What's New On This Site?
Site updated 2nd July 2008
JWAAD Foundation Courses for teachers for 2008/2009 are now linked from the top of the Teachers and Groups page.
WARNING!! Anyone considering having henna tattoos NEEDS to know that only natural BROWN henna is safe.
Some people here and abroad offer black henna tattoos There is no such thing as black henna. The black colour is acheived by adding chemicals, often ParaPhenylenediamine or PPD for short. This can cause severe, painful and dangerous skin reactions. Anne Kingston says "I had 3 months of agony with black henna (those at summer school will remember me in bandages & on steroids!) and have been left with the effects of burns on both feet and my right hand. DON’T EVER USE BLACK HENNA, in fact don’t have anyone using black henna at your haflas." (Note: Pauline Qu, our regular henna artist, ONLY uses natural brown henna and endorses the above comments.) Read more...
Sunday 13th July
ATS (Tribal) Workshop possibility in Nottingham URGENT action required.
See workshops page
New additions on the Workshops page and the Haflas page (1st July)
New review of Dans Satam's hafla now online (30th June) on the Articles and Reviews page and Carol's photos are on the Photogallery page.
For Tribal fans, the latest issue of E-Twisted newsletter is now online at www.britishtribalstyle.com.
ALSO, for devotees of classical belly dance I just found a new newsletter that looks to be well worth the time to read with performance tips, advice on performing during pregnancy, music choices and MUCH more.
What it Takes Newsletter
Check out our new photogalleries!
New photos of Tanya at the Generous Briton and of Claire's Surprise Birthday Bash!
Our existing galleries have also been upgraded.
New review of the Yellow Belly (Con Job) Bash by Claire.
A new review of the Rufford Park Belly Dance Festival is online
BANAT EL RAQS Summer Newsletter is now online!
...and they've done it again. Another great issue packed with interesting and informative stuff. Includes a translation of Ticky Ticky Boom!
A new review by Trish is online, see the articles and reviews index page.
Video clips now available on on the photogalleries page. More video clips wanted!
Jersey III
details now online on the Workshops page.
Arabian Delights Dance Club in Louth
Welcomes new dancers, see the Teachers and Groups page for updated details!
Belly Cartoons!!
This site is a MUST visit!!
Belly dance cartoons that are so true and so funny by Lisa, one of Tati's students in Nottinghamshire. The rest of Tati's site is excellent too and worth looking through. Note her hafla on the 12th July, details on the Haflas page.
http://www.tatihafsa.com/page32.htm
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The LBD website has been built to help Lincolnshire Middle Eastern dancers publicise their groups, classes and events. We aim to be an informal 'central clearing house', enabling Lincolnshire belly dancers and those interested to find out what's going on, where and when. This website is FREE, it doesn't cost you a penny to surf, there are no popups, no paid advertising links and no hidden agendas.
We depend on YOU to let us know what's happening so others can find out too. We don't have a psychic radar station that automatically collects the information we want. If you know of anything at all going on in or near Lincolnshire please, please, please, pretty please e-mail the webmaster.
Please browse through our site at your leisure. We really welcome information, comments and suggestions. We also welcome your photos for our photogallery, articles, reviews of shows or workshops and anything else Middle Eastern dance related that you'd like to submit. We are constantly updating and adding to the website as information, ideas and suggestions come in.
We are not in competition with any other website and have no wish to re-invent the wheel. Instead of writing new histories and instructional articles etc we try to provide links to the best websites around the world for general information about Middle Eastern Dancing. We want to help the dancers (and potential dancers) of Lincolnshire find information more easily than we found it before the birth of this site.
Site updated 2nd July 2008
JWAAD Foundation Courses for teachers for 2008/2009 are now linked from the top of the Teachers and Groups page.
WARNING!! Anyone considering having henna tattoos NEEDS to know that only natural BROWN henna is safe.
Some people here and abroad offer black henna tattoos There is no such thing as black henna. The black colour is acheived by adding chemicals, often ParaPhenylenediamine or PPD for short. This can cause severe, painful and dangerous skin reactions. Anne Kingston says "I had 3 months of agony with black henna (those at summer school will remember me in bandages & on steroids!) and have been left with the effects of burns on both feet and my right hand. DON’T EVER USE BLACK HENNA, in fact don’t have anyone using black henna at your haflas." (Note: Pauline Qu, our regular henna artist, ONLY uses natural brown henna and endorses the above comments.) Read more...
Sunday 13th July
ATS (Tribal) Workshop possibility in Nottingham URGENT action required.
See workshops page
New additions on the Workshops page and the Haflas page (1st July)
New review of Dans Satam's hafla now online (30th June) on the Articles and Reviews page and Carol's photos are on the Photogallery page.
For Tribal fans, the latest issue of E-Twisted newsletter is now online at www.britishtribalstyle.com.
ALSO, for devotees of classical belly dance I just found a new newsletter that looks to be well worth the time to read with performance tips, advice on performing during pregnancy, music choices and MUCH more.
What it Takes Newsletter
Check out our new photogalleries!
New photos of Tanya at the Generous Briton and of Claire's Surprise Birthday Bash!
Our existing galleries have also been upgraded.
New review of the Yellow Belly (Con Job) Bash by Claire.
A new review of the Rufford Park Belly Dance Festival is online
BANAT EL RAQS Summer Newsletter is now online!
