General information Dance
styles in the Middle East Middle
Eastern dance rhythms
Explanation and examples Dance
of the Seven Veils
A European invention (shira.net) Dance:
the spiritual connection
(shira.net)
El-Funoun
Website of a Palestinian dance troupe that founded the Popular
Art Centre in the West Bank
Dance
in Oman
Oman Centre for Traditional Music The
Omani dance of death
Fann al-dan is an ancient dance perfomed following a death.
Article by Nasser Al-Taee Life
stories of female entertainers
by Karin Van Nieuwkerk (extracts
from A Trade Like Any Other
- Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt, 1995) Cross-dressing
in Middle Eastern dance
(shira.net)
Oasis
Dance Camp
Dancing holidays in Morocco
Belly dance
"Raqs Sharqi" (literally:
"oriental dance") is the name used in the Middle
East. The term "Belly Dance" is said to have been coined
in the United States to attract people to an exhibit
called "The Streets of Cairo" at the Chicago World's
Fair in 1893.
Belly
dance
General explanation from Wikipedia
What
is belly dance?
Roots
of oriental dance
By Carolina Varga Dinicu (orientaldancer.net)
A
brief history of oriental dance
From social dance to performance art. By Salome
(orientaldancer.net)
Music
and rhythm
A belly dancer's view, by Ann Sabin (bdancer.com) Belly
Dance Museum
History, plus some famous dancers
ShiraNet
The art of Middle Eastern dance - lots of information Raqs
Sharqi
Information on the dance
Raqs
Sharqi - Middle Eastern dance
Debke A
line dance for both men and women. The national folk dance of
Lebanon, also found in Syria, Jordan and Palestine.
Debke
- the dance and culture
Debke
- how to do it
Sanabel
A Palestinian debke group based in Illinois
Ghawazee Ghawazee
are professional dancers providing entertainment in Egypt. A
short history of the Ghawazee
By Sayyid Asim al-Talib The
Ghawazee of Egypt
By Jasmin Jahal Dance
of the Ghawazee
By Leyla bint ish-Shamaal
Guedra A
Berber blessing dance Guedra
"Dance as community identity in selected Berber nations
of Morocco." By Carolina Varga
Dinicu (orientaldancer.net) Guedra:
the FAQ
By Karol Harding
Guedra
dance of Morocco
By Jasmin Jahal
Hagallah A
wedding dance, originally from Libya, performed by the Bedouin
of western Egypt Hagallah
A short description Hagallah
Cultural setting, costumes and choeography
Hagallah
What it is and what it looks like
Hagallah:
FAQ
Fakes versus the real thing
Shikhat The name
- variously spelled Schikhatt, Shakhatt or Chikhat -
means "female sheikhs". This is an erotic women-only
dance, originally perfomed for the bride before her wedding,
with the idea of teaching her how she would be expected to
move in the marriage bed. Schikhatt:
from sex education to social recreation
By Carolina Varga Dinicu (orientaldancer.net)
Shamadan A
"candle dance" traditionally performed in Egypt
during weddings. The name comes from the candelabra worn on
the head.
Raqs
shamadan Candelabra
dance
Article and pictures Cleopatra's
Bazaar
Shamadan candelabra for sale. "Sturdy, yet lightweight
for ultimate comfort and comes in your choice of brass or
silver tone finish." $190.
Zar A
dance performed to drive away evil spirits. It originated in the Sudan but is also
popular among women in Egypt. The
zar ceremony
by Heba Fatteen Bizzari The
zar revisited
by Me'ira (Karol Harding)
The
mysterious zar
by Arabella |
