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Cabaret, Tribal/Tribal Fusion Bellydance in New York
Bellydance is not what it used to be. These days a lot of us, dance professionals and hobbyists, are giving much thought to the trends that have emerged in modern Western bellydance in the past...
The Hip Circle -
March 12, 2006
Police officials seeking Midhat Saleh
Years after a dispute between Saleh and belly dancer Fifi Abdo erupted, a Cairo court ruled in favor of Fifi, who charged that Midhat had wrote her a bad check for half a million Egyptian pounds...
Al Bawaba -
March 11, 2006
A la Turka - Dance and Music Festival in Istanbul
On my first visit to Turkey I fell in love with Turkish music, and subsequently took up the violin as an adult. So you can imagine that a trip to Istanbul that involved bellydancing and music was...
The Hip Circle -
March 10, 2006
Life's twists, turns take Anacortes native to belly dancing costumes
Shelley Moustafa McKinley took up belly dancing almost 30 years ago in Anacortes, little suspecting that it would lead to a life in Egypt and a career in dancing and high fashion. Under the label...
Anacortes American -
March 10, 2006
Women say 'feminine expression' at heart of Middle-Eastern dance
Bellydancing often conjures up images of exotic women performing for the pleasure of men, but Vickie Hanwell-McLean says that's a misconception. "It's about feminine expression," she said...
The Brandon Sun -
March 10, 2006
Belly Dancing 'With Attitude' On Show
The Hediya Arabic Dance Club, supported by the Arts Council, will stage the class with dancer Dawn O'Brien on Saturday at Castletown civic centre from 10.30am until 3.30pm. Dawn, from Birmingham...
Isle of Man Today -
March 9, 2006
Top belly dancers to perform
The Bellydance Superstars will present "Raqs Carnivale" at 8 p.m. Sunday in the Holiday Inn Columbus/Worthington conference center at 175 Hutchison Ave., near I-270 and Rt. 23. The troupe of...
The Columbus Dispatch -
March 9, 2006
Shake, shimmy and (tummy) roll
Some 70 women of various ages, from teenage students to mothers in their 50s, packed into the studio to learn how to shimmy, shake and wiggle their booties to Middle Eastern music. Before their...
The Electric New Paper -
March 8, 2006
Anne's the bellydancing queen!
I have been dancing since the age of four but learning Middle Eastern dance for the last 13 years and teaching for the last eight. Previous dance experience was in tap and jazz as well as dappling...
BBC Lancashire -
March 8, 2006
A Dance Tribute to Mata Hari
Young women in colorful costumes belly danced to tantric music as part of “A Dance Tribute to Mata Hari” at the Dairy Center for Performing Arts on Saturday, March 4. Jewels of the Nile...
The Campus Press -
March 7, 2006
