Fall 2025 Classes in Nanaimo
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Workshop Resources: Ghawazee & Turkish Oryantal Dance
Leah and Lynette perform at the International Belly Dance Conference of Canada, Toronto * GHAWAZEE RESOURCES Terrific dance scenes and interviews can be viewed in this 1981 video “The Romany Trail: Gypsies of Africa” – Please note, the narration is dated and sometimes simply wrong (particularly about the Zar). The Banat Maazin dance at 11.52,
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Spring Workshop in Kelowna 2025
Notes on Lynette’s dance interests: Lynette has studied Ghawazee dance since the 1980s with luminaries Aisha Ali, Jalilah, Khyriyya, and others, and through archival research. Her troupe Ghawazee choreographies have been staged in Vancouver theatres, Toronto (International Belly Dance Conference of Canada), Seattle (Mediterranean Fantasy Festival), Courtenay, Nanaimo, and many other BC venues. Lynette became entranced by
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2026 Winter/Spring Island Teacher List
Vancouver Island Dance Teachers Nanaimo Lynette www.lynetteharper.ca dancetarab@gmail.com 250-797-7953 LET’S DANCE With apologies – My weekly multilevel classes are postponed until spring. All classes at VIBE Studios, Nanaimo * Pynksy Shell aka Tania Amaral https://www.facebook.com/tania.amaral.1253/ pynksyshell@gmail.com Afro Fusion Sharqi Danceᵀᴹ Fridays 6:30 Level 1, VIBE dance studio www.afro-fusionsharqidance.ca * Ramona ramona.passarello@gmail.com 250-616-3824 Available
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ReOrient present Ghawazee dance at the Duncan Showroom, 2019
The dance in these videos is an interpretation of an historical style of dance and costume common in Egypt in the late 1800’s and into the 20th Century. Our choreography is based on historic photos and travellers’ writings about the Ghawazee, and our studies with Aisha Ali, Banat Mazin troupe members, and others. The Ghawazee
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Event updates 2019
Fall email update: So many terrific opportunities for dancers this autumn! Classes, workshops, hafla, shows – hope to see you at some of these events! Lynette COMING EVENTS Friday October 5 Dance Performances & Sema Gathering with special guest Farima Berenji Abbey Studio in Cumberland doors 7:30, suggested donation $10-15, Info Cathy (250) 218-0704
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1001 Likes – August 2016
Lynette Harper watches a powerful Egyptian documentary. Reprinted with permission from the Middle Eastern Dance Association newsletter, Sahda, August 2016. Dancers is a mesmerizing film set in Cairo. But don’t expect to see the gorgeous costumes or inspiring performances that grace most films made about Egyptian belly dance. Director Celame Barge takes us deep into the lives and struggles
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