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| Bellydance: A Guide to Middle Eastern Dance, Its Music, Its Culture and Costume | 
 enlarge | Author: Keti Sharif
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (21 reviews)
Sales Rank: 50313
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 6.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 1741143764
Dewey Decimal Number: 792
EAN: 9781741143768
ASIN: 1741143764
Publication Date: February 1, 2005
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Product Description
For those wanting to shake and shimmy their way to a firmer body, this comprehensive guide to belly dancing offers instructions on how to make the most of the hot belly-dancing-as-fitness trend. In addition to guiding the dancer to a trimmer waist, this how-to book helps put women in touch with their sensuality through the alluring moves of this ancient dance. Specific guidelines for pregnant women who wish to stay strong throughout the nine months and regain their prebaby belly are included. The history and culture of the art is also explored with a celebration of the pulsating music and shimmering costumes that make belly dancing a joy to watch. In Cairo there is a saying: "Every girl is born a dancer." With this guide, all women can be divas of the dance.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
entertaining and informative November 17, 2008
I actually learned some new tidbits about bellydance through this book! I was just expecting to be a nice coffee table book, which it can be, with the nice pictures, but it actually have some good info. It's not a textbook, of course, so don't expect a whole educational level of information. What's in it, is just really good for general knowledge regarding this form of dance and culture.
 Shame on the Publisher August 24, 2008
Kudos to the author. Well researched information in a small space. The publishers should be ashamed of themselves. They might have offered a few good quality photos of the dancers in their lovely costumes. If you are looking for visual here, forget it. The photos are quite interesting but each is printed in a kind of poor quality sepia or indigo tone with the text on top! Very bad. I used to work for a well known publishing company and know how cheap they can be. You have to work hard to read the text, not to mention look at the very terrible quality of what appears to be interesting photos. The information is worth it though. There is not much research on the art of belly dance. I have to say though this book is a bit of a tease
 An excellent resource May 14, 2008
This book is an excellent resource. The notes about the music are great. The photos are beautiful. There are explanations of the origins of the dance, the culture, costuming, music, zills, and performing. Make sure you read this in a well-lit room, as the text is layered over the photos.
enjoyable coffee table book March 5, 2008
It's by no means a text on belly dancing. But GREAT photos and little tidbits here and there on facts. I did learn some new things (I had a great bellydance teacher and learned a lot from her, but even so I find that this book also taught me something new...so that says something). By the way, it's a small book. FYI.
Good book, lousy printing May 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is full of great information on the origins of belly dance, dance styles, moves and costuming however....it's virtually impossible to read the wealth of material contained on it's pages thanks to the use of dark and pastel colored photographs and patterns as a background for the print!! (Print which also wildly varies in color and sometimes all but disappears in the background altogether.) It's a real shame that the editors didn't take that problem in consideration at the time of publication because they have made an otherwise wonderful little book very difficult to enjoy.
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