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Local stores (Salt Lake City, Utah)

BellyDancing by Thia-Belly Dancer Boutique 1-801-466-4337
3345 South 300 West  Suite A4 

Salt Lake City, Utah 84115

Monday-Friday 4:00pm-9:30pm

Saturday 9:00am-4pm

                                               
Thia travels the globe to hand select beautiful and unusual costumes,     accessories and supplies.  At the Belly Dancer Boutique you can find: bra/belts sets,  dance dresses, skirts, jewelry, canes, swords, music, DVD's, silk veils, hip scarves, finger cymbals, drums, harem pants, tribal jewelry, tribal skirts, tribal pants, Chloe tops, coin bra/belt, loose coins, hair accessories, dance shoes, club wear, cover-ups, belly dance patterns, incense, kohl, children costumes and new , "Make Your Own Tribal Costumes", with shells, trims, materials, coins, bells, beads

and trinkets.
Official  distributor of Peko Music,  IAMED Videos & DVD's, Sharif Wear and Nahri silk veils.
 

Local Dancers/Teachers, Utah

BellyDancing by Thia---1-801-466--2808 
Owner of the Egyptian Dance Center and the Belly Dancer Boutique    3345 South 300 West Suite B2 & A4, Salt Lake City, Utah  84115   Professional lessons for adult, teens and children.  Oriental and Tribal styles.  Beautiful Boutique with goods (hand selected by Thia ), from around the globe.
http://www.bellydancingbvthia.com 

Kashmir/Corrie Walker

Midnight Mirage ---1-801-
Jamileh and Calypso, teachers and directors of Midnight Mirage School of Dance  in Bountiful.  
http://www.midnightmirage.com 

Shahrvar

Sultra---
Dance instructor.
http://sultra1bellydance.xbuild.com

Zahirah1-801-583-4031/e-mail at: zahirah.sheya@soft-link.com
Dance instructor, Salt Lake City, Utah. Director of Desert Orchid Dance Company.

Dancers/Teachers

Amaya—1-505-260-1186
International dancer and instructor from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Video instruction available


Ayshah is a cultural artist of the ancient art of Middle Eastern Belly dance. She performs Egyptian, Turkish, and American styles of Belly dance. Veil dances are Ayshah's specialty.    http://www.ayshah.com                                                             
 

Delilah —                                                                                             Home page of Delilah and Visionary Dance Productions.  This site features a library of Belly dancing articles, quick time movies, sound bites, photo galleries, calendar of events including classes, workshops, retreats, instructional DVD's, videos, CD's, other products and information devoted t Belly dance.  Even Belly dancing during pregnancy.                                                      http://www.visionarydance.com  

Maria ---
Professional belly dancer in Colorado. 
www.boulderbellygrams.com 

Michelle Joyce ---
Professional belly dancer and international performer. Site contains photos and video clips.
http://www.arabicdance.net

Ozel Gamel—1-208-459-4012
Cabaret dance instructor and boutique owner, Idaho.

Shems ---
A beautiful professional belly dancer in Washington/Baltimore area. Site contains photos and video clips.
http://www.shems.com                                                                                                      


Shira-----                                                                                                Shira's web is full of instructions, costuming know how, belly dance tips, musical clips, graphic art and interesting articles—wonderful!                 www.shira.net 

Suspira----
Suspira, a beautiful dancer from Florida who has performed at Disney's world Epcot Center.                                                    http://www.orlandobellydance.

Live Music

Bryan—1-801-
Teacher and Drummer, He also performs with Kairo by Night Band in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Bozeen —1-801-486-1614
Tarik, Raj & Armen, A Wonderful Middle Eastern Band available for events such as Wedding, cultural events and special occasions.
 
 Desert Wind                                                                                               Desert Winds is a leading band in "World Dance." Unique blend and unification of rhythms from around the world--a must to add to your DVD collection. Thia is at their Fans Page World Wide Network of Fans Desert Winds, Salt Lake City,  Utah                                          DESERT WIND   e-mail at: deswind@aol.com
 

Kairo by Night
Middle Eastern band, Winners of the

Raj Harrous—1-801-486-1614
Raj is a drummer with the wonderful Middle Eastern Band, Bozeen. Raj is also the owner of sound express; expert sound editing in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 
 Light Rain—1-415-892-0181
Doug is the director of the Dance troupe and Middle Eastern band, in Larkspur, California

Magazines/Newsletters

Jareeda—a magazine for and about belly dancers. Contact Editor Edith Mezdulene also by phone at 1-541-459-3115, or by e-mail at jareed@wizzards.net
www.jareeda.com

Zaghareet—                                                                                                   Belly dance magazine. New editor is Sharina                                              e-mail is: zaghareet@excite.com Zaghareet's                   http://zaghareet.freeservers.com 
http://home.earthlink.net/~zaghareet/index.html                                      Boutique is located at: http://zagsboutique.freeservers.comhttp://www.jareeda.com 

 

Informational Websites

www.worlddance.com 
I like this site because of its holistic approach to not only belly dance, but also to the mind and spirit as well.

Art

Kim Detmers—1-801-270-8912
Custom artwork related to belly dance, and then some.

Knotworks—
Barbara Loewenhagen and Arthur Roberg. You name it, they do it. Graphic design for web pages, any promotional materials for your business. Also produce a line of fine art prints and greeting cards featuring the artwork of Arthur Roberg, and custom jewelry by Barbara Loewenhagen. And a website showing Arthur's work is at http://www.knotworks.net            e-mail at arthur@knotworks.net or barbara@knotworks.net

Travel

Yoga Travel—Yoga holidays by the pyramids, the Red Sea and on Mount Sinai. Try scuba diving, camel trekking - or just relax on the beach.
http://www.yogatravel.co.uk

Restaurants with Dancers

Athenian Restaurant—1-801-621-4911
Ogden, Utah. Middle eastern dancing on Thursday nights.

Cedars of Lebanon Restaurant—1-801-364-4096
Salt Lake City, Utah. Middle Eastern dancing on Fridays and Saturdays.

Master Sites

www.utahraks.org

Photo Illustration by Arthur Roberg

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