Art of Belly Dance: Performance by Karen Barbee Adkisson

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A premier performance by Karen Barbee Adkisson of Karavan Middle Eastern Dance. Karen is a master instructor of Belly Dance and teaches over 150 students. She performs to an improvisational piece, where she incorporates many of the themes/concepts she speaks about on the Art of Belly Dance. For more background, view the Art of Belly Dance series videos.
This performance is from the Give Belly Dance a Chance Show, which is given once or twice a year in San Antonio. Music Layali Zaman by Ashraf Zakaria

For more info go to www.karavansa.com

Espanol: Karen Barbee, maestra de baile del vientre, baila en el espectaculo llamado Give Belly Dance a Chance, traducido Dele al Baile del Vientre Oportunidad.

Art of Belly Dance Part 6: Myths

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Karen Barbee Adkisson of Karavan Middle Eastern Dance concludes her talk at Lady Fest in San Antonio Texas on the history/art of Belly Dance. Karen is a master instructor of Belly Dance and teaches over 150 students.She talks about some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding the performance of Belly Dance.

For more info go to www.karavansa.com

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Art of Belly Dance Part 5:Making Shapes

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Karen Barbee Adkisson of Karavan Middle Eastern Dance speaks at Lady Fest in San Antonio Texas on the history/art of Belly Dance. Karen is a master instructor of Belly Dance and teaches over 150 students.She gives a demonstration of creating geometric shapes in the dance.

Espanol: Karen Barbee, maestra de baile del vientre, demuestra las figuras geometricos usado en el baile del vientre.

For more info go to www.karavansa.com

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Art of Belly Dance: Finger Cymbals

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Karen Barbee Adkisson of Karavan Middle Eastern Dance speaks at Lady Fest in San Antonio Texas on the history/art of Belly Dance. Karen is a master instructor of Belly Dance and teaches over 150 students. She gives a demonstration of how finger cymbals are used in the dance to accent the body movements.

Espanol: Karen Barbee, maestra de baile del vientre, demuestra el uso de tamborines para dedos en el baile del vientre.

 

For more info go to www.karavansa.com

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Art of Belly Dance: Drum Dance Demonstration

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Karen Barbee Adkisson of Karavan Middle Eastern Dance speaks at Lady Fest in San Antonio Texas on the history/art of Belly Dance. Karen is a master instructor of Belly Dance and teaches over 150 students. She gives a dance demonstration of a drum piece. Most drum solos are short in length, 2-3 minutes and show off small but fast movements of the torso. This piece features hip drops and thrusts alternating with shimmies (shakes). Music by Ali Kurdi and the Ghafour brothers.

Espanol: Karen Barbee, maestra de baile del vientre, demuestra un baile con musica de tambor.

For more info go to www.karavansa.com

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Art of Belly Dance : Part 3 Structure of a Show

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Karen Barbee Adkisson of Karavan Middle Eastern Dance speaks at Lady Fest in San Antonio Texas on the history/art of Belly Dance. Karen is a master instructor of Belly Dance and teaches over 150 students. In this section she explains the structure of how a professional dancer puts on a show in Egypt, Lebanon,etc, including the U.S. For more info go to www.karavansa.com

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Art of Belly Dance : Beledi Dance Demonstration

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Karen Barbee Adkisson of Karavan Middle Eastern Dance speaks at Lady Fest in San Antonio Texas on the history/art of Belly Dance. Karen is a master instructor of Belly Dance. She gives a dance demonstration of Beledi music, which is an improvisational style of music played within a traditional full dance routine. The movements in this piece are primarily slow torso articulations with accents and shimmies. Music by Ali Kurdi and the Ghafour brothers.

For more info go to www.karavansa.com

Espanol: Karen Barbee, maestra de baile del vientre, demuestra un baile con musica Beledi.

Art of Belly Dance Part 2 - Karen Barbee Adkisson

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Karen Barbee Adkisson of Karavan Middle Eastern Dance speaks at
Lady Fest in San Antonio Texas on the history/art of Belly Dance. Karen is a master instructor of Middle Eastern Dance. She explains how the dance evolved in the U.S. and the dance theory. For more info go to www.karavansa.com

Part 1 was posted on October 26, 2006.

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Amy Goodman: The Other September 11ths

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy talks about the historic immigrant rights march and on other historical events tied to September 11. With commentary by Native American Laura Codina. The Texas Media Empowerment Project is requesting comments to Texas Public Radio to urge them to run Democracy Now! on the radio. Do your part to make Democracy Now! come to the San Antonio airwaves.

 

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Amy Goodman: Carlos Arredondo Coffin

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy talks about Carlos Arredondo, father of Alexander Arredondo, who was killed in Iraq in June 2004,  dragged a coffin around to speak out against the tactics used to recruit youth in the military. She also talks about Hurricane Katrina. With commentary by Emmy Magaloni. The Texas Media Empowerment Project is requesting comments to Texas Public Radio to urge them to run Democracy Now! on the radio. Do your part to make Democracy Now! come to the San Antonio airwaves.

 

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Amy Goodman: Iraq War Mom Nadia McCaffrey and Gov Pataki

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy talks about  Nadia McCaffrey, mother of  sergeant Patrick McCaffrey, killed in Iraq in June 2004, who defied the Whitehouse by allowing photographs to be taken of her son’s body being returned from Iraq. She also tells a funny commentary from Governor George Pataki of New York. With commentary by Anthony Santiago, a New York native. The Texas Media Empowerment Project is requesting comments to Texas Public Radio to urge them to run Democracy Now! on the radio. Do your part to make Democracy Now! come to the San Antonio airwaves.

 

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