download audio - COMING soon! In this live session we explored similarities and differences in bellydance from different parts of the Middle East, shimmies and muscle groups, and innovation in the dance (click below to 'jump' to a specific section in the video):00:03:33 - What's the difference between Egyptian, Lebanese and Turkish bellydance styles? 00:12:11 - Turkish bellydancer Nesrin Topkapı 00:15:30 - Nadia Gamal, born in Egypt, credited with developing modern Lebanese oriental dance 00:17:10 - Samara, born in Iraq, worked in Lebanon 00:21:19 - Egyptian dancer Dendash 00:28:27 - Subjectivity and perceptual limitations of foreign dance researchers in the Middle East 00:23:25 - What's the difference between a shimmy generated from the lower back and a shimmy generated from the glutes? 00:44:33 - How do I keep my head in alignment (and achieve overall spinal alignment)? 00:50:44 - Ranya, have you gotten over being a purist? (Innovation in the dance)