Soheir Zaki, pt 2

Lebanese bellydancer Amani: nightclub and tableau

Two clips: the first from Amani's nightclub show and the second is an Indian themed piece using music from one of her early CDs.

 

What you get when you buy bellydance dvds in Uzbekistan

I've finally started looking at the dvds I bought in Uzbekistan. Many of them have bellydancers in costume on the covers but when you buy in the souqs in this part of the world one rule applies - what you see usually isn't what you get :-)
Anyway, it turns out the dvds were great value, costing the equivalent of about $2 and most of them have 50-70 different MTV-style clips on them, Arabic, Persian, Armenian, a few Turkish and of course lots of Uzbeki. In most of the Uzbeki dvd clips there'll be a scene showing the background dancers wearing modern clothes, then further on they'll be in bellydance costumes doing a couple of moves, and then later on the same girls in traditional Uzbek costumes. This clip is a bit different as all the dance is 'bellydance-style' though not in costume. The song's called 'Leila' the singer's Amran (Armenian or Kurkish, anyone know?)


 

Mona Said: assaya

Neriman Aboud (yellow bedlah)

Samara at Beiteddine Part 2 (Drum solo)

Egyptian bellydancer Lucy: blue bedlah Pt 1

Bellydance in Egyptian movies

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 (its supposed to be a dance competition which is why the 3 girls all dance to the same piece), then there's a lovely piece by an unknown dancer (again the storyline is that its an audition) next is the very latest from Amr Diab and finally a clip featuring former bellydancer Nabila Obaid. LOL, sometimes I almost like being sick.

Bellydance in the movies: 'Haret el Gohari'

The bellydance scenes from the Egyptian movie 'Haret el Gohari'.