Podcasts about oriental dance

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Salit of NYC on the sisterhood of belly dancers, the politics that divide our community of Arabic music lovers, and how focusing on our belly dance technique rather than our appearance brings us more happiness.

Munique Neith is a Brazilian dancer of Arabic descent and one of the most prestigious master teachers in the world. Currently, she lives in Barcelona, Spain, and she is the first master owner of two Oriental Dance Schools in the country with more than 800 students and the biggest school in Europe exclusively for bellydancing. She participated as a dancer in the Netflix series The Crown in one of its 5th season episodes, taught Oriental Dance classes for Cirque du Soleil artists during their tour in Barcelona with the Saltimbanco Show, performed at the Palau de la Música Catalana, hired by TVE for the opening of the cinema awards. Munique Neith is also the organizer of the prestigious International Oriental Dance Festival “Egypt in Barcelona”, that join together every year the best teachers and dancers from five continents.In this episode you will learn about:- Marketing mindset for belly dancers - Nuances of festival organization - Experience of shooting for a TV series - Collaboration with Cirque du Soleil - Navigating work-life balanceShow Notes to this episode:Follow Munique Neith via Instagram, FB, website, and YouTube.Check out the next SharQui Instructor Academy beginning October 3rd. Apply at sharqui.com/teachFollow Iana on Instagram, FB, and Youtube . Check out her online classes and intensives at the Iana Dance Club.Find information on how you can support Ukraine and Ukrainian belly dancers HERE.Podcast: www.ianadance.com/podcast

Amar Lammar was born in Mexico City. Since a young age she showed interest in art, especially dance. At the age of six years old she began her studies of Polynesian dances followed by a short period of ballet together with Mexican folklore. At the age of 11 she got into Afro-Caribbean rhythms but finally discovered and pursued her studies of oriental dance at the age of 13. Her international career began in 2003 with her first contracts in India for the Sheraton hotel group. After this first successful contract, she expanded her career and performed in several countries including Bahrein, Syria, Lebanon, Tunis and the Netherlands. For 12 years she has resided in the UAE performing full time at some of the most prestigious hotels in Abu Dhabi and Dubai including Marriot, Millenium, Rotana, Burj Al Arab, Atlantis the Palm and Emirates Palace. Now based in South Africa, Amar continues dancing and improving. Her main goal is to teach Oriental Dance based on her experiences in the Middle East and the knowledge she acquired during all these years.In this episode you will learn about:- Reasons why she quit daily shows in Dubai and moved to South Africa- Connecting with dancers, client and students in a new country - Preparing classes for beginning students- Teaching livestream classes vs prerecorded videos- Motivation to practice without any performance goalsShow Notes to this episode:Join me on livestream class this Thursday, May 12 at 3 pm Kyiv time to work on Turkish Romani dance technique. This workshop is part of the project Dance With Stars. You can contact Nataliya Goncharova to find out how you can participate. Find even more information on how you can support Ukraine and Ukrainian belly dancers HERE.Follow Amar Lammar via website, FB, and Instagram.Check out our previous episode with Amar Lammar here: Ep 18. Amar Lammar: Twelve Years of Performing Every Night in the Arab Emirates!Follow Iana on Instagram, FB, and Youtube . Check out her online classes and intensives at the Iana Dance Club.Podcast: www.ianadance.com/podcast

Sadie is an inspiration and icon to her students and fans around the world and serves to empower people through the captivating art of Oriental Dance (Bellydance). She has produced dozens of bestselling instructional videos. She has represented the art of Oriental Dance in front of millions of viewers on the hit show “America’s Got Talent”.Sadie is the founder and director of the “Raqs Online” training program, which enriches students with a strong foundation in technique while keeping them engaged and connected to the dance’s culture and historical roots. She has launched a new clothing line of athletic dance wear and produces a variety of destination dance retreats around the world, taking her students on a deep journey and exploration of this incredible art form as well as their own inner selves.In this episode you will learn about:- Teaching online before and during the pandemic- The evolution of Sadie’s teaching platform Raqs Online- The process of content creation for online classes- Dealing with frustration and artistic depression- Sadie’s experience of working with coaches and mentorsShow Notes to this episode:Find Sadie Marquardt on Instagram, FB, website and Youtube, as well as her online classes at Raqs Online.Previous interview with Sadie: Ep 39. Sadie Marquardt: Reclaiming Feminine PowerEp 14. Sadie Marquardt: Before & After Social Media HitFollow Iana on Instagram, FB, Youtube, website .Podcast: www.ianadance.com/podcast

