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The Belly Dance Book

Author : Tazz Richards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0970024703

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The Belly Dance Book by Tazz Richards Pdf

"The Belly Dance Book is a collection of articles by 17 top belly dance writers. This is the nuts & bolts of belly dance with articles on history, current events, costuming, make-up, spirit, music, product reviews and more. Great for dancers of every level, and anyone interested in dance, costuming, history or theater."--Amazon.com viewed Feb. 24, 2021.

Zaida

Author : Zaida,Phoebe Carter
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780595209484

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Zaida by Zaida,Phoebe Carter Pdf

Your height – your weight – your body shape – your age – the colour of your eyes - do not matter when you want to learn to belly dance. You will feel healthier, more energetic and happier, than you have ever felt. You will feel you are a beautiful woman. You will feel self-assured. You will feel…JOY! Zaïda first started to belly dance at the age of 60 and has felt healthier and happier in the past 5 years than she ever did in the previous 6 decades. This book was written especially to encourage you …. the older woman…. to DANCE to experience your true, inner self to experience JOY! Try this form of gentle exercise for just a few months and you will never want to stop. 'Always yield to temptation, because it may not pass your way again'

Belly Dancing

Author : Pina Coluccia,Anette Paffrath,Jean Pütz
Publisher : Park Street Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-14
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1594770212

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Belly Dancing by Pina Coluccia,Anette Paffrath,Jean Pütz Pdf

A comprehensive guide to the art of belly dancing • Covers the origins, mythology, and history of the Middle Eastern dance, including its physical and mental health benefits • Contains practical instructions with easy-to-follow photographs • Includes recipes for perfumes, cosmetic creams, and food from the Middle East Belly dance is pure sensuousness and has enchanted humans since ancient times. Yet beyond its erotic aspects, belly dancing offers many physical and emotional benefits. On the physical level it helps with muscle stiffness, autonomic nervous system disturbances, mobility of the abdominal region, and strengthening the back, which in turn enhances the body’s overall posture. Belly dancing also relieves menstrual problems and has been shown to be extremely useful during pregnancy and childbirth. On the emotional side belly dancing increases the libido and has enabled women to overcome self-esteem issues and regain healthy feelings of sensuality and sexuality.Belly Dancing covers all aspects of this ancient art, beginning with its origins and mythical connections to the moon goddess. The authors provide practical instructions and easy-to-follow photographs for the most important dance movements as well as guidance in costuming and related accoutrements. Additional information on foot reflexology and Indian chakras aid the further understanding of the art. The book also contains recipes for Middle Eastern perfumes, cosmetic creams, and food as well as suggestions for musical accompaniment.

Belly Dancing for Fitness

Author : Tamalyn Dallal,Dallal
Publisher : Ulysses Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781569754108

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Belly Dancing for Fitness by Tamalyn Dallal,Dallal Pdf

Spice things up with exotic music, the twirl of silk, and the rhythmic clapping of finger cymbals. This instructional book includes floor gymnastics, back bends, poses, and stretches--and proves that belly dancing can be as easy and fulfilling as yoga.

Grandmother's Secrets

Author : Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781623710118

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Grandmother's Secrets by Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi Pdf

"Come, sit by me," says Grandmother. "Take this chalk in your hand. Now draw a dot and concentrate all your energy into this one dot. It is the beginning and the end, the navel of the world." So Fawzia Al-Rawi describes her grandmother's first lesson about the ancient craft of Oriental dance. Grandmother's Secretsalways circles back to this grandmother and this young girl, echoing the circular movements of the dance itself. Al-Rawi has written a strikingly graceful and original book that blends personal memoir with the history and theory of the dance known in the West as "belly dancing." It is the story of a young Arab girl as she is initiated into womanhood. It is a history of the dance from the earliest times through the days of the Pharaohs, the Roman Empire, to the Arab world of the last three centuries. It is a personal investigation into the effects of the dance's movements on individual parts of the body and the whole psyche. It is a guide to the actual techniques of the dance for those who are inspired to put down the book and move. Al-Rawi conveys in this book not only the history and technique of grieving and mourning dances, pregnancy and birth dances, but the spirit of these age-old rituals, and their possibilities for healing and empowering women today.

Bellydance

Author : Keti Sharif
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1741143764

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For those wanting to shake and shimmy their way to a firmer body, this comprehensive guide to belly dancing offers instructions on how to make the most of the hot belly-dancing-as-fitness trend. In addition to guiding the dancer to a trimmer waist, this how-to book helps put women in touch with their sensuality through the alluring moves of this ancient dance. Specific guidelines for pregnant women who wish to stay strong throughout the nine months and regain their prebaby belly are included. The history and culture of the art is also explored with a celebration of the pulsating music and shimmering costumes that make belly dancing a joy to watch. In Cairo there is a saying: "Every girl is born a dancer." With this guide, all women can be divas of the dance.

