Dear Group,
In two weeks I'll be leaving for Cairo for 5 months to study at the university and to study dance.
There's a list of instructors I'd like to try to get in touch with:
Aida Nour
Diana Tarkhan
Mona Said
Randa Kamel
Dandash
Freiz
On Aisha's advice, first thing I'll do, is contact...
I need to do a presentation about dances of Egypt in the Egyptian dialect at my university (I study Arabic). Could one of you native Egyptian dialect speakers please help me out?
I need to do include at least information about Shar'i, Baladi, Sa3idi and Tanoura and it's really supposed to be...
Ok guys, this is what's on my mind:
I had a workshop a couple of days ago with a very-well-known American instructor. She used a breath-taking Egyptian baladi song to teach us a choreo and during the break she came to me and said that I should try not to forget to smile all the time because I...
Hey guys!
You know when you accidentally find those "hidden", not-so-common pieces of music which turn out to be precious jewels in your music collection? Let's share our favorite non-widespread, not-so-common but beautiful songs. Everyone has those :)
I have a lot of favorites, but the first...
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I translated the German subtitles. For those who speak Arabic or German (since German is not my native tongue): please correct my translation if necessary.
A good dancer has to be destined to be one.
She cannot just put on a costume and say "Now I'm a dancer".
No, she must be...
I really like to compare interpretations of the same song. It's nice to see how people respond differently to the same piece of music and sometimes you see clear cross-temporal, cross-cultural and cross-gender patterns.
I made a selection for you of the beautiful song Zeina, composed by...
Hey guys! Here a couple of clips of Zizi. Enjoy!
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Thanks to gypsy and sbarack for posting those on YouTube. You can find more clips of Zizi posted by them.
I adore the song "Tahtil Shibbak"! Here are some interpretations. Watch, evaluate and leave a comment.
Fifi Abdo
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Dina 1
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Dina 2
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Jillina
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Amira
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Djamila
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Ana
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Hiba
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15 interpretations of Shik Shak Shok!
Hey guys! I came across so many videos of Shik Shak Shok that I decided to put them all together so we can discuss the nice ones, the original ones, the not so nice ones, the differences etc. So share your thoughts!!! In random order:
1. Mayada Al Khouri...
Dear all,
What's your experience with private classes? If you don't know the instructor very well and the instructor doesn't know you very well, how do you decide what you want to learn and how does the instructor decide what to teach? For example: I like some instructors, whom I know from...
Ok guys, here's the deal. I started taking bellydance classes when I was 19, now I'm 22. I'll sum up the effects of the presence of bellydance in my life:
I'm in serious debt because of festivals and workshops I couldn't really afford and because I'm taking classes from three different...
Emotional expression!
Ok guys these are not bellydance videos, but I really wanted to post it anyway. It's a fado singer whom I saw perform live two days ago. The way she displayed her emotions and vulnerability almost made me cry. Because I think emotional expression is also very important in...
Dear all,
I'm planning on travelling to Cairo for 6 months or one year (within the framework of my studies). Ofcourse I hope to absorb as much dancing as I can. So my plan was to get invited to lots of parties :lol: and to get involved in tons of private classes. What do you guys recommend? Do...
Hey dear all! I've been looking for a baladi song called "Habibi" for ages, and haven't been able to find it (ofcourse not, with such a title :mad: ). I have no clue who the singer is, but there is one specific feature: there is a characteristic repeating "ee ee ee" in the song. Does anyone by...
Who of you guys has the song "Khokha" by Rico (feat. Dina)????
I can't seem to find it anywhere, could anyone send it to me by email? My gratitude will be eternal :)
I'm currently re-organising my iTunes playlists after a computer crash :mad:
I made a playlist titled "Arab classics" and included Oum Kalthoum (although she has a playlist of her own ofcourse ;) ), Farid al Atrache, Abdel Halim Hafez and Warda (does she belong here?).
Who else would you...