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New England Dancers and Troupes
Bahijha is a dancer and teacher based in southeastern MA. She also raises, and performs with, snakes! |
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| The BDMA is Steven "Drum" and Lisa Kouyoumjian. Includes event schedule and photos. | |
| Shalimar's home page | |
Founded in 2000, Big Moves is the nation's only organization dedicated to increasing size diversity in the world of dance. They host classes and workshops from hip hop to tap, modern to burlesque, jazz to contact improv, all taught by size-accepting instructors. The Boston chapter's latest dance project is Caravan of Curves, a belly dance group. |
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Home page for the Western Massachusetts-based belly dance troupe |
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Dancing Connections (Beverly, MA) is run by the team of Tricia and Roberto, who teach and perform a variety of dance, including Latin, swing, and ballroom. |
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Nerine Avital is a second-generation belly dancer and recent emigre from the Pacific Northwest. |
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Deanna is a journalist and author, as well as a bellydancer. |
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Ghazalah's Web site featuring henna supplies, henna artistry, and traditional dance in southern Connecticut. |
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riDance.com provides a central source of dance information in Rhode Island. A major benefit for the Rhode Island dance community, RiDance.com is one of the largest non-retail websites in the United States. It has been on-line since 1998. |
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| Samarra is a dancer and costumer. | Zahira Zuhra is a professional belly dancer from NH |
Regional belly dance information for Florida. |
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Focus on NYC |
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Based in Vancouver, BC. Covers events in Western Canada, Washington or Oregon State. |
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New Jersey Belly Dancing was created to provide a resource for New Jersey teachers, students, performers, musicians, vendors, promoters and fans of Belly Dancing in New Jersey and the tri-state area. Reference the links displayed to access various areas of interest and inquiry. Help us make this site THE most comprehensive list for *anything* and *everything* Belly Dance in New Jersey. Please visit often for regular updates! |
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Regional site for North Carolina, with links to similar sites for neighboring states. |
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Up to date information for events, classes, workshops, and dance venues in the Puget Sound Area. |
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Mid-East dance in the midwest! |
Dancers and Troupes Elsewhere in the World
The legendary Adriana is a significant figure in the history of Middle Eastern dance in America. |
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Turkish folk dancer, musician, and choreographer |
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Amaya's home page |
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Hosted by Shira; excellent source of info on dance, music, costuming, performance tips, and much more |
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The Art/Dance Academy, located in Oceanside, CA, is an art gallery and performing arts school dedicated to presenting, preserving, and educating the general public on ethnic culture and folklore of various world forms. It is run by Morwenna & Walid Assaf, formerly of Massachusetts and Rhode island. |
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Web site for the fabulous Artemis Mourat. Artemis specializes in Turkish Oriental and Roma dance. |
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Web site for the charming Asmhan, a sister-in-dance from Switzerland. |
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Aylin is a Turkish dancer living in London. |
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Web site for Aziza, of Montreal |
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Banafsheh Sayyad and Irene Masharo established NAMAH with the aim to express the ancient within the contemporary and the sacred within dance — finding a language that would communicate the Persian mystical tradition universally to all regardless of cultural background. |
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Belly Revelations is belly dance troupe offering an eclectic blend of Middle-Eastern-inspired dance.They are located in the Triangle area of North Carolina (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill). |
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Big collection of ME dance links |
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Promo of international performer as well as belly dance directories, talent agency directory, jobs available, on-line lessons, articles, and interviews. |
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Bellydancer.info covers bellydancers, New York City events, bellydancer e-cards, shopping and dance photographer Sarah Skinner. |
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Dunya offers Dancemeditation classes and retreats. |
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Home page of Yousry Sharif and Nourhan Sharif. |
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The original American Tribal Belly Dance troupe. |
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A multinational organization that promotes and celebrates our art form. |
