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Bellydance is booming. Not in the down-at-heel cabarets of Pyramids Road, Cairo or the high-rise hotel restaurants in Dubai, but right here in the U.S.A....
You might think of belly-dancing as nothing more than restaruant entertainment, but Miles Copeland, founder of IRS records (and brother of Stewart Copeland of The Police, and son of founding agent of the CIA), thinks otherwise....
Working with the Bellydance Super Stars has been challenging, rewarding and, at times, a lesson in patience....
Jillina, choreographer for the Desert Roses and artistic director for the Bellydance Super Stars (BDS), has been successfully touring North America and Europe-recently in Monaco-and will soon perform in the Middle East. She joined the BDS after approached by music...
Los Angeles' Arts and Entertainment Magazine: Bellydancers are undulating and shimmying at the Follies Bergere in Paris, the World Peace Concert in Bali, and our own Lollapalooza. Bellydance, a once obscure art form limited to the intimate settings of the...
Bellydance Superstar star Jillina did a wondrous workshop for about 50 participants. She taught some refinement on technique and a totally fun choreography. She is a very giving teacher and a charming lady....
As if seeing the Belly Dance SuperStars wasn’t enough, those of us living near Vancouver were treated the next morning to a workshop with one of the SuperStars herself, Jillina. ...
VI Argentine and Latin American Meeting of Arabian Dances‚ Review Buenos Aires on September 11th and 12th at Golden Convention Center. This meeting, considered a world record for audience, took place with the usual fervor and enthusiasm that characterizes it....
A collection of Middle Eastern Dancers led by Jiliina and the Sahlala Dancers and including Ansuya, Amar & Kaishi-"Belly Queen", and The Desert Rose Dancers journeyed all the way to Bali to participate in the World Peace Concert. The concert, which took place on June 14, 2003 at the Garuda Wishu Kencana featured top musical artist from around the globe who came together to spread a message of peace, unity, tolerance and understanding through music.
- By Roxanne Shelaby
Thanksgiving is not traditionally celebrated in Germany, it being an American holiday and all, but this year many Germans had much to celebrate over the Thanksgiving Holiday -- namely a fabulous workshop with none other than America's own Jillina!
While you were busy celebrating a second helping of your grandmother's special oyster stuffing, the oriental dance community of Germany was celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Arabeska, the famous Momo Kadous' and Soraya's dance company. The momentous occasion was marked by almost a week of festivities revolving around Egyptian dance and highlighted by the arrival of special guest star, Jillina.
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