The belly dance book :  rediscovering the oldest dance / 
edited by Tazz Richards. 
 - Concord, CA :  Backbeat Press,  ©2000. 
 - 208 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-186) and index. 
<br/><br/> INTRODUCTION :  Belly dance-in brief /  Terminology /  YESTERDAY AND TODAY :  Dancers of the long night /  The golden age of Egyptian Oriental dance /  It's not just for women-men in Oriental dance /  American tribal style belly dance /   Dances of ancient Egypt (revised and abridged) /  Dance as community identity in selected Berber nations of Morocco /   SPIRIT :  In touch /   The spiritual connection /  SNAKES :  The serpent dance journey /  Ssssane ssssnake handling /  PROPS :  Props for Oriental dance /  MAKE-UP :  Henna body art in belly dance /  Stage make-up : the facial costume /  COSTUMES :  Killer gold and noisy ankles : a whirlwind tour of ethnic jewelry /   Designing a cabaret costume ; Easy first costume ; Creating a custom belt ; How to cover a cabaret bra ; The choli /  BUSINESS :  Chasing butterflies : how to survive stage fright /  From student to pro /  MUSIC :  Basic rhythms for a cabaret belly dance routine /  Music for dancing with props /  Kajira Djoumahna --  Tazz & Shira --  Virpi Virtanen --  Barbara Lüscher/Aischa --  Tarik abd el Malik --  Zenuba --  Elizabeth Artemis Mourat --  Carolina Varga Dinicu, p.k.a. Morocco --  Yemaya --  Shira --  Suzanne Shakti Copeland --  Marguerite Kusuhara --  Shira --  Sally Phillips --  Meleah --  Michelle Morrison --  Dina --  Aziza Sa'id --  Shira --  Mary Ellen Donald --  Shira. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0970024703 (pbk.) 9780970024701 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV1798.5  / .B45 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>793.3  / RIC