Links

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Andrea Deagon Andrea Deagon, Associate Professor of Classical Studies UNC-Wilmington, has range of material including some great research on mythology and how it connects to the dance.

Aziza Sa'id Aziza Sa'id has an amazing range of information

Belly Dance Museum Belly Dance Museum displays and sells Oriental dance pictures, bellydancers and music Postcards, posters and prints of legendary bellydancers

Belly Dance Classes - worldwide Oriental Dancer includes a number of sub-sites including the Belly Dance Classes directory and Belly Dance Forums

Bhuz Bhuz combines bulletin boards, event listings, sales, and an on line magazine

Costumes in Cairo Meissoun has a great list of where to get costumes in Cairo, addresses, phone numbers and photos of doorways!

Expert Village Sahira demonstrates a range of moves and skills in short video clips. The clips are well produced and make good use of the mirror. Requires Flash 8 and (real) broadband.

The Gilded Serpent The Gilded Serpent is an ezine with some amazing jewels

Iranian (Persian) Dance Dr Robyn Friend is a scholar of Near Eastern and Balkan linguistics, folklore, and ethnology, with a particular emphasis on the cross-influences of Turkish, Iranian, and Balkan culture.

Jas' Middle Eastern Rhythms This site lists many well known rhythms - each with a few variations. It also has .wav and midi files for each rhythm - so you can listen to how it should sound. This version uses Dum Tek notation but there is also a version of the site using conventional musical notation (click on English Graphical to switch).

Keti Sharif Keti Sharif, from Perth, is based in Egypt. Her site includes an interesting collection of articles and short informative courses.

MEDANZ The Middle Eastern Dance Association of New Zealand
includes articles, links, and photo gallery

MED Resource Guide The Middle Eastern Dance Resource Guide has been static for quite a while but includes a wealth of information.

Morocco Morocco (Aunty Rocky) is a dance ethnologist with a wide personal experience of dance "over there" especially Egypt and the Mahgrib (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria)

Shira Shira's site is the top belly dance site with links to every thing from history, to costumes, to culture, to song lyrics

Stars of Belly Dancing Yasmina's Joy of Belly Dancing includes as list of links to sites about the Egyptian greats from 1930 to now.

Zahira Zahira and the Drum Frenzy has a collection of costuming tips that are worth a look

Vendors
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- with a New Zealand/Australian bias
These are vendors who may be useful. Only those marked * are ones I have had personal (positive) dealings with. In buying mail order - caveat emptor.

* Aleemahs Dream Costume Trim Aleemah's Dream is a e-mail order supplier of Egyptian beaded fringe and appliques based in Queensland.

* Amera's Palace Amera's Palace in Newtown, Sydney has a wonderful range of costumes, accessories, music and videos. Their mail order is very fast and reliable

Ankles and Toes Ankles and Toes is run by a jewelry designer based in the Northwest, USA. It sells unique hand crafted jewelry for the feet and body (gold and silver toe rings and anklets, beaded anklets for men, women and horses, as well as 14KT gold tasselled belly chain and belly jewelry)

* Art of Belly Dance Fatina is based in Auckland and has a selection of accessories including clothing, jewellery and swords.

* Art of Movement Tanya is based in Tauranga and has a selection of hip belts and CDs for sale. Each CD has a short overview.

* Azziza's Belly Dance Supplies Azziza is based in Brisbane. As well as organizing the yearly Winter Warmup she sells a wide range of goods by mail order

* DanceArt DanceArt is based in Auckland

* Egyptian Bazaar Egyptian Bazaar is Ali Ali's shop in Adelaide

* Firework Professionals FPL based in Christchurch but operate all over NZ & the South Pacific, can provide that touch of magic to your show. Anything from stage pyro to confetti drops

* JEWEL JEWEL does Word and Excel templates and macros for small and micro businesses. Plus small websites.

* Kashmir I carry copies of Elenie's video for NZ dancers. Dancers outside NZ should try either Elenie herself or Amera's Palace.

