tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449919780401387622011-12-30T08:32:44.780+08:00A selection of dance-related articles from all over the Net, with a bellydance slant.Sirynnoreply@blogger.comBlogger681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1144991978040138762.post-56742448404339684232011-12-30T08:29:00.003+08:002011-12-30T08:32:44.792+08:00

A recent Clalit Health Services study reveals belly dancing leads to fewer visits to family doctors, a loss in weight, and an increase in general health among women.By Dan Even Belly dancing traces back to ancient Egypt, where they were used as part of religious ceremonies. Historians posit that Napoleon’s soldiers, who were exposed to belly dancing while in Egypt, brought the idea back with them

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Posted by Melanie DoskocilLast week my friend, Mr. Dolce, who is a language arts teacher at Van Buren Middle School in Albuquerque, NM told me about a list he had found on the web that some of his students were discussing in a round table type format. He read the list, called 16 Harsh Truths that Make Us Stronger, to me over the phone and I immediately knew I wanted to see it for myself. The

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23 Jul, 2011 04:00 AMFrom dancing with the stars to spangly sequinned bras: Sarah Harris steps out into those syncopated suburbs and gets a case of the cha cha chas.TALK about a statement pregnant with possibilities. “Belly dancing saved my life,” Debra Ford says, “it’s as simple as that.”Flashback to May 2006. “It was a head-on collision at 200km/h impact, because we were both doing 100.“It

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By Ahmed MagedFirst Published: February 12, 2007CAIRO: At a time when Israel’s efforts to normalize cultural relations with Egypt continue to be stymied, the last thing anyone could have imagined was voices of protest coming from the belly.Quite literally.Egyptian belly dancers recently unanimously refused to participate in a festival for oriental dancing that was organized last week in the

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"a good belly dancer must express life, death, happiness, sorrow, love and anger... but above all she must have dignity."Written by Elias AntarPhotographed by Burnett H. MoodyThe final blast of a tangle of electric guitars at full volume reverberated through the "Maryland" nightclub, incongruously set in the middle of a children's playground in Cairo. With a crash of cymbals, the lights dimmed

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By Sara SheaInfo Guru, Catalogs.comSunday, September 26, 2010The most ancient form of dance known as spiritual dance, can be found in thousands of cultures around the world.Today, some of these ancient spiritual dances are re-emerging in the world of contemporary dance, coupled with new interpretations, emerging dancers and modern spiritual dance fashion.The earliest spiritual dance ceremonies

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Rich Saudis are transforming Cairo's entertainment scene.by Rod NordlandMay 31, 2008Abir Sabri, celebrated for her alabaster skin, ebony hair, pouting lips and full figure, used to star in racy Egyptian TV shows and movies. Then, at the peak of her career a few years ago, she disappeared—at least her face did. She began performing on Saudi-owned religious TV channels, with her face covered,

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By MARIAM SAMI, The Associated PressCAIRO, Egypt (May 2, 1997 3:38 p.m. EDT) -- Twenty-two agents of the government's Artistic Inspection Department prowl nightclubs and discos to ensure that the ancient art of belly dancing isn't tainted by racy gyrations. So conservative Egypt was shocked when a leading performer, Dina, traded the traditional glittering gauzy garb for biking shorts and bikinis.

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By Barbara LantinPublished: 11:52AM GMT 12 Dec 2005You don't have to be a ballet dancer to align your body correctly, says Barbara LantinWhen Simone Clarke, principal dancer with the English National Ballet, says that she has "terrible posture", I want to laugh out loud. Like all ballerinas, Clarke, who is dancing Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker at the

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First published: Jul 23rd, 2009Traditionalists in Egypt have targeted cabarets that feature belly dancers, and many Egyptians fear that the art is dying.Acarabee Alley, just off 26 of July Street in bustling downtown Cairo, opens onto a small courtyard surrounded by bars. Up the stairs at the end of the courtyard a belly dancer shakes her hips and smiles at the mostly empty tables in Club Miami.

