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Understanding the Nature of Oriental Dance
It was actually a way of expressing joy. In fact, in Lebanese Arabic the Lebanese would refer to it more as Raks Farrah, meaning "Happiness Dance." But the Egyptians I was dealing with, they told...
The Hip Circle -
April 5, 2006
Instructor teaching Saturday courses through
Some Moses Lake residents have been spending their recent Saturdays in a unique way: Belly dancing. Peria Duncan, whose dance name is Nizana, has been teaching the classes since last fall in Moses...
Columbia Basin Herald -
April 4, 2006
Uniting all dancers
Participating area dancers include the belly-dancing ensemble Troupe Taleeba and the artistic director of the Fort Wayne Ballet, Karen Gibbons-Brown. Dance forms represented will include classical...
Journal Gazette -
April 3, 2006
Evening of belly dance
The art of belly dancing has been growing by leaps and bounds and quick hip movements all over north America in the last couple of years. Women everywhere are finding it great entertainment and...
Williams Lake Tribune -
March 29, 2006
Arabian Desert Extravaganza
Although all of the women were Arab, their differences in perspective were clear from the time they stepped on stage. While Dashti wore a white suit and chose not to cover her hair, Al-Sulaiman...
The Daily Colonial -
March 28, 2006
Overcoming Back Pain
What causes back pain? Sometimes it's muscle spasms - if muscles are stretched out for too long a period, they'll cramp. Same thing if they're contracted or shortened. Moving the back in ways the...
The Hip Circle -
March 28, 2006
Persian-Iranian Parade 2006 In New York City
The colorful parade, with a large number of activities, music bands, dance ensembles, flags and floats, carriages and performers, marchers and dignitaries, was an impressive display of Persian...
Payvand News Of Iran -
March 24, 2006
Bellydancers shimmy their way to stardom ... and Benaroya Hall
Mention bellydancing to most people and they think they know what it is: a zaftig, not very athletic woman lazily gyrating to strange music full of microtones and additive rhythms. The venue is...
The Seattle Times -
March 23, 2006
Watch 'Condi' belly dance in movie
Comedy and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice somehow don't seem to go together. But the two meet in an Egyptian comedy which has been drawing crowds for two months. Even as Ms Rice was...
The Electric New Paper -
March 22, 2006
Five Days to Better Fitting Bedleh
Turkish style belts... my sworn enemy. Why? I was made acutely aware that I had a bit too much to shimmy one particularly horrible evening when I dressed to dance and found that my beloved belly...
The Hip Circle -
March 22, 2006
