Resources

Now that you’re studying American Tribal Style® (ATS®) bellydance, where will you get the things you need? I’ve collated a variety of resources here and written some recommendations of my own. Please feel free to send me suggestions of sources you also have found.

Clothing and Costuming

Besides these merchants I’ve listed below, you can also find some wonderful second-hand deals and sales at local bellydance swap meets, vendor and merchant stalls at festivals, and the Sale/Swap group on Facebook.

Music

  • My Playlists
  • Some recommended artists and CDs
    • Fat Chance Belly Dance & Helm – Spice Box: Dancer’s Finest Blend (2007)
    • Fat Chance Belly Dance & Helm – Tribal Dance * Tribal Drums (2006)
    • Fat Chance Belly Dance & Helm – Tribal Dance Tribal Drums – Itneen (2003)
    • Helm – Fat Chance Belly Dance (2004)
    • Dayanisma – Beauty in Unity (featuring Afrit Temple and Lost Nomads) (2014) 
    • Drummers of Twisted Gypsy (2012) – We are with the Dancers
    • Phil Thornton – Nexus Tribal (2009)
    • Phil Thornton & Hossam Ramzy – Immortal Egypt (1998)
    • Sacred Shimmy Music – The Seeker (2018)
    • Siroco – Sirocco (1) (1979)
    • Tinariwen – Amassakoul – (2004)
    • Various – Muse Melodic (2010) – (from FCBD, includes Helm, Dan Cantrell, etc.)
    • Various – Music of the Ghawazee (1996)
    • Various – Tribal Spirit (2011) – (from FCBD, includes Helm & Phil Thorton)

DVDs and Instruction

Students can talk to me about borrowing DVDs from my personal library. If you’re looking for DVDs for study, these are the volumes I recommend.

  • FCBD DVDs
    • FCBD Volume 1: Dance Fundamentals
    • FCBD Volume 3: (original, 1999) Zils
    • FCBD Volume 3: (revamp, 2012) Zils Yin and Yang
    • FCBD Volume 4: Tribal Basics, Embellishments and Variations
    • FCBD Volume 5: Cues and Transitions
    • FCBD Volume 6: Improvisational Choreography
    • FCBD Volume 7: Creative Steps & Combinations
    • FCBD Volume 8: Floorwork
    • FCBD Volume 9: Anatomy of a Step (disc 1)
      FCBD Volume 9: Anatomy of a Step (disc 2)
  • FCBD PowHow Lessons
  • Additional DVDs of interest
    • Czigany Vol 1: ATS Drill Companion – Pivot Bump Family
    • Czigany Vol 2: ATS Drill Companion – Arabic Family
    • Czigany Vol 3: ATS Drill Companion – Shimmy Family
    • Czigany – ATS with Skirt
    • ATS(R) with an Edge – ATS BD Sword Modification with Davina Tribal Collective
    • Dawn Nandana Bellydance – ATS® with Props (basket, veil, fans)
    • Devi’s Inspired Combinations: Devi Mamak & Ghawazi Caravan (Vol 1)
    • Manhattan Tribal: Tribal Revival
  • FCBD Shows
    • FCBD: Tattooed One (1992)
    • FatChanceBellyDance: Live! (1995)
    • FCBD: 20 Years Live Performance with Carolena Nericcio (Director’s Cut)
    • FCBD: San Francisco Beledi: Inside the Making of a Show (2002)
    • FCBD: Devotion (2008)
    • FCBD: Devotion: The Harvest (2010)
    • FCBD: Devotion: Home (2011)

My Lists