Before you buy that CD or DVD, here are the reviews to help you make your decision. Written by experienced teachers and performers, this is a valuable resource for finding just the right music and/or instructional DVD. As well, you will find reviews of shows and workshops, restaurants, and events, long running and brand new.
| Aug 2010 |
Book Review * Belly Dancing for Fitness by Tamalyn Dallal |
Nizana |
| May 2010 |
Show Review * Hathor Unveiled |
Nizana |
| Jan 2010 |
Show Review * Miami Bellydance Convention - 2009 |
Zaina Hart |
| Jan 2010 |
Book Review * Building a Belly Dance Wardrobe |
iShimmy Contributor |
| Jan 2010 |
DVD Review * Aziza's "Arms, Hands and Poses" |
Nizana |
| Jan 2010 |
DVD Review * Baby Beginner Doumbek Workshop - Carmine |
Johonna Gamble |
| Jan 2010 |
Show Review * Aziza's DVD Release Party |
Nizana |
| Nov 2009 |
DVD Review * American Belly Dance Legends |
Zaina Hart |
| Nov 2009 |
Show Review * 5th Annual Redwood Coast Belly Dance Festival |
Nizana |
| Nov 2009 |
Show Review * American Belly Dance Legends DVD Release Party |
Masala |
| Nov 2009 |
DVD Review * Hommage to Mahmoud Reda |
Zaina Hart |
| Nov 2009 |
Book Review * The Belly Dancer, by DeAnna Cameron |
Zaina Hart |
| Nov 2009 |
Show Review * Belly Dancers in Paradise Show and WS in Waikiki |
Nizana |
| Nov 2009 |
CD Review * Toola - Moddathir Aboul Wafa |
Oberon |
| Nov 2009 |
Show Review * Sabah's 9th Annual Halloween Hafla |
Nizana |
| Nov 2009 |
CD Review * Been Laden You Too Long, Darbuki Kings |
Johonna Gamble |
| Nov 2009 |
CD Review * The Silent D, by Djinn |
Johonna Gamble |
| Oct 2009 |
DVD Review * Bellydance Bootcamp with Fahtiem |
Oberon |
| Oct 2009 |
Show Review * Sahra Saeeda, Postcards from the Mediterranean (MEAI) |
Nizana |
| Oct 2009 |
Merchandise Review: "Show Off Straps" |
Zaina Hart |
| Oct 2009 |
CD Review * The Beginner's Guide To Bellydance |
Denise Mannion |
| Sep 2009 |
Book Review * Grandmother's Secrets" |
Nizana |
| Aug 2009 |
Show Review * Mediterranean Fantasy Festical 2009 |
Nizana |
| Aug 2009 |
Show Review * Turkish Dance Star Ozgen in Los Angeles |
Princess Farhana |
| Jul 2009 |
Show Review * Belly Dance Power & Passion |
Maia |
| Jul 2009 |
DVD Review * Karen Barbee Presents Belly Dance Technical Drillz and Advanced Variations |
Angel Thacker |
| Jul 2009 |
CD Review * 10 Songs Every Belly Dancer Should Know |
Johonna Gamble |
| Apr 2009 |
Nizana - In Maui Again |
Nizana |
| Apr 2009 |
DVD Review * "Belly Dance Basics and Beyond" with Jenna |
Nizana |
| Apr 2009 |
Show Review * Night in the Desert-So This is Belly Dance |
Nizana |
| Apr 2009 |
Merchandise Review: Fairy Cove Silks |
Oberon |
| Dec 2008 |
DVD Review * Belly Dance Tribal Fusion NYC with Darshan |
Nizana |
| Dec 2008 |
CD Review * Bellylicious Raks |
Princess Farhana |
| Dec 2008 |
DVD Review * Princess Farhana's Basic Workout |
Nizana |
| Dec 2008 |
Show Review * Sabah's Halloween Hafla |
Nizana |
| Dec 2008 |
Show & Workshop Review * Lets Raq Dinner Show and Workshops with Margo Abdo O'Dell |
Nizana |
| Oct 2008 |
Event Review * Baladi Raks in Britannia |
iShimmy Contributor |
| Sep 2008 |
CD/DVD Review * ShakeEmUp Bellydance drum Solos |
Johonna Gamble |
| Sep 2008 |
CD Review * Ecstasy in Belly Dancing |
Oberon |
| Sep 2008 |
CD Review * Sabla Tolo III |
iShimmy Contributor |
| Sep 2008 |
DVD Review * Belly Dance with Veil - Sarah Skinner |
Nizana |
| Jun 2008 |
CD Review * Doumtekastan & Lawrence of Suburbia |
Johonna Gamble |
| Jun 2008 |
Workshop Review * Hadia in Seattle, A Modest Review |
iShimmy Contributor |
| Jun 2008 |
CD Review: Ala Nar, Ala Nar |
Johonna Gamble |
| Jun 2008 |
Workshop Review: Zaina's Zany Two Day Intensive |
Oberon |
| Jun 2008 |
Show Review: Saqra presents Naheda of Germany |
Nizana |
| Apr 2008 |
CD Review * Edges of Tradition by Pangia, Volume 6 |
Oberon |
| Jan 2008 |
CD Review * House of Tarab |
Johonna Gamble |
| Jan 2008 |
DVD Review * Belly Dance with Snakes - Serpentessa |
Zaina Hart |
| Jan 2008 |
Show Review * Spokane's 3rd Annual Belly Fest |
Nizana |
| Nov 2007 |