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In Egypt the unusual love--hate relationship with belly-dancing persists amid a conservative culture of veiled women and virgin weddings.by Yahia Samir LababidiAt a time when more and more Egyptian women are taking the veil, Cairo remains the world epicentre for those who wish to master a dance that is only a slight variation on the theme of Salome's shedding of her veils. And when, seaside, the

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Sid Smith Special to the TribuneOctober 16, 2009Am I watching a story or not? What if I like the flashy parts best? And what's an arabesque and why? Dance newcomer Christopher Borrelli has questions, critic Sid Smith has answers. For a quick lesson on an intimidating art form, read on.Dance can often strike the newcomer -- especially the male newcomer -- as among the most mysterious and

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by Rachel Williamspublished in The Guardian, Tuesday 27 October 2009East London's urban dance degree is booming in popularity, despite the criticisms of puristsJustin Gordon started dancing at the age of seven, entertaining family members with his reggae and soul moves at an endless succession of birthdays, weddings and christenings in Tottenham, north London."My family used to have a lot of

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By LARRY ROHTERPublished: October 21, 2009In a country where nearly everyone is a dancer, or at least aspires to be one, Deborah Colker still manages to stand out, both for her versatility and her unwillingness to be pigeonholed. Over a career spanning nearly 30 years, this Brazilian choreographer has worked in settings as aesthetically distinct as the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, a

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Interview by Laura Barnettguardian.co.uk, Monday 19 October 2009 23.00 BST'Who would I most like to work with? Handel – he taught me everything, and he's not around to take the credit'What got you started?Every child dances, and then you learn not to. So I always danced around, and then, when I was eight, I saw a flamenco dance concert – and I was sold.What was your big breakthrough?When I made

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By Christopher MutherGlobe Staff / October 22, 2009After a tumultuous few years, Boston Ballet gives its image a modern makeoverIn the eyes of Mikko Nissinen, Boston Ballet was facing an identity crisis.The artistic director of the ballet has introduced edgier, even downright sexy programming - such as last season’s “Black and White.’’ But while Nissinen spent the past eight years pushing his

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Connection to Childbirth May Have Ancient Origins; A Shimmy and a RollBY RACHEL ZIMMERMANHelping Jennifer Wright through labor in the delivery room of a Columbia, Mo., birthing center in February were her doctor, her husband -- and her belly-dance instructor.With the teacher, DeeDee Farris-Folkerts, by her side reminding her of the moves, Ms. Wright stood holding her husband while doing the hip

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By Elisabeth Salemme / Brookfield Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007Stefanie Masters , front row, far left teaches a pre-natal belly dancing class to women at the Maternity Mall in Brookfield, WI. Keri Pickett / WPN for TIMEThe latest twist in childbirth prep involves jangling sequins and hip-shaking Middle Eastern music. As the growing popularity of belly dancing ripples across the U.S.--helping many a

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By Fayza Hassan 'WHILE DANCE THE ALMAHS...': Primitive religious worship, fertility rites, Bedouin traditions, and cross-cultural influences in the Ottoman empire -- all these, singly or combined, are believed to be at the origin of what has come to be known loosely as Oriental dancing. Regardless of where and when it all started, as secular entertainment, it has embodied for centuries the

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By Tanya GoudsouzianPublished in Al-Ahram Weekly6 - 12 July 2000, Issue No. 489It was as though one had been propelled centuries back in time, to the tent of a wealthy tribal patriarch who was giving one of his many daughters in marriage to a worthy young camel herder. Ebullient young girls in shimmering, beaded bustiers jiggled and whirled about in their diaphanous skirts before a spellbound

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Published: February 03, 2007Writer: Nadia De Leon The Healing Powers of Middle Eastern DanceThe concept that Belly Dance can be healing, that it is a fine form of exercise and that it fosters the general well being of women, is and has been widely accepted, since its origins in the Middle East all the way to contemporary dance studios in theU.S. This fact is easily confirmed through many lines in

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Published: January 08, 2009By: A. WriterBelly dancing is a great way to strengthen your body while you learn an amazing dance form that has been around for hundreds of years. Many people are afraid to take up belly dance for a variety of reasons. Some people think they are bad dancers, other people think they don't have the right body for it, and still more people are afraid of the negative

