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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Amy Goodman: Cindy Sheehan and the Press Corp

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy tells the story of Cindy Sheehan and the White House Press Corp. With commentary by Nadine Saliba. 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: Sanctuary of Dissent

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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 importance of having sanctuaries of dissent and tells a Nantucket story. With commentary by Karen Stokes. 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: History of Pacifica Radio

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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 beginnings of Pacifica Radio. With commentary by Daniel Herrera. 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: How Democracy Now! Started

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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 how Democracy Now! got started and how it has grown. With commentary by Becky Brenner. 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 : Extraordinary Rendition

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was keynote speaker for LadyFest in San Antonio in October 2006. Here Amy talks about extraordinary rendition (flying suspects to other countries) and about the case of Canadian Maher Arrar, who was deported to Syria under extraordinary rendition. Texas Media Empowerment Project is currently working to bring Democracy now to San Antonio airwaves. Send a message to Texas Public Radio that we would like to hear Democracy Now! On the radio.

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Democracy Now! Andres Thomas Conteris

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was keynote speaker for LadyFest in San Antonio in October 2006. Here local independent media producer Hugh Henry has a talk with Andres Thomas Conteris about Amy’s work and the role of independent media in bringing stories to the public that are not heard in the mainstream media. Andres translates Democracy Now! shows to Spanish. Texas Media Empowerment Project is currently working to bring Democracy now to San Antonio airwaves. Send a message to Texas Public Radio that we would like to hear Democracy Now! On the radio. Produced by 411 Productions

 

Amy Goodman : Everyone Should Vote for President

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy tells a story about a guest from Guyana who wanted to take part in the discussion for the Presidential elections. With commentary by Jason Gerard and an appearance by Keli Daily of San Antonio Current Magazine. 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 - Arabic T-Shirt Story

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy tells an Arabic T-shirt story about Iraqi Blogger Raed Jarrar, who was stopped at New York’s JFK airport for wearing a T-shirt that said in English and Arabic “We Will not be Silent”. Check out Raed’s blog at Raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com. With commentary by Desmond Foy.  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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FCC X Files-Austin Citizens Speak Out

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Two citizens in Austin, one speaking as a parent and another speaking as a school teacher, talk to the FCC about their concerns with media stereotypes and malicious media (i.e. hate radio). The FCC is currently looking at the rules on media ownership. These rules determine how many radio, TV and newspapers one company can own in one city. The Media companies want these rules relaxed so they can own more stations/newspapers in the same city. To file a complaint/comment on this issue or to relay your personal experiences to the FCC, go to fcc.gov

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