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Pacific Northwest ATS troupe |
Iridia is a French belly dancer. Her site includes an online shop, forum, and Web directory. |
The Maya Zahira School of Belly Dance offers group and private instruction, demonstrations, and performances in the Kansas City area and beyond. |
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No longer actively maintained, but provides good general info on dance, music, costuming |
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The inimitable Morocco, aka the 'Folkoric High Commissioner.' |
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Home page for Laurel Victoria Gray's troupe, which specializes in the dance traditions of cultures along the fabled Great Silk Road trade route. |
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Suhaila is a second-generation belly dancer and the daughter of Jamila Salimpour, founder of the original tribal group Bal Anat. |
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Hosted by the ladies who bring you Wiggles of the West |
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Dedicated to the preservation and promulgation of traditional Central Asian arts |
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Delilah of Seattle's home page |
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Good source of information and news. |
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Zari is a performance artist in California who performs belly dance. She also has a great personality. |
Disclaimer: We have no financial interest in any of the vendors listed here; we list them only to be helpful. |
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New England's very own belly dance store! |
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Maria O'Connor, Ancient Fire Henna, does henna body art (mehndi) for haflis, women's gatherings, bachelorette/bridal/afterprom/grad parties. Call or email for rates and availability. |
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| Instructional DVDs, free video clips, articles, links, and more. | |
| Hand-made Middle-Eastern belly dance costumes ready for immediate shipping! | |
Patterns and fabric for belly dancing including nylon/Lycra stretch knits, metallics, velvet, and silk. Also sewing notions and trims. And all at discounted prices. |
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Very cool bellydance- and Egyptian-themed rubber stamps. |
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| Hand-made Middle-Eastern belly dance costumes ready for immediate shipping! | |
| Buy fire toys - fire poi, torches, and other fire/poi related items - here; learn about fire dancing and hire fire performers, too. | |
| Professional music and lighting services for the Cape | |
Zaghareet!(magazine) |
| Amorfia Productions is the home of the Georges Lammam Ensemble, and produces live performances and shows as well as albums. | |
Web site for one of Boston's favorite musicians, Leon Manoogian. Be sure to check out his beautiful glass sculptures, and his new CD. |
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| A division of Parseghian Records, the leader in the Armenian music industry for over 40 years. | |
| Home site for one of our favorite musicians! |
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All vintage belly dance music, all the time...in streaming MP3 format |
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Born and raised in Massachusetts, now living in Atlanta, Eric remains a fan of some of New England's favorite Middle-Eastern musicians. |
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Web site for famed Egyptian percussionist. |
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America's largest and oldest distributor of Arabic music |
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Simon Shaheen's Web site. Includes information on annual Arabic music retreat in western Massachusetts. |
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Information about the Sufi poet and mystic |
| BalletRox is a youth-based professional ballet company and a unique dance program that makes the opportunities and benefits of dance real for today’s urban kids. Tony Williams is founder and director. | |
| A ballet program, based in Queens (NY), specially designed for children with physical challenges that preclude them from participating in community ballet classes with their peers. | |
| Boston-based contemporary dance company | |
| Home of Tony Williams Dance Center. | |
| Magickal goods store in Salem, MA, owned and operated by my friends Michael and Therese Pendragon. | |
| An online journal of horror, fantasy and speculative literature and art, edited and published by Morgana, associate editor for Middle-Eastern Dance in New England. | |
| Dorea D'Agostino is a massage therapist specializing in deep tissue massage therapy, Samvahan sound healing, movement education, and pregnancy massage. | |
| The Save Darfur Coalition's mission is to raise public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and to mobilize a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of two million people in the Darfur region. The Coalition is an alliance of over 180 faith-based, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. The Coalition’s member organizations represent 130 million people of all ages, races, religions and political affiliations united together to help the people of Darfur. | |
| Springstep celebrates dance and music traditions from cultures around the world. | |
| Women for Women International supports women in war-torn regions with financial and emotional aid, job-skills training, rights education and small business assistance so they can rebuild their lives. | |
| Excellent resource for strength training for women. |
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