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more info on each title and any corrections needed. We would like to add brief summaries on each book, including how many photos, who were the primary models, emphasis of content, resources and historical relevance. Yes, our closet still has room for more MED books if yours is too full!
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From Turban to Toe Ring by Dawn Devine
2000- Pants for the Dance by Dawn Devine
2000- Skirting the Issues by Dawn Devine
2000- Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance by Iris Stewart
2000- The Belly Dance Book edited by Tazz Richards
2001?- The Costume Goddess Tells All -Book 1 by Dina
2001?- The Costume Goddess Tells All Book 2 by Dina
2001?- The Costume Goddess Tells All Book 3 by Dina
2001- Style File by Dawn Devine
2001- Scheherazade Goes Wes by Fatema Mernissi
2002?- Adventures in Belly Dance Costuming by Stasha Vlasuk
2002- Choreographic Politics by Anthony Shay
2003- Tribal Bible by Kajira Djoumahna
2003- Embellished Bras by Dawn Devine
2003- Belly Dance, the Dance of Mother Earth by Tina Hobin
2004- Snake Hips by Anne Soffee
2004- Dancing Fear and Desire by Stavros
2004- Middle Eastern Dance by Penny AlZayer
2005- Bellydance by Keti Sharif |
2005- Belly Dance: Orientlaism... edited by Sellers-Young, Shay
2005- Dances of the Winds by Devorah
2006- Belly Dance Wisdom by Daleela Morad
2007- Bellydance for the Versatile Dancer, V1 by Zanbaka
2007 -Dynamic Belly Dance by Ramona
2007-
Have Belly, Will Travel by Tanya Lemani
2007- Doorway to Ecstasy by Sherri Brier
2007- The Dancing Cymbalist by Jenna Woods
2008- The Poison Tree by Marwa Rakha
2008- 40 Days and 1001 Nights by Tamalyn Dallal
2008- Tribal Vision by Paulette Rees-Denis
2008- Celebrating the Sacred Feminine by Martha Burns
2008- Bellydance for the Versatile Dancer, V2 by Zanbaka
2009- Bellydance for the Versatile Dancer, V3 by Zanbaka
2009- The Belly Dancer by Deanna Cameron
2009- Horacio Cifuentes- Confessions of a Male Belly Dancer
Please see our Archived Book Reviews for more information on books
published since 2000
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 From Turban to Toe Ring
Author: Dawn Devine and Barry Brown
Publisher: Ibexa Press
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1st Issue: March 24, 2000 (spiral-bound), reissued March 24, 2011
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Original Price: $20.66?
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Related Articles on GS: Reviewed by Jay Bangle on Gilded Serpent |
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Pants for the Dance
Author:Dawn Devine
Publisher: Ibexa Press
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1st Issue: 2000
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Related Articles on GS: This book and the one below,"Skirting the Issue", were combined into one book in 2011 |
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Skirting the Issues
Author: Dawn Devine
Publisher: Ibexa Press
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1st Issue: 2000
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 Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance:
Awakening Spirituality Through Movement and Ritual
Author: Iris J Stewart
Publisher: Inner Traditions
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1st Issue: August 1. 2000
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Notes: 256 pages
Related Articles on GS: Reviewed on Gilded Serpent here by Rhonda Stengl |
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 The Belly Dance Book: Rediscovering the Oldest Dance
Author: Editor Tazz Richards
Publisher: Backbeat Press
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1st Issue: October 2000
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Related Articles on GS: Reviewed by Sadira |
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 Costume Goddess Tells All, Book 1: Flattering Costume for Bellydancers
Author: Dina Lydia
Publisher: self?
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1st Issue:2000
Focus: costuming
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Original Price: $17.95
Notes: 68 pages
Related Articles on GS: Book review by Ignatia |
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Bedlah, Baubles, and Beads
Author: Dawn Devine
Publisher: Ibexa Press
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1st Issue: March 1, 2001
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 Costume Goddess Tells All, Book 2: Easy Costume for Bellydancers
Author: Dina Lydia
Publisher: self?
Office Location:
1st Issue:2001
Focus: costuming
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Original Price: $17.95
Notes: 68 pages
Related Articles on GS: Book review by Ignatia |
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 Style File: A Visual Vocabulary of Middle Eastern Dance Costume
Author: Dawn Devine & Barry Brown
Publisher: Ibexa Press
Office Location:California
1st Issue: March 2001
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Related Articles on GS: Review of "Style File, A Visual Vocabulary of Middle Eastern Dance Costume", book review by Aziza! |
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 Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems
Author: Fatema Mernissi
Publisher: Washington Square Press
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1st Issue: May 22, 2001
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Notes: Thank you, Katrina Kruse Scott!
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 Costume Goddess Tells All, Book 3: Cabaret Belt and Bra for Bellydancers
Author: Dina Lydia
Publisher: self?
Office Location:
1st Issue:2002
Focus: costuming
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Original Price: $17.95
Notes: 68 pages
Related Articles on GS: Book review by Ignatia |
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 Adventures in Belly Dance Costuming
Author:Stasha Vlasuk
Publisher: Self?
