Dance Technique

Advanced Belly Dance by Vicki Corona. "For advanced beginner students. Attitude, party etiquette; choreography suggestions, including stage entrances and exits."

Advanced Middle Eastern Choreographies by Vicki Corona. "Student choreographies for a variety of Middle Eastern dances: "Raks Araby", "Drum Solo", "Aman Aman", and "Farhat Shabab"."

All About Middle Eastern Floor Dancing by Vicki Corona. "Warm-up/cool-down exercises. How to perform belly dance floor movements while sitting, kneeling, reclining."

Ancient Egyptian Dances by Irena Lexova. Excellent resource on the history, mystery and origins of belly dance. Has sections on purely movemental dance, gymnastic dance, imitative dance, dramatic dance, lyrical dance, funeral dance, religious dance, accompaniments of the dance, dance with musical instruments, movements of the legs, arms, and trunk, costumes of the ancient Egyptian women and men dancers, a note on the historical development of the ancient Egyptian art of dancing, and a note on the Egyptian dances, as performed by modern women dancers.

The Belly Dance Book: Rediscovering the Oldest Dance by Tazz Richards. "The Belly Dance Book is a collection of articles written by dancers and researchers from around the world. Articles cover all aspects of the dance including history, philosophy, current events, costuming, make-up, spirit and music. Also included are product reviews and a source directory, listing dance and dance-related professionals."

Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance by Eric N. Franklin. "A guide to combining technical expertise with imagery skills, providing dancers, teachers, and choreographers with some 500 imagery exercises designed to improve dance technique, artistic expression, and performance. Part I offers exercises centered on the body's basic movement images. Parts II and III provide exercises for specific dance class elements and for enhancing performance. Part IV presents exercises to help regenerate the body through massage and touch. Includes b&w photos and illustrations."

Finger Cymbal Fantasies by Vicki Corona. Learn the knack of playing ancient Middle Eastern finger cymbals; easy to understand instruction; follow along with tape."

Fun! Ethnic Dance Instruction by Vicki Corona. "How to promote, advertise and teach international dance classes. Tips on bringing the culture alive; teaching ethnic customs, historical data, authentic costuming, ancient folklore, timing, steps, combination moves, confidence & polish."

Greek Folk Dancing by Vicki Corona. "Beginner instruction on traditional line dances for stage or audience participation. Step sequences/variations; costuming."

Intermediate Belly Dancing by Vicki Corona. "Intermediate belly dance steps/movements, veil technique; how to plan and create a choreography; preparing for an audience."

Israeli Folk Dancing by Vicki Corona. "Traditional dances for stage or audience participation. Basic steps/variations for "Hora", "Mayim Mayim", "Erev Ba" choreographies. Costuming."

Learn to Belly Dance by Vicki Corona. "Beginner belly dance steps, finger cymbal patterns, costuming."

Middle Eastern Candle Dancing by Vicki Corona. "Introduction to Egyptian-style fire dancing incorporating hand candles, tray candles and candelabrum."

Middle Eastern Cane Dancing by Vicki Corona. "Introduction to partner dancing with a cane. Learn to combine traditional Middle Eastern folk dance steps with cane motions."

A Rhapsody in Veils by Vicki Corona. "For intermediate to advanced belly dance students. How to wear, wrap, flutter and mystify with one or more costume veils. Sewing tips."

Turkish Scimitar Dancing by Vicki Corona. "Introduction to dancing with and motions of scimitar. Costuming, Turkish language intro."

A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance: The Yogini's Mirror by Roxanne, Kamayani Gupta. "A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance teaches movement as sadhana, spiritual practice. By balancing inner awareness with outer movement, we can avoid the artificial division between mind and body, uniting the two in a practice that flows smoothly and gracefully and celebrates the forces of nature. The book contains extensive photographs of sixty yoga routines, both old and new, that the aspiring yogini can use to develop her own practice and achieve a new perfection of form and spirit."