Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Fab photos of friends enjoying belly dancing

Lady Fire-Eyes in Cyberland

I love all these photos - just a bunch of friends having fun and enjoying belly dancing.

Lisa x

Monday, January 30, 2006

Belly Dancing is for Life Not Just for Christmas!

Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- East Volusia: "Barnet was 18 when she first discovered belly dancing at a club in New York City, and more than 50 years later, she is still shaking it."

50 years on and still loving it!

Lisa x

Reality TV finds Belly Dancing!

ContraCostaTimes.com 01/27/2006 Belly dancing reality series in the works: "The cultural phenomenon of reality television may be coming to El Cerrito, with help from comedian Margaret Cho."

Is there no escape from reality tv? Mind you, this will be a major boost for Belly Dancing teachers, classes and troupes everywhere if it happens.

Lisa x

Rock Music and Belly Dancing Collide

Marin Independent Journal - Lifestyles: "Since then, Copeland's Bellydance Superstars have performed at the Follies Bergere in Paris, completed an international tour and danced at arts centers and in concert halls across the United States."

An interesting article here about Mile Copeland and the Belly Dancing Troupe he put together. Has caused ructions in the Belly Dancing world, but what do you think?

Lisa x

The new mecca for belly dancing

MiamiHerald.com 01/30/2006 SINEWY, SEXY, SURPRISING -- Miami: The new mecca for belly dancing: "South Florida has become a surprising sort of mecca -- for Middle Eastern dance.Along with Los Angeles and New York, it's one of the nation's three pillars of belly dance. Classes in gyms and studios "

It seems South Florida is the place to be if you are a belly dancer!

Lisa x