Suzanne Azhaar
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Reflecting (while doing laundry) in my time Dina was the most sought after dancer in Egypt. But we all grow old and move on. Who is the most famous dancer in Egypt now? Or Turkey for that matter? Does anyone know?
I have no idea who any of those dancers are (except Sadie). Guess I'll be Youtubing to see who they are and what their style of dance is.Heck, I was just wondering if anyone dances anymore.
Being a real techie (ahem), I googled "popular belly dancers" and came up with this list.
Loved the video of Cinzia (thanks for sharing), but, how does the spandex fabric take the wt. of two meters of Egyptian fringe? (That's at least two meters, probably more.) Is there bias tape underneath to help hold shape/wt.? How do you think that design is put together?Thanks, Fotia. I wasn't familiar with Cinzia and liked THIS VIDEO very much. Look at that costume! Found Sahira and zils only which is very nice. I also like Tamar Bar-Gil very much, but don't know how much she is dancing these days. Tamar
I suspect the entire upper part of the costume is underlined with some fairly substantial woven fabric leaving only the skirt free to dangle and sway. A friend made a beauty pageant dress for her daughter that was essentially a complete dress built to support a second overlaying dress. It was the same problem: invisible support of substantial decorative elements on fragile fabric so the dress looked light as a cloud but was in fact engineered like the Empire State Building.