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• 3-18-10 Not Last Year's Saiidi by Brigid Kelly / Zumarrad
  Recently, a belly dance community newsletter here in New Zealand ran an editorial in which the author remarked that the current generation of dancers still perform “traditional styles – Ghwazee, Khaleegy, Saiidi” but innovate with poi, fan veils and Isis wings in a sort of dance evolution that retains respect for the value of the old.
• 3-16-10 Serena Wilson (1933-2007) A Student of Ruth St Denis, Part 3: Serena's Books by Barbara Sellers-Young
  Serena’s approach saw women as joyful, soft, and feminine. They were responsible for and in control of their sensuality and by extension their sexuality. The dancers were not encouraged to challenge men by their physical presence, but neither was their physical presence and personal desire controlled by men.
• 3-12-10 Creating Camp Negum by Leila of Cairo
  The idea came to us as we laid on the beach at Ras Sidr, a resort town near Suez on the west coast of the Sinai Peninsula. It was one of those rare times when my husband, Safaa Farid, and I could slip away from work for two days. We were watching the wind surfers and listening to Om Kalthoum on the clubhouse speakers when the question just popped out.
• 3-11-10 New Resource Page-Middle Eastern Music & Dance and Belly Dance Books of the 70s & 80s
  additions welcome and appreciated
• 3-10-10 Ask Yasmina #12: The Importance of Oum Kalthoum, Undercutting, and Kid Bellydancers by Yasmina Ramzy
  When a client hiring a performer or a student looking for a teacher is at a point where they want quality, they know they have to pay a fair price.
• 3-3-10 A Sense of Humor: It can Help! Quest for Beauty, Part 3 by Zorba
  What follows here are several humorous anecdotes. Some of them are about being a male in a female dominated field while some are merely about being a Bellydancer in the first place. My first rule concerning being weird ("weird" as evidenced by some reactions to my previous articles) is to have a good sense of humor!
• 3-2-10 Latest Craze- Egyptian Oriental Dance, The Fitness Benefits of Our Dance by Hadia
  This is a fabulous idea, except for the very important and primary fact that the majority of efforts in this direction have attempted to fit this archetype of feminine activity into the current prevailing masculine model of linear strengthening and tightening, complete with fitness speak, crunches, squats and sweat!
• 2-26-10 Life as a Bellydancer: A Dancer's Dilema by Najia Marlyz
  Next came my surprising reality check. It stung me pitifully when I was introduced at my family reunion as "Evelyn’s daughter, the Kootch dancer"! I still thought of myself as a graduate student, learning fascinating things about ethnic studies and folklore.

Reviews

• 3-17-10 Magicians of Music, Three Excellent New Music CDs by Tracy Benton
  Dancers owe a huge debt to the artists who produce music of the very highest quality, music that isn’t merely a background for dancing but a star of the performance in its own right. Consider the albums listed here as potential classics that you may treasure for years.
• 3-14-10 A Look at Three Different Classical Egyptian CDs: Leila’s "Om Al Dunya", Samy Farag’s "Classic Egyptian Belly Dancing Music", Hamoudi Ali’s "A Gift from Cairo", reviewed by Taaj
  Classical Egyptian music and dance style have been around for decades. This is both positive and negative for dancers looking for music in this style. On one hand, there is a lot to choose from. On the other hand, it’s so easy to locate the best known pieces by the best known artists that it is hard to find something new and inspiring.

Community Kaleidoscope
PHOTOS:Michelle Joyce & Dondi with babies, Sean's photos from Ft Worth Texas, MissiHIPPY photo from Black Hearts Ball, Lynette Harper and Rahma Haddad gig photos, SF De Young Concerts- Moh Alileche Ensemble (Algerian),

New Letters
re: Taaj's review of 3 CDs, Pauline response to Zorba, Yasmina R's columns, Lynette and Rahma's photos

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