Miscellaneous thoughts - by Ana Chora

Originally Posted by ANA_bellydancer

The «Belly Dancer» has been source of inspiration in contemporary non-bellydance music. I've put together a few examples (some of them with sample video) and tried to add information about year of release.
Ana Chora


Albert "Dapper" O"Neil - «The Irish Belly Dancer»



Horace Silver - «The Belly Dancer»

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Originally Posted by ANA_bellydancer

I've been to London a few days ago (before the riots) and I had the chance to visit The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. It was difficult to find it, although I was pretty close from it, because nobody had heard of this museum, which is inside the University College of London.
Fortunately, a young man from Norwich googled the direction on his mobile phone and accompanied me on the visit...
In spite of being a small museum, it houses an estimated 80,000 objects, one of the greatest

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My mother is a bellydancer (original title "Seelai ng yi cho"), directed by Lee Kung-Lok (Hong Kong, 2006), is a quality movie about four women, dealing with daily problems, disrespectful husbands, unemployment and children, who find belly dance as an escape from their real lifes full of worries. This highly recommended movie shows what belly dance is really about: a way of (re)discovering respect and love for yourself, regardless of the disapproval and the mentality of the community, ...

Originally Posted by ANA_bellydancer

Ashik Kerib, a film by armenian director Sergei Paradjanov, from 1988, is a magic story like the ones from the Arabian Nights... The plot is based on a story of the same title by russian romantic writer Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (1814-1841).
It takes us to the enchanted folklore of Azerbaijan, shows lovely camels, beautiful music and awesome dance! It explores traditional Azerbaijani clothes, art and customs in a unique way, by using amazing colours and scripts to narrate the plot changes.

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Originally Posted by ANA_bellydancer

Casablanca by Night, a film by Mustapha Derkaoui, is about a teenager who becomes a bellydancer to pay her little brother's surgery. It has subtitles in French. Samira Nour plays the girl in an extraordinary role!

Here's the link to watch the whole movie online in full screen mode (it's 1:44:30 time lenght):

http://video.google.com/googleplayer...96153478&hl=en

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Ana Chora