Student Resources
Websites
- www.emmaholder.com/event-calendar/
Emma Holder's local events calendar--belly dance, tango, salsa and more! - www.shira.net
Informative, enjoyable website. Song translations, "about belly dance" articles, costuming and belly dance jokes! - www.turquoiseintl.com
Quality coin scarves and zills. - www.gildedserpent.com
Online belly dance newsmagazine.
Books
- "A Trade like Any Other": Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt by Karin van Nieuwkerk
- Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing by Rosina-Fawzia B. Al-Rawi
- 40 Days and 1001 Nights, One Woman's Dance Through Life in the Islamic World by Tamalyn Dallal
- Snake Hips: Belly Dancing and How I Found True Love by Anne Thomas Soffee
- Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World by Wendy Buonaventura
Music
Recommended and often used in class!
- Solace
American Middle Eastern--very danceable and good listening. - Natacha Atlas
Modern singer--incomparable voice! - Hossam Ramzy
Top modern composer and musician playing classic Arabic music, new music and collaborating with performers from other genres. - Jalilah's Raks Sharki
- Mohammed Abdel Wahab
Egyptian singer and composer of many classic peices from the "Golden Age" of Egyptian dance.
