Belly Dance Coming Events


Jan 21-25 '09
Oasis Dance Camp South
Jekyll Island, Georgia

Jan 31 '09
Dunia Birthday Bash and Zahir's
Milpitas, CA

Feb 1 '09
Performance workshop with Dunia, Leyla Lanty & Angel
Milpitas, CA

Feb 21-25 '09
19th Annual BD of the Universe Competition
Long Beach, CA

May 3-14 '09
Gypsy (Roma) Festival & Tour
Istanbul, Turkey

Summer 2009
Tamalyn Dallal's "Back Roads America Tour"
across America

Sept 10-13 09
7th Annual Bellydance Intensive & Festival
Las Vegas, NV

Sept 12-13, 09
Desert Dance Festival, featuring Zahra Zuhair,
Santa Clara, CA

Oct 10-11 '09
Carnival of Stars
SF Bay Area, California

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Updates
1-6-09
NEW SEARCH BOX!
1-8-09
Translation gadgets
1-12-09
"letters to the editor"

1-14-09
older articles, letters and reviews moved to Archives,


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Carnival of Stars 2008 page 2:D-K by Carl Sermon 1-28-09
Improv, Taqsim, Teaching by Rahma Haddad 1-27-09
Carnival of Stars 2008 page 1:A-C by Carl Sermon 1-26-09
Interview with Freddie Elias, Part 1 by Artemis 1-18-09
Gig Bag Check with Jim Boz! vid clip on theCK 1-17-09
Making Friends with Criticism by Najia Marlyz 1-16-09
Ask Yasmina #2, Media, Choreo, Name Dance 1-15-09
Connections: Yoga and Belly Dance by Narah 1-13-09
Apprenticing at Arabesque DC by Laura 1-8-09
Taiwan's DDM Fest Karim Nagi Report Lisa Chen 1-6-09
Now What? The Growing Dancer by Anna 1-5-09
Amy's Disease 101 Photo Report by Brad 12-31-08
Nadia Hamdi Video added courtesy of Amina 12-23-08
Training Aids or Trainer's Ads? 3 books Martha 12-19-08
Mahsati Fan Veilzz DVD Review by Tracey Farmer 12-18-08
Men Fit into BD World? by Lara + Men Gallery! 12-16-08
Love Romance, Egyptian Style book review Bonita 12-15-08
Kaleila’s Belly Dance Baby DVD review by Merika 12-15-08
3 Veil DVDs reviewed by Martha Duran 12-15-08
Orientalizing Oriental by Paola 12-14-08
What is a Set List? by Aszmara 12-13-08
Gig Bag Check #5- Sonia of BDSS video on the CK 12-12-08
Parveneh: Public Access TV by Ravenmoon 12-11-08
Leila Haddad and Gypsy Musicians Tour by Amy 12-10-08
Is Bellydance Good Exercise? by Venus 12-8-08
Getting in Shape, 4 DVDs reviewed by Rebecca 12-5-08
My Dinner with Nadia Hamdi by Fatima Bassmah 12-3-08
NEW! Ask Yasmina, column by Yasmina Ramzy 12-1-08
BD of Universe Competition 08 photos by Carl 11-26-08
Winning BD of the Universe Competition by Mia 11-20-08
So You Want to Dance in Cairo? by Leila 11-17-08
Decotach BD Fashion Show Report by Tanna 11-15-08
Unveiled Musical Gems;CD reviews by Joette 11-14-08
Omar Faruk Telbilek discusses Ney, video Lynette 11-11-08
All previous articles are still available on our TOC
or older than 6-12mos in our Archives

Aradia belly dances at the Las Vegas Intensive
Aradia dances at the
2008 Las Vegas Intensive.
More Soon!
photo by Brad Dosland

News Items

Community Kaleidoscope1-17-09
Gig Bag Check with Jim Boz
Contest in Germany
Fusion Contest photos

NY-Belly dancers show no skin
seniors center w photo

Australia- Urban groove meets Arabic smooth

Cairo's nightclubs relics of bygone era

Religion, decrepitude threaten downtown Cairo bars

Woman can sue over YouTube clip de-posting

Belly dancing class comes to Ohlone College
Thanks Numa'ir
!

MN-Eman’s Belly Dance & Fitness Studio

Emerita Professor Elizabeth Warnock Fernea Dies; Noted Author Championed Women's Issues in the Middle East

Belly dancing class comes to Ohlone College
thanks Monica!

North Carolina- Nadirah's Dance Company

Local woman uses belly dancing skills to help Southeast Texas women feel sexy

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Coming soon!
  • Badia Mansabny by Jalilah (Lorraine Zamora Chamas)
  • Tania Luiz interviewed by Artemis Mourat
  • "Dances of the Nile" by Gamila el Masri Part 3 Melaya Lef!
    (reprint as a teaser from the Bennu CD!)
  • Pepper Alexandria's Archives- Part 2 The Banat Mazin
  • more IBCC in Toronto reports and interviews, including: Sunday Activities, Sunday nightclub show, Arturo of Mexico's Dancers, Hera Kim of Korea, and more
  • Tarot: A Fantasy Belly Dance Concert by Jennifer
  • Interview with Freddie Elias by Artemis, parts 2-5
  • Gracefully Accepting Compliments by Chandani
  • Interview with Saphira by Sally
  • I like bellydancing by Serena, age 10
  • "Who are the People in your Neighborhood" by Davina
  • Tracey Farmer Reviews more DVDs
  • Amanda Rose writes from Barcelona
  • Mareeshka reports on the Vegas Intensive
  • Memorial to Aliya
  • Goddess and the Hip Drop by Yasmina Ramzy
  • Belly Dance scene in Mexico by Martha
  • Raks East photos by Carl
  • Carnival of Stars photos by Carl
  • 1001 night show photos by Michael
  • Tales of Desire report by Sherri
  • Mp3 vs CD by Mher
  • Choreography by Cera
  • Joette review 2 Academic books
  • Fire in your Belly by Annette of S Africa
  • More videos-musical instrument demos, Gigbag Checks, event collages
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