Office Location: Berkeley?
1st Issue: 2002?
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Related Articles on GS: Reviewed by Alnisa |
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 Choreographic Politics: State Folk Dance Companies, Representation, and Power
Author: Anthony Shay
Publisher: Wesleyan
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1st Issue: July 22, 2002
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Related Articles on GS: Academics and Belly Dance, Two Books Review by Rebecca Firestone |
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Costume Goddess Tells All, Book 4: Arm Costume
Author: Dina Lydia
Publisher: self?
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1st Issue:2002
Focus: costuming
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 Something in the Way She Moves
Author: Wendy Buonaventura
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Perseus Books Group
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1st Issue: 2003
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Notes: First pubished in the UK as "I Put as Spell on You"
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 Tribal BIble, Exploring the Phenomenon that is Amercian Tribal Style Bellydance
Author: Kajira Djoumahna
Publisher: BlackSheep Bellydance
Office Location: California
1st Issue: March 20, 2003
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Related Articles on GS: Reviewed by Shelley |
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 Embellished Bras: Basic Techniques
Author: Dawn Devine, Barry Brown
Publisher: Ibexa Press
Office Location: California
1st Issue: May 1, 2003
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Related Articles on GS: Reviewev by Shaloe-Robin |
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Costume Goddess Tells All, Book 5: Tribal Toppings
Author: Dina Lydia
Publisher: self?
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1st Issue:2003
Focus: costuming
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Notes: reissued - Book 5, Tribal Toppings (Book 5 is now called "Tribal Vibes" (2009)...it includes all kinds of recent fusion trends.)
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 Belly Dancing, The Sensual Art of Energy and Spirit
Author: Pina Coluccia, Anette Paffrath, and Jean Putz
Publisher: Egmont vgs, Park Street Press
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1st Issue: 2003 in German, 2005 in English translation
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Original Price: cover says 19.95
Notes: Copyright page, There are several pictures of Lynette in this book! 184 pages
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Costume Goddess Tells All, Book 6: Thrifty Chic
Author: Dina Lydia
Publisher: self?
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1st Issue:2003
Focus: costuming
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Notes: reissued -2013-"Right now I'm working on the Second Edition of "Thrifty Chic for Bellydancers." The layout and text will then match the rest of them. It should be released by the end of this year."
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 Belly Dance, the Dance of Mother Earth
Author: Tina Hobin
Publisher: Marion Boyars
Office Location: London
1st Issue: 2003
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Notes: 203 pages, paperback
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 Snake Hips: Belly Dancing and How I Found True Love
Author: Anne Thomas-Soffee
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
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1st Issue: January 2004
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Related Articles on GS: Reviewed by Lilly |
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Costume Goddess Tells All, Book 7: Headpieces
Author: Dina Lydia
Publisher: self?
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1st Issue:2004
Focus: costuming
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 Dancing Fear and Desire: Race, Sexuality, and Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance
Author: Stavros Stavrou Karayanni
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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1st Issue: December 9, 2004
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Related Articles on GS: Academia? Like it or Trash it! 2 Books Reviewed: Dancing Communities & Dancing Fear and Desire by Joette Sawall |
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 Middle Eastern Dance
Author: Penny ALZayer
Publisher: Chelsea House publications
Office Location: New York
1st Issue: 2004? , 2nd edition-March 1, 2010
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Notes: One book of a series on world dance.
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 Bellydance: A Guide to Middle Eastern Dance, Its Music, Its Culture and Costume
Author: Keti Sharif
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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1st Issue: February 1, 2005
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Related Articles on GS: [I think we have this reviewed, link here] |
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 Belly Dance: Orientalism, Transnationalism & Harem Fantasy
Author: edited by Anthony Shay and Barbara Sellers-Young
Publisher: Mazda Publisher
Office Location: Costa Mesa, CA
1st Issue: 2005
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Related Articles on GS: Reviewed by Rebecca Firestone |
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 Danza Del Vientre/dances of the Winds (Spanish Edition)
Author: Devorah Korek
Publisher: Oceano De Mexico
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1st Issue: November 28, 2005
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Notes: Spanish
Related Articles on GS: Danza Del Vientre by Devorah Korek Book Review by Gregory Burke Translation by Amina Goodyear |
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 Belly Dance Wisdom: For Fitness, Pregnancy and a Divine Sexuality
Author: Daleela Morad
Publisher: Booklocker.com,
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1st Issue: November 22, 2006
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Related Articles on GS: Belly Dance Wisdom– For Fitness, Pregnancy and a Divine Sexuality Book Review by Surreyya |
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 Bellydance for the Versatile Dancer,
Volume I:Foundations
Author: Zanbaka
Publisher: ZD Publications
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1st Issue: 2007