Belly Dance Around the World

Author : Caitlin E. McDonald,Barbara Sellers-Young
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786473700

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Belly Dance Around the World by Caitlin E. McDonald,Barbara Sellers-Young Pdf

In these essays, dancers and scholars from around the world carefully consider the transformation of an improvised folk form from North Africa and the Middle East into a popular global dance practice. They explore the differences between the solo improvisational forms of North Africa and the Middle East, often referred to as raqs sharki, which are part of family celebrations, and the numerous globalized versions of this dance form, belly dance, derived from the movement vocabulary of North Africa and the Middle East but with a variety of performance styles distinct from its site of origin. Local versions of belly dance have grown and changed along with the role that dance plays in the community. The global evolution of belly dance is an inspiring example of the interplay of imagination, the internet and the social forces of local communities. All royalties are being donated to Women for Women International, an organization dedicated to supporting women survivors of war through economic, health, and social education programs. The contributors are proud to provide continuing sponsorship to such a worthwhile and necessary cause.

Murder at the Arabian Nights

Author : Rebecca Wolf-Nail
Publisher : Rebecca Wolf-Nail
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781495976759

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Murder at the Arabian Nights by Rebecca Wolf-Nail Pdf

At the Arabian Nights Bellydance Festival, Murder takes Center Stage... When lifelong friends Ginger and Susan took their first bellydance class on a dare, they never dreamed they’d end up performing in public--let alone getting mixed up in murder! Now a famous dancer has been stabbed to death with her own sword, and the police believe a good friend of theirs is guilty of the crime. As they go behind the scenes of the off-beat world of bellydance, they discover that beauty and glamour can hide some very dirty secrets. What they don’t know is that they are up against a killer who is playing for extremely high stakes, and who won’t hesitate to strike again!

The Belly Dancer

Author : DeAnna Cameron
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101082119

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The Belly Dancer by DeAnna Cameron Pdf

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Dora Chambers volunteers to enforce proper conduct on the Egyptian belly dancing exhibition to earn the approval of the World Fair's Board of Lady Managers, and appease her socially ambitious husband. But Dora finds herself captivated by these exotic women and their enigmatic manager, Hossam Farouk--and discovers the truth about the desire and passion in her own heart...

Before They Were Belly Dancers

Author : Kathleen W. Fraser
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786494330

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Before They Were Belly Dancers by Kathleen W. Fraser Pdf

Focusing on Egypt during the period 1760 to 1870, this book fills in some of the historical blanks for a dance form often known today in the Middle East as raqs sharki or raqs baladi, and in Western countries as "belly dance." Eyewitness accounts written by European travelers, the major primary source for modern scholars, provide most of the research material. The author shapes these numerous accounts into a coherent whole, providing a picture of Egyptian female entertainers of the period as professionals in the arts, rather than as a group of unnamed "ethnic" dancers and singers. Analysis is given of the contexts of this dance--that was a legitimate performing art form in Egyptian society appreciated by a wide variety of audiences--with a focus on actual performances--and a re-creation of choreography.

Dancing Fear and Desire

Author : Stavros Stavrou Karayanni
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781554587193

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Dancing Fear and Desire by Stavros Stavrou Karayanni Pdf

Throughout centuries of European colonial domination, the bodies of Middle Eastern dancers, male and female, move sumptuously and seductively across the pages of Western travel journals, evoking desire and derision, admiration and disdain, allure and revulsion. This profound ambivalence forms the axis of an investigation into Middle Eastern dance—an investigation that extends to contemporary belly dance. Stavros Stavrou Karayanni, through historical investigation, theoretical analysis, and personal reflection, explores how Middle Eastern dance actively engages race, sex, and national identity. Close readings of colonial travel narratives, an examination of Oscar Wilde’s Salome, and analyses of treatises about Greek dance, reveal the intricate ways in which this controversial dance has been shaped by Eurocentric models that define and control identity performance.

Belly Dance

Author : Tina Hobin
Publisher : Marion Boyars Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : UCSC:32106018254430

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Belly Dance by Tina Hobin Pdf

A complete background and guide to this ancient, erotic dance.

Learn to Belly Dance Textbook & Certification Program

Author : Shalimar Ali
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781465346599

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Learn to Belly Dance Textbook & Certification Program by Shalimar Ali Pdf

The Shalimar Ali Dance Technique training style combined choreography and dance technique that certified local dancers at Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Group and Performer level. This technique is now available to dance students everywhere and includes choreography, dance technique and quizzes for each different level. You can also participate in the Certification program by performing the dance choreographies and uploading them at www.youtube.com.

Gendered Bodies and Leisure

Author : Rachel Kraus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317175278

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Gendered Bodies and Leisure by Rachel Kraus Pdf

With its roots in Middle Eastern and North African dance, belly dance is a popular leisure activity in the West with women (and some men) of all ages and body types pursing the activity for diverse reasons. Drawing on empirical research, fieldwork, and interviews with participants, this book investigates the social world and small group cultures of American belly dance, examining the various ways in which people use leisure to construct the self and social relationships. With attention to gender expectations, body image, sexuality, community, spiritual experiences, and the process of identifying with a leisure activity, this book shows how people engage in the same pursuit in a variety of ways. It sheds light on the manner in which dancers strive to deal with the challenges presented by internal power struggles and legitimacy bids, public beliefs, narrow cultural ideals of beauty and often sexualized assumptions about their art. A fascinating study of identity work and the reproduction and challenging of gender norms through a gendered leisure activity, Gendered Bodies and Leisure: The Practice and Performance of American Belly Dance will be of interest to students and scholars researching gender and sexuality, the sociology of leisure, the sociology of the body and interactionist thought.

Belly Dance

Author : Anthony Shay,Barbara Sellers-Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015062860518

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Belly Dance by Anthony Shay,Barbara Sellers-Young Pdf