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Middle Eastern Dance & History Shira’s Belly Dancing: About M.E. Dance Site - www.shira.net - my favorite, all-around, find-anything, get-anywhere dance site! Aziza Sa’id’s Middle Eastern Belly Dance Site - www.zilltech.com - History, technique, advice for various level dancers, writings… Dance with Kashmir - www.raqs.co.nz Culture, language, safe dance practice… Morocco & the Casbah Dance Experience www.casbahdance.org - History, culture, book recommendations… Kajira Djoumahna’s Black Sheep Belly Dance www.blacksheepbellydance.com - Tribal, Rom (correct name for “gypsy”), interviews… Belly Dance Homepage (Oriental Dance) www.bdancer.com - Site of Many Links IAMED (International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance) www.bellydance.org - History, videos, award-winning dancers Habibi Magazine www.habibimagazine.com - The oldest M.E. Dance publication in the world Zaghareet Magazine & Boutique zaghareet.freeservers.com/index.htm - Another belly dance publication Artemis Mourat www.serpentine.org/artemis/artemis.htm - Performances & published articles on Turkish Oriental & Rom Dance Yasmina’s Joy of Belly Dancing www.joyofbellydancing.com - Articles, resources, and lots of other cool stuff Almafra - www.almafra.org - The link to my buddies down in the Four Corners area - yes, belly dance does exist in Colorado beyond the Front Range!!! Heeee! Front Range Dancers: ..............CO Belly Dance http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coloradobellydance/ - An email forum for information ....................on the Middle Eastern Dance community of the Colorado Front Range ..............Jaiya - www.jaiyabellydance.com ..............Springs Oasis Belly Dance - www.zafiabellydance.com ..............Mahalia Leilani - www.spectrumwellness.org/mary.htm ..............Zalzali - www.zalzalibellydance.com ..............Frank Farinaro - www.myspace.com/hammerheadsharqi ..............Sahirrnee - www.myspace.com/sahirrnee ..............Deargan - www.myspace.com/dancedeargan ..............Gidda Hoop - www.giddahoop.com/index.html ..............Mizmar Madness - www.mizmarmadness.com Salome's Belly Dance Hub - www.orientaldancer.net - Many great articles and information on a wide variety of topics Temptation of Belly Dance - www.temptationofbellydance.com - The official site for the amazing show I did with some really incredible artists......You can Buy the DVD Here ..............Kaya and Sadie - www.KayaandSadie.com ..............Layla Isis - www.laylaisis.com ..............MusicLink Productions - www.musiclink.tv/ ..............Raya - www.bellydancingdenver.com ..............Sadie - www.bedouinprincess.com ..............Viktoriya - www.myspace.com/bellydancingbyviktoriya IAMED - International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance - www.bellydance.org - Awesome instructional & performance videos, shows, etc. World Dance New York - www.worlddancenewyork.com - Instructional and performance videos for multiple styles of belly dance, and so much more Belly-Dancing.info Network - www.belly-dancing.info - Network listing for belly dance performers & instructors Costumes & Costuming Resources Akai Silks - www.akaisilks.com - Jesennia’s jaw-dropping silk veils & clothing We 3 Belly Dance - www.we3bellydance.net - One of my favorite costuming resources- colorful, rich and intricate - sets and ala carte Scarlet's Lounge - www.scarletslounge.com - Another of my personal faves - modern Belly Dance & Urban Gypsy attire Dawn Devine Brown - www.davina.org - Costuming How-To books, articles & patterns Ornamental Resources, Inc. - www.ornabead.com - Wholesale beads & ornaments Luna’s Bazaar - www.myspace.com/sahirrnee - Our own Luna’s awesome shop of costumes, props, and goodies out of Penrose, CO. Unicorn Belly Dance www.unicorn-bds.com - Imported & domestic costumes in Denver, CO. Raxma Dancewear - www.raxmadancewear.com - Custom-made & ready-to-wear costumes from Santa Cruz, CA. Miscellaneous Eventide Music Productions - http://www.empcds.com/ - Trouble finding Solace’s music? Here it is! Jas’s Middle Eastern Rhythms - http://www.khafif.com/rhy/rhythm.html - VERY detailed site on drumming techniques & beats Mother Nature Photography - www.MotherNaturePhotography.com - One of my awesome photographers & friends, Judith Kimbrell. Holling-Morris Photography - www.hollingmorris.biz - Another of my dancer/photographer friends who also dyes beautiful silk veils. The Photo Guys - www.home.earthlink.net/~fotoguyz/ - Bob Goldhamer's site - our amazing photographer for Temptation of Belly Dance SCA - Society for Creative Anachronism - www.sca.org - Medieval reenactment group that does a lot of belly dancing. AKKA Karate USA - www.pueblokarate.com - The awesome school where I study martial arts! Lyman Bushkovski - www.myspace.com/ArtofElectricBass - Where you can see the freakishly awesome talents of my dear friend She Touches Horses - www.shetoucheshorses.com - An amazing healer for horses, humans & hounds, and one of my inspiring friends Injury, Car Wreck & Recovery Shtuff A bunch of sites that really helped me through my recovery so that I could get back to what I really love to do (Dancing—DUH!): Brain Injury Association of America - www.biausa.org Chock full of info, support, survivor stories, links… TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Guide - www.tbiguide.com - Dr. Glen Johnson’s online book in simplified language – brain injury test, symptoms, info, recovery… Brain Functions and Map - www.neuroskills.com/tbi/brain.shtml - Robert P. Lehr Jr., Ph.D’s list of brain functions and possible problems from TBI Spinal Injury Foundation - www.spinalinjuryfoundation.org - Info on various injuries including whiplash, other spine injuries and more Bowen Technique - www.bowtech.com - The amazing (virtually pain-free) technique that finally propelled my body into full-blown recovery mode more than any other! I was skeptical too, but I can’t recommend this technique enough! Gift From Within - www.giftfromwithin.org - Articles on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, poignant survivor poetry… MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) - www.madd.org - Support organization for survivors and the bereaved Izzy Loves Isa - www.izzylovesisa.isagenix.com - Isagenix, the brain & body food that has helped me to do all I do when I was told I never would be able to again! National Association of Insurance Commissioners – Consumer Information Source - www.naic.org/cis/ Need information about an insurance company? Need to file a complaint about the one you have? Survivors of Vehicular Assault & other crimes—Know Your Rights! www.co.larimer.co.us/da/victims_rights.htm - Victim’s Rights from Larimer County, CO. This link is only one example—each county will have its own set of rights that you can request from your District Attorney’s office. Surviving an Accident by Neil Cowan - www.cowanowen.com/CM/Articles/Articles7.asp - Good pre-and post-collision advice from a Virginia attorney 10 Questions to ask your Insurance Agent before buying or renewing a policy—from Ben’s Auto Body www.bensautobody.com/documents/10questions-insco.pdf |