Pyramids of Giza,
Cairo, Egypt
November 2005
Photographer: Evete
Medeiros
10 CouNTRIes To vIsIT: To leARN
ABOUT BELLY DANCING
By: Valeria Lo Lacono
1. Egypt - Egypt is La Mecca for belly dancers is very different from Egyptian style, but equally
all over the world, especially the cities of Cairo interesting. Belly dancers can find everything
and Luxor. Egyptian bellydancers are consid- they wish to do with belly dance in Istanbul’s ba-
ered amongst the best in the world and Egyp- zaar, and it is possible to go and see various
tian belly dance teachers are extremely sought belly dance shows in Turkey. Famous Turkish
after. There are also a lot of great bellydancers belly dancers include: Asena, Princess Banu,
who are not originally from Egypt, but who are Nesrin Topkapi, Sibel Baris and Burcin Orhan.
based there. Just a few names that belly danc- A Turkish male belly dancer is Ozgen, who is
ers around the world will recognise include: based in the UK and greatly appreciated.
Raqia Hassan, Dandasha, Randa Kamel, Dina
and Mohamed El Hosseny (Egyptian male belly 3. Lebanon - Belly dance is big in Lebanon
dancer, based in Finland) just to mention a few. too; they even have a reality talent show on
Also, bazaars in Egypt are great places in which Lebanese satellite channel LBC, called Hizi Ya
to buy all your belly dance costumes, accesso- Nawaem (World Belly Dance Championship).
ries and belly dance music CDs. Last but not Lebanese bellydance style is very energetic and
least, Egyptian deluxe hotels are nowadays the there are a lot of great Lebanese belly dancers,
places where you can see a lot of great belly such as Amani, Maya Abi Saad and more.
dancers perform.
4. Morocco - Some travel companies and some
2. Turkey - Another great place to visit for belly belly dance teachers organise trips to Morocco.
dance lovers is Turkey. Turkish bellydance style Belly dance lovers visiting Morocco can com-
91
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111