South African Belly Dancers - In Harem’s Way

I personally believe that an important part of learning to Belly Dance is to watch other dancers at every opportunity. Some instructors don’t like this as they worry their students will feel they don’t match up and will never be good enough to perform. Please remember that every dancer was a beginner once, and the beauty of Belly Dance is that whatever your ability you have a contribution. The traditions of Belly Dance stem back to whole families and communities dancing together in celebration - whatever their age or ability - and that should be the same today.

With that in mind, I have added a category called Inspiration to the blog, which will include videos of dancers around the world performing. Feel free to suggest your own favorites, or videos of your own dance troupe.

The first video comes from one of my Belly Dancing newsletter subscribers, Kiki. She wrote:

I now am part of Shimmer Middle Eastern Dance Studio, and here in South Africa we have an Association which runs exams linked to the Dance Teachers Union - so am currently training for my grade 5 of 7, and simultaneously rehearsing furiously for a lovely dance festival weekend in June (Tamalyn Dallal is here that weekend).

We at Shimmer and our professional dance company “In Harem’s Way” have several clips on youTube and also on Facebook. If you would like to check us out: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shimmer-Dance-Studio-In-Harems-Way-Dance-Company/14698751519 Feel free to become a fan :)- We need all of those we can get. Just click the link in the top sidebar of the page. Our studio website is www.freewebs.com/inharemsway and we have a very comprehensive gallery - I’d appreciate your comments!

So, go and check out their website and become a fan on Facebook, if you are a member.

The videos for In Harem’s Way cannot be embedded on the blog so you will need to visit YouTube to watch them. This is the video that Kiki likes the best out of their selection on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2kUdtSYeEc

Enjoy and be inspired!

Please add your comments and your own video links in the comments section below