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The Dance Links to dance terms, and articles relating to the history of the dance, styles, ethics, culture and more. |
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Bellydance Terms |
A glossary of belly dance terms by Shira. |
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Etiquette
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This
page will answer your questions about audience/dancer etiquette. How to
be a good audience member, how to tip a dancer, performing dos and
don'ts, and dance class etiquette.
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Flowers of Araby Student Pages
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Beginning through Intermediate/Advanced Moves, Performer's Handbook, and Student Choreographies. This section is password protected just for our students! New! |
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The Gilded Serpent |
Online,
Middle Eastern Performing Arts Magazine. A lot of articles, letters,
event dates, pictures and advertisements linking to other dance related
sites.
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Articles at Oriental Dancer.net |
A
collection of articles on Oriental Dancer, Salome's website. Articles
on many subjects relating to dancers, the dance, music, styles of
dancing, and more!!! |
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Morocco's Meanderings |
Articles
written by Morocco, a dancer, choreographer and director of her dance
company, the Casbah Dance Experience. Morocco has traveled many times
to the middle east, has written numerous articles, and teaches at
seminars and workshops.
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The Art of Middle Eastern Dance by Shira |
Over 500 articles about belly dance, Middle Eastern culture, and music! |
| The Stars of Egypt | Hossam
Ramzy writes incredible articles about the Stars of Egypt, including
Naima Akef, Taheyya Karioka, Samya Gamal, Hager Hamdy, Nagwa Fouad, and
Badiea Masabny. A lot of great pictures too! |
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Yasmina's Joy of Bellydancing |
Great comprehensive belly dance website! |
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Middle Eastern Music If you want to know more about dancing to Middle Eastern Music, different kinds and styles of music, instruments, rhythms, links to lyrics, or just where to buy some music, you have come to the right place!
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| Hossam Ramzy's Articles | Egyptian
Musician Hossam Ramzy writes an informative and passionate three part
article about Oriental Dance. His objective is to teach dancers to become a 3-dimensional illustration of their music, both physically and emotionally. Be sure to read all three articles! (Introduction, Arabian Music, and Rules for Dancing)
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Middle Eastern Dance |
Great informational site on Middle Eastern Dance.
Visit the Music page for descriptions of instruments in Middle Eastern Music, and visit the Finger Cymbals Page for a breakdown of some zill patterns.
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Instruments |
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| Al-Mashriq Arab Musical Instruments | This is a link Pictures and descriptions of Arab Musical Instruments on Al-Masriq.
Al-Mashriq
is a repository for cultural multimedia information from the Levant in
general, and Lebanon in particular. It contains over 35,000 documents.
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Arabic Musical Instruments |
A description of many instruments. |
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Rhythms |
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Jaz's Middle Eastern Rhythms |
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lot of information on Middle Eastern Rhythms, and this site features a
MIDI rhythm generator to hear the rhythms at different tempos. |
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Jeff Senn |
Playing a Middle Eastern Percussion Instrument |
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Links to Purchase Music |
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| Maqam | Maqam
features Pop/Contemporary, Traditional, or Instrumental Bellydance
Music. Listen to samples of music before you buy! (Quicktime is needed
to play the files.)
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| Dahlal Internationale | Dahlal
says it best! "Music is the foundation of the dance, that is why we
offer one of the most comprehensive collections you'll find." Be sure to check out "15 songs you should know." Some sound samples are available for online listening! |
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