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Video clips on YouTube
showing different belly dance styles from various countries and eras |
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One of the first belly
dances ever filmed, at the dusk of the nineteenth century, by Thomas Alva
Edison, Silent film |
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Vintage
Dancers
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A compilation of vintage
vaudeville film of early bellydance, watch for a rather unusual prop but
don't try this at home! |
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Samia
Gamal - Ma Alli Wa Oultilou |
Film from Egypt's 'Golden
Age' Samia Gamal & Farid El Atrache |
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Samia Gamal - Zeina |
Film clip of one of Egypt's
most famous dancers dancing to 'Zeina' |
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Mahmoud Reda's troupe
performing "Raks Baladna - Saidi". |
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Suheir Zaki |
Egyptian Baladi from one of
the best dancers of the 60s/70s |
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Suheir Zaki - Leilet Hob
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More classic Suheir film
footage |
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Fifi
Abdo in white
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Classic footage from the queen of Egyptian dance |
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Fifi in Blue |
More classic Fifi - just
gorgeous! |
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Egyptian Wedding Scene
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Film clip with Shaabi
singer Shafiq Galal, and Egyptian dancers Fifi Abdou and Nagwa Fouad.
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Mona Said - Drum Solo |
The incomparable Mona Said in
a very old and famous video. Very fun and very different. |
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Natalia Fadda - Classical Egyptian |
A lovely graceful
performance to Alf Leyla Wi Leyla (A Thousand and One Nights) |
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Carmen
Jones 'Zeina' Majma 2009
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'Zeina' danced by Carmen
Jones with the Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band at the Saturday night party |
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Carmen
Jones 'Aziza' Majma 2009
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'Aziza' danced by Carmen
Jones with the Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band at the Saturday night party |
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Egyptian Baladi
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Eva Stramsek dancing in
traditional baladi style |
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Egyptian dance - Tahtil Shibbak |
Djamila dancing modern baladi
style to a classic Egyptian song Tahtil Shibbak (Under the Window) |
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Beginner's Bellydance - Ah Ya Albi |
Fun choreography to a
popular Hakim song performed here by ladies after just 8 weeks of classes |
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Shona Hagan -
Habibi Ya
Eini
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Modern Egyptian
dance filmed at Fantasia London April 2006 |
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Shona Hagan -
Melaya leff |
Shona Hagan dancing melaya
leff a cheeky dance from Alexandria (Iskanderia) |
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Mahsoub Male Dancer in Luxor Egypt |
This clip also has Khiriya
Mazin of the Banat Mazin Ghawazee |
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Raks
Shisha: Tarik Sultan |
Brilliant male dancer - this
is what you call multi-tasking! |
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Tableau
"In the Coffe House" by MEISSOUN |
This is a danced story -
set in an Egyptian coffee house.
Combining Melaya dance, a Shisha and glass dancing |
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Khaleeji Dance |
A choreographed stage version of this traditional dance
from the gulf states |
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Khaleeji Song & Dance |
Traditional song & dance from Kuwait - the real thing
this time |
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Khaleeji hair dance |
Singer Azizah Jalal with authentic dancers doing typical
khaleeji style hair tossing |
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Turkish
Belly Dance - Didem |
Typical Turkish style
bellydance - the audience love her |
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A drum solo from another
popular Turkish dancer |
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Turkish dancer - Hale Sultan |
Gorgeous performance from
this lovely dancer |
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Turkish gypsy dance |
Hannah Romanza
performs Turkish Roman dance adapted for the stage |
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Ozgen - gypsy dance |
Male bellydancer Ozgen
performs Turkish Romani dance |
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Gypsy style dance by Nadira |
Mixes American-style karsilama with elements of its Turkish romani roots and Dalia Carella's
Dunyavi dance style. |
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Fatima
Serin Gipsydance |
Turkish bellydancer Fatima
Serin, performing a lively roman gipsy dance (Roman Havasi). |
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Banjara - Indian Gypsy Dance |
Not bellydance, this is the
original gypsy dance, but there are similar elements and the spins are
fantastic! |
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Dawn O'Brien - cabaret style |
An improvised blend
of Turkish, Lebanese, Egyptian and American bellydance styles. |
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Dawn O'Brien - drum solo |
Drum solo from BAMBA's Winter
Show 2006 |
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Isidora Bushkovski - Fan & Double Veil |
Cheeky fan dance followed by
beautiful double veil with a gypsy feel |
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Isidora
Bushkovski - Sword Dance |
I can't get enough of this
brilliant dancer! |
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Isidora Bushkovski Drum Solo |
Another brilliant Izzy
performance |
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Autumn Ward - Contemporary Fusion |
Improvised performance to a
live band. Now that's what I call bellydance, absolutely fantastic! |
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Habbi'Ru - John Compton at Tribal Fest 7 |
Great performance - this guy
really knows how to work a crowd! |
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Carolena Nericcio/Desert Orchid Dance Co. |
Desert Orchid Dance Company
+ beautiful performance from ATS Bellydance Founder ...Carolena
Nericcio... |
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Shashkin |
Tribal
improvisation to Shashkin
by Omar Faruk Tikbelek (you might just know
this music!) |
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Urban Gypsies - 'Ali' - Modern fusion |
Urban Gypsy
performs Ali, a fusion choreography by Sahira - Indian Bhangra
with a touch of Spanish gypsy |
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Dawn
O'Brien - Galvanise |
Modern fusion improvised solo
at Tribal Ford 2005 |
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Dawn O'Brien - Cyber Fusion Bellydance |
Improvised solo by Dawn
O'Brien at Raqs Britannia |
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Rachel
Brice performs at Tribal Fest 6 |
Gothic
style Tribal fusion with the incomparable Rachel Brice |
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You
don't have to be skinny to be a great dancer - gothic /
tribal fusion from a superbly curvaceous gal! |
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Kafif
dancing to 'Lullaby' by the Cure |
The original Spiderman dance
- gothic fusion |
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Gothla
- Tempest |
Tempest performing at
Gothla UK 2007 |
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Gothla
2008 1 |
From Friday
night show part 1: Khalgani, Fulya Weird Sisters, Aarachna, Lucretia, Brides
of Dracula, Morgana |
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Gothla 2008 2
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Excerpts from the Friday
night show part 2: Raqs Macabre, Akasha, Tempest, Dawn, Sashi |
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Brides
of Dracula |
Not recommended for those of
a nervous disposition! A very gothic bellydance |
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