The Central Coast’s Premier School of Belly Dance - Desert Flame.

“Alexandra”

offers fun classes, unique entertainment & exotic retreats !

SACRED WOMEN’S BELLY DANCE and YOGA RETREAT

UBUD and SIDEMAN, BALI, INDONESIA

JULY 2012

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“Alexandra”

joyful and diverse, sensual and artistic – capture the spirit of Egyptian Cabaret, Classical or Traditional Folkloric, Ghawazi Gypsy or the earthy American Tribal Style of this ancient, exotic dance.

With accompanying swords, veils, canes, Isis Wings, stunning head candelabra or live  drummer,

to enhance her performance.

Dance – to be entertained or to enrich and free you spirit!
Be transported to another place and time!

Alexandra is the  Resident Dancer  at The Arabian Lounge !

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Belly Dance is elegant and graceful, celebrating in the female spirit, and the strength and beauty of the female form, regardless of age or size.

The term “Belly dancing” arose after the French called the art “dance du ventre,” or “dance of the stomach.” But throughout history, this art has gone by several names. The Greek called it “Ciftetelli.” In Turkey, it was known as “Rakkasa.”  Egyptians called it “Raks Sharqi” or “Dance of the East.”  Other Middle Easterners called it “Danse Orientale”  which identifies belly dancing as a type of art that came from outside their own culture.

Belly dancing is one of the oldest forms of dance in recorded history. Artifacts show that belly dancing began its 6000-year (or longer) history in Mesopotamia, the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, or modern-day Iraq. Historians have found early evidence of belly dancing in art from Egyptian, Turkish and Phoenician cultures  which flourished in this area.