Oasis for Dance Dallia is Keti Sharif's NZ representative and carries the A-Z series DVDs

* Pe-ko Pe-ko have a great range of ME music and dance videos

The Turkish Emporium The Turkish Emporium is based in Istanbul, Turkey, and offers Middle Eastern dance wear, accessories and musical instruments for wholesale and retail.

Work of Art Creations Work of Art Creations features beautiful handcrafted silk veils and circle skirts from Katrina in Oregon - who ships worldwide.

Zanbaka's Designs Online Bazaar Zanbaka's Designs Online Bazaar has unique and one of a kind headdresses, tassel belts, fringe belts, original jewelry designs.

Other Interesting Links
go to top return to home page

Aziza Sa'id's Mainstream Movies with Belly Dance a huge list of movies, indexed by movie name and dancer, with solid comments and links and graphics where available. The downside, is that to make it load reasonably quickly, the list has been broken into pieces so you cannot browse the full list off line.

An hour for God and an hour for the Heart Karin van Nieuwkerk returns to Cairo seven years after her research on female singers and dancers in Egypt was completed (printed as A Trade Like Any Other). In this article she looks at Islam, gender and female entertainment in Egypt.

Bellydance Plus Bellydance Plus (was Big Beautiful Women) has a variety of photos, links, and articles for larger dancers

Going Rates for Stars in Egypt Al-Ahram Weekly on Line included in a 2001 article the going rate to hire Warda or Fifi (for example) for a wedding. The singers get paid way more than the dancers!

Little Egypt Quiz How much do you know about Little Egypt? This quiz is based on the research by Donna Calton

Photo essay: Dance performance in Tehran A brave production of "theatrical movement" where "dancing" is not acceptable.

This Business of Dance and Music - MED section This Business of Dance and Music has articles and information on a range of dance and music including Middle Eastern.

More ME links
More Safe Dance links
Links on Pregnancy and Dance
Also BellyBeat links

Return to www.bellyraqs.co.nz
for those with a general interest in the dance

Site Index

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includes articles for the dedicated convert

Information	go to top	return to home page
Andrea Deagon	Andrea Deagon, Associate Professor of Classical Studies UNC-Wilmington, has range of material including some great research on mythology and how it connects to the dance.
Aziza Sa'id	Aziza Sa'id has an amazing range of information
Belly Dance Museum	Belly Dance Museum displays and sells Oriental dance pictures, bellydancers and music Postcards, posters and prints of legendary bellydancers
Belly Dance Classes - worldwide	Oriental Dancer includes a number of sub-sites including the Belly Dance Classes directory and Belly Dance Forums
Bhuz	Bhuz combines bulletin boards, event listings, sales, and an on line magazine
Costumes in Cairo	Meissoun has a great list of where to get costumes in Cairo, addresses, phone numbers and photos of doorways!
Expert Village	Sahira demonstrates a range of moves and skills in short video clips. The clips are well produced and make good use of the mirror. Requires Flash 8 and (real) broadband.
The Gilded Serpent	The Gilded Serpent is an ezine with some amazing jewels
Iranian (Persian) Dance	Dr Robyn Friend is a scholar of Near Eastern and Balkan linguistics, folklore, and ethnology, with a particular emphasis on the cross-influences of Turkish, Iranian, and Balkan culture.
Jas' Middle Eastern Rhythms	This site lists many well known rhythms - each with a few variations. It also has .wav and midi files for each rhythm - so you can listen to how it should sound. This version uses Dum Tek notation but there is also a version of the site using conventional musical notation (click on English Graphical to switch).
Keti Sharif	Keti Sharif, from Perth, is based in Egypt. Her site includes an interesting collection of articles and short informative courses.
MEDANZ	The Middle Eastern Dance Association of New Zealand includes articles, links, and photo gallery
MED Resource Guide	The Middle Eastern Dance Resource Guide has been static for quite a while but includes a wealth of information.
Morocco	Morocco (Aunty Rocky) is a dance ethnologist with a wide personal experience of dance "over there" especially Egypt and the Mahgrib (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria)
Shira	Shira's site is the top belly dance site with links to every thing from history, to costumes, to culture, to song lyrics
Stars of Belly Dancing	Yasmina's Joy of Belly Dancing includes as list of links to sites about the Egyptian greats from 1930 to now.
Zahira	Zahira and the Drum Frenzy has a collection of costuming tips that are worth a look

