Panta Rei's Bellydance Page

Costumes

The Costume Soucre - Costumes and Supplies
Bohemian Market
Lark Books - books on sewing, beads, jewelry and more!
Aliah's Closet - great diversity in costumes
Assuit Designs - by Trish St. John
Cost Less Costumes
Chandra's - Costumes, jewelry, veils, canes, swords, zills, CDs, books, videos, etc.
Sheikhani's patterns - harem pants, circle skirt, full-circle cape, accent overskirt
Elaine's Dance Costume Page - online pattern instruction
Basic Medieval Middle Eastern Clothing - on-line instructions
SmartBras - bras online
Danstuff.com - egyptian bellydance costume site
Belly Dancing bazaar - Turkish and Egyptian cabaret costumes and accessories
Shaheena's bellydance supplies - costumes, skirts, pants, scarves, bra and belt sets, more!
Omphalo-Stepses - belt, bra top, skirt, veil, headpiece, harem pants, headdresses, hip scarf, vest, more!
Costuming at Sira's site
Emeralds china silk hand-dyed Middle eastern dance costumes
We3 Bellydance
Shop like an Egyption - anything from Egypt, costumes, gallabias, hookahs, jewelry

Belly-dancing group
Over 600 members, over 1500 messages:

Waves of wisdom
(Dance choreographed by Panta Rei)

Panta Rei
(costume created by Panta Rei)

Jewelry and accessories

Blades of Tara - gift items incl. knives, swords and bellydance jewelry.
Belly Dancing Bazaar - same as under costumes, has beautiful accessories.
Chandras - bellydance supplies
The Bead Site
Isis Imports - Egyptian
Our Tribe - ethnic jewelry
Nevina - black veil, three yards of fabric $12
All the rage online - necklaces, bracelets, headbands
Shipwreck Beads
Saroyan Mastercrafts - costume coins, scimitars (swords)
A Little Indulgence - belts, bras, coins, necklaces, headdresses, armlets, bracelets
Cleopatra's Closet

Temporary Tattoos

Genie

Instruments

doumbeks - by Kesslari
The Ethnic Musical Instruments Co.
Turquoise International - finger cymbals
Nevina - set of 4 brass finger cymbals $12
Saroyan Mastercrafts - tambourines and zills (finger cymbals)
Suhaila Salimpour - Tabla with case, plastic head and extra plastic head: $79.95

Also try the dotcom-studio drum generator below!

Tempo:

Sound:

Format:

Snare
Bass Drum
HiHat Close
HiHat Open
Rim Shot
Clap

Music, Videos

MIDI HandDrum Rhythm Generator
Courtesy of Jas (more info)

Rhythm:
e.g. for baladi, enter D-D-tkT-D-tkT---

Tempo:

Repeat:

MIME Type:

Enter characters in above rhythm box
(select from below):

D T G K P S m -		Dum (right hand clear low tone) Tek (right hand high crisp tone) Grab (or Stop -- deadened, usually right hand) Ka (left hand, sounds like Tek) Pop (Ka while deadening head w/ other hand) Slap Alternate Dum (left hand low tone often muffled) Use spaces, dashes or underscores as padding
[Use CAPITALS for accented strikes]

BellyDance CDs, Cassettes & Videos - Distant Caravans
Nevina - instructional video $29.95, Eddie Kochak's belly dancing music on audio cassette $10.00
Quick and Dirty Guide to Doumbek Rhythms
Learning Middle Eastern Percussion (see also below under instruction)
Brisbane Djembe drumcircle
Sabiba - real audio and vivoactive streaming video
Shadia - Realplayer videos
Shamra music - Bellydance and Dabkeh
Eric Peters
Yallah Dance, Inc.
Music Imports - Collectables and hard-to-find titles

Download Free RealPlayer G2

Download free Vivo player

See the review page with
Bellydance Music and Videos

Bellydancers

Angelique & Friends Belly-Dance - info, events, schedule of classes, bios of dancers, musicians and artists
Azura
Burke & Sandy's Tribal Belly Dance page - Oregon
Gavish, Lilach - performs belly dancing shows
Nesimah - Tribal Style Bellydance troupe in Munich, Germany
Invaders of the Heart - American Tribal Style Bellydance troupe.
Jillina - performance and instruction.
Layla Taj - performer, classes in Queens, NY
Masri, Farhana
Mesmera - performs and teaches in Los Angeles and throughout the US.
Middle Eastern Dance Resource Guide
Pink Gypsy Bellydance - belly dancers in Southern California, classes, costumes, accessories, and videos.
Princess Salima
Sabiba - belly dancer and instructor in San Fransico Bay area
Sharifa
Sheikhani Middle Eastern Dance Troupe - founded 1978, promoting bellydance as a true art-form.
as-Sayf Dance Troupe
Troupe Americanistan's site - from Eugene, Oregon
Atheena

