Comments for World Dance Heritage Research Centre https://worlddanceheritage.org/ World Dance Heritage. Traditional dance, tourism and preservation. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:52:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 Comment on What is the Difference Between Jazz Dance and Contemporary Dance by Kathleen O'Donoghue https://worlddanceheritage.org/jazz-contemporary-difference/#comment-1767 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:36:22 +0000 http://www.danceperception.com/?p=55#comment-1767 This is a great article. Having worked as a Jazz Dancer ( in my youth!) I have watched the development and fusion of these forms and it has fascinated me. Personally I can see why I was more attracted to Jazz at the time as it is more connected to and has a direct relation to music and found Contemporary too ‘intellectual’ and ‘middle class’ in the sense we use that term in the UK, though I greatly appreciate now it has ‘cheered up’! . At the time of my training we danced and trained a great deal more to Jazz music. I regret that Jazz became associated firmly with ‘Commercial’ dance and was, in certain circles, to be seen as a ‘lower’ form compared with Contemporary. The flow and ballet elements, more prominent in Jazz, require serious training if you are to be any good.

]]> Comment on Birth of Modern Raqs Sharqi, Baladi and Ghawazee (Late 1800s to 1930s) and Belly Dance (5.2) by Valeria https://worlddanceheritage.org/birth-raqs-sharqi/#comment-1209 Sun, 26 Mar 2023 13:47:18 +0000 https://worlddanceheritage.org/?p=2059#comment-1209 In reply to Said el Amir.

Hi Said,
Thank you for your comment, it is great to hear from somebody with an academic interest in Middle Eastern dance!
I have sent you by email a copy of the PDF of my thesis and the papers I have published so far. I hope this helps and good luck with your thesis.

]]> Comment on Birth of Modern Raqs Sharqi, Baladi and Ghawazee (Late 1800s to 1930s) and Belly Dance (5.2) by Said el Amir https://worlddanceheritage.org/birth-raqs-sharqi/#comment-1208 Sun, 26 Mar 2023 10:57:41 +0000 https://worlddanceheritage.org/?p=2059#comment-1208 Hello, my name is Said el Amir. I am a dancer, choreographer and director for Middle Eastern dances since 1987. Currently I am writing my master thesis in vocational education – educational sciences with a topic related to competence-oriented teaching methods in Middle Eastern dances.
For historical background, I would be very much interested in receiving this article if there has been (maybe) a publishing of this article in a scientific paper.
I would be very happy to get some information about this highly interesting paper.
Best regards from Germany!

]]> Comment on USA and the History of Raqs Sharqi Belly Dance from the 1960s (5.4.1. Continued) by Valeria https://worlddanceheritage.org/usa-belly-dance-history/#comment-1207 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:38:38 +0000 https://worlddanceheritage.org/?p=2323#comment-1207 In reply to Juniper Nichols.

Hi Juniper, thank you for letting me know. It is always great to discover these precious pieces of dance history!

]]> Comment on USA and the History of Raqs Sharqi Belly Dance from the 1960s (5.4.1. Continued) by Juniper Nichols https://worlddanceheritage.org/usa-belly-dance-history/#comment-1206 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:29:37 +0000 https://worlddanceheritage.org/?p=2323#comment-1206 Nisaa (Heather Ward) has found a clip of Ibrahim Farrah performing in a Golden Era movie, uncredited – but as one would expect, showing lovely classic raqs sharqi technique! She can be contacted for details, nisaa @ bellydancewithnisaa.com

Thanks for the great articles :-)

]]> Comment on Dina Laban Dance Anaylsis – The Daring and Modern Belly Dancer (5.7.2) by Valerius https://worlddanceheritage.org/dina/#comment-1200 Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:23:03 +0000 https://worlddanceheritage.org/?p=2702#comment-1200 In reply to Moema.

Hi Moema, I’ve emailed you direct with a link to the full thesis :)

]]> Comment on Dina Laban Dance Anaylsis – The Daring and Modern Belly Dancer (5.7.2) by Moema https://worlddanceheritage.org/dina/#comment-1187 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:43:27 +0000 https://worlddanceheritage.org/?p=2702#comment-1187 In reply to Valeria.

Hi, Valeria! Could you send me the .pdf file with the whole thesis? Just loved this article! Thanks!

]]> Comment on What is the Difference Between Jazz Dance and Contemporary Dance by Bella Wiley https://worlddanceheritage.org/jazz-contemporary-difference/#comment-1061 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 10:28:53 +0000 http://www.danceperception.com/?p=55#comment-1061 We are looking for a dance studio that explicitly teaches jazz classes; I’m glad I came across this article and learned more about contemporary jazz dances.

I like how you mentioned that it came from the social dances of African Americans and was connected to jazz music.

I will share this with my husband and see how it can help us who and where to reach out to enroll our daughter in dance classes

]]> Comment on Lucy – Classical Raqs Sharqi Belly Dancer from Egypt Laban Movements and Style (5.6.2) by Valeria https://worlddanceheritage.org/lucy-classical-raqs-sharqi/#comment-1013 Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:46:43 +0000 https://worlddanceheritage.org/?p=2553#comment-1013 In reply to Janet.

Thank you for your comment. I wish I had seen her dance live too!

]]> Comment on Lucy – Classical Raqs Sharqi Belly Dancer from Egypt Laban Movements and Style (5.6.2) by Janet https://worlddanceheritage.org/lucy-classical-raqs-sharqi/#comment-1010 Sun, 27 Mar 2022 03:04:03 +0000 https://worlddanceheritage.org/?p=2553#comment-1010 I love Lucy as a dancer- after I saw Lucy dance in the first showing of the National Geographic special, I saw her dance live in Cairo in late February 1993- she was at the Sheridan- she also sings as well as dance. There is a great vhs video by a Arab music store In Southern California that was filmed during one of her shows at Sheridan and it is my favorite video of her.

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