|  Aziza!
has made an instructional video
"A Practical Guide to
Making a Belly Dance Bra and Belt,
by Aziza!"
This is a 90 minute video. It has easy to
follow, detailed instructions with tips and techniques
to help save you time and money in creating a professional
costume!
Order
by mail from:
Costuming by Aziza!,
5811 Forest Lake Road,
Diamond Springs, CA 95619
or phone
your order at
530-622-7566
The video
is $34.95
(+4.50 sh/h: CA residents add $2.53
tax per video.)
Wholesale information is available.
 Jeanna
Driver, of San Antonio, has reviewed the
video for her newsletter. She says: "I've finished
writing the review…I've decided I can't live without
the video. The explanation about the elastic in the
back is work it, alone."
Jenee
wrote in her review for "Wiggle Hips""
…I
have recommended this video to many beginning and
relatively inexperienced sewers. The reason being
it is a step by step how to do it video. She does
not talk over the head of a beginner. She walks
you through every step, including what is available,
such as fringes, jewels, coins, trims, etc. and
how you might use these different materials. Then
she takes you through the actual construction from
pattern design of a basic belt or girdle to the
best type of bra and why.
The
basics covered, she actually demonstrates each step
with the camera looking over her shoulder. This
is pure genius in my opinion. It is hard enough
to do something like this for the first time, but
to try and figure it out head on like in a classroom
makes it even tougher. Personally I learned nothing
in Home Economics classes, I learned all my sewing
looking over the shoulder of my Mother and Granny.
So the novice can watch the tape while they are
doing the same thing and hit pause and what is in
front of them will be the same as on their TV. You
have to see it to realize how easy this makes it.
Now
don't you advanced sewers and costume makers believe
for a second that you can't learn a thing from such
a practical video. I have been making my own clothes
since I was in high school (and that has been many
moons, let me tell you) and I learned a few new
tricks. In fact I just finished a new belt and bra
using Aziza!'s methods and it went together easier
and maybe even a little quicker. I am very glad
to have this video as part of my library and I
think you will be glad when you buy it too.
One
last thing, the best part of all is Aziza! Her personality
shines through. She is real, no facade, and always
herself. And this makes for very easy watching,
even with repeated viewing as you work on that new
belt and bra. You can do it yourself and make your
costume really yours.
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Aziza!'s Articles
on Gilded Serpent
A
history of bellydancing in (and out of)
the San Francisco area
10-30-07 North
Bay Bellydance Bazaar by Aziza! photos by many including:
Aziza!, Carl Sermon and others, Santa Rosa, California
There
were workshops all day (taught by Theresea, Susu Pampanin,
Magidah and Hannah Romanza), a large bazaar, all-day dancing
performances and an evening gala show. Everything a dancer
could want.
3-15-05
Rakkasah From a Vendor’s
Viewpoint
Ah,
Rakkasah! For many years the highlight of my vending
year! A wonderful idea that has gradually faded over
time….
1-17-05
The Traveling Costumer
#22
More
customers! New horizons! Travel! That’s what we needed!
9-4-04
My Costuming Roots
#21
Soon,
however, it became obvious that I couldn’t do three
shows a night, on and on, with only one costume! And Yousef,
owner of the Bagdad, supported this realization by telling
me that if I didn’t get some more costumes, I was
fired.
5-27-04
Belly Dancer of the
Year Pageant #20
The
contestants were limited to ten, and all danced to the same
music, though they were permitted any props they wanted.
4-8-04
A Period of Innovations
#19
In the late 1970s, there were two events produced
for the belly dance community that were different from things
that had happened before – events that began and paved
the way for so many that were to happen later.
9-10-03
Friends Are Where
You Find Them #18
Some people thought that we were partners, as we
were so close, but that wasn’t the case, either.
7-30-03
Zelzeleh, My Troupe
Adventures #17
The first thing that I discovered was that I hated to design
or perform choreography – it was like having my teeth
pulled - and I wasn’t too hot at it, truth to tell.
6-22-03
Moving
to Santa Rosa #16
So
I married a Greek, and for a while it was okay with him
that I continued to dance...
5-2-03
The Taverna
Athena #15
I didn’t see just how it happened, but evidently a
couple of brothers from Cyprus were hired to put the Taverna
out of business.
3-19-03
Zorba’s
in Walnut Creek #14
...and I could tell that the Greeks wanted to see more of
that, so the job was in the bag!
2-5-03
North and
South #13
Also,
we were not allowed to lock the office door...
12-15-02
At the
Egyptian Gardens #12
“You insult me in the street and apologize in a corner.”
11-10-02
Back
in the Bay Area #11
...my zils flew off into the audience, and George stopped
playing, went down into the audience...Was I embarrassed!
9-20-02
On the Road
#10
She was the fiery “Bedouin” who argued with
the band in apparent Arabic and seemed so real and dramatic.
4-11-02
The
Birth of Bal Anat and Other Adventures #9
belly dance will continue to evolve into things
new and strange, limited only by dancers' imaginations.
2-16-02
Club Dates and
Casuals #8
"Don't worry, honey, " said the stripper,
"I've got a gun!"
12-11-01
Out of Town in
Oregon#7
One of the things that the owner insisted on was fancy
hair - he considered straight, hanging hair to be "hippie
hair".
11-13-01
Out of Town in Fresno #6
You can't wear that vest on stage - we're not running a
Sunday school here!
10-20-01
Dancers I
Have Known by Aziza! #5
Over the course of my approximately thirty-year professional
career, I have known and worked with some of the most interesting
dancers in the business
9-15-00 The
Music and Musicians #4
I was very lucky to have danced to live music almost exclusively
throughout my career.
7-1-00 Jamila and Yousef
#3
Even though
we were recognizably taught by Jamila, we were not the cookie-cutter
girls she turned out later.
5-1-00 Working at the Bagdad
#2
..in the early days, had to have accents when we talked
to the customers, to carry out the non-girl-next-door thing.
3-22-00 The Beginning #1
When
she came out to dance in the audience, I thought to myself,
"She better not get too near to my husband!"
North
Beach Part 1
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