Xandra

Events

Bellydance Happenings - events and info, focus on midwest USA
Orient International Hostel - offers belly-dancing and water-pipes in the bar, Turkish food in the caf�.
BellydanceNY.com - Plethora of info for NYC Metro area
Dunia's site for the Desert Dance Festival
Bellydance Retreats - by Delilah and Visionary Dance
Bellydance Club - add your events to the BellydanceClub's Calender!
Announce bellydance events!

Belly Dancing with Delilah, www.visionarydance.com

Xandra (back)
and Panta Rei (front)

Magazines, Articles, Books

Habibi Magazine
Gilded Serpent
Suite 101 - Middle Eastern Dance articles, discussions, links
Mosaic Magazine - UK
The Caravan Magazine
Leaves of Caledonia - essays
Morocco - articles
Zaghareet! - US bellydance magazine
Zargare-e-e-t - PO Box 1181 Caloundra 4551 Australia
Behind the Veil - Academy of Middle Eastern Dance, Brisbane (PDF)
Wiggle Hips - Nevada
About Middle Eastern Dance - Book reviews at Sira's site, also many articles!

(Behind the Veil)

Tuition

Shira - classes in Silicon Valley, near San Jose, California. Great info site, many links!
Magical Motion - learn bellydancing with Atea�s video and audio tapes. Classes in the Los Angeles area.
International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance
Contact Abdel Fattah El-Imam at zara@powerup.com.au for percussion classes in Brisbane, Gold and Sunshine Coast. Also for private functions and public performances of middle-eastern music.
Middle Eastern Percussion - learning resources (same as under Music, higher up on this page)
Kismet Dancers - Kahreen and Kira, performances, classes and seminars in Miami
Christopher, Z-Helene - group improvisations, full-length choreographies, and instruction
BellydancerMarta.com - online classes, workshops, more!
Middle Eastern BellyDance Info and Instructor Page
zhorsplace.com - classes, workshops, shows and costumes
Desert Moon Dance Academy - Missouri (St. Louis Area)
Rasheeda - Caboolture, Australia
Shadia - Tulsa
Centre Aziza - Italy

Panta Rei Fusion Dance
Classes start 6 May 7.15 pm
Performing Arts Block
Morayfield High School
QLD Australia
For more details, call
Marion at 0405 638910
or email to bellydance@mail.com

www.pantarei.org

Shira's teachers directory

Bellydance Sites

BellyDance NYC - by Kerensa
Shaneen - Amsterdam
Acalia's Bellydance Page - Melbourne, Australia
Amani's site
Amaya
Awards of Bellydance
Aziza Sa'id
B�raka
Bellydance New York - by Stella
Barbarella's Bellydance Site
Bellydance Australia
Sahnobar Middle Eastern Dance and Belly Dance Troupe, Florida
Bellydance Directory
Cathy Stephens - art, bellydance, sugar art, cats, and graphic tips.
Cyberharem - pictures of bellydancers with links.
Dancers Supporting Dancers - non-profit organization in New Mexico
Farhana Masri
Ghawazee Dance Troupe
Ghaziya
Indira's and Zanbaka's Source for Middle Eastern Dance - Seattle
James Janner's Belly Dance Site
The Karavan
Meleea
Najma's Bellydance Page
Nancy Redig
ORYX
Roya
Shadia Dahlal
Sheherazat's Homepage
Shibar Mozuna and Veshengo - Reviews
Shira
Suhaila's World - Suhaila Salimpour's site
Talyah's Aerie - features unicorns, and personal bellydance photo gallery.
Tracy Miller's great Bay Area Belly Dance Page - excellent info!
Delilah and Visionary Dance
Yasmina's Belly Dance Page
Zaida - bellydancing for older women, great videos!
Zahir's Oasis
Zahra Zuhair
Zaphara's Site

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