An Evening of Experimental Middle Eastern Dance
Belly Dance Videos
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Experimental Belly Dance EEMED
EEMED 2007 Video Clip
Performances on the 2007 video
(this page features still images taken directly from the video)
Nikii and SuperKate of Subee Djinn
The Tortoise & The Hare
Performed by Subee Djinn
(Nikii & SuperKate)

Who wins?

 Nikii and SuperKate of Subee Djinn
Desert Sin
BabaYaga
Performed by Desert Sin

BabaYaga is the crone, the witch, and the earth mother. Here she makes a magic potion to regain her youth.

 Desert Sin
belly dancer Amara
Falling For Echo
Performed by Amara

Losing her way in the forest, Narcisa hears a hauntingly beautiful echo...

 belly dancer Amara
bellydancer Sayyadina
Ashes & Bone
Performed by Sayyadina

Crawling out of the funeral pyre, she reanimates the bones of the sacrificial animal cut down in its prime, screaming in rage and despair.

 bellydancer Sayyadina
Ida Clare burlesque
Thanks for the Mammaries
Performed by Tandemonium with Ida Clare

Female breasts have emerged as the primary physical icons of popular American culture. In tandem, Middle Eastern Dance was deeply influenced by this cultural focus and the dance has evolved accordingly.

 Tendemonium Middle Eastern Dancers
Tatianna and Djahari of Desert Sin
Scarlet Affair
Performed by Tatianna with Djahari and Brian

The sacrifice of blood can bring a waiting spirit breath again, but it may never fully walk this earth again.

 Tatianna of Desert Sin
Ya Helewa dance company
Structured Improvisation #2
Performed by Ya Helewa!

Using preset rules and spontaneous interconnectivity to move as a unit without being the3 Same in an exploration of space, music, and movement.

 Ya Helewa belly dance troupe
Chapelina and Noelle Brooks
Sweet Stillness: the Suicide of Cleopatra
Performed by Chapelina & Noelle Brooks

Death is an inevitable part of life and inevitibly more powerful than us all.

 Noelle Brooks
Desert Sin
Diffidence
Performed by Elayssa, Nikii, Sayyadina, & Sherri

One mind, divided.

 Desert Sin
Ariellah tribal bellydancer
Transformation
Performed by Ariellah

Journey the path of voyeur as a spirit unfolds its sinister hauntings and travels to the places within and finds the enchanted one beneath...

 Ariellah tribal belllydancer
Amara bellydance comedy
Egyptian Ella
Performed by Amara

So if you hear of a gal who can quake and shake 'til it makes you think of a nervous snake, they're speakin' of Egyptian Ella!

 Amara bellydance comedy
Perfumes of Araby belly dance pirates
The Pirates of Arrrraby
Performed by Perfumes of Araby

Yo-ho-ho and prepare to be boarded by The Pirates of Arrrraby!

 Perfumes of Araby Kamaal and Anaheed
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Warning: This video contains nudity, cross-dressing, violence, spirituality, cultural imperialism, stereotyping, expression of feelings, manipulation of audience members, talking and eating food on stage.

We hope this production makes you laugh, makes you cry, and gives you inspiration to explore and express yourself through dance.

Please feel free to share your questions or comments with Amara.

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