Serpentine Dance Studios

I have given many workshops about this subject over the years, but a picture is worth 1000 words. Can you tell the difference between their technique and modern knee-driven shimmies? Can you name the 14 dancers?

Hiz ya Wiz & Shimmy - Classic Era Drum solo (ra3asha) رَعَشَ رقص شرقي Drum solo by Khamis Henkesh from my album Hymn to Hathor on Sands o...

Another gem for Throw-back Thursday. Check out Hoda Sinbati's version of the song on Ala Mahlik from my label Sands of Time Music.

Dina 3ala Waraq al Foul رقص شرقي دينا Dina Talaat was the bridge between Classic era and modern. Dina beg...

My newest Classic Era release, unseen footage of Dina from the 1980's.

Dina young Red Part 2 رقص شرقي دينا Dina Talaat was the bridge between Classic era and modern. Here's P...

My favorite clip of Dina dancing to Taht as-Shebak. Just pure raw sensuality

Dina Taht as-Shebak رقص شرقي دينا Dina Talaat was the bridge between Classic era and modern. Dina beg...

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Dina young white رقص شرقي دينا Dina Talaat was the bridge between Classic era and modern. Here's Part 1 of a wedding from the beginning of her career in the mid 1980's. Dina began dancing ...

Part 2 of Nagwa Fouad in Leyl ya Ein by Mohammed al Mogy. Notice her raised shoulders tlike Samia Gamal. Arms were mostly up during the Classic Era, not down by the waist. By this clip Nagwa was definitely in her choreography phase. No more improve.

Nagwa Fouad Leyl ya Ein 2 رقص شرقي نجوى فؤاد This is the second in a series of Nagwa Fouad clips called Ein ya Leyl composed by Mohammed al-Mogi. It's a perfect example of why she became famous for rein...

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Nagwa Fouad Leyl ya Ein 1 رقص شرقي نجوى فؤاد Nagwa Fouad reintroduced choreography and multiple costume changes into Classic Era belly dance, the era after Badia Masabni's Europeanized nightclubs, WW2, ...