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Published: February 03, 2007Writer: Nadia De Leon Authentic Belly Dance is not the deceptive immoral dance of seduction that western Hollywood-influenced stereotypes would have us believe. Belly Dance has been misrepresented by cabaret dancers and incorrectly portrayed to the public by the media. In reality, Belly Dance is a natural, earthly, beneficial, enjoyable and completely ethical dance

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by Nedra BashiraThe power of Middle Eastern Dance to benefit our physical and emotional well being has been proven effective time after time...music and dance have been used successfully to break through to victims of trauma.Mentally stimulating, physically challenging and socially integrating, this art from has taken many women from the pits of depression to a stronger self, more aware of our

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Reported by: Lauren GressPublished: March 2, 2008COLUMBIA - The ancient art of belly dancing is making a comeback in Mid-Missouri and perhaps via an unlikely group with more belly than some would expect.Women practice belly dancing in dance studios all across the country, not just in Columbia. However, the participants in belly dance classes here are expectant or new mothers."I like the fact

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By Anne Marie WelshMarch 8, 2009WATCH MEN: Students at UC San Diego using laptops take notes on dancers’ movements as Random Dance Company’s Wayne McGregor observes, far right.Reporting from San Diego -- With a dozen high-def cameras and a couple of camcorders, plus pens, notebooks, sketch pads and laptops, more than 40 people spent three recent weeks in a black-box theater on the campus of UC

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By Christian FraserBBC News, CairoTuesday, 17 March 2009These days the centre of Cairo is a dusty, polluted, overcrowded metropolis. But in the 1940s it was a city full of style and culture, the beating heart of an Arab renaissance.Downtown the bars and nightclubs flourished along the sweeping boulevards attracting all sorts of adventurers from around the world.Since then many of the bars and

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By Corey KilgannonPublished: March 17, 2009Not everyone is ready for this dance company that calls itself Gimp and its members with undeveloped or amputated limbs, and bodies beset with physical challenges.Not everyone is ready for the way the muscular dancer throws around the tall, skinny guy with cerebral palsy like it’s pro wrestling, and not modern dance.Not everyone is ready for the

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By GIA KOURLASPublished: March 13, 2009ETHAN STIEFEL is revered for his electrifying presence at American Ballet Theater, where he has been a principal dancer since 1997. In less ballet-centric circles around the country he may be better known as Cooper Nielson, the choreographer-dancer character from Nicholas Hytner’s 2000 film “Center Stage.” But in Winston-Salem, where he presides over the

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Moms-to-be give belly dancing a whirl for fitness and funBy Lori Price of the Journal SentinelPosted: Sep. 9, 2008In many ways, the belly-dancing class was exactly what you'd expect.A professional belly dancer guided nine women in coin-fringed hip scarves through snaky, seductive motions: hip lifts, pelvic circles, a few shimmies.Then Stefanie Masters, the instructor, made a suggestion that

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Written by: Lina DasLast updated at 8:00 PM on 27th September 2008They've performed for crown princes and rock stars in a 'celebration of femininity and sensuality' that attracts dancers from 17 to 70. Meet the Bellydance Superstars who are back to shake up the UK.A disused missile launch base overlooking Los Angeles is not the first place one would expect to find a troupe of exotically dressed

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A quirky look at the wonderful sporting habits of real Beijingers, in this case, some 70-year-old hip-hop dancing grannies. American television correspondent and producer Adam Yamaguchi tries to pick up some hip hop dance moves from these ladies.