Prof. Dr. Hassan Khalil lived in the time of the great oriental dancers like Naima Akeef, Samia Gamal, Tahiya Karioka, and even lived in the same neighbourhood with some of them. Later he also worked with Nagua Fuad and Suheir Zaki and many other famous dancers. He is a master teacher and choreographer for many of the most well known Oriental dancers all over the world. Khalil was the director of the Balloon Theatre, the general director of the Oum Kalsoum Theatre in Cairo, as well the general supervisor for folklore in the Ministry of Culture in Egypt. He is also the founder of the famous folk dance group, the National Ensemble of Egypt.In this interview you will learn about:- The nature and roots of dance itself,- Differences between Pharaonic and folklore dances of Egypt,- Influence of the Turkish Ottoman harems in oriental dance,- Behind-the-scene stories of the Golden Era period,- How the ancient history of this dance influence current belly dance trendsShow Notes to this episode:Find Prof Dr Hassan Khalil on his website, Instagram, and FB. Video about life and work of Prof Dr Hassan Khalil is available here.Find Iana on Instagram, FB, Youtube, website .Bellydance Evolution and information about their new program and casting: bellydanceevolution.comPodcast: www.ianadance.com/podcast

  The Early Days of Oriental Dance in New York Episode 15 of the Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse: The Clubhouse is back after our December break! My guest, Morocco, will talk to us about the early days of oriental dance in New York City.   We’ll also have some discussion time, so you can ask […] The post Geek Out With Morocco appeared first on Belly Dance Geek.

INCOMING! It's archive program #76 coming in for a direct hit! Featuring the likes of Eddie Mekjian, Ibrahim Turmen, John Berberian, and even more besides! SAVE YOURSELVES! 1.  ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI    Don't Blame Me (La Teateb Alayi) - 2:23    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 19792.  AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED)    Dimashq - 3:06    from the album Dance of the Hareem, 19653.  JOHN BERBERIAN & THE ROCK EAST ENSEMBLE    3/8 + 5/8 = 8/8 - 5:12    from the album Middle Eastern Rock, 1969    4.  SAMI JOURDAK    Rakis Sharky (Oriental Dance) - 4:09    from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music For Belly Dancers, 1965    5.  EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE    Hye Vahn (halleh) - 3:19    from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given    6.  TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA    Never On Sunday - 3:04    from the album Greek Dance Party, no date given        7.  AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)    Raqs Baladi (Cairo) - 3:53    from the album Music For the Oriental Dance, 1982            8.  IBRAHIM TURMEN    Dahlal - 1:46    from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985    9.  SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA    Koroglu (oyun havasi) - 2:35    from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given10. BUDDY SARKISSIAN PRESENTS RICHARD A. HAGOPIAN    Drumsalero - 3:21    from the album Kef Time Las Vegas, no date given11. FRED ELIAS ENSEMBLE WITH JOHN TATASSOPOULOS    Artistic Moods - 20:46    from the album Artistic Moods for Dance, no date given12. AHMED SHIBA & HIS ENSEMBLE    Zuruni (Visit Me) - 4:29    from the album Music For Belly-Dancing, 197313. MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA    Qualir At Night - 1:46    from the album Caravans Original Motion Picture Score, 197814. THE BIG EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA    El Mouled - 2:17    from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963

The weather is cooling; time for some cool new beats!  Here comes archive show #26, featuring George Mgrdichian playing the Beatles! 1. ESIN ENGIN Hicaz Dolap from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2, 1975 2. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS The Unveiling from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968 3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Sudani from the album Music of the African Arab - Vol. 3, 1958 4. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Yesterday from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given 5. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Eminem & Mamyluh (Dubkie) from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East - Vol. 2, no date given 6. LAURICE PETERS Ya darity El-A'lalee from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given 7. UNCREDITED MUSICIANS (possibly Nicolas El Dik?) Ghazalieh from the album Belly Dance! Music for an Oriental Dance, Vol. 2, 1973 8. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA My Darling (Ala Dal Ona) from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given 9. JALALEDDIN TAKESH Fantasy for Farida from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. VII - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984 10. JODETTE Tabla instruction by Mr. Ahmed Batrawi/History of dancing by Dr. Mahood Salem from the album Evening By The Nile, 1975 11. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Abdo (Abdo's Dance) from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975 12. NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA Samra Ya Jamili (Beautiful Brunette) from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962

