Belly Dance Home Page (Oriental Dance)

• Local features
• Belly Dance Contacts around the World.
• History of changes/updates on this site
• Med-dance listers @ Mendocino 98
• Rakkasah 97 (now over) - unofficial schedule of dancers
• "Origins of Oriental Dance" by Me'ira
• "Names for Dancers and Other Graceful Souls" by Me'ira
• "A Review of Music and Rhythm" by Roxann
• "Beginning Middle Eastern Dance Class Outline" by Rabiah Banu
• "Intermediate I Middle Eastern Dance Class Outline" by Rabiah Banu
• "Belly Dance Basics Class Outline" by Sherezzah
• "A Glossary of Belly Dance Terms" edited by Stefan
• "Masculine Belly Dance" by Stefan
• "A Primer on Middle Eastern Dance Styles" by Soher Azar
• "Trance Dances - The Guedra FAQ" by Me'ira
• "The Zar Revisited" by Me'ira
• "The Belly Dance FAQ" edited by Stefan
• "Defining the Dance" by Jen Al-Amira
• Belly Dance Music & Video Recommendations from the med-dance list, edited by Stefan
• Some interesting dance quotes
• Educational
• Dance Archives:ftp.std.com (1994/95/96) and at www.dancers-archive.com (96+)
• /list.Welcome (Eileen's welcome message to new med-dance mailing list subscribers)
• Help For med-dance List (Eileen's info on searching the archive, getting the med-dance list in digest form, and other good information)
• /mgraphics/clipart (Lots of Belly Dance related clipart courtesy of Mei'ra)
• Inanna, Salome & The 7-pt. Routine (1997 Delilah/Lorraine Lafata retreat: Isis Oasis by Kajira Djoumahna)
• Middle Eastern Dance Resource Guide (was "Middle Eastern Dance in Tucson, AZ")
• Middle Eastern Names
• Suppliers (in USA or International) for Middle Eastern Costuming, Accessories, and Instruments
• Journals, Magazines, & Newsletters (in USA or International) related to Middle Eastern Dance
• Books about Middle Eastern Dance, Culture, History, and Costuming/Beading/Suppliers
• Videos, TV Shows, & Movies in which Belly Dancing appears
• Middle Eastern Musicians & Music Retailers
• Dancer's Directory
• Middle Eastern Dance Events (Performances, Seminars, Workshops)
• The Art Of Middle Eastern Dance (Shira's excellent general information site)
• "Best Belly Dance Links" (Thomas L. Kapfer's list - mostly duplicates this page, different perspective)
• CNN: culture of the Nubian people in Egypt
• The Henna Page
• Herp Link (Dedicated to indexing the best snake info on the web)
• Middle Eastern Percussion by Mary Mark
• The Neferchichi's Egypt Clip Art & Backgrounds Page
• Turkish Names for Men and Women
• Veil and Drum WWW Home Page (Middle-Eastern dancer/musician SCA newsletter)
• The Gypsy Lore Society (academic)
• Middle Eastern Dance/Dumbek Rhythms (.wav sound files & written notation)
• A Quick And Dirty Guide To Doumbek Rhythms
• Commercial
• American Recording Productions ("Armenian and Middle Eastern musical albums for sale")
• Beledi Productions (Seminars - Based in Orlando, FL, USA)
• Belly Dancer of the Year Pageant
• CD Connection (online CD mail order) - Here's a review & list of other online music stores.
• Chandra's Dance Extravaganza (online catalog)
• Cost Less Belly Dance Costumes (coin, mirror, and crystal Belly Dance costumes)
• Desert Dance Festival (October event in San Jose, CA)
• Desert Wind - Alan Bachman's famous band out of Salt Lake City, UT, USA - site features sound samples, goddess philosophy, play lists, cover pictures, and ordering info for all releases.
• Distant Caravans (For people interested in the Middle Ages, Renassiance, Belly Dance, Drums, Ethnic Jewelry, Amber and lots of other great stuff)
• Farabi is a group of four musicians playing a variety of Middle Eastern music.
• Firebird music catalog
• The Guilded Lily, creating custom garments for historical re-enactment since 1982
• Green Duck Designs (bdance costume patterns/sketches)
• International Dance Discovery (Dance info & some articles)
• Jeff's Custom Photography (featuring pictures of the Corvallis Belly Dance Performance Guild)
• JJ's Place (Los Angeles clubs/teachers, multimedia bellydance products)
• Judaica Gifts (Nice Amulets per Meira - Not Belly Dance Specific)
• Lark In The Morning ("purveyor of world musical instruments, books, recordings and videos")
• "Let's Dance" Dancewear Catalog (sells Capezio half-sole sandals, etc)
• Mandala - Crafts from India, Egypt (has Danse Orientale accessories).
• Oasis (Band from New Berlin, WI - Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Music for Bellydancing)
• The Theatrical Shop (General entertainment supplies)
• Regional, Troupe, and Individual Home Pages
• Bay Area Belly Dance Home Page (San Francisco, CA, USA)
• Belly Dance in Ottawa-Hull (Canada) - Local events, dancers, and classes.
• Corvallis Belly Dance Performance Guild (Corvallis, OR) 
• The Camel's Armpit Bellydance Site (Western Australia)
• Melbourne Belly Dance Homepage (Australia - Events & Links)
• Middle Eastern Dance Association of Western Canada (Canada)
• New World Belly Dance (Eugene, OR)
• Bellydance NY (New York, NY, USA)
• New York Belly Dancer (New York, NY, USA)
• Southeast Middle Eastern Dance (by Andre)
  
  
• As-Sayf Home Page (Sweden)
• Bellydance By Jamila (Sahara Sunset Middle Eastern Dancers - Boise, ID, USA)
• Desert Veils (New Zealand Troupe)
• Farfesha Belly Dance (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)
• Fat Chance Belly Dance Page
• Habibi Belly Dancers (Grand Ledge, MI, USA)
• The Horon Turkish Folk Dance Ensemble by Valeria Batista Mason, Monterey, California (c/o damason@redshift.com)
• The Rising Phoenix Dancers (Florida, USA) - Directed by Sherezzah.
  
  
• Aleena's Belly Dance Information (Art, Seminars, Costumes)
• Ashana (Personal Bio)
• Isis and the Star Dancers (Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX)
• Jahara's Seattle Belly Dance Page
• Kajira Djoumahna's Home Page (Santa Rosa, CA)
• Linda's Lair
• Lucila
• Lynette's Snake's Kin Studio (Belly Dance Lessons and Performances by Lynette)
• Marjan's Home Page (Dallas / Fort Worth, TX)
• Morocco's Meanderings (New York, NY)
• Rebecca Sobol's Danse Orientale Page
• Rebecca Sobol's Herp Page (Snakes)
• Ruth's Middle East Dance page (Bio, UK links, general calendar of events)
• Sapphira: World Dance, and Sapphira's World.
• Sahnobar Dance Ensemble Page.
• Shaheena's RL Home Page and a Shaheena splash page
• Suhaila Salimpour's Home Page (and her introductory Teaser Page)
• Zohar (Picture & Goddess-philosophy)

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This page last updated October 1, 1998 by Stefan (bdancer@www.bdancer.com).