Middle Eastern Dance News

 
Syracuse.com (blog)
Bellydancing combines Middle Eastern culture, a hip scarf and some major glute ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
As my glutes would attest if they could, local instructor Meaghan Scully's belly dancing classes engage muscles from head to toe. She translates traditional Middle Eastern and North African dance into an exhilarating total body workout.


 
The Dance Hall Carnivale celebration June 2
Foster's Daily Democrat
Performances have included the locally grown groundbreaking multi-media event In Ears 'N' Eyes; the legendary jazz of The Fringe, broadcast live on Portsmouth Community radio; Ring in The Rhythm: A jazz & Tap Holiday and the recent Middle Eastern belly ...


 
Middle Eastern dance at Battell
South Bend Tribune
Carella has delved deeply in the studies of dances from the Near and Middle East, including Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon and North Africa, including Morocco and Algeria. Her dances are both traditional and contemporary with a spiritual and mystical essence ...


 
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Alonzo King's LINES Ballet offers poignant dances with Middle Eastern themes
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Robert Johnson/The Star-Ledger NEW YORK—Alonzo King's dance company, LINES, returned to the Joyce Theater on Tuesday with a pair of atmospheric works transporting viewers to the Middle East of legend. The plaintive “Resin,” from last year, ...
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New York Times
Summer Dance Festivals Offer International, Local Performers
New York Times
California SAN FRANCISCO ETHNIC DANCE FESTIVAL June 2-July 1. Zimbabwean traditional, Indian kathak, Hawaiian hula, Middle Eastern belly dance fusion, Appalachian clogging: These are just a handful of the styles, cultures and forms that will be on ...

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New York Times
For Arab Lesbians, a Place to Dance Freely
New York Times
The lesbian bar was hosting the inaugural Banaat, the female offshoot of the gay Arab dance event Habibi. “We love eclectic world music, but we never did a Middle East party,” said Lisa Graziano, an owner of the bar. “Now, we can give lesbians a choice ...

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Dance like a Pussycat!
This is Gloucestershire
Tutor Ann Blagden said: "We will be learning a dance to Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire by the Pussycat Dolls, so if you want to Bollywood like the stars this is for you." Ann's love of Indian and Middle Eastern culture and dance began in London 18 ...