...and they've done it again. Another great issue packed with interesting and informative stuff. Includes a translation of Ticky Ticky Boom!
A new review by Trish is online, see the articles and reviews index page.
Video clips now available on on the photogalleries page. More video clips wanted!
Jersey III
details now online on the Workshops page.
Arabian Delights Dance Club in Louth
Welcomes new dancers, see the Teachers and Groups page for updated details!
Belly Cartoons!!
This site is a MUST visit!!
Belly dance cartoons that are so true and so funny by Lisa, one of Tati's students in Nottinghamshire. The rest of Tati's site is excellent too and worth looking through. Note her hafla on the 12th July, details on the Haflas page.
http://www.tatihafsa.com/page32.htm
***************************************************
The LBD website has been built to help Lincolnshire Middle Eastern dancers publicise their groups, classes and events. We aim to be an informal 'central clearing house', enabling Lincolnshire belly dancers and those interested to find out what's going on, where and when. This website is FREE, it doesn't cost you a penny to surf, there are no popups, no paid advertising links and no hidden agendas.
We depend on YOU to let us know what's happening so others can find out too. We don't have a psychic radar station that automatically collects the information we want. If you know of anything at all going on in or near Lincolnshire please, please, please, pretty please e-mail the webmaster.
Please browse through our site at your leisure. We really welcome information, comments and suggestions. We also welcome your photos for our photogallery, articles, reviews of shows or workshops and anything else Middle Eastern dance related that you'd like to submit. We are constantly updating and adding to the website as information, ideas and suggestions come in.
We are not in competition with any other website and have no wish to re-invent the wheel. Instead of writing new histories and instructional articles etc we try to provide links to the best websites around the world for general information about Middle Eastern Dancing. We want to help the dancers (and potential dancers) of Lincolnshire find information more easily than we found it before the birth of this site.
N.B. If you're looking for erotic/exotic dancing, you are on the wrong website and in the wrong dance genre.
Click here to read an article delving into the origins of this persistent myth.
"Belly dancing" as a name originated at the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893 as a way to make Egyptian folk dances, initially poorly attended, appeal to the masses. It worked and this form of dance has suffered from the misconceptions created then ever since. Read all about it on the BBC website.
CAUTION!!
For those who are not already committed Middle Eastern dancers, please read the following health warning before proceeding further.
• Middle eastern dancing is normally good for your health but can be seriously addictive.
• Participants have been known to have fun, make new friends, gain self confidence and move sinuously and gracefully around stages and dance floors in glamorous middle-eastern costumes.
• Neither the very young nor pensioners are immune from the effects of this addiction.
• Those in doubt should consult their doctor before embarking on any new programme of exercise.
• Suitable for vegans, vegetarians and omnivores.
• Classes may contain nuts.
Click here to read an article delving into the origins of this persistent myth.
"Belly dancing" as a name originated at the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893 as a way to make Egyptian folk dances, initially poorly attended, appeal to the masses. It worked and this form of dance has suffered from the misconceptions created then ever since. Read all about it on the BBC website.
CAUTION!!
For those who are not already committed Middle Eastern dancers, please read the following health warning before proceeding further.
• Middle eastern dancing is normally good for your health but can be seriously addictive.
• Participants have been known to have fun, make new friends, gain self confidence and move sinuously and gracefully around stages and dance floors in glamorous middle-eastern costumes.
• Neither the very young nor pensioners are immune from the effects of this addiction.
• Those in doubt should consult their doctor before embarking on any new programme of exercise.
• Suitable for vegans, vegetarians and omnivores.
• Classes may contain nuts.
An Ode to Belly Dancers
We are the belly dancers,
We shimmy and we shake.
We wear Arabian hip scarves
For the jingly noise they make.
We wear skirts edged with sequins,
And our tops are sparkly too,
'Cos if you are a belly dancer,
Well, this is what you do!
We like to do the veil dance,
As we twirl our veils around,
All the colours are fantastic,
To that Arabian magic sound.
We go to many Haflas,
And dance in lots of shows,
We search around for costumes,
And how our wardrobe grows!
It's full of glittery dresses,
It's full of jangly tops,
Our men always get nervous,
When we go to hit the shops,
But they don't understand us,
Our need for jangly things,
Our need for all that glitter,
The bracelets and the rings,
So we are the belly dancers,
We'll jingle all night through,
'Cos if you area a belly dancer,
Well, this is what you do!!!
Janet Morton January 2008
We are the belly dancers,
We shimmy and we shake.
We wear Arabian hip scarves
For the jingly noise they make.
We wear skirts edged with sequins,
And our tops are sparkly too,
'Cos if you are a belly dancer,
Well, this is what you do!
We like to do the veil dance,
As we twirl our veils around,
All the colours are fantastic,
To that Arabian magic sound.
We go to many Haflas,
And dance in lots of shows,
We search around for costumes,
And how our wardrobe grows!
It's full of glittery dresses,
It's full of jangly tops,
Our men always get nervous,
When we go to hit the shops,
But they don't understand us,
Our need for jangly things,
Our need for all that glitter,
The bracelets and the rings,
So we are the belly dancers,
We'll jingle all night through,
'Cos if you area a belly dancer,
Well, this is what you do!!!
Janet Morton January 2008