Mahsati Janan - Dances of the Middle East Overview
Saudi Aramco World: Days of Song and Dance
Orientalist Art of the Nineteenth Century
ASSOCIATIONS
HABDA--Houston Area Belly Dance Association
International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance - the most beautiful dance videos and performances!
ISAMETDI - Indiana State Association of ME Teachers & Dancers
MECDA - Middle Eastern Culture and Dance Association based in California!
Middle-Eastern Dance in New England
National Association for Teacher Certification in Middle Eastern Dance
Southern California Dance and Directory
Southwestern Virginia Middle Eastern Dance
WAMEDA - Washington Area Middle East Dance Association
Reversible Hip Wrap – 2 wraps in one!
Feminine Arabic Names – choose your new name!
Belly Dancer for Older Woman by Zaida
Belly Dancing Site for Full-Figured Woman!
Belly Dancer of the Universe - sponsored by Tonya & Atlantis in Long Beach, California
Wiggles of the West Bellydance Competition
COSTUMING INSTRUCTION FOR DO-IT YOURSELFERS!
Beaded Belly Dance Jewels - Patterns for you to try - Arm snake, snake headpiece & beaded ear-rings
CelebrationsBellydance.com - Costume Ideas - How to make a circle skirt, straight skirt, hankerchief skirt, baladi dress & more!
Dawn Devine Brown - great, downloadable & free costume pamphlet plus lots more!
Madame X Costumes - instructions for making a circle skirt, harem pants and a simple dance belt
Tala's Instructions for Tribal Wear - Patterns on-line to make a Ghawazee coaat, Shalwar, Blouse & Hip Belt!
Oriental Costumes- Their Designs and Colors by Max Tilke
J. Moyr Smith's Ancient Greek Female Costume
Amit's Middle Eastern dance rhythms free online course by Keti Sharif
Drumming in Fredericksburg, Va with Kawakib
INTERWORLD MUSIC Rhythm Library
Osama's Rhythm Lessons - Lessons On-Line
Basic Zills And Dumbek For Dancers – By Heavy Hips
Jeff Senn's Drum Page – Lessons For Drumming
Arab Dance Seminar - Go beyond Belly Dance into the real heart of Arabic dance - its folklore!
Greek American Folklore Society
Kardelen Turkish Dance - good explanation of various Turkish folk dances with nice pictures of costuming
Persian Cultural Dance Academy
16th Century Persian Dance - scholarly article written by Milesent Vibert available in pdf format! Great pictures!
Turkish Dance Group Kavak - great photos of Turkish costumes!
Healing Through Oriental Dance - a wonderful article by Shira!
Belly Dance and Weight Loss!! -
another great article by Shira!
The Stars of Egypt – Incredible articles by Hossam Ramzy
Atlas of the Orient – great maps!
Encyclopaedia of the Orient – for North Africa and the Middle East!
Museum Tours - Roberts Gallery, Directory - Virtual Tour of Egypt!
Mid-Eastern Mfg. - Ethnic Music Company - drums, sitars, <zills & more
House of Musical Traditions- Dumbeks, instruments (Tacoma Park, MD)
Saroyan Mastercrafts
– Zills, tambourines
INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS
Beata and Horacio Cifuentes - Inspiring husband and wife duo!
Hadia - based in Canada, wow - to watch her perform is amazing! Great videos on Egyptian technique!
Mishaal Miyamoto – beautiful dancer based in Japan!
Aziza Sa'id's Belly Dance Lessons on Line!
Osama El-Gohary's Rhythm Classes
Discover Bellydance – free, on-line
The Gilded Serpent – free, on-line
Desert Wind! – beautiful music by Alan Bachman. World Dance 2 CD set is highly recommended for teachers and students new to dance!
Georges Lamman - My absolute favorite! The most beautiful violin music!
John Bilezikjian - "Tapestry of the Dance" is one of my favorite recordings - great for restaurants and bellygrams!
Solace - " Wonderful and inspiring music. Many different moods of music on the various CDs!!!
Desert Knights - " Great for American Tribal Style!
Maqam - great source for cds & dvds
Steven Flynn - Tales of the Night Wind, Rapture Rumi!
Pangia - I love all 4 of their albums - great for restaurant work, teaching, bellygrams & shows!
Uncle Mafufo - great cds and instructional dvds, plus he is just a really cool guy!
PHOTOS & PICTURES OF DANCERS
Aziza Sa'id's MED-Dance Gallery
RESOURCES
Dancelead Dance Directory - Dance Belly Dancing – Leading you to dance resources on the web.
Middle Eastern Dance - Great resource page especially for costuming.
RETREATS & WORKSHOPS
Delilah’s Visionary Dance Retreat! – Explore Hawaii with a Goddess! Unbelievably Incredible! A trip of a lifetime!
