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		<title>Dance Tips- Using Your Space</title>
		<link>http://middleeasterndancer.com/articles/2010/11/dance-tips-using-your-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamra-henna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Middle Eastern Dancers have a wide variety of performance venues in which to perform. From a formal nightclub with a raised stage to a dance floor in a banquet hall, from a dancers&#8217; showcase in a local restaurant to the theater stage- dancers must be able to adapt to many different types of performance spaces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan &#8211; A Photo Essay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamra-henna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as cross training in different movement disciplines  makes our physical practice more versatile, engaging in a variety of artistic mediums adds to our artistic flexibility.  Any artistic endeavor will enhance our perceptive and creative abilities and tend to keep us inspired. For me, travel photography has been a source of inspiration and an additional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life on Cairo&#8217;s Houseboats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 20:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamra-henna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say that once you drink the water of the Nile, you cannot quench your thirst anywhere else; you will be drawn back to Egypt.  My friends assured me it was the years that I spent living in Cairo, daily drinking the water of the Nile, that kept me returning to Egypt every few months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rhythm for Dancers &#8211; Wahda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 07:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamra-henna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music for Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raqs Sharqi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belly dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belly Dance Rhythms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite rhythms to  interpret and immerse myself in is wahda. It has a distinctly languid feel, and can be heard in both classical and popular Arabic music. Wahda is often used in the sung verses or slower parts of the song, usually where the voice or melody is the highlight. While it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rhythm for Dancers</title>
		<link>http://middleeasterndancer.com/articles/2010/03/rhythm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamra-henna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music for Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raqs Sharqi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arabic Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music is at the heart of Middle Eastern dance. It is our muse, our inspiration. In order to work with the music, to do it justice, we need to understand it theoretically as well as emotionally. Rhythm is the foundation of Arabic music, so it is fundamental to the dance to understand your rhythms. Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raqs Sharqi</title>
		<link>http://middleeasterndancer.com/articles/2010/03/raqs-sharqi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamra-henna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance Encyclopedia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raqs Sharqi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belly dance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A succinct yet thorough overview of the dance style Raqs Sharqi.]]></description>
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		<title>Dancing in Egypt&#8217;s White Desert</title>
		<link>http://middleeasterndancer.com/articles/2010/01/dancing-in-egypts-white-desert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamra-henna</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unforgettable  Experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dance and Ecstasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trance dance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always considered myself a beach person until I spent time in the White Desert.  Huge natural monuments of limestone and sandstone dot the landscape, some shaped like the heads half buried sphinxes, others resemble huge birds contemplating flight. For 4 days, friends and I wandered through the expanse of the desert, occasionally picking up fossilized shells from an ancient sea long since swallowed up by sand.]]></description>
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		<title>Spotting in Turns</title>
		<link>http://middleeasterndancer.com/articles/2010/01/spotting-in-turns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamra-henna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all been taught to &#8220;spot&#8221; when we turn. But, do you know why? or how? Spotting does a couple of things for us. One, It fools the brain into thinking that the body is not turning at all; therefore, we get less dizzy. Two, it allows our minds to establish where we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Depth of Dance</title>
		<link>http://middleeasterndancer.com/articles/2010/01/the-depth-of-dance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamra-henna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artistry & Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just as ‘the blues’ was birthed out of the African-American experience 1, dance forms spring from the collective experience and values of a group. Through dance, entire societies express something of who they are, and who they are shapes where, when, and how they dance. ]]></description>
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		<title>Moving in Ecstasy</title>
		<link>http://middleeasterndancer.com/articles/2009/08/moving-in-ecstasy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamra-henna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raqs Sharqi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This academic article investigates Laura Mulvey's concept of the "male gaze" and its pertinence as a feminist critique on the artform of Raqs Sharqi in a Middle Eastern context. My aim is to bring about a more informed position from which to view, judge, and, for those of us so inclined, present specific performances of this highly individual and cultural art form.]]></description>
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