May 2006 SnakeByte from the Gilded Serpent!
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• 5-17-06 An interview with Leila by Lynette
  "Turning tricks," or sleeping with nightclub or hotel owners, is not required to make it as a dancer in Egypt, but it is a complicated and questionable industry and there are many pressures.
• 5-17-06 Making New Musical Inroads in Luxembourg 2005 by Mark and Ling Shien Bell
  Helm takes Rhythm Diatribes Workshops to Europe. It was extremely educational for us to watch the learning process in three very diverse regions.
• 5-16-06 Got Strength? Buffing up for Bellydance by Aruna
  Muscles are like smart-aleck teenagers. If you ask them to do something, they do just enough to get the job done—and no more.
• 5-15-06 Rhythmical Truths Rhythm and Reason Series, Article 11, by Mary Ellen Donald
  In my books and in person, I make the point that there are two basic kinds of rhythmical variations – embellishments and fill-ins.
• 5-15-06 God Belly Danced, Part IV: The Rise of the Pagan Anti-Belly Dance League by DeAnna Putman (Qan-Tuppim)
  Dancing girls, wherever they came from, at this time apparently were luxury import items and thus were subject to a 25 percent duty tax, equal to that of precious gems.
• 5-11-06 Rocking with Raqia by Taaj
  Each explanation brought the class closer to understanding the essence of Egyptian style.
• 5-10-06 Rhea’s Travel to Syria …PART 4 – Damascus
  If you try to show what basically decent people Americans are, you will be run over like a wild coyote. Leave your manners at home and take on theirs.
• 5-7-06 Photos from Bellydance Superstars Audition in San Rafael, CA, Feb 2006 by GS staff
  Tough lighting conditions! Though, we did managed to get a few.
• 5-5-06 2005 Folktours Middle Eastern Music & Dance Camp Pennsylvania, by Zarqaa, Photos by Sarah Skinner and Carl Miller.
  Look around and delight in the glory of the dancers and musicians. Dance.
• 5-2-06 Cairo '05, How to Eat, Drink, Sleep, and Breathe Raqs Sharqi, Part 4of 4 The End of the Trip by Andrea
  We were hooted and hollered at countless times, passed an angry bunch of men arguing about Allah-knows-what, women with large bundles balanced on their heads, people in the stores and on the street trying to sell us stuff, but we were safe! 
• 4-29-06 Interview with Magda Ibrahim by Debbie Lammam
  That is very enjoyable, to see someone who didn’t know how to do something before and now they do, and I’m the one who helped them do it, regardless of whether they are Egyptian or foreign
• 4-26-06 Much, Much More by Margo Abdo O'Dell
  Please do not call me a belly dancer. Because for me, it is not just a flip of the hip, the wink of an eye. It is not just the sparkle of jewels, the want of applause.
• 4-20-06 Photos of Saturday Workshop & Evening show from Aida Nour & Magdy El-Leisy Workshop 2006 Photos by Lynette Harris & staff
  sponsored by Little Egypt held on Feb 25, 2006 in Los Angeles, California- CASUALS- Show photos still coming!

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