Eva Cernik – Dreaming About Egypt and Delightful Turkish Tours! Highly
recommended! New Trips to Morocco!
Morocco’s Casbah Dance Experience – Great Workout, Great Classes, Great Teaching!
Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp – Study with great teachers like Morocco and Robyn Friend!
Oasis Dance Camps– held in Michigan every September, Seattle, Washington every October, Jekyll Island, Georgia in November
Tour Egypt with Scheherezade Imports
SCHOLARLY RESEARCH
The Congress on Research in Dance
The Society for Ethnomusicology, Inc.
Women and Performance: a journal of feminist theory
Artemis Imports - Order their catalog for $3.00 - the descriptions of music selections are great!
Dance Distributors - Low prices on name brand dancewear such as Capezio, Bloch, Danskin, Mirella, Sansha & others.
Dharma Trading - the place to go for bulk silk and dyes
Dhyanis - unique, Goddess inspired dance wear.
L. Rose Designs - Online Catalog
Meleea's Bellydance Shopping Bazaar
Scheherazade Imports - located in Rockville, VA. Beautiful Egyptian costumes, veils, zills, music, props & so much more!
Shells of St. George - beautiful headpieces made from gorgeous shells and designed for the tribal or Goddess dancer!
Sugar Petals - Home of the great unitards with tummy net covers.
Tribal to the Max - silver, headpieces, Asian rugs, tribal costumes
Zanbaka's Designs Online - Unique, custom, and one-of-a-kind
headdresses, tassel belts, hand-dyed
fringe, jewelry and much more!
Meleea's Bellydance Costume Bazaar
Scheherazade Imports Bargain Bin
Chelydra - too funny! Teacher with an Attitude! Hosts Beach Blanket Beledi every year in Nags Head, NC
Delilah – great photos, music, videos, retreats in Hawaii, inspiring!
Eva Cernik – awesome Turkish dancer, tour leader to Turkey & Egypt. She has recently added trips to Morocco!
Habiba - based in Philadelphia, PA. Lovely, expert, great folklore, great teaching video!
Latifa - based in Maryland, offers wonderful monthly workshops, great folklore teacher, knowledgeable, funny & precise!
Laurel Victoria Gray - director of the Silk Road Dance Company, Persian/Uzbek dance instruction - Beautiful teacher of classic Persian dance. Holds an annual dance camp in DC area for Persian/Uzbek enthusiasts.
Morocco- NY city based Master teacher, one of the Old Timers! Her week-long dance workshops are a blast!
Najia – Philadelphia based exciting dancer and workshop promoter
Robyn Friend - teacher of Persian dance, great perrformance video!
Sahra Saeeda – favorite teacher, incredible, Egyptian style, wonderful teacher!
Shareen el Safy - another one of my absolutely favorite teachers of Egyptian dance!
Suzanna Del Vecchio – very precise, great teaching videos!
Z-Helene! – a style all her own! Great zill teaching video!
Tribal Bellydance – several articles
Fringe Elements – American Tribal Dance Company
FatChanceBellyDance – great photos, catalog of tribal wear!
Raqs Halim Tribal Fusion Belly Dance - Seattle Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Troupe
Silk Road Dance Company – The number one folklore troupe in the region. Laurel Victoria Gray, Director
Women of Selket - based in Richmond, VA. Sponsors great workshop with wonderful, Southern hospitality!
Dalia Carella - incredible and inspiring!
Fahtiem – beautiful, elegant and classy!
Nimeera - Alexandria, VA
Ruby Jazayre – earthy, Egyptian style!
Two Old Bags – Bellydancing in Nevada!
Zanbaka - Pacific Northwest Performer and Instructor of World Fusion, Folkloric, Orientale, and Tribal Style Belly Dance as well as artistic director of Troupe Zenobia.
Araf: Middle Eastern and North African Dance and Music- Aisha Ali, Simply the best in folklore videos!
Atea’s Magical Motion - Great for the beginning dancer!
Delilah – Award winning videos! Inspiring performance videos! Absolutely Beginning Bellydance Video is remarkable!
Habiba - Quick Start Belly Dance and Gawaher (Egyptian classic)
Hadia - new Red Hot Drum Solo!
International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance - best performance videos!
Shareen el Safy - great videos for Egyptian dance instruction!
Sahra Saeeda - wonderful video for beginning dancers, also performance videos filmed in Egypt are great!
Suzanna Del Vecchio - Lock, Roll & Flutter, Dynamic Combinations
WORKSHOPS
Beach Blanket Beledi - Hosted by Chelydra at Nags Head, NC Columbus Day Weekend! Very fun and laid back!
Casbah Dance Experience - Morocco's weeklong in New York City is a blast every dancer should experience.
Rakassah West & East - held in California and New Jersey
Please let me know if any of these links to not work - thank you!
Miramar@bellydancewithmiramar.com