Gothic Belly Dance - The Darker Side of Fusion

Sisters Veena and Neena Bidasha have been bellydancing since their childhood and have travelled around the world learning, refining, performing, and teaching this ancient and erotic dance. Now they have created a series of videos to instruct students in the arm movements, shimmies, and sultry looks of bellydancing. BASIC DANCE begins with a brisk warm-up routine and continues with a step-by-step tutorial isolating the upper and lower body while slowly demonstrating each hip drop, shimmy, and undulation in the full choreographed routine.

We seek to find the inner light of each one and thus turn on new lights, to leave the paths illuminated, so as not to walk blindly and alone. It is having a real awareness of our actions, that our life is a commitment and that if each one of us acts, a great change will be seen in the world. The power of life is to give us existence.

Janine Rabbitt teaches belly dancing as a way to trim and tone problem spots.

In this beginner-level doumbek course, Amir Naoum teaches Southwest Asian drum rhythms and doumbek techniques to drummers and dancers.

A musical comedy centers around the dreams and ambitions of a group of friends,who support each other in all the problems they face whether personal or professional.

A woman stands in front of a building, a chair to her left, dressed in black, full skirt, quarter sleeves, and a scooped bodice. Her hair is piled high. She bows slightly, and, with finger cymbals, begins to dance the cooch.

Stark...sublime...intense. The phenomenon of Gothic Bellydance or "Raks Gothique" is a multitude of poetic visions born out of the Goth, or Gothic, subculture, music, imagery and fashion, and expressed in the language of Bellydance.

A collection of 16 classic performances by the most prominent Egyptian belly dancers of the 20th century. The selections are from appearances in movies and other shows over a 30 year period.

If a drum beats, a Dancer must dance.

In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.

The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

Leni takes Rafi to meet her family in Madrid. Leni's family is Jewish - mother, father, older sister and daughter, brother, and grandfather. Rafi is Palestinian, in Spain since age 12. Before her father returns from work, Leni reveals Rafi's origins. He accidentally drops a block of frozen soup out the flat window, probably killing a passerby. Leni initiates a cover-up and Rafi figures out the body is probably Leni's father. The body disappears and without telling the rest of the family what they know, Leni and Rafi organize a search for dad. Mom is sure he's having an affair. Leni's belly-dancing sister kisses Rafi. Her brother grabs a rifle to shoot the Arab. Can anything be put right?

A Brooklyn postal worker follows her Egyptian boyfriend to Cairo where she takes belly-dancing lessons from a legendary but disgraced Egyptian dancer.

A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.

Saracen pirates aboard the "Black Eagle" attack Christians strongholds along the coast of Spain. When they stop off in Sheba to re-supply, they also buy female slaves and end up fighting over them.

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

The film is about the relationship between crazy scientist George Edison and his son Leo. After being electrocuted as a child, Leo is no longer able to touch people without electrocuting them.

A lord’s servant, Ali Baba, is sent to retrieve a slave for his master, but ends up on an adventure filled with gold, mischief, love, and forty famous thieves instead.

All you need is a pair of hips and a desire to dance. This workout is great for beginners as well as those with belly dance experience. Included is a warm-up, a workout focusing on the muscles of the core, and a cool-down. All moves are introduced in a separate "10 Move Instructional Section"

Welcome to the world of Belly Dancing - a world of sensuality, spirituality, loving, sharing, and empowerment. Belly Dance Your Way to Your Soul Mate will teach you many techniques to help ignite the spark in your relationship. This video includes instruction on: proper veiling and unveiling, arm and hip movement, floor work and more. Once you have mastered the basic steps, you can choreograph endless routines to captivate your lover and encourage passionate experiences you've only dreamed of. Amira Mor, a world renowned Belly Dancer, will mesmerize you with her breathtakingly alluring dances. She will inspire you to move and feel your own sensuality, No judgment, no fears, no holding back...remember, you are dancing for the one you love!