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Published on Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:47am EDTBy Alexandra HudsonAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - It was a busy time for pole dancers in Amsterdam at the weekend.While the red light district's troupe were gyrating as usual on Friday night, a host of girls from Albania to Spain flew in to compete for the European pole dance championship title.Wearing sportswear reminiscent of Olympic gymnasts rather than skimpy

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By Neil SearsLast updated at 7:14 PM on 18th August 2008Armed with a degree from Cambridge University, Emma Chapman swiftly won a job as a scientist.For four years she has been carrying out ground-breaking research into the structure of molecules in a bid to create new medicines.But now she has decided to swap her lab coat for a sequined skirt and a new career as a belly-dancer.And although she

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Belly dancing choreographer Hassan Khalil speaks to Yoga Travel.Hassan Khalil is a professor in the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Cairo. He teaches oriental dancing all over the world, but, ironically not allowed to teach belly dancing in Egypt - it has been banned in public institutions."Like any art, belly dancing started with religion. It came from the times of the pharaohs: you can see

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Dancer Keti Shariff talks to Yoga Travel.Keti Shariff trains belly dancers in Cairo and travels all over the world to dance, although not in Egypt. She is booked by clients for shows or weddings, then flies out to perform. We sit in the opulent surroundings of Cairo's Marriot hotel.What does belly dancing mean?"It's about many things - physical, sexual, sensual, fitness. It's about female

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By: Will CottrellLiza is an early fortyish woman, born in Iran and raised in London. These days she lives and works as a dancer in Cairo and commands a salary of 'thousands' per party, except in her favourite venue back in London, where 'I couldn't ask anything like that'. We talk in her flat in Cairo's fashionable Zamalek district. The flat is richly decorated with oriental furniture. On the

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"You have to be strong. You have to continue your career, you have to be strong everyday."Exclusive Yoga Travel interview with top belly dancer DinaBy Will CottrellAs the country's best belly dancer, Dina is one of the most famous women in Egypt. Yet the Egyptian press have regularly enjoyed the eruptions of her personal life. In 2002, a video appeared of the dancer in bed with her third husband.

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Hit by sex scandals and rumours of prostitution, the belly dancing scene in Cairo - home of the belly dance - is underthreat like never before.Two years ago one of the most popular dancers, Dina, was involved in a scandal from which the industry is still reeling. Commanding fees of up to $10,000 a night, Dina was famous for her provocative dances and skimpy clothing. But when her businessman

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Published: 10th Jul 2008By Rex BarberPress Staff Writerrbarber@johnsoncitypress.comMary Jones takes part in the Aerial Dance Workshop being held at ETSU. (Ron Campbell / Johnson City Press)Nina Charity wrapped herself in purple silk and twisted, twirled and flipped 20 feet up in the air.She was practicing air dance, a new and popular art now capable of being taught at East Tennessee State

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By NICOLA M. WHITE | The Tampa TribunePublished: July 8, 2008TAMPA - Jessica Mann and Rebecca Massicotte swiveled around a pole in high-heeled platforms and bikini tops.Two men in velvet chairs looked on.The women are used to sparse crowds on weekday afternoons at the Deja Vu strip club on Adamo Drive. But not like this.As the economy slumps and gas prices rise, Americans are tightening belts.

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A research trial is finding out if concentrating on dance steps keeps negative thoughts away.Published: June 28, 2008What flamenco is to Spain, or what jazz was to the United States, tango is to South America.Its sensuous formality has inspired poets and composers and an art form thought to have begun in Argentinian brothels has fans around the world.Now there is new research in Australia which

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Dance was an intrinsic part of the culture of the ancient Egyptians, with people of different social classes enjoying music and dancing.By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Special to Weekend ReviewPublished: June 13, 2008To the West, it is the belly dance. To Middle Easterners, it is raqs sharqi or the oriental dance. Whatever the name, the dance continues to be popular worldwide despite changes over the

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By Kathryn McKenzie, City People WriterPublished: May 7, 2008It's hard for Hilary Jernigan to hide her love for art."I knew as a freshman in high school that I wanted to be an artist," she says. "My passion was in art."Jernigan teaches art I, II, III and IV at Greenville High School and is a working artist herself. Much of her personal love for what she does is shared with her students by showing

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Plus-size dancers are crowd pleasersBy MIKE WILLIAMSPublished Tuesday, May 27, 2008HAVANA — Barbara Paula looks nothing like a classical ballerina, but when she speaks of dancing on the stage, her face glows with confidence."I always wanted to be a dancer, but I was heavy and never had the opportunity," said Paula, 30, who weighs 275 pounds. "Becoming a dancer has changed my life 120 percent.

