Béatrice Curtis - Egyptian Dance

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Sites with lots of useful information
Shira's Art of Middle Eastern Dance - This is absolutely the Biz!  My first port of call if I need any information about the dance
Aziza Said- Lots of information here
Kashmir- A New Zealand site
Anthea - aka Kawakib
Orientaldancer- includes translations of song lyrics
 

Vendors

Aladdin's Cave - Highly recommended

Farida Costumes - Absolutely gorgeous Costumes

Hilary's Bazaar - Hilary also has an actual shop as well

Forbidden Fruit - Good informational website too

A'kai Silks - Stunningly Beautiful Silk Veils

Whirling Dervish - Michelle also has a shop, in Eccles

 
The Stars
Article about Lucy
Fifi Abdou- Egypt's most celebrated belly dancer
Hours of Glory - Profile of Nagua Fouad
Article about Lebanese dancer Amani
Yasmina - The English Rose of Cairo
 
UK Dance Associations
MADN - Mosaic Arabic Dance Network, the biggest UK association for Middle Eastern Dance
NADA - Northern Arabic Dance Association
Wiggle - a great informational website, based in the North of England, but not confined to it
JWAAD - Teachers
 
UK Dancers
Asmahan - OK, so she's American, but she lives here
Zafirah - in Scotland
RaksCandi - a very informative website
Caroline - she has an Events site too
 

Overseas Dancers & Teachers

Yousry Sharif - Egyptian now based in New York

Aziza - of Montreal

Jillina - of the Bellydance Superstars

Rachel Brice - of the Bellydance Superstars

Beata & Horacio Cifuentes - Berlin

Artemisia - Belgian dancer/teacher who visits the UK quite a lot

Ava Fleming - fabulous dancer & teacher

JimBoz - another wonderful American dancer & teacher

Meissoun - Switzerland

Alexandria - California

Egyptian Dance- the Heart of Belly Dancing - aka Shelby

Desert Moon Dance - an excellent link site

Sira - a New York dancer

 
Interactive / E-zines
Bhuz - a web community, with Discussions, Events, Swapmeet, Live Chat, etc.
The Gilded Serpent - an online magazine
Belly and Beyond - an online radio programme with Angela Wooi and various guests. You can listen online, or download to listen later.
Shimmy Cast - a podcast, that you can listen to online, or download to listen to later.
Middle Eastern Dance - a Yahoo group - moderated by Shanna
Arabic Dance Association - a Yahoo group with a strong UK baseLiveJournal Bellydancing Community - is an interactive weblog community- people post stuff & you can comment about it.  There are other dance-related communities on LJ as well as individual blogs.

 This is a hidden link to my LiveJournal blog, Strictly Dancing

People I like
Just Because - A charity aiming to raise funds and promote awareness, prevention and early detection of breast cancer for women in Egypt.
Taste of Cairo - Tracey Gibbs Photography for dancers
Raw Focus - Joe Conway Photography
Cheekdance - Becky Straker, a friend in Manchester who teaches Pole dancing & Burlesque.
 

 All links last checked 9th August 2008

 

 

My link policy

I link to sites *I* like.

That's it.

 

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Updated 9th August 2008