YIP Podcast

On this episode of YIP we give you not one, but TWO fabulous interviews. Ta da!!!! I know. We're awesome. First we meet the frisky ladies of Troupe Zahara and then we are entertained and amazed by the faaabulous SamiTe'! The YIP Crew share their picks for Bhangra hits and classic bellydance music and there is much hilarity had by all!


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On This Episode:
Princess Farhana (blog) - "Please Welcome to the Stage..."
Maria GimmeShimmy - Orlando performer and teacher
Tempest's Teapot (blog) - "Concrete" vs "Abstract", Dance and Model Airplanes
YIP Podcast on Facebook
Coco la Framboise
Letters from Kit
Club Bellydance (BDSS thing)
Flamenco Tammy - Flamenco Del Sol
Shimmy Knights
Sabrina Fox (Facebook)
Stefanya (Facebook) - picture of rockin' lace dress!
My Fitness Pal
Sewing on Turkoman buttons (tribe.net)
Florida Tribal Dance
8track.com - Rachel Brice (a.k.a. Arbibi) mixes
"Rollin" - Diplo
"Tommy's Theme" - Noisia
Gurbhej Brar (Facebook)
Jassi Sidhu
Jaswant Heera - listen to the entire song "Nach Ke" on Youtube.com
Troupe Zahara performing in Tampa, FL
Spatula City! (UHF clip)
Dancing With A Spatula Wand (The Blue Faerie) - "My body, my castle and a bunny"
Deep Roots Dance Blog (Shay Moore) - "YIP Podcast - John Compton!", "Class Ettiquette 'Rules'"
Miramar - "10 Golden Rules to Dance By"
Khan el-Khalili 
Souk
Shira.net
SamiTe'





That daring young man on the flying trapeze...
Magnatune


Featured Artists:

Album: Bhangra Dance Hits - Amazon or
Song #1: "Paun Boliyan" by Gurbhej Brar
Song #2: "Putt Jatt Da" by Jassi Sidhu
Song #3: "Nach Ke" by Jaswant Heera

Album: Virginia Presents Khan Al Khalili - Amazon or
Artist: Al-Ahram Orchestra
Songs: Saidi Rara, Atshan Taala Shrab, Raghed


Additional Music:

Album: Kara Nomadica - Amazon or
Artist: Kara Nomadica
Songs: Hashashiyyin, Ottoman Lobotomy, Arainia

Artist: Indidginus - Amazon or
Songs: "Nimbus" from Kaleidoscope, "Machu" from Align

Album: Reclaimed Property, Vol. 2 - Amazon or
Artist: Kalabi
Songs: A Small Trip, Sacharissa

Hello there, YIPpers! This episode of YIP Podcast brings you an interview with the intelligent, creative and fabulous Anasma! She's talented! She's smart! She's got shiny hair! And she has a lot of pretty sage advice, so pay attention! Tammy and Mary chat about weird bellydance dreams and we hear some excerpts from the WildCard BellyDance/Arcane Dimension project, Tribal Collaborations!


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On This Episode:
Maurice Chevalier
YIP Podcast on Facebook
CarnyCast
Thought-Provoking Belly Dance Costumes (tribe.net)
"Kiss of Death" bellydance costume
"Weepy" bellydance costume
Dance Nerds Unite!
Dancers Among Us - Jordan Matter photography project
Dancing With A Spatula Wand (The Blue Faerie) - "A New Wiccan Holiday"
Hot Chelle Rae - "I Like It Like That" (video)
Tempest's Teapot - "Yes You Can, But SHOULD You?"
Hurricane Vanessa
The Style Rookie (blog by Tevi Gevinson)
Tribal Pilgrims (Sakura Tribal) - "Tribal Collaborations!" post
WildCard BellyDance
Anasma
Bellydance Superstars
Bellyqueen
The Little Devil (video)
A bit about Wushu
"Tribute to my father"
Visit Anasma's video gallery for a peek at "On Your Marks, Get Set, Dance!" performances
Animal City website - brief video...looks super cool!!
World Citizen Dance
Spotify
Der Erlkönig (poem originally by Goethe)


Around Town:
There is not an Around Town on this episode, however you can Join our Email List and find out everything currently going on!


Featured Artists:

Album: Tribal Collaborations - Amazon or
Artist: Arcane Dimension and WildCard BellyDance
Songs: Feast of Dionysus, Forbidden Fruit, The Flight of Morrigan

Song #1: "Tammeni Aleik" by Mohamed Fouad (Best of Fouad) - Amazon or
Song #2: "The Earlie King" by Baby Dee (Twisted Cabaret) - Amazon or
Song #3: "Saber" by Omar Khairat (The Modern Women) - Amazon or


Additional Music:

"Huda" by Solace - Amazon or
The Gathering Season

"Simarik" by Tarkan - Amazon or
Tarkan

"Erlkönig" by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Gerald Moore - Amazon or
Schubert: Die schoene Muellerin · Erlkoenig · An die Musik · Heidenroeslein

"Der Erlkoenig" by Peter Sebastian - Amazon or
Die Kraft Der Emotion

Your YIP Crew brings you a super special interview with legendary dancer John Compton of Hahbi 'Ru! Music from Greg Ellis and Africa North (the place, not the person?) will be delighting your ear. Also we give out some aMAZing advice to some of our YIPpers (you're welcome) and lots of other cool stuff happens! You're gonna love it! Trust me!! YIP!!


