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I finally found a streaming version of this beautiful song I have been hoping to learn more about. I would be eternally grateful if anyone could give me even a general idea of what this song is about -- there is no English translation online. It is Khaliko Shahdeen, sung by Faiza Ahmed, and...

Are there any Arabic speakers here who can help me with this? I found a translation for Saad's Bel Arabi but after reading I still don't fully understand wht the song is about. I don't know if the translation is too literal and there is metaphor being lost or what. Any comments? This was...

Can any Arabic speakers tell me the proper pronunciation of "maqam" and "maqamat". Thanks in advance. Sedonia

Hmm...this has gotta be a different "Baligh Hamdi" than the one I'm thinking of. Wow, I was really excited there for a minute when I found this. Belly Dance, MP3 Album Music Download at eMusic

Can I get some opinions from the group? How appropriate/inappropriate do you think it would be to use a Jewish folk song, say Hava Nagila, as music for American oriental or some kind of world fusion dance (that would be introduced as such)? Appropriate with the accurate label? Sketchy...

Am I the only experienced performer that gets unexpected adrenalin rushes during performances even after many years of performing at all kinds of venues? It doesn't happen all the time, only sometimes. It happened to me last weekend at a very low key workshop hafla. It's not exactly stage...

Hi all: Can anyone offer a translation of these lyrics to the song Belalim by Sezan Aksu: Here are the Turkish lyrics: BELALIM' Ucurum ucurum gozlerine baktIgIm sensin Prangalarca boynuma taktIgIm sensin Dag golleri gibi gibi hasret cektigim Her gece uyku diye yattIgIm sensin YanarIm yanarIm...

Grossly mislabeled and bizarre dance clip. I stumbled across this, then just sat there with my mouth open having a "what the f@#$%" moment. It's labeled "Persian dance". YhtOFdbEDLg

He has a ton of albums on maqam.com Is it eastern in essence? East-west fusion? Looks like alot of it is orchestral; would this be considered post-romantic classical music, in the same sense as that of Debussy, Rachmaninov, etc.? Some of it has the same flavor (but this is based on listening...

Some Americans who dance fabulous Egyptian style: Lucy of DC: 06EzRLyXKIY more Lucy of DC: _Ydfs_wKIlQ Yasmin of DC area (one of Lucy's teachers; she opened for Mona el Saiid in Paris back in the day) YouTube - A Christmas Beladi Zara Zuhair nmx_ZRwNah4

can we get rid of him? Sedonia

I find myself reading and posting on this forum less and less because the "new posts" page is more and more games and prizes, and off topic posts. This morning 15 of the first 25 new posts were from these two categories.:confused: Sedonia

We have had numerous conversations here about what defines "belly dance". I know that certain other dance genres, such as flamenco, hip hop, and hula have similar points of discussion among their dancers. What I want to know is, do mainstream western dance genres have an "essence" that defines...

A'isha weren't you at the Fifi workshop/performance this weekend? Please tell us all about it. How wonderful was she? How was the workshop? the shows? details! details! I want to live vicariously through your experiences!!! Sedonia

This is sort of a spin-of from the "what style is Shakira" thread, in which A'isha stressed the concept that a dance is more than the sum of its parts -- that belly dancing moves strung together outside of the cultural concept does not produce belly dancing/raqs sharqi/oriental dance. I think...

Hi everyone: This is a spinoff from the Om Kalthoum thread. Chryssanthi posted a clip of Lucy (the Egyptian one) dancing to Lissa Fakir. Am I the only Egyptian dance enthusiast that doesn't really care for Lucy's dancing? She has nice crisp hipwork and shimmies, but I just don't care for the...

I am cross-posting this with the MED-list, so apologies if it reaches some of you twice. I am trying to find more information about the folksong Ya Ain Mouleytain. I have always thought it was Egyptian Saiidi, and several albums I have with this song list it as Egyptian/Saiidi. However...

...when I read about it on another board.:shok: quote from http://www.tribalthrowdown.com/workshops.html: Samantha Riggs "Pirate Bellydance: Why Is The Rum Always Gone?" Pirate Belly Dance is the culmination of Samantha's experience with tribal fusion, stage combat, Bollywood and Bhangra...

Raqia Hassan's Ahlan wa Sahlan festival made it to CNN. I thought it was an interesting news bite, and overall pretty positive compared to how oriental dance is usually portrayed by the media: http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/fullbvideo.php?id=14636 The Ahlan wa Sahlan dance contest mentioned...

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