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- 7-18-09 Dancing
for Dowries: Earning Power, Ethnology, and Happily Ever After by Andrea Deagon, PhD.
When a mythic history is told and retold in a context like the belly dance
community, you have to assume that there are strong underlying reasons for its popularity.
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7-17-09 Little
Istanbul in Japan by Artemis Mourat
For several years, belly dance has been rated as one of the top three favorite hobbies for women who are in their 20s and 30s in Tokyo.
- 7-16-09 Does
Modern Media Kill the Organic Process? by Sharon Moore
If
they see "the same thing", instead of feeling a responsibility within themselves to try to see it in a new light/from a new perspective with
a richer understanding with fresh eyes, they chalk it up to the performer failing them for not bringing them something "new and cutting edge".
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7-15-09 Ask Yasmina #8: Socializing with Your Audience, Relaxing the Upper Body, Tattoos by Yasmina Ramzy
It may take a while but you and the owner need to train the audience to arrive on time if they want to see a performance. In the end, everyone will benefit.
- 7-11-09 Certifications& Contests: Are They Meaningful? by Miles Copeland
Its as if the contest win were a diploma, her ticket to teach!
- 7-7-09 Carl Captures Character: Rakkasah Festival East Photos A-L by Carl Sermon
Alhena, Alia, Avivah, Basema, Calixta, Dena, Desert Moon...
- 7-6-09 My Performance Career by Toni Perrine
I worked a variety of jobs, singing in nightclubs and bartending, before developing my next marketable act. Since I was a formally trained ballet dancer, I combined Point with Exotic dance. Mind you: this was not stripping—but a beautiful and suggestive dance set to piano music.
- 6-28-09 Faruk Sarsa ; The Life of an Artist of Mohamed Ali Street by Amina Goodyear
The best drums and riqs, however, were inlaid with mother of pearl and had fish skin heads. The best store selling these instruments was Music Center. It was owned by Mohamed Sarsa who had the fish skin monopoly and the best instruments of this kind.
- 6-27-09 Dyslexia and Dance: Its More Common than you think! by Keti Sharif
If you are a dance student or teacher, chances are that around 20% of the class could be dyslexic. As a dance teacher, it is quite important to be able to identify dyslexic tendencies in students, and understand how you can help them learn.
Reviews
Videos
- 6-29-09 Gig
Bag Check with Pepper Alexandria on the Community Kaleidoscope
Pepper’s bag may contain a few unusual items. Also included are clips of Pepper dancing solo and with her Ghawazee troupe at her festival called Carnival of Stars.
- 7-14-09 Interview with Shereen of Prague at BDUC,on
the Community Kaleidoscope
We catch Shereen after she has competed in the
Egyptian category at Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition in Long Beach,
California. Shereen is from the Czech Republic.
- 7-9-09 Ling Shien demonstrates the Accordion on the Musical Instrument Tour
She came to the Gilded Serpent studio to tell us
how she has modified a standard western made accordion to be able to play the quarter tones required in many of the Arabic modes.
- 6-24-09 Fattah Abbou on Rabab on the Musical Instrument Tour
Also included is a clip of Fattah playing the music of the Tamazight
from Morocco on his instrument and singing in the style from his home of
birth high in the Atlas Mountains. This video was filmed at the Kosmos
Camp
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Mary Ellen's activities:Mary Ellen Donald's Jazz Birthday
Bash Concert, Sunday, August 16 in Oakland. Mary ellen: jazz vocals,
Middle Eastern percussion; Nanna Candelaria, belly dance; Antoine Hunter,
jazz dance; great rhythm section with special guests on saxophones
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Community
Kaleidoscope
PHOTOS: Nicole at a soccer game in Cairo,
Suhaila's troupe performs in Berkeley, Kosmos Camp
New
letters
more responses to Romani activist organization,
Sharon Moore's article, Miles' article,
Ask Yasmina, Cory responds
to review of her DVD
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