"The moves were familiar, but the intention behind the use of a move was all brand new."
The man behind the astounding photography in my Photo Gallery . James also does exceptional wedding photography
THE Mega-site. Unbelieveable. A prodigious number of links, articles, reviews and teacher listings.
Listings of classes, teachers, venues and events in New England
Try the Random feature.
Lots of information, but you may have to spend a lot of time here to find what you're looking for. A great place to start if you're not looking for anything in particular.
Lots of costuming advice and examples by the author of the VERY popular series. I'm told she very generously answers questions via email. Be sure to ask nicely!
My primary instructor. Highly recommended for beginners and advanced alike. Tell her Nadira sent you!
One of the foremost experts in Turkish and Romani dance, and a sweet and giving teacher to boot! Based in the DC area.
Specailizes in modern arabic dance.
Wonderful teacher in classical Arabic (esp. Lebanese) styles, and a very talented costumer.
A second-generation belly dancer, and one of the Daughters of Rhea.
Boston area dancer, and one of my favorite workshop teachers.
Houston, TX belly dance school, where I studied in the summer of 2002.
The Baltimore member of the Daughters of Rhea, and Bellydancer of the Year 2000.
Cambridge, MA
Yousry and Nourhan Sharif.
Creator of the Hip Phylosophy training DVD. I highly recommend her custom instructional video service.
Australian dancer, dance study tour leader, and author of A-Z Belly Dance.
Delilah of Seattle
Star of an intermediate-level veilwork video, and others that I haven't seen
World famous performer, teacher and dance researcher. Wonderful articles.
Try her On-Line lessons. Not a substitute for a proper class, but she understands the subtleties of the movements, and explains them EXTREMELY clearly. Also take a look at her prodigious number of links
A wonderful dancer and personal friend
Another wonderful dancer and personal friend. Brilliant balancer!
Another wonderful dancer and personal friend, as well as musician
Toronto-based dancer. Her page includes articles and great links.
Lots of links assembled by a male dancer; can be tricky to navigate, but worth it.
In the Philadelphia area.
Rhode Island-based vendor of costumes, accessories, music and some videos. They carry beginner, standard, and professional costume lines (these are my terms, not theirs). Unfortunately, they don't have an online store, but DO have a REAL store in Warwick, RI. They frequently take their merchandise to events throughout the Northeast, and sometimes farther afield. I highly recommend them.
Costumes to drool over, plus a wide selection of music, videos and some accessories
Tribal Wear Vendor
A mostly-ballet-and-modern-focused supplier, but a great source for hermes sandals and other footwear, dance briefs, and hypoallergenic eyelash glue.
Textile crafts supplies catalog. Unbelieveable ready-to-dye fabrics. Their 5mm Habotai floats like a dream; try it for your dance veil. (See it in action in this picture.) You'll have to dye it yourself (or leave it white, which has the most beautiful sheen), but at these prices and quality, it's worth it! I recommend beading at least one of the long edges- it makes it easier to handle this very fine material.
Provides custom-generated button graphics for free. Thanks, guys!
