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Anthea's Old-Time Photo Gallery
  I was living in the 'boonies' when I first started bellydancing, and had to travel a long way
to find any info at all. Lucky you - you've got the internet!
  Way back when, my teacher Bedia taught me how to perform, and then I started doing
bellygrams and dancing at Mid-eastern supper clubs.
  Joining the Topkapi Dancers was a great opportunity to learn folkloric dance, and gave me
an even wider range of performance venues. My gratitude goes out to all the wonderful dancers I've learned from over the years...
 
Bedia, late 1980's
Bedia		 Study with Bedia if you have a chance -
she's highly creative, artistic, and promotes high
standards for the dance.

Hope you enjoy this little walk through my photo gallery...

[Criglersville festival]Criglersville, VA[spinning, spinning]
One of my first venues - the country fair...1988
 

[Anthea out in left field]Rappahannock Co. performance: "Naked Rain" (original music by
Bill Abernathey; costume & makeup by Linda Heimstra)

[sword dance]I use a Ghurka Khukri for my sword dance (and it's heavy!)

[bored dancers][playing wooden spoons][balancing pots]
Topkapi Dancers doing "Oulid Nail," Turkish Spoons, and Tunisian dances (I'm not in these pics)

[Anthea,Oriana,Iesha,Ya Meena]Diva Dancers, 1998

[Horseshoe Hills]Harmonic Convergence in Rappahannock County
(Iris Stewart used this photo in her book, Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance)
 
 
 

[Casablanca Restaurant]
Casablanca Restaurant 1989, Alexandria VA (the oudist is Shawqat Sayyed, who suggested "Kawakib" for my Arabic 'dance name.' Kawakib is a famous dancer's name from years ago, and it means "planets")
 

[camping][more camping]Here's (the Scadian) Atesh 700 years ago...
 

[veil dancing][me in 1999]My first love - cabaret!

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