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On This Episode:
The Tribal Way - "My New Years Resolution - To Smile!"
Princess Farhana - "Flash Dance: What's Going On Under That Costume?"
Belly Dance Troupe Talk (tribe.net) - "I need some advice please!!"
FatChance BellyDance - Volume 9 DVD!!!
Hot Pot Studios (home of UNMATA!!!)
College Park Yoga - Crazy contortionist pose!!
Rakkas - The Male Side of Belly Dance (Facebook)
Keiya Mavita and Kali Shakti Sisters Belly Dance (Facebook)
Baraka Mundi
Onca O'Leary
Awalim
Gypsy Hands
Florida Tribal Dance
Shine On Yoga
Allure Dance Studio
Greg Ellis
Azam Ali



Interested in learning more? Check out some articles on John Compton at The Gilded Serpent and The Best of Habibi - fun extra reading...both cover some of the same territory, but both have great extra stuff, as well!)
Articles on The Gilded Serpent by (or about) Rita/Rebaba


Jill Parker
Jamila Salimpour - Bal Anat (Article on The Gilded Serpent)
Bert Balladine (Gilded Serpent articles, including a memorial article with a ton of awesome pictures)
Hahbi 'Ru at Tribal Fest 2010 - the Yemen "hand dance" starts at minute 3:00 (it's awesome!!)
Selections from Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians - Amazon


Farideh (Cathryn Balk)
Sharlyn Sawyer
de Young Museum
Sirocco


A bit of history about Finnoccio's - on the site Queer Music Heritage
Slide show of Finnoccio's pictures from '78-'83 (I spotted John at least twice - at 2:36 and 3:30 and there are also several of the ventriloquist, Keny Stewart)
Memories of performing at Finnoccio's - by female impersonator David de Alba
Articles on The Gilded Serpent by (or about) Mish Mish (a.k.a. Pamela Sklavos-Jaque)
Scene from the movie "A Man With Bogart's Face" with Mish Mish(she's the dancer in blue)
Steve Shehan & Baly Othmane
Setona
Mahmoud Fadl


Around Town:
January 21-28 (Pura Vida, Costa Rica) Sahara Dance presents the 7th Annual Tribal Belly Dance and Yoga Retreat with Rachel Brice.
February 5-12 (Louisiana, Florida, Bahamas) ATS Belly Dance Cruise! Need I say more? Tribal:Pura, Studio classes, Gala show, and open dance sessions.
February 23-26 (Decatur, GA) TribalCon - workshops with Ariellah, Dave Machek, Tamalyn Dallal, and more. Saturday Passes are now sold out!
February 25-March 9 (Las Vegas, NV) Tribal Massive - workshops with Heather Stants, Zoe Jakes, Amy Sigil, and more.



Featured Artists:

Artist: Greg Ellis - Amazon or
Album: Kala Rupa
Songs: Form 2, Form 3, Form 8

Album: Africa North (Compilation) - Amazon or
Song #1: "Amin Amin" by Steve Shehan & Baly Othmane
Song #2: "Rera" by Setona
Song #3: "Maqsoum" by Mahmoud Fadl


Additional Music:

Artist: Solace - Amazon or
Album: The Gathering Season
Songs: Huda, Harvest Moon, Eyes Like Cats, Aenaem

Artist: Greg Ellis - Amazon or
Album: Kala Rupa
Songs: Form 7, Form 9

In this episode of YIP Mary and Tammy talk about their New Year's resolutions and the blogs that are continuing to entertain and inform. This episode also brings us the melodious voices of not one, not two, but THREE special guests! Heather Stants joins us for a brief cameo to chat about music; Asharah tells us about her beginnings and her journey so far through Suhaila's certification program; and (surprise guest!) Jesse Manno from the ensemble Sherefe (Boulder, CO) Skypes in to talk about his awesome group! So much cool stuff in this episode it'll blow your MIND!!


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On This Episode:
Dallas Observer article via the fab Shira
Fans of YIP! Podcast - Facebook group
Hot Pot studios (and UNMATA!)
YIP! Podcast (tribe.net) - "When did you consider yourself a dancer?"
Bellydance Revolution mixes
Sweater Shrug things are from Threaded Visions!
Fl!pside Creations (on Etsy)
Bellydance Paladin (Asharah's blog) - "I just loved her costume..."
Deep Roots Dance (Shay Moore's blog) - "Fabulous Tribal Styling for Super Short Hair"
Heather Labonte Modern Bellydance (blog) - "Tendu"
Tempest's Teapot - "A challenge to the community"
The Bellydance Blog - "How the dancer lost her mojo, and found it again..."
Balkanology
Shantel
www.allthelyrics.com
Asharah - The Bellydance Paladin
Hahbi 'Ru
Kim Leary
Suhaila Salimpour
Magnatune.com
Sherefe
Beth Quist


Around Town:
There is not an Around Town on this episode, however you can Join our Email List and find out everything currently going on!


Featured Artists:

Artist: Shantel - Amazon or
Song #1: "Disko Partizani" - Disko Partizani
Song #2: "Glazart Sea" - Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven soundtrack)
Song #3: "Mahalageasca" (Shantel & Mahala Rai Banda) - Bucovina Mixtape Vol. 1

Artist: Sherefe -Amazon or
Album: Sala Sala
Songs: W'nindum Al'Ashra L'Ghalia, Dort Beygir, Thracian Rucenitsa


Additional Music:

Artist: Sherefe - Amazon or
Album: Sala Sala
Songs: Baliklar Derya icinde, Tris Frangopoules, Evlerinin Onu Mersin, Nedir Bu Telasin Kaslarin Kayrasina

Artist: Shantel - Amazon or
Album: Disko Partizani
Songs: Disko Partizani, Andante Levante

Artist: Beth Quist - Amazon or
Album #1: New Moon
Songs: Deep Well, New Moon
Album #2: Shall We Dance
Song: Ritual