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1972-
The Secret of Belly Dancing by Bert Balladine & Sula
1972- The New Art of Belly Dancing by Adela Vergara, Bert, and Sula
1972- The Serena Technique of Belly Dancing
1973- The Compleat Belly Dancer by Julie Russo Mishkin &
Marta Schill
1974- Raya's How to Belly Dance
1975- The Art of Belly Dancing by Dahlena
1975- Maria' Morca's Belly Dance Work Kit
1975- Greek Dances by Ted Petrides
1976- The Belly Dancer in You by Ozel
1976- Mastering Finger Cymbals by Mary Ellen Donald
1977-The Great American Belly Dance by Daniela Gioseffi
1977- An Illustrated Manual for Finger Cymbal Instruction by Jamila
1978- The Belly Dance Costume Book by Zarifa Aradoon
1979- Bellydancing, from Cave to Cult to Cabaret by Jamila Salimpour
1979- The Oldest Dance by Zarifa Aradoon
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1980- Earth Dancing by Daniela
Gioseffi
1983- Belly Dancing by Wendy Buonaventura
1983- The Belly Dance Book by Serena and Alan Wilson
1983- Sadzia! The Belly Dancer by Merrill Joan Gerber
1983- Belly Dancing by Wendy Buonaventura
1985- The Belly Dancer in the Barrel of Oil by Rebecca Newman
1987- Sadzia! The Belly Dancer! by Merrill Joan Gerber
1989- Harem, The World Behind the Veil by Alev Lytle Croutier
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The Secret of Belly Dancing
Author: Bert Balladine and Sula
Publisher: Celestial Arts Publishing
Office Location: Millbrae, CA
1st Issue: 1972
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Original Price: $2.95
Notes:96 pages
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The New Art of Belly Dancing
Author: Adela Vergara with Roman Balladine (Bert) and Sula
Publisher:Celestial Arts Publishing
Office Location: Millbrae, CA
1st Issue: 1972
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Original Price:$3.95
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The Serena Technique of Belly Dancing
Author: Serena and Alan Wilson
Publisher: Pocket books & Cornerstone Library
Office Location:
1st Issue: 1972, "Pocketbook" addition 1975
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Original Price: $1.95
Notes: 251 pages & 189 pages
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The Compleat Belly Dancer
Author:Julie Russo Mishkin and Marta Schill
Publisher: Double Day
Office Location: Garden City, New York
1st Issue: 1973
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Notes: 160 pages
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Raya's How to Belly Dance
Author: Raya Atesh
Publisher: Raya Atesh
Office Location: San Diego, CA
1st Issue: 1974
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Notes: 82 pages, printed on one side only. Belly jewel glue to dancer on cover
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The FInishing Touch- Sequel to "The Compleat Belly Dancer"
Author: Julie Russo Mishkin and Marta Schil
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1st Issue: 1975?
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Notes: from Shira's list on Library thing
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 The Art of Belly Dancing
Author: Dahlena
Publisher: Bantum Books
Office Location:
1st Issue: 1975
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Original Price: $1.95
Notes: 213 pages
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 Maria Morca's Belly Dance Work Kit
Author: Maria Morca
Publisher: Anthony Perris & Associates
Office Location: Toronto, Ontario
1st Issue: 1975
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Notes: "Basic Course" Included illustrated book and two 7 inch 33 1/3 RPM records
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Greek Dances
Author: Ted Petrides
Publisher: Lycabettus Press
Office Location: Athen, Greece
1st Issue: 1975
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Related Articles on GS: See Barbara Sellers-Young"s article on Serena, part 2. |
The Belly Dancer in You
Author: Ozel
Publisher: A Fireside book published by Simone and Schuster
Office Location: New York, NY
1st Issue: 1976
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Notes: 216 pages, includes Turkish recipes, sheet music, list of dancer names,
vendors and restaurants in New York
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 Mastering
Finger Cymbals
Author: Mary Ellen Donald
Publisher: Mary Ellen Books
Office Location:
1st Issue: 1976
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Notes: 66 pages
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 Doumbec Delight
Author:Mary Ellen Donald
Publisher:
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1st Issue: 1976
Focus:A 30 Lesson Course in Middle Eastern Drumming, with Basic Music Theory.
