PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Every day in the Seminar room, knowledgable Bellydance personalities will have hour-long discussions of topics relating to the Bellydance community. Admission free to Conference registrants.

Subjects

Art Vs. Commercialism • Men In Bellydance

Teaching Bellydance • Tribal Bellydance

Thursday April 24th

Art Vs. Commercialism: What Is Selling Out?

Heather
Battles

Kathleen
Fraser

Yasmina
Ramzy

Bozenka
 

Ali
Hamidzadeh

Is it possible to make a living in bellydance without jeopardizing the integrity of the dance form?

Where is that fine line between bellydance as an art form, and bellydance as a profit-making venture?

Friday April 25th

Men In Bellydance: Trials, Tribulations And The Future

Mark
Balahadia

Valizan
 

Jim
Boz

Stavros
Karayanni

Tito
Seif

that has traditionally been seen as a female-only domain. How does that perception affect men who perform bellydance?

A discussion about the trials and tribulations of male bellydance artists as they try to perform and work as professionals in a field

Saturday April 26th

Teaching Bellydance: Developing Standards

Mayyadah
 

Rahma
Haddad

Habeeba
Hobeika

Beve
Gardner

Aurora
Ongaro

standards are developed, who gets to develop them and what standards do we go by? How do we enforce standards in an art?

What determines high calibre instruction in bellydance? What things help erode the possibility for excellent instruction? If

Sunday April 27th

Tribal Bellydance: Origins And Evolution

Lava
 

Marthyna

Lynette
Harper

Amy
Sigil

Teressa
 

A discussion of the often-maligned style from where it started, how it has grown and where it is heading to in the future.

Are the various tribal styles of bellydance breaking new ground in the traditionalist world of bellydance?