Resources for Bellydance

Bellydance Festivals

• Austin Belly Dance Convention (June in Austin)
  
• Z-Helen's Annual Troupe Competition & Workshops (November in Austin)
  
• Tribal Alchemy (May in Ft. Worth)
  
• 3rd Coast Tribal (January in Ft. Worth)
  

Information about Bellydance (links to external articles)

• The history of bellydance
• Styles of bellydance
• More articles on Shira.net
• About Tribal Bellydance
• Liora's notes on History & Costuming of Tribal Bellydance
  

Video Playlists on YouTube

• Big Band Era Music and Dance
  
• Jazzy/Vintage-Inspired Bellydance
  
• Drum Solos
  
• The Evolution of Bellydance (20th century)
• Egyptian Cabaret
• American Cabaret
• Golden Age of Bellydance
• Just for Fun
• Tribal Fusion
• American Tribal Style (ATS)
• Dark / Gothic Fusion
• Miscellaneous Fusion
• Dances of India
  

Reading Material

• The Gilded Serpent - free online newsletter
  

• Al-Rawi, Rosina-Fawzia - Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing
• Buonaventura, Wendy - Serpent of the Nile
• Carlton, Donna - Looking for Little Egypt
• Dallal, Tamalyn - 40 Days & 1,001 Nights: One Woman's Dance Through Life in the Islamic World
• Dallal, Tamalyn - They Told Me I Couldn't: A Young Woman's Multicultural Adventures as a Belly Dancer Traveling Through Colombia
• Djoumahna, Kajira - The Tribal Bible: Exploring the Phenomenon That Is American Tribal Style Bellydance
• Richards, Taz - The Belly Dance Book
  
• Soffee, Anne Thomas - Snake Hips: Bellydancing and How I Found True Love
  

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