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  2. Middle Eastern dance - Wikipedia

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    The traditional dances of the Middle East (Arabic: ‎رقص شرق أوسطي) (also known as Oriental dance) span a large variety of folk traditions throughout North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. For detailed information on specific dances of the region, see the main entries as follows:

  3. Arab folk dances - Wikipedia

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    Egyptians have Baladi people, Baladi bread, Baladi rhythms, Baladi music and Baladi dance. [27] [28] It is a folk/social form of bellydance. It is more stationary than raqs sharqi, with little use of the arms, and the focus is on hip movements. Baladi dance has a 'heavy' feeling, with the dancer appearing relaxed and strongly connected to the ...

  4. Raqs sharqi - Wikipedia

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    Raqs sharqi (Arabic: رقص شرقي, [ˈɾɑʔsˤ ˈʃæɾʔi]; literally "oriental dancing") is the classical Egyptian style of belly dance that developed during the first half of the 20th century. History

  5. Belly dance - Wikipedia

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    Nowadays the belly dance is a characteristic dance of this singer which presented a variant with a rope entangling it in her body and dancing to the rhythm of Whenever Wherever. Shakira is the only artist in the music industry who has used belly dance on several occasions in her artistic career. [42]

  6. Sema Yildiz - Wikipedia

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    She was interviewed about her dance life and Belly dance, and also did a performance. [13] In 2012, Sema travelled to the USA as guest teacher to give workshops and perform at the 'Bad Boys of Belly dance' festival in Las Vegas, and also became the artistic co-organiser of Turkey's largest Oriental Dance festival: Tarazade, held in Istanbul ...

  7. Soheir Zaki - Wikipedia

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    In 1964, she became to first belly dancer to dance to Umm Kulthum's music when she danced to "Inta Omri". [1] Over the course of her career, Zaki danced for many politicians, including Anwar Sadat, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Richard Nixon. She retired in 1992, although she later taught belly dance at Raqia Hassan's Egyptian Academy of Oriental ...

  8. Khaleegy (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Khaleegy is often danced to traditional Arabian Peninsula music. The most used rhythms are Adani (from the Arabian Peninsula, original from Saudi Arabia) and Nagazy. The songs have lyrics and a good dancer must know their meaning in order to express the real significance of the song in their dance. Music is accompanied with hand clapping.

  9. Mizrahi music - Wikipedia

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    Mizrahi music (Hebrew: מוזיקה מזרחית muzika mizrachit Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈmuzika mizraˈχit], "Eastern music/Oriental music") refers to a music genre in Israel that combines elements from the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe; and is mostly performed by Israelis of Mizrahi Jewish descent. [1]