The Language of a Stitch
By Columbia Strawberry Cunha When Masha Archer developed her style, which we currently call FatChanceBellyDance® Stylem (FCBD®), she...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Mar 154 min
DANCE TIP: BASIC CONTINUITY OF MOVEMENT
Saqra Raybuck When you are working with beginning students it is easy for them to become discouraged because they have no idea how to...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Mar 154 min
Spotlight On: Stygian Collective
1. Tell us about your group, Stygian! How did you get started and what is the focus? The Stygian Collective is an exclusive worldwide...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Mar 152 min
River City Raqs Bellydance Festival: A Celebration of Movement and Community
Paid Advertisement Bellydance enthusiasts and aficionados, mark your calendars for the highly anticipated 7th Annual River City Raqs...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Mar 1512 min
Spotlight On: Kamrah and Drake
Nizana: I’m so excited to be doing a double interview with the two of you wonderful dancers! Since it was the fusion/transnational issue,...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20231 min
ONLINE Reda-Style classes with Dimos
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20231 min
Fun Funky Drills! Online Workshop with Oriana
Join Oriana for an exhilarating and inspiring Bellydance Workshop as we kickstart the New Year with a burst of creativity and fun-filled...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20232 min
Chelo Alonso - The “Cuban H Bomb”
By Dawn Devine ~ Davina Born in Cuba in 1933 Apolonia García Hernández would take Europe by storm as one of the most beautiful and...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20239 min
COVER STORY: Judy Reda
Fanoos chatted with the Legendary Judy Reda about her time in Egypt, her recordings and her memoirs. Oriana: Judy! It's such a...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20232 min
Exclusive Song Translation by Prof. Ahmed Elswify
In the enchanting world of linguistics and translation, Ahmed Elswify stands out as a prominent figure, bringing the beauty of the Arabic...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20234 min
Dancing As The Bint al-Balad
By Columbia Strawberry Cunha Mahmoud Reda created a lot of things in his lifetime. Farida Fahmy was his muse and has made it well known...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20234 min
AMCAB Costuming with Cory Zamora
When I came into Belly Dance , I was from decades of the tap/ballet studio format. In the 1950's all mothers sewed. They were given a bag...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20237 min
Spotlight on: Zara
Interview by Nizana El Rassan Interview with Zara Nizana: Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to do this interview!...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20235 min
Top 10 vintage LPs for Practice, Performance, and Listening Enjoyment
Amy Smith I fell in love with the music as soon as I started taking belly dance classes in the early 90s. I live in northeastern corner...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20234 min
Spotlight on: Leyla Amir
Leyla Amir…. Pre Egypt. 1971-1981 You could say my Egypt interest began when I was 8 years old, when the moving of Abu Simbel appeared on...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 202310 min
Dancing In Cairo Then and Now
Badia Star When I arrived from Canada to Cairo in 1982 I was a brave and over confident young woman 25 yrs of age. I had been performing...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 20231 min
Study Saidi Online with Ahmed Refaat
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20232 min
Flashback: Yasmina Ramzy
Staff Writer Suli Adams reached out to Yasmina Ramzy to ask her thoughts on organizing dance troupes. The following article was...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20234 min
Early Belly Dance Troupes:Illustrations and Photographs from the 19th century
By Dawn Devine ~Davina At some moment, long lost in the mists of time, the Meditteranean performance art we call belly dance lept from...
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