Belly Dance Video Clips

The extraordinary Tunisian-born Leila Haddad, one of the world's premier Oriental dancers, performs traditional dances of the little-known Ghawazee (Gypsies) of southern Egypt in the popular style. Her entrancing program features the dances from which raqs Sharqi (commonly referred to as "belly dance") evolved. She has been at the forefront in bringing this sensuous dance form out of clubs and cabarets to the theatrical stage, winning it recognition as a noble art form and freeing it from the degrading connotations of the past. She will be accompanied by the Gypsy Musicians of Upper Egypt, a 7-member ensemble that includes members of the internationally renowned Musicians of the Nile. This program marks her New York debut.

Anybody knows what music they used for this?

I love that costume she's wearing, the color and design are amazing!

I want to excuse for the fact that there haven't been any clips for the last couple of days, but they're back.

Ozel Turbas was already a popular entertainer in Turkey when she came to the States sometime in the late 1960s. She sold a number of belly dance instruction albums with titles like "How to Make Your Husband A Sultan."

She lives in New York City and sells belly dance instruction dvds.

Allison Carson and Jenna Hill dance a drum duet.Choreography by Irene Rimer www.danceir.com

Pregnant dancer Tamara

Something funny for this Sunday:

Najwa Fouad in a clip from an old Egyptian film

The audio/video being out sync unfortunately

Multi-award winning world dance artist Aziza Nawal performing one of her signature drums solos at Egyptian Nights in Atlanta. Filmed and edited by Mark Danisovszky

I have been offline for a while due to the fact that I didn't have internet. But from now n there will be daily clips again!