Nadira Jamal, Belly Dancer

Middle Eastern Dance Articles

Articles by Nadira Jamal

• How Opening Your Teeth Brightens Your Stage Presence

Unshutter your light with this easy adjustment

• Nadira's Treatise on Entrances

My musings on making an entrance. A work in progress.

• Duplicate Song Names

So many of the songs we dance to have more than one name! You can find a few here.

 

Articles by other authors

• Defining the Dance

by Jen Al-Amira

• Ready or Not?

by Amira Jamal. How to tell if you're ready to start performing.

• Belly Dancing: From Student to... What?

  By Shira. How to get started in performing (as a student, not as a professional).

• If Prices Are Up All Over, Why Are Oriental Dancers Getting Less?

  by Morocco.   A great article on the ethics of performance and payment in the bellydance industry

• Belly Dancing: A Good Career Option?

  How to tell if your personality is suited to being a full-time middle eastern dancer

• Your Personal Safety as a Belly Dancer

  by Shira. Important information for all of us.