Lucky #13, featuring Youssef Kassab, Romeo Lahoud, Ozel Turkbas, and more! 1. UNKNOWN MUSICIANS (possibly Nicolas El Dik?) Ourak El Nakhil from the album Belly Dance! Music for an Oriental Dance, Vol. 2, 1973 2. OZEL TURKBAS Organ Improvisation By Jimmy Linardos from the album How To Belly Dance For Your Sultan, no date given 3. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK Wedding Party from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973 4. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL AND HIS ORCHESTRA Lesson #4: Shaking the Stomach from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972 5. YOUSSEF KASSAB Talaa Min Bayt Abuha from the album Nadira Belly Dances for Youssef Kassab, 1974 6. ABDUL ALEXI FREEMAN & HIS ENQUIRERS The Sultan's Sister from the album The Belly Dancer, no date given 7. AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS & SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST I'll Be Drunk Tonight (Karsilama) from the album Music For Belly Dancing (aka Istanbul), no date given 8. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Yaruss Kovetsi Sequence (Dubkie/Chifte Telli/Karshilama) from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East - Vol. 2, no date given 9. KEMANI GARIB, ET. AL. Suruverin Cezveler (Rampi-Karsilama) (9/8) from the album Special Music For Your Belly Dancing, 1974-1975 10. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Meenie Yaba (Where Is My Love?) from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973 11. ROMEO LAHOUD Khidni Maak Ala Darb Baidet from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975 12. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE Otan Klene Thio Karthies (When Two Hearts Cry) from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given 13. THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (FEATURING GUS VALI) Mustapha from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976 14. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR Laylet Hob from the album Rhythms From the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue, Umbrella Records 2001)

More vintage goodness from the vaults! Shimmy on!1. HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET FEATURING GEORGE MGRDICHIAN Caucasian Dance from the album Oriental Delight, no date given2. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR Guitar El Chark from the album Rhythms From the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue, Umbrella Records 2001)3. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE Elef Leila Wa Leila (One Thousand and One Nights) from the album Bagdad, no date given4. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Ali Baba from the album The Magic Carpet - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 4, 1958 5. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Looseen Cheegah from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given6. THE SULTANS Dere (9/8 Karsilama) from the album The Sultans Middle Eastern Band Vol. 1, 19817. ABDUL ALEXI FREEMAN AND HIS ENQUIRERS Bubbies, Baubles & Anklets from the album The Belly Dancer, no date given8. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Catherine (laz) from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East - Vol. 1, no date given9. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Belly Dance Fantasy (Complete Belly Dance Routine): Zanuba, Man Zaman, Chifte-Telli, Drum solo, Sulu Kule from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 197610. ROMEO LAHOUD Ala Bali from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 197311. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA Lesson #2: Hip Movement from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 197212. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA Sesame Jump from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou: Festive Dance Music from the Middle East, 196513. DJAMAL ASLAN Inta Habibi (My Love) from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given14. THE FEENJON GROUP Mustapha (Arabic) from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 12/13/65)15. UNKNOWN MUSICIANS (possibly Nicolas El Dik?) Ghazalieh from the album Belly Dance! Music for an Oriental Dance, Vol. 2, 1973

One of my favorite archive episodes!  Enjoy! 1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Improvisation - 3:43 from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 6, 1966 2. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE Bachelerde - 2:12 from the album Dance Bellyrina Dance, 1963 3. THE FEENJON GROUP Walla Dai (Arabic) - 3:52 from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 12/13/65) (Marisa's note: One of my all-time favorite tunes!) 4. DJAMAL ASLAN Ya Bint Ya Amoora (O Radiant One) - 3:09 from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given 5. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE Bir Gun (Someday) - 3:08 from the album Exotic Dances For Wives and Lovers, no date given 6. IBRAHIM TURMEN Yama Sawa - 2:06 from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985 7. UNKNOWN MUSICIANS (POSSIBLY NICHOLAS EL DIK ORCHESTRA?) Title Unknown! - 3:18 from the album Belly Dance! Music for an Oriental Dance, Vol. 2, 1973 (Marisa's note: This track personifies what is so frustrating about collecting belly dance LPs! The side this tune is on has 4 tracks, but only 3 are listed on the album cover. And of course, no musicians are listed either. So I have no idea who recorded this song (but it may well be the Nicholas El Dik Orchestra, I've since discovered), and I have no idea what the name of the song is, but it's one of the best ones on the album!! Arrgghh!!!! It's definitely a debke, though...) 8. RAYMOND MIRIJANIAN Tsifte Teli - 3:18 from the album Ray Mirijanian's Music For Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given 9. YOUSSEF KASSAB, HAMOUDA ALI Belly Dance Routine #2: Nay solo, elsamer, rumba, hebbina, nay takasim, dalal, accordion (balady), drum solo, finale - 20:02 from the album Belly Dance - A Gift from Cairo!, 1980 (Marisa's note: Youssef Kassab also recorded as Joseph Kassab on several LPs.) 10. THE SHEIK'S MEN Lady Unveiling - 1:40 from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961 11. RAJA Drum Sequence - 2:59 from the album Lebanon, 1980 (Marisa's note: I call this one the "disco/Star Wars bellydance drum solo"!) 12. OZEL TURKBAS Taksimler - 4:46 from the album How To Make Your Husband A Sultan, no date given 13. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK Shifte Armany - 4:22 from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973 14. EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Hella Hella - 4:13 from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given (Marisa's note: This one is hella fresh! Depending on the album, Mr. Mekjian went by either Eddie or Edward.)