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by Layla TajAlmost behind every successful Egyptian Style Dancer is the name "Raqia Hassan". I had the opportunity to meet and take a class with Raqia when I was invited to perform in a Gala show in Stockholm Sweden Belly Dance Festival ..June 2000. She made a great impression on me. I want to share with you a question/answer article I wrote for a Middle Eastern Publication. Layla: Raqia where

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Published: December 24, 2007 CAIRO (AFP): Some 80 professional dancers from around the world have gathered this month at a luxury hotel overlooking the pyramids in the Egyptian capital Cairo to take part in an intensive dancing workshop, aimed at improving their technique and offering them style tips.From Kazakhstan to Brazil, Italy and Indonesia, lovers of oriental dance flock to Egypt to pay

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Published: 11 May 2008Written by: Mona Madkour, AlArabiya.netRenowned male dancer Tito Seif performs at a Giza hotelCAIRO: As tourist season approaches, Egypt's professional belly dancing association has reported a surge in the number of professional belly dancer applications, including for the first time, from men.The men who applied for permits already work as belly dancers on an unofficial

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Published: May 3, 2008A BELLY dancer thrills the judges on Britain's Got Talent tonight - and catches the eye of presenter Declan Donnelly.Sophie Mei, 19, tells hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec backstage how she turned to the Middle Eastern dance six years ago.Speaking at the Manchester auditions, she says: "I've always loved dancing but I've never been that comfortable with it, and then I saw some

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Published: December 13, 2007"Whatever Lola Wants" impressed critics at the Dubai International Film FestivalDUBAI (Reuters): No bombs. No bloodshed. No bin Laden. Belly dancing is the theme Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch says can best communicate the Arab world to the West and reconcile cultural differences."Whatever Lola Wants," Ayouch's story of an American woman who encounters Arab life

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About a year ago my boyfriend said at dinner: "I have two things to tell you. One, I love you. And two, I want you to lose weight! Is it just that you don't know, you don't care? Is it just that you can't stop eating? Do you binge eat? Do you KNOW how you look?"You'd think at 46 I would have developed enough self-esteem to get up and leave. I had put on, in 5 years, around 15 pounds. Not 60

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by Fatemeh FakhraiePublished: November 6, 2007It’s time to set the record straight, everyone. So here it is: belly dancing is not a significant facet of Middle Eastern culture. It’s a dance, not a lifestyle (not according to most Middle Eastern people, anyway).I’ve had one too many people ask me if I belly dance when they hear about my religion or ethnicity. Belly dancing is something that is

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By PIA CATTONPublished: August 1, 2007When filmmakers make movies about dance on stage — be it ballet or modern — the results are usually a bit of a let down: The backstage drama winds up with more (and better) stage time than the performances.But when it comes to social dance, Hollywood deserves a fair measure of praise. Movies that incorporate or revolve around social dance are distinctly of

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By SHILPA SEBASTIAN R. Photo: Sampath Kumar G.P.Published: Aug 07For Jaap Van Manen, dance is not only a way of life, but also something that helps you break free from hangupsJaap Van Manen from Netherlands, turns on the music and tells the five dancers to move. Move, they do, with each one following not the music but their own body rhythm. Neither is conscious of the other, and all moves are

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AVPR1a and SLC6A4 Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Creative Dance Performance (research article)By: Rachel Bachner-Melman, Christian Dina, Ada H. Zohar, Naama Constantini, Elad Lerer, Sarah Hoch, Sarah Sella, Lubov Nemanov, Inga Gritsenko, Pesach Lichtenberg, Roni Granot, Richard P. EbsteinPublished: September 30, 2005“With the creation of the universe, the dance too came into being, which

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By Michael LuoPublished: Tuesday, October 31, 2006BAGHDAD: The members of the national dance troupe of Iraq are performers without an audience. They rehearse daily, but hardly ever put on a show.Yet each turn of the hip and dip at the waist in their choreographed pieces has become weighted with a dangerous new reality, even as they wait for the chaos around them to subside so they can perform