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Related Articles on GS: Training Aids or Trainer's Ads? 3 Books Reviewed by Martha |
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 Music in Egypt, Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Author: Scott Marcus
Publisher: Oxfor University Press
Office Location: New York
1st Issue: 2007
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 Dynamic Belly Dance, The Joyful Journey of Dancemaking and Performing
Author: Ramona
Publisher: American Bellydance Innovations
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1st Issue:May 4, 2007
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Related Articles on GS:Dynamic Belly Dance, The Joyful Journey of Dancemaking and Performing by Ramona Reviewed by Dina Peace |
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 Have Belly, Will Travel
Author: Tanya Lemani
Publisher: PublishAmerica
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1st Issue: July 2, 2007
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Have Belly Will Travel by Tanya Lemani book review by Birute |
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 Doorway to Ecstasy
Author: Sherri Brier
Publisher: Booklocker.com
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1st Issue: October 25, 2007
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Related Articles on GS: Reivewed here Currents of Intention"Doorway to Ecstasy" Book Review by Dhyanis |
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 The Dancing Cymbalist - How to play music with finger cymbals & dance at the same time
Author: Jenna Woods
Publisher: Oyna Music in Motion Arts
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1st Issue: November 1, 2007
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Related Articles on GS: Jenna Wood's "The Dancing Cymbalist–How to play music with finger cymbals and dance at the same time." Book Review by Yasmela |
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 The Poison Tree - Planted and Grown in Egypt
Author: Marwa Rakha
Publisher: Malamih Publishing House
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1st Issue: 2nd edition- January 1, 2008
Focus: Life as a woman in Egypt
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Related Articles on GS:Love and Romance, Egyptian Style, Book Review of The Poison Tree, planted and grown in Egypt by Marwa Rakha Review by Bonita Oteri |
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40 Days and 1001 Nights, One Woman's Dance Through Life in the Islamic World
Author: Tamalyn Dallal
Publisher: Melati Press; 2nd edition (February 15, 2008)
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Related Articles on GS: [May have this review onsite, link here] |
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 Tribal Vision: A Celebration of Life Through Tribal Belly Dance
Author: Paulette Rees-Denis
Publisher: Cultivator Press
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1st Issue:June 10, 2008
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Related Articles on GS: Training Aids or Trainer's Ads? 3 Books Reviewed by Martha |
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 Belly Dance, Celebrating the Sacred Feminine
Author: Martha Burns
Publisher: Self?
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1st Issue: 2008
Focus: Dance photography
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Related Articles on GS: A Big Picture Book Review: Martha Burns' "Belly Dance, Celebrating the Sacred Feminine" Reviewed by Stasha |
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 The EDA Handbook for Middle Eastern Dance
Author: David of Scandinavia
Publisher: self published through Lulu.com
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1st Issue: 2008
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Related Articles on GS: reviewed here |
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Bellydance for the Versatile Dancer, Volume II: Shapes, Patterns, and Layers
Author: Zanbaka
Publisher: ZD Publications
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1st Issue: 2008
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Bellydance for the Versatile Dancer, Volume III: More Shapes, Patterns, and Layers
Author: Zanbaka
Publisher: ZD Publications
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1st Issue: 2009
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 The Belly Dancer
Author: Deanna Cameron
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Office Location: New York, NY
1st Issue: July 2009
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Notes: 311 pages
Related Articles on GS:
Belly Dance Novels, Light and Dark: The Belly Dancer by DeAnna Cameron, Midnight Rose by Wendy Buonaventura, Reviewed by Bonita Oteri |
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 Horacio Cifuentes – Confessions of a Male Belly Dancer
Author: Horacio Cifuentes
Publisher: Beata & Horacio Cifuentes
Office Location: Berlin, Germany
1st Issue: 2009
Focus:Autobiography
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Related Articles on GS: And I thought I Knew Him, Horacio Cifuentes: Confessions of a Male Belly Dancer Book Review by Amina Goodyear |
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 Flamenco Dance: Secrets of the Professionals
Author: Paco Sevilla
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Focus: Professionalism and performance, very applicaple to belly dance
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Related Articles on GS: Flamenco Dance: Secrets of the Professionals Book reviewed by Surreyya Hada |
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Notes on Books to Add
2001: Mood Dancer Goes Tribal, 101 Belly Dance Costume [Not on Amazon, research elsewhere]
2001: Designs for the Tribal Fanatic, by Munierah Dereima [Not on Amazon, research elsewhere]
2002: Oriental Bellydance, Kamal Ozdemir [Not on Amazon, research elsewhere]
2004: The Art of BellyDance, Carolena Nericcio [i think we reviewed this?]
2004: Bellydance, Keti Sharif [Amazon says 2005, ask Keti]
2004: Belly Dancing for Fitness, Tamalyn Dallal
Haas, Jacqui. Dance Anatomy. Champaign, IL: Human Kenetics, 2010
http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Anatomy-Sports-Jacqui-Haas/dp/0736081933
Jarmakani, Amira. Imagining Arab Womanhood. New York: Macmillan, 2010
http://www.amazon.com/Imagining-Arab-Womanhood-Cultural-Mythology/dp/0230103308
To do: Page 4: 2011-Current
2012: Midnight Rose by Wendy Buonaventura (April 26) Cinnabar Books, Amazon link, reviewed on GS here in 2009! reissue?
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