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Zaina Hart


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Zaina Hart is considered a teacher's teacher, and coach to many of today's star performers. Dancers from across the country seek her out for help with stylization and fine tuning of their performances. She is a Master Instructor, specializing in Egyptian Movement and body awareness/mechanics. Her Hip Articulation, Combinations and Wings of the Phoenix Arm and Hand workshops are always a sell out. She is owner of one of the newest and most exciting on-line publications for Middle Eastern Dance and Music Arts, iShimmy.com, The "Belly Dancer" Magazine. As well, she is owner and producer of The Double Crown Belly Dance Competition now in its 12th year. She participates at various competitions around the country as a judge and is as well a Rakkasah Instructor.

Zaina's belief in "carressing the music" as you dance is her signature.  Passion, elegance and sauce are folded lovingly into each performance.  Carmine Guida says, "Vitamin Z - Have you had your dose today?"




DateColumnArticle NameAuthor
Nov 2011 Featured Articles   Nizana el Rassan - Exceptional Contributor   Zaina Hart
Nov 2011 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   CD Review * Rock the Tabla   Zaina Hart
Nov 2011 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   CD Review * World Without Walls   Zaina Hart
Sep 2011 Raks Star    Raks Star * Ekaja   Zaina Hart
Jul 2011 Dancer To Dancer   Dancer to Dancer with Oberon Magic   Zaina Hart
Jul 2011 Raks Star    Raks Star * Yvonne   Zaina Hart
May 2011 Tips * Makeup, Stage, and More   Miracle in a Tube * Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream   Zaina Hart
May 2011 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   DVD Review * Jamila Salimpour's Archive Series   Zaina Hart
May 2011 Raks Star    Raks Star * Jewels   Zaina Hart
May 2011 Tips * Makeup, Stage, and More   The "Eyes" Have It - Eyecons   Zaina Hart
Feb 2011 Raks Star    Raks Star * Tata of Orlando, FL   Zaina Hart
Feb 2011 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   Show Review * Benefit Show for Oberon Magic 2/20/11   Zaina Hart
Feb 2011 Featured Articles   Egyptians 2/11/11 Create Their Own Destiny   Zaina Hart
Jan 2011 Featured Articles   Oberon Silent Auction   Zaina Hart
Dec 2010 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   Show Review * Thunder from Down Under * Las Vegas, NV   Zaina Hart
Dec 2010 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   Show Review * Wiggles of the West 2010   Zaina Hart
Dec 2010 Raks Star    Raks Star * Omaris "A Tale of a Tail"   Zaina Hart
Aug 2010 Featured Articles   Publish This! Belly Dance New England * Segment 3   Zaina Hart
Aug 2010 Featured Articles   Publish This! Zaghareet Magazine * Segment 8   Zaina Hart
Aug 2010 Featured Articles   Publish This! Segment 1   Zaina Hart
Aug 2010 Featured Articles   Publish This! Survey * Segment 2   Zaina Hart
Aug 2010 Featured Articles   Publish This! Yallah Magazine * Segment 7   Zaina Hart
Aug 2010 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * The End of my story leads to the Beginning of the Next   Zaina Hart
Aug 2010 Featured Articles   Publish This! Wiggle Hips * Segment 6   Zaina Hart
Aug 2010 Featured Articles   Publish This! iShimmy.com * Segment 4   Zaina Hart
Aug 2010 Featured Articles   Publish This! Jareeda Magazine * Segment 5   Zaina Hart
May 2010 Featured Articles   Jaleh - In Loving Memory   Zaina Hart
Feb 2010 Raks Star    Raks Star * Isis San Miguel   Zaina Hart
Feb 2010 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 8, Part 3 * Edfu, The Luxor Temples and Kings and Queens   Zaina Hart
Feb 2010 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 8, Part 1 * Aswan, Unfinished Obelisk, Felucca   Zaina Hart
Feb 2010 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 8, Part 2 * Isis, Kom Ombo and The Dancer   Zaina Hart
Jan 2010 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt, Turkey and Beyond * Installment 9, Sophia and the Hippodrome   Zaina Hart
Jan 2010 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt, Turkey and Beyond * Installment 7, Arrival and Bizarre Bazaar   Zaina Hart
Jan 2010 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt, Turkey and Beyond * Installment 11, Night Clubs, Dancers and Departure    Zaina Hart
Jan 2010 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt, Turkey and Beyond * Installment 10, The Spell of Topkapi and The Cistern   Zaina Hart
Jan 2010 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   Show Review * Miami Bellydance Convention - 2009   Zaina Hart
Nov 2009 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   Book Review * The Belly Dancer, by DeAnna Cameron   Zaina Hart
Nov 2009 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   DVD Review * American Belly Dance Legends   Zaina Hart
Nov 2009 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   DVD Review * Hommage to Mahmoud Reda   Zaina Hart
Nov 2009 Raks Star    Raks Star * Princess Farhana   Zaina Hart
Oct 2009 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 6 * Fabulous Dervish Show   Zaina Hart
Oct 2009 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 3 * The Khan   Zaina Hart
Oct 2009 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   Merchandise Review: "Show Off Straps"   Zaina Hart
