Magazine P.O. Box 820186, Vancouver, WA 98682-0004 OR Call Zaina at (360) 891-7041 for Visa/Mastercard http://www.zainahart.com/ The Chronicles P.O. Box 210787 Bedford, TX 76021 1-888-918-4747 http://isisandthestardancers.com/CHRONICLES/Chronicles.htm Cymbal Magazine MECDA: P O Box 946, Rosemead, CA 91770 Habibi Magazine PO Box 90936 Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0936 Jareeda PO …
More About the History of Middle Eastern Dance Online
Jalilah Raks Sharki has the best brief history I’ve ever found online http://www.piranha.de/jalilah/ (the CDs she produces are great too.) Morocco’s Meanderings http://www.casbahdance.org This site includes great articles and a wonderful book list. Karin van Nieuwkerk “An hour for God and an hour for the heart”: Islam, gender and female entertainment in Egypt http://www.muspe.unibo.it/period/MA/index/number3/nieuwkerk/karin_0.htm Artemis …
Photographers
Roj – DC/MD – his blog. Rajesh Nair – DC Jen Kunz – North Carolina Carl Miller – North Carolina Angela Brown – Utah, also runs SLUG magazine Robert Hirschi – Utah
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