December 2006 SnakeByte from the Gilded Serpent!
New Articles on www.gildedserpent.com -Web Magazine for Mid East Performing Arts

• 12-19-06 Oriental Dance Festival in Belgium reviewed by Artmeisia
  I went to this festival for my two heroes–Aziza and Jillina–and came home with three!
• 12-18-06 My Moment with Nagwa by Ahava
  While dancing I kept eye contact with the judges and guests of honor. I still remember their mannerisms and what I perceived to be their glares. Randa and Dr. Mo were conversing and smiling contently, Faten and Zahra were clapping. Also, there sat Nagwa Fouad, “Queen of Cairo!”
• 12-15-06 Queen of the Bay Bellydance show and Competition June 17, 2006 Photos by Michael Baxter,
  Event Sponsored by Shabnam and Maurice in Oakland, California.
• 12-11-06 Happy Holiday Download! Comic by Alexandria
  Click on image for larger file- dowload, print, and color!
• 12-8-06 It Wasn’t About the Trophy: The North Valley Belly Dance Competition in Oroville, Ca. 2006 by Salima
  I have done many things in my life and by forcing myself to have other performers judge my performance, I have motivated myself to step up to the plate and accomplish what I had set in my mind to do.
• 12-7-06 Jazayer's "Enchanted Journey" CD Reviewed by Surreyya
  “It is easy to make easy music sound good…” they say.
• 12-5-06 The Ethics of Fusion by Naajidah
  If the culture that you’re borrowing your moves from objects to your fusion, does it matter? Are you being respectful or exploitative if you borrow steps from a culture that doesn’t want their music and dance used that way?
• 11-30-06 Fitness and Dance Fusion, Multiple DVDs Reviewed by Jawahare
  It may be a challenge to adequately achieve all three fitness parameters while also offering a technically solid and tasteful representation of the dance form.
• 11-28-06 Back to Basics by Najia Marlyz
  Belly Dance is most meaningful when we define it as a communication of mutually held emotional response and truths between people.
• 11-27-06 Azar’s Belly Dance Workout Volume 1, DVD review by Monet
  The first section is “alignment” which I was thrilled to see. Far too few teachers stress the importance of proper alignment.e.

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