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http://www.casbahdance.org/ -- Morocco is one of the most knowledgeable dancers in the world – about history of the art form and culture.
http://www.shira.net – The Art of Middle Eastern Dance – by Shira, a local dancer who has collected all kinds of resources here. Her links are great and this site is huge. By far the best local site and I would guess in the top 5 in the world for belly dance.
For costumes and accessories – best prices for the quality is http://www.scheherazadeimports.com/ or call 804-749-3480 (Virginia)
http://www.rashid.com/enter.asp
- If Rashid music doesn’t have it, no one does!
http://www.dahlal.com -- Dahlal carries well made and beautiful costume pieces and a good assortment of music. You can find most of my music recommendations here as well as at Rashid.
http://www.visionarydance.com -- Delilah of Seattle, an awesome performer, has nice instructional videos and offers fun dance retreats to Hawaii
http://aswandancers.com -- Amina is a great San Francisco-based teacher of Egyptian-style bellydance and is the principal founder of the Giza Club, which offers local dancers all kinds of culture-related activities.
http://mediterraneosf.com/ -- Mediterraneo Productions brings world-class performing
artists from the Mediterranean regions of North Africa, Europe, Turkey and the Middle East to perform and teach in the greater San Francisco Bay Area
http://www.reelsoundandlight.com/ Carl Sermon –
THE photographer of the San Francisco Bay Area Orientale dance community
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