Unveil the belly dance
It's a Monday evening, and a handful of women have left their work, family and home obligatio...

Stay fit the belly dance way
As a form of exercise, belly dancing can surprisingly burn as many calories as jogging, swimm...

Brazilian Dances Her Way to the Middle ...
What Brazilian belly dancer does not dream of dancing in the Arab world? It was in 2002 that ...

River sutra: A cruise on the Nile
She seemed to enjoy the show as much as all of us tourists around her! Very gracefully she pu...

Belly Dance Fantasy Festival
PREVIEW Western culture's appropriation of belly dancing is just about as orientalist as it g...

Teaching standards and quality of instruction
I would like to raise this topic in response to what I read in another thread about dance styles. I do not mean to be ill speaking or overtly critical about someone's style or way of dancing (since...

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Belly Dance Star Princess Banu

Dancing had more quality, now it seems it is easy. Your physically appearance was not the only criteria at that time, dance knowledge was also necessary...

Oriental Dance Star Dr. Mo Geddawi

I was privileged to witness and experience Tahia Carioca's era or what we call the golden age (Late 20's to early 60's). During that period all ...

Belly Dance Star Artemis

I prefer to call this genre "Vintage Orientale" as it is based on genuine Pan Arabic and Turkish Oriental dance material and it is an endangered dance...

Sing, o simsimiyya

Simsimiyya is an essential part of the repertoire of the folklore troupes of the Canal district. Mohamed El Hosseny, native of Suez and...

A Belly dancer's Profile

The narration, oft times, begins by chronicling the dancer's youth, usually with mention of childhood ballet or jazz classes. This profile...

A Homemade Promo Picture

Lighting makes all the difference in the world! Your local cable access station is a great resource. They should have some type of lighting...

Reyhan Tuzsuz; our gift of Roman dance

Roman without passion is not roman at all" Reyhan says, as she instructs me on what this dance is really about. She defines its energy in the form...

Hadia Speaks... on the Dance

The market of belly dance is not saturated; it is completely oversaturated, has been for some time and is getting more so every year! There are...

What is Phrasing?

In order to fully understand the answer to the question that titles this article, we must first answer another question: what is belly dancing...