Show Review * "Menopause - The Musical" |
Oberon |
| Nov 2007 |
Show Review * Halloween Hafla 07 Wenatchee, WA |
Nizana |
| Nov 2007 |
Show Review * La Danse and Drama, Spokane, WA |
Nizana |
| Oct 2007 |
CD Review * Nostalgic Egyptian with Youssef Boutros |
Oberon |
| Oct 2007 |
CD Review * Mirage-Visions |
Oberon |
| Oct 2007 |
DVD Review * Ultimate Bellydance Fitness Workout |
Johonna Gamble |
| Oct 2007 |
Show WS Review * Aziza in Winston-Salem, NC |
Johonna Gamble |
| Oct 2007 |
Workshop and Show Review - Karim Nagi in Richmond, VA |
Johonna Gamble |
| Oct 2007 |
CD Review * Frequency - Naked Rhythm |
Johonna Gamble |
| Oct 2007 |
CD Review * Belly Dance with Jim Boz |
Najla (Naj) |
| Jul 2007 |
Show Review * Spokane's 2n Annual BD Festival |
Nizana |
| Jul 2007 |
CD Review * Serpent's Garden: Hypnotic Sounds from the East by Mosavo |
Denise Mannion |
| Jul 2007 |
Show/Festival Review * Rakkasah's Spring Caravan 2007 |
Johonna Gamble |
| Mar 2007 |
CD Review * West of East, Vol. 5 by Pangia |
Oberon |
| Mar 2007 |
DVD Review * The Heartbeat of Belly Dance" - Rhythms and Dance Cominations for Drum Solos |
Johonna Gamble |
| Mar 2007 |
Nizana in Maui |
Nizana |
| Mar 2007 |
CD Review * Khatchig's "Beginnings" |
Oberon |
| Mar 2007 |
DVD Review * Lifting the Veil of Time |
Nizana |
| Mar 2007 |
Happenings in Belly Dance in Washington State |
Nizana |
| Dec 2006 |
CD Review * Nesma, Memories of Cairo |
Oberon |
| Nov 2006 |
DVD Review * Belly Dance for Body Shaping Series |
Johonna Gamble |
| Oct 2006 |
Workshop Review * Zaina Hart Gabby Tawil Workshop Phx |
Masala |
| Oct 2006 |
Show Review * 6th Annual Hollywood Hafla |
Nizana |
| Sep 2006 |
DVD Review * Evolution |
Najla (Naj) |
| Sep 2006 |
CD Review * Shake me Ya Gamal - Hot Tabla Solos (Fifi Abdo) |
Najla (Naj) |
| Sep 2006 |
CD Review * Americanistan's Live at Luna |
Oberon |
| Sep 2006 |
DVD Review * Play Zills like a Musician |
Najla (Naj) |
| Aug 2006 |
DVD Review * Rhythms of Oriental Dance |
Oberon |
| Aug 2006 |
Hands of Kali |
Melody Anderson |
| Aug 2006 |
So You Think You Can Dance Makes Me Think |
Nizana |
| Jun 2006 |
DVD Review * Exotic Hips with Dancer Rachel |
Oberon |
| May 2006 |
CD Review * Pangia's "Dreams" |
Oberon |
| May 2006 |
CD Review * A Tribal Celebration - Tribalation, Americanistan |
Zaina Hart |
| May 2006 |
Show WS Review * Eva Cernik Show and Workshoops in Spokane |
Nizana |
| Mar 2006 |
DVD Review * Baraka Mundi "Secret of the Ashes: The Phoenix Reborn" |
Johonna Gamble |
| Mar 2006 |
DVD Review * Twin Blades, Princess Farhana |
Denise Mannion |
| Jan 2006 |
Sausan Egyptian Dance * Puyallup WA |
Zaina Hart |
| Jan 2006 |
Show Review * Suhaila Salimpour's Sheherezade |
Princess Farhana |
| Dec 2005 |
Show Review * Hollywood Hafla - Wenatche , WA * November 2005 |
Nizana |
| Sep 2005 |
DVD Review * Saroyan Presents: How to Belly Dance with Dondi |
Oberon |
| Sep 2005 |
DVD Review * "Belly Dance: Fitness for Weight Loss" |
Nizana |
| Sep 2005 |
DVD Review * Princess Farhana Balance and the Art of Sword and Shamaden |
Denise Mannion |
| Jun 2005 |
Workshop Review * Zaina's Stage Makeup 101 in Sacramento, CA |
Oberon |
| Jun 2005 |
Show Review * Shimmy By the Sea 2005 |
Zaina Hart |
| May 2005 |
DVD Review * Belly Dance Fitness Fusion, Suhaila Salimpour |
Johonna Gamble |
| May 2005 |
Show Review * Dances from the Heart - Tsunami Relief |
Nizana |
| Mar 2005 |
Sausan's Academy of Egyptian Dance - Seminar Review |
Erna Woo |
| Mar 2005 |
CD Review * "Fatouma", Dr. Samy Farag |
iShimmy Contributor |
| Mar 2005 |
CD Review * The Original "Return to the Goddess" by Desert Wind |
Zaina Hart |
| Feb 2005 |
Steeped in Ctonroversy * The Belly Dance Superstars |
Zaina Hart |
| Feb 2005 |
The Belly Dance Superstars Tour 2005 Review by Nizana |
Nizana |
| Feb 2005 |
The Belly Dance Superstars Review 2005 |
Oberon |
| Jan 2005 |
DVD Review * Ruby Jazayre - Private Lesson Series |
Oberon |
| Jan 2005 |
CD Review * Practice Music for Drummers and Dancers Vol 1 and 2, Mary Ellen Donald |
Johonna Gamble |
| Jun 2004 |
DVD Review * Aziza Raks |
Nabeela el Shalimar |