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by Cinthia (??)published: Sept 22, 2006 (??)For all of you aspiring belly dancers out there: here’s how to improve your dance posture and get everyone’s attention.Stand up with your back against a wall. Lift your chest, keeping your shoulders down and your neck stretched tall. Your feet should be hip-width apart with the back of your heels touching the wall. Bend your knees (and keep them bent no

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Text and pictures: Tim ColemanA titillating trip to San Francisco and its tattooed belly dance troupes, Fat Chance, Ultra Gypsy and Indigo. Published in: Skin&Ink Jul 07 and Taetowier-Magazin (German) Jul 07Translation from English to German: Petra TilgRe-translation from German to English: Ursel Meyer (Tribester)Note from Ursel: Please bear in mind that this text is a re-translation of the

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By ROBIN POGREBINPublished: June 6, 2007The National Geographic Society has struck a $1 million deal with the Afghan government to bring a rare cache of gold artifacts to the United States in a traveling exhibition. But some cultural experts who have followed the negotiations are questioning whether Afghanistan is being properly compensated.Plans call for the ancient Afghan pieces — part of the

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By DIANE SOLWAYPublished: May 27, 2007LAST month in a studio at American Ballet Theater, Angel Corella was studying the former Ballet Theater star Gelsey Kirkland as she showed him sequences from the second act of “The Sleeping Beauty,” a new production set to have its premiere this week at the Metropolitan Opera House. One of the world’s finest dancers, whose powerhouse technique and dramatic

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By Malcolm BrabantBBC News, CairoPublished: Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 12:45 GMT 13:45 UKExponents of the art of belly dancing - a unique element of Egypt's national cultural heritage - believe it is undergoing a crisis and is in danger of being driven underground.Two years ago, the government banned foreign dancers from performing, but has recently done a U-turn and allowed them back.One of the

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Published: Circa February, 2006 By Jennifer Viegas, Discovery NewsProfessional dancers are born with at least two special genes that give them a leg up on the rest of us, according to a new study.Recent research also has suggested that intelligence, athletic ability and musical talent are linked to our genes and brain hard-wiring.With dancing added to the list, the evidence indicates that certain

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Published: February 2, 1997From Cairo Bureau Chief Gayle YoungCAIRO (CNN) -- As the sun sets during the holy month of Ramadan, volunteers prepare a meal for the poor.Muslims fast during the day, abstaining from food and drink, then break the fast with an evening meal, known as Iftar.It's considered a good deed to offer an Iftar to the poor -- except when the charity comes from the likes of Fifi

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Published: circa September, 2006CAIRO - In the depths of Cairo’s City of the Dead, Umm Essam unveils her latest creation: a blood-red bellydance costume, complete with golden pearls.BellydanceBut there are no models or podiums in this dressmaker’s tiny workshop hidden deep in the alleys of one of the city’s oldest cemeteries.At the bottom of a sandy path, erected over a tomb, lie two cramped

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Published: circa April, 2005KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) -- Belly dancing is creating ripples among women in East Asia as enthusiasts from Malaysia to Taiwan pick up the ancient art of seductive shimmying -- and get a good work-out at the same time. From teenage schoolgirls to businesswomen and housewives, belly-dancing students say learning how to undulate their bodies and sway their hips is more fun than

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Published: May 21, 2007Dance schools and dance companies have strong ideas about what a dancer should look like. Different dance forms, classical and contemporary ballet, jazz, musical theatre, modern etc all have ranges of body types and colors. Dance body types are not anointed by the gods, nor are they predetermined by our genes, they are cultural, which means they are decided by what everyone

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By CLAUDIA LA ROCCOPublished: May 20, 2007THE press kit is a crucial weapon in the arsenal of any media-savvy choreographer. A sort of all-purpose calling card, it includes photographs, biographical information and favorable reviews. As a popular choreographer in the middle of his career, David Dorfman has no problem supplying rave notices. But one year, fed up with a certain pattern of

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I'm starting this blog because I've come across interesting articles related to dance, kept the links and then discovered later when I wanted to re-read them that they've been moved or taken offline. Gathered here are all such articles, as far as possible with the original links and name of the publication. Enjoy.

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