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The Belly Dancer's Pet
Author:
Publisher:Liverpool Distributors
Office Location:California
1st Issue: 1976, paperback
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Notes: from Shira's list on Library thing
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The Great American Belly Dance
Author: Daniela Gioseffi
Publisher: Dell, Double Day
Office Location: New York
1st Issue: 1977
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Quality of Belly Dancing
Author:Veda Sereem
Publisher:
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1st Issue: 1977
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Notes: from Shira's list on Library thing
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 An Illustrated Manual
of Finger Cymbal Instruction
History, Evolution and related Instruments
Author: Jamila Salimpour
Publisher: Jamila Salimpour
Office Location: 471 Broadway, San Francisco, CA
1st Issue: 1977
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Notes: 37 pages
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 The Belly Dance Costume Book
Author:Zarifa Aradoon
Publisher:Dream Place Productions
Office Location: Stanford, CA
1st Issue: 1978
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Notes: 202 pages, black and white photos, graphics and diagrams. Ebay and Amazon
have used copy listed for $300!
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Shira's review of this book-
" Zarifa Aradoon Provides instructions for creating a belly dance costume. During this era, costumes imported from Egypt or elsewhere were rare, and most dancers made their own. Aradoon offers ideas for design, garment types, sewing methods, and decoration"
more on Shira's site here
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The Belly Dance
Author: Daniela Gioseffi
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1st Issue: 1979
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Notes: from Shira's list on Library thing. Is this the same book as "Great American Belly Dance"?
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Bellydancing, from Cave to Cult to
Cabaret
Author: Jamila Salimpour
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1st Issue: 1979
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Notes: 273 pages, Amazon
has a used copy listed for $150!
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 The Oldest Dance
Author:Zarifa Aradoon
Publisher: Dream Place Productions
Office Location:Stanford, CA
1st Issue:1979
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Notes: black and white photos, graphics and diagrams, 190 pages
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Earth Dancing,
Mother Nature's Oldest Rite
Author: Daniela Gioseffi
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Office Location: Harrisburg, PA
1st Issue: 1980
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Notes: 219 pages,
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Shira's review on this book-"In this book, Daniela Gioseffi proselytizes something she has dubbed "earth dancing," which is essentially Oriental dance (belly dancing) done for the purpose of celebrating the female anatomy and the great Earth Mother Goddess." |
Belly Dancing: For Health & Relaxation
Author: T. Hobin
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1st Issue: 1982
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Notes: from Shira's list on Library thing
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Belly Dancing
The Serpent and the Sphinx
Author: Wendy Buonaventura
Publisher: Virago Press
Office Location: London UK
1st Issue: 1983
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Notes: 162 pages
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 The Belly Dance Book
Author: Serena and Alan Wilson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Paperbacks
Office Location:
1st Issue: 1983
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Original Price:$9.95
Notes:black and white photos, diagrams, 236 pages, list of names for dancers,
photos from Serena's career
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 Arabic Tar
Author: Mary Ellen Donald
Publisher:
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1st Issue: 1985
Focus: A Comprehensive Course in Techniques and Performance for the Tambourine, Tar, and Mazhar
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The Belly Dancer in the Barrel of Oil
Author: Rebecca Newman
Publisher:Libra Publishers
Office Location: Roslyn, New York
1st Issue: 1985
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Original Price: Hardback-$10
Notes: Marta Schill states that part of this novel was based on real events in the Los Angeles Belly dance scene that occurred during the 70s?
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Off Site: Shira's review on this book |
Sadzia! The Belly Dancer!
Author: Merrill Joan Gerber
Publisher: Harper and Row
Office Location: New York
1st Issue: 1987
Focus:
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Original Price:$12.95
Notes: For ages 12 and up
Related Articles on GS: reviewed
by Karen Roberts |
Harem, The World Behind the Veil
Author: Alev Lytle Croutier
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Office Location: New York
1st Issue: 1989
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Notes: Not really a dance or music book, Turkish Culture, much loved in
the community. 210 pages, many color and black and white photos and artwork
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Intermediate Belly Dancing, vol 1
Author: Vicki Corona
Publisher:
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1st Issue: 1989
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Notes: from Shira's list on Library thing
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Nefertiti Presents... Belly Dancing "the Basics"
Author: Sherry Jeffries (Ankestamen)- actually project mostly done by author's mother Nefertiti in 1975
Publisher: self published by author
Office Location:
1st Issue: 1975 most of project done including photos, completed and first issued in 2002
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Notes: The rights rights for this book were bought and reissued as a "kit" with new cover etc. See GS review and comments on this new format .
The original format was done by author as a tribute to her mother who died before the project was completed
Related Articles on GS: see above link, see also offsite information: report on Shira.net |
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