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This is really 'old school' from Turkey but, as there is such renewed interest in Romany/Gypsy dance, its a great clip to look at and learn from. The dancer is Turkish performer Inci Adali (pronounced Inchi). The performance is part of a film shown on Turkish tv about a girl who works in the...

Where - Gym, Ritz Carlton, West Bay When - term starts 13th Jan Time - 6:30pm - 7:30pm Cost - 85 QR per class for walk-ins. Discount for gym members. Instructor - Carmen (I don't know anything about the instructor or her style) So excited to have finally found one :dance:

I'll be the first to admit that I'd never heard of any of them before, what have I been missing? _WBQ7h5618o 5-UXwN4DxQc

From the 1944 Egyptian film 'Al Bou'assa' which starred Abbas Feras and Amina Rizk and was directed by Kamal Selim. In this adaptation of Victor Hugo's 'Les Miserables', Jean Valjean is renamed El Sharkawi/Sherif Pasha while Javert becomes Colonel Fahune. The author of 'History of the Cinema in...

Samia Gamal in scenes from the 1947 film 'Habib Al Omr' (Love of My Life) which starred Farid al Atrash. mW1HATbStTo Nm0k1YdmyDU Bf7EdvYDVRE

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Berlanti Abdel Hamid is the dancer in this clip from the 1960 film Nida'a al 'ushaq (The Lovers' Call). ml_cJsLlEPM She's dancing during the opening credits and again with a cane in a scene from later in the film. Berlanti was an actress more than a dancer, usually playing the part of an...

Last week a movie titled 'Imtithal' was shown on tv here in Qatar. The film's based on the life and death of Egyptian bellydancer Imtithal Fawzi. One evening in May 1936 Imtithal, a popular bellydancer and singer of the time, was performing her regular act in the Bosphorus Nightclub (Casino...

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Naima Akef would have turned 82 on 7th October and in tribute, this excellent compilation and Arabic commentary was shown on tv here. Naima Akef's talents were not limited to being a sublime exponent of Arabic dance, she was also a talented acrobat, tapdancer, singer and comedienne, she even...

This is a rare gem from the 1945 Egyptian film 'Rabha' produced by one of the lions of early Egyptian cinema, Niazi Mustapha (Mostafa). 'Rabha' starred his wife Kouka who had begun her career as a film editor. In his early days Mustapha worked with Badia Masabni and her troupe which at that time...

The bridal veils and beach shorts at the start "make you go hmmm" but after that its a great show. Nagwa's style was so earthy and she danced with great passion, and IMHO, some of today's performers seem very sterile in comparison. T4CgyGq4KOg

Here are three clips filmed last week of the Bukhorcha Dance and Music Ensemble performing at the Nadir Divanbegi Madraasa in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. They put on a great show which lasted about an hour or so, stunning costumes, beautiful dance and fabulous musicians - pity it was probably wasted...

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This mix starts with a couple of dancers who seem to have raided the "Ab Fab" wardrobe department then a few interesting clips from the same movie, next is a wedding scene and finally a Domestic Goddess using a feather duster as a dance prop :) lfB2dtOSuSk

I had a day off work yesterday feeling sick and sorry for myself :-( BUT the up side was that I could snuggle up in bed and watch Egyptian movies and record some of the 'dance bits'. So here they are, quite a variety, it starts with a Nubian theatre troupe, there's some scenes from the 70s...

Here are the dance scenes from Nagwa Fouad's movie 'Al Raseef' (the kerb). Vctgmqw6NKs

These are the dance scenes from the Egyptian movie 'Haret al Gohari'. xhp8_Z9cBGE

Does anyone know the name of this dancer? The name 'Reem' was written on the box the vhs tape was in, but she doesn't look like Reem al Khayam the Syrian dancer. hfmp7z5letk

Nagwa Fouad on the Lebanese tv show 'Jar al Qamar'. Lebanese bellydancer Sahara dances with Nagwa later on in the piece. I8cr4-42dik