Oct 2009 Competition Mania   2009 Wiggles of the West BDC * Section 1 * Winners Zaina's Review   Zaina Hart
Oct 2009 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 4 * Part 3, Mena House and Memo   Zaina Hart
Oct 2009 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 5 * Three Hour Camel Tour   Zaina Hart
Oct 2009 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 4 * Part 1, Gala Opening   Zaina Hart
Oct 2009 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 4 * Part 2, The Festival   Zaina Hart
Aug 2009 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 1 * Departure and Arrival in Cairo   Zaina Hart
Aug 2009 Featured Articles   Gimmicka the Trickster   Zaina Hart
Aug 2009 Raks Star    Raks Star * Nathalie   Zaina Hart
Aug 2009 Zaina's Zany Adventures   Egypt and Beyond * Installment 2 * The Great Pyramids, Sphinx and More   Zaina Hart
Jul 2009 Competition Mania   2008 Belly Dance Competition Results   Zaina Hart
Apr 2009 Featured Articles   In Your Own Back Yard * Mint Tea, Vancouver, WA   Zaina Hart
Feb 2009 Raks Star    Rak Stars * Angel Thacker   Zaina Hart
Feb 2009 Featured Articles   Kathryn Hopper Obit   Zaina Hart
Nov 2008 Raks Star    Raks Star * Zizi Zabaneh   Zaina Hart
Sep 2008 Competition Mania   2008 Double Crown Belly Dance Competition   Zaina Hart
Jun 2008 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA * Egypt -No- Bust - I just Decided   Zaina Hart
Jun 2008 Raks Star    Raks Star * Tara el Nur   Zaina Hart
Mar 2008 Competition Mania   Evolution of a Belly Dance Competition - The Double Crown   Zaina Hart
Jan 2008 Competition Mania   2007 Belly Dance Competition Results   Zaina Hart
Jan 2008 Raks Star    Raks Star * Elviza   Zaina Hart
Jan 2008 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   DVD Review * Belly Dance with Snakes - Serpentessa   Zaina Hart
Nov 2007 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA - Get Your Tattoo On   Zaina Hart
Nov 2007 Raks Star    Raks Star * Dahlia Moon   Zaina Hart
Sep 2007 Featured Articles   From the Land of OZ, Our IBDC Review   Zaina Hart
Jul 2007 Costume Corner    Great Battle of the Breast / Bra   Zaina Hart
Jul 2007 Dancer's Health A Medical Resource   Breast Reduction - A Lesson and Story   Zaina Hart
Jul 2007 Dancer's Business Tips   Mail Fraud   Zaina Hart
Jul 2007 Featured Articles   In Your Own Backyard * Lotus Dance Studio, Florida   Zaina Hart
Jul 2007 Raks Star    Raks Star * Portia   Zaina Hart
Jul 2007 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA - Moon Over Miami   Zaina Hart
Mar 2007 Costume Corner    Hints and Tips for Veil Selection, Wear and Care   Zaina Hart
Feb 2007 Raks Star    Raks Star * Neena Nour   Zaina Hart
Dec 2006 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA Winter 2007   Zaina Hart
Sep 2006 Tips * Makeup, Stage, and More   All in the Eyes - Mirrors to the Soul!   Zaina Hart
Aug 2006 Tips * Makeup, Stage, and More   ZZA Banty Rooster Eyes   Zaina Hart
May 2006 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA The Debacle   Zaina Hart
May 2006 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   CD Review * A Tribal Celebration - Tribalation, Americanistan   Zaina Hart
May 2006 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA The Fun The Shopping The Playing...   Zaina Hart
Jan 2006 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   Sausan Egyptian Dance * Puyallup WA   Zaina Hart
Dec 2005 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA Festival on the Nile XXX & R East 2005   Zaina Hart
Dec 2005 Competition Mania   2005 Belly Dance Competition Results   Zaina Hart
Sep 2005 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA - Ah Summer and The Tour   Zaina Hart
Sep 2005 Competition Mania   Sultanate al Raks Sharki 2005   Zaina Hart
Sep 2005 Competition Mania   The Land of OZ, Oberon and Zaina on Competitions   Zaina Hart
Jun 2005 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   Show Review * Shimmy By the Sea 2005   Zaina Hart
May 2005 Raks Star    Raks Star * Amy Luna Manderino   Zaina Hart
May 2005 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA - Ahh Rakkasah   Zaina Hart
May 2005 Raks Star    Raks Star * Judeen   Zaina Hart
Apr 2005 Featured Articles   Featured Article * Etiquette, Ethics, More Than Mere Words * Giving Credit Where Credit is Due   Zaina Hart
Mar 2005 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA - Lasik Highway   Zaina Hart
Mar 2005 Raks Star    Raks Star * Alimah   Zaina Hart
Mar 2005 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   CD Review * The Original "Return to the Goddess" by Desert Wind   Zaina Hart
Feb 2005 Reviews: Shows, Music, Videos, and More!   Steeped in Ctonroversy * The Belly Dance Superstars   Zaina Hart
Feb 2005 Featured Articles   In Your Own Backyard * Euphoria Studios   Zaina Hart
Dec 2004 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA - Hives Are Among Her   Zaina Hart
Sep 2004 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA - Baker's Dozen Events   Zaina Hart
Aug 2004 Zaina's Zany Adventures   ZZA - And Funny Dance Moments   Zaina Hart
May 2004 Raks Star    Raks Star * Kamaal   Zaina Hart
Mar 2004 Raks Star    Raks Star * Shukriya   Zaina Hart
Feb 2004 Raks Star    Raks Star * Aziza   Zaina Hart
Feb 2004 Dancer To Dancer   Cover Dancer with Jillina   Zaina Hart
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