Vendors	go to top	return to home page
- with a New Zealand/Australian bias These are vendors who may be useful. Only those marked * are ones I have had personal (positive) dealings with. In buying mail order - caveat emptor.
* Aleemahs Dream Costume Trim	Aleemah's Dream is a e-mail order supplier of Egyptian beaded fringe and appliques based in Queensland.
* Amera's Palace	Amera's Palace in Newtown, Sydney has a wonderful range of costumes, accessories, music and videos. Their mail order is very fast and reliable
Ankles and Toes	Ankles and Toes is run by a jewelry designer based in the Northwest, USA. It sells unique hand crafted jewelry for the feet and body (gold and silver toe rings and anklets, beaded anklets for men, women and horses, as well as 14KT gold tasselled belly chain and belly jewelry)
* Art of Belly Dance	Fatina is based in Auckland and has a selection of accessories including clothing, jewellery and swords.
* Art of Movement	Tanya is based in Tauranga and has a selection of hip belts and CDs for sale. Each CD has a short overview.
* Azziza's Belly Dance Supplies	Azziza is based in Brisbane. As well as organizing the yearly Winter Warmup she sells a wide range of goods by mail order
* DanceArt	DanceArt is based in Auckland
* Egyptian Bazaar	Egyptian Bazaar is Ali Ali's shop in Adelaide
* Firework Professionals	FPL based in Christchurch but operate all over NZ & the South Pacific, can provide that touch of magic to your show. Anything from stage pyro to confetti drops
* JEWEL	JEWEL does Word and Excel templates and macros for small and micro businesses. Plus small websites.
* Kashmir	I carry copies of Elenie's video for NZ dancers. Dancers outside NZ should try either Elenie herself or Amera's Palace.
Oasis for Dance	Dallia is Keti Sharif's NZ representative and carries the A-Z series DVDs
* Pe-ko	Pe-ko have a great range of ME music and dance videos
The Turkish Emporium	The Turkish Emporium is based in Istanbul, Turkey, and offers Middle Eastern dance wear, accessories and musical instruments for wholesale and retail.
Work of Art Creations	Work of Art Creations features beautiful handcrafted silk veils and circle skirts from Katrina in Oregon - who ships worldwide.
Zanbaka's Designs Online Bazaar	Zanbaka's Designs Online Bazaar has unique and one of a kind headdresses, tassel belts, fringe belts, original jewelry designs.

Other Interesting Links	go to top	return to home page
Aziza Sa'id's Mainstream Movies with Belly Dance	a huge list of movies, indexed by movie name and dancer, with solid comments and links and graphics where available. The downside, is that to make it load reasonably quickly, the list has been broken into pieces so you cannot browse the full list off line.
An hour for God and an hour for the Heart	Karin van Nieuwkerk returns to Cairo seven years after her research on female singers and dancers in Egypt was completed (printed as A Trade Like Any Other). In this article she looks at Islam, gender and female entertainment in Egypt.
Bellydance Plus	Bellydance Plus (was Big Beautiful Women) has a variety of photos, links, and articles for larger dancers
Going Rates for Stars in Egypt	Al-Ahram Weekly on Line included in a 2001 article the going rate to hire Warda or Fifi (for example) for a wedding. The singers get paid way more than the dancers!
Little Egypt Quiz	How much do you know about Little Egypt? This quiz is based on the research by Donna Calton
Photo essay: Dance performance in Tehran	A brave production of "theatrical movement" where "dancing" is not acceptable.
This Business of Dance and Music - MED section	This Business of Dance and Music has articles and information on a range of dance and music including Middle Eastern.