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17 Costuming articles, Karavan Klips, regular columns, and special article on the Crisis in Cairo from a belly dance troupe's perspective. Don't miss this special issue!!
Dance Bra Alterations 101
By Sabrina
We all know every dancer is built differently. Everyone has a different body frame structure and their own unique curves. So how does a dancer take a ready made or pre-loved costume and give it the most flattering fit for her body? Here are a few hot tips.............
Alien Costuming
by Dina Lydia
I’ve always enjoyed playfulness in costume design. My love of novelty, fantasy, and science fiction drew me to the concept of a galactic visitor who dances. The Thang costume has evolved over the years, as I added variations for quite different events............... With a cosmic color scheme in mind (deep blues and turquoise, with silver and violet), I assembled numerous scraps of glittery and metallic fabrics, jewels, trim, jewelry parts................
Belly Dance Troupe Sees Both Sides
By Frances Lindland (aka Nialah Tarab of Sisters Diama of Tacoma)
Seven belly dancers from Tacoma, WA arrived on January 24th and were expecting to experience everything from dance classes by some of Egypt’s finest dancers and choreographers, the finest of dining experiences, to the spit and sputter of a Sahara Bedouin camel ride to see the pyramids of Giza.
And, yes we got it all and a Revolution added for a trip we will never forget!
.....................There was no sleep that night. We heard rifle fire from somewhere between us and Tahrir Square -- five shots, then a minute of silence, then five shots, silence, then five shots again. We were on the fifth floor and I dared not look outside, for fear of stray bullets............
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