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NEW ARTICLE!  GALIT MERSAND'S BELLYLICIOUS SHOW REVIEW (October 2008) - "Fasten your bra straps, loosen your hips & hold on tight:  ladies & gentlemen, Galit Mersand is in town again with her one woman show 'Bellylicious'. She is here to entertain, amuse & educate in her own unique style at the Battersea Barge - an evening’s entertainment I would urge you not to miss!"  London Belly Dance's roving reporter Harriet Gervasio reviews Galit's show in advance of its return to London by popular demand ...

 

BELLY DANCE & BURLESQUE: SAPPHIRA'S SHIMMY SHAKE SHOW REVIEW (May 2008) "'It has come to my attention that these bellydancers get an awful lot of attention, & they don’t even take their clothes off!' mused Roxy Velvet, burlesque darling & compare at the Shimmy Shake Show, the first night dedicated to bellydance & burlesque in London.  She is correct, but does this mean that belly dancers can’t join forces with burlesque in the name of good old-fashioned entertainment?"  Harriet Gervasio examines the controversy surrounding the cross-over of belly dance & burlesque, & what happens when performers from these genres join forces ...

 

COMING SOON ... new interview with master of Egyptian dance & sexy dude Shafeek Ibrahim (left) (who performed at Wembley stadium at the start of the London leg of the 2008 Olympic torch relay), who will be will be our first featured belly dancer ...

 

COMING SOON ... new interview with fabulous belly dance & burlesque artiste & performer PRINCESS FARHANA on her whirlwind life & new movie UNDERBELLY (right)

 

Review of Egyptian percussion maestro HOSSAM RAMZY's CD Bedouin Tribal Dance (left), plus interview with Hossam Ramzy - COMING SOON!

 

EL TANBURA INTERVIEW (March 2007) - "Following their sell out concert at the Barbican Ramadan Nights festival, veteran Egyptian master musicians, singers, philosophers & fishermen El Tanbura return to the UK for a nationwide tour to promote their critically alcialmed album 'Between the desert & the sea'.  Johara, London Belly Dance website editor, caught up with the band's founder Zakaria Ibrahim & star dancer Ali Ouf at their hotel in Hampstead ...

 

Breaking news (November 2007) - Shocking news of attempted commercial sabotage was announced at November's Planet Egypt showcase!  As London's belly dance scene continues to hot up, the boiling & frothing has taken a new direction, with a three-pronged commercial attack on dance teacher & performer Fleur Estelle - an unwelcome distraction days before her student showcase & during the peak Christmas season - involving a disgusting fake website (www.fleur-estelle.com), fake emails & a blocked genuine website (www.fleurestelle.com).  The police have been called in to investigate.  Apparently it's already known who the culprit is (could it be the person who paid for the domain name & website using their credit card...?)