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Brazilian Dances Her Way to the Middle East
What Brazilian belly dancer does not dream of dancing in the Arab world? It was in 2002 that Deborah started living that dream. A Lebanese businessman, based in Brazil, got to know her...
Brazil Mag -
July 30, 2008
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 pulled up people from individual tables and coaxed them to dance with her. She also posed with...
ET -
July 30, 2008
Belly Dance Fantasy Festival
PREVIEW Western culture's appropriation of belly dancing is just about as orientalist as it gets. From the casual exoticization of Eastern dancers in movies like Road to Morocco (1942)...
SFBG -
July 30, 2008
Belly dancer brings sinuous, sultry moves to Toledo
I was in a nightclub. It was one of those touristy things, and they had me come up on stage, so they could teach me to dance," she said. "I just started dancing - they went nuts, and it sounded...
Toledo Free Press -
July 17, 2008
Belly dance at Yankee Homecoming
Long before Chubby Checker was doing the twist, belly dancers were doing the Egyptian twist, a Middle Eastern dance move that engages the entire body - knees to fingertips as though each...
WL -
July 17, 2008
Costa Rica Theater to Celebrate Mothers with Belly Dancing
Bozenka has also invited other artists to her stage including the Amar Academy and its teachers, the Yemaya Academy with a teacher from the United States, and talented Costa Rica dancers...
Costa Rica Travel News -
July 17, 2008
I had to wake up at 6.30 to belly dance
I had to wake up at 6:30 am every day. And I hardly danced a minute before everyone started shouting, 'Stop, Cut!' I'm really not used to that. At home, my day begins at 11... I'm the master...
Times of India -
July 17, 2008
Belly dancing up a storm
A Middle Eastern art form takes center stage at the Mill Casino over the weekend, as dancers from all over the country compete for the title of top belly dancer. From teenagers to 60-year-olds...
KCBY News -
June 26, 2008
Belly nice moves
BELLY dancing star Sophie Mei wowed the crowds with her wiggling in Sheffield's Winter Gardens last night. Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist Sophie, aged 20, performed...
Sheffield Telegraph -
June 26, 2008
Tribal belly dancing
ATS is a distinctly American variation on the ancient art of belly dancing, popular in Middle Eastern and Northern African countries. The historic roots of belly dancing are in dispute, with some...
Idyllwild Town Crier -
June 26, 2008