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Are you looking for high quality, authentic Egyptian Belly Dance Instructional DVD’s for levels I (Beginner to Continuing Beginner) and II (Continuing Beginner to Advanced)? You will find them in the two brand new 2012 DVD’s just produced by Nada El Masriya.

Egyptian Belly Dance Instructor and Performer, Nada El Masriya, is a former five year member of the Reda Troupe, who has been lauded by the legendary Fifi Abdou as “the Ambassador of Egyptian Dance in Canada.” Her classes ...

One thing I've learned about summer living in Toronto: when it is hot in the city, it is always cooler down by the Toronto Beaches Boardwalk. Whether it is Woodbine Beach, KEW Beach, Scarborough Beach or Balmy Beach, every part of the Beaches Boardwalk is perfect for taking a slow stroll, sitting by the water and enjoying the fresh breezes coming off Lake Ontario. If I'm wilting from high temperatures, an afternoon by the water will always pick me up.

There is always something ...

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Here is a link to a recent interview Nada, the owner of the dance academy I study at did with Rogers TV. She does a little demo of how to do some simple moves with the interviewers.

She and the live band Layali El Sharq do a very brief and spirited Baladi demo.

Nada also talks about the upcoming production Egyptian Panorama here in Toronto. I can't believe it's only this Saturday, March 31st! Time is really flying! If I'm feeling butterflies, I can only imagine what the ...

This past week I was talking to one of the dancers in the upcoming Egyptian Panorama production coming up next week (OMG - it's only NEXT Saturday March 31st!), and I asked her how long she and the others in the Egyptian Dance Academy had been practicing for the production. She said they had been preparing for well over a year (in between other performances and gigs of course).

I had no idea that so much time, energy and work went into the creation and preparation of a major theatre/dance ...

Yes. My Right Big Toe is still broken, buddy-taped, and in an air-cast. Probably because I am stubborn and keep trying to dance on it. I have been standing in the back of the class, hiding so I don't get in the way when people are doing twist-steps or Saidi, or anything involving weight on the toes...I really do have a hard time keeping myself from dancing, and also from participating in all things Belly Dance at my school and the associated dance academy. Is that good? Bad? I don't know...
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