December 2006 SnakeByte from the Gilded Serpent!
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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
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- 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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