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Sorry the 2nd post is later this week, been a bit of a busy weekend! :)   Time for my first general dance video post of the year! :) I previously wrote a post featuring C-pop in Public dances (Chinese pop dances performed in public) in January, which you can see here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/c-pop-in-public-dances.html   TENI- JO (AFRO IN HEELS) by Patience J First up is an Afro pop dance to the 2020 single Jo by Nigerian singer Teni (sister of Niniola ). It's choreographed by Patience J, a dancer, choreographer, actress and teacher from the UK. She has worked for several African and Western artists, including Mr Eazi , Burna Boy , Pet Shop Boys and David Guetta . In this video (posted last June) Patience and her students perform an Afro in heels   choreo to Jo.  Watch the music video for Jo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwh_omgOQ1o And follow Patience at these links:  Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn0Pokj...

Here's a peformance by Amar Gamal. She's another former Bellydance Superstar, who also co-founded a troupe called Bellyqueen along with fellow dancers Kaeshi Chai and Jenna. She's now a long distance member of the troupe. In this video she's dancing with Isis wings. Amar Gamal For more info about Amar visit her Wikipedia page:  Amar Gamal Wikipedia I'm not sure how accurate it is but gives some information. Also visit Bellyqueen's site:  Bellyqueen

Continuing the Bellydance Superstars video series, here is a performance by Sonia. She is dancing to a drum solo by tabla (drum) player Issam Houshan. I don't think Sonia is dancing with BDSS anymore because they have a new line-up on their site. I can't find much info on her but according to one site she was the first Bellydance Superstar to be signed up. Here is some information: Hala Dance- Sonia For more on Issam visit here: BDSS- Issam Houshan or his official site: http://www.issamhoushan.com/

This is another performance by former Bellydance Superstar Jillina. She's dancing to a song called Leilet Hob by Mohammed Abdel Wahab. Jillina performance

Here's a performance by another  Bellydance Superstar Rania. I don't think she's in it anymore either, the line-up seems to have completely changed. I'll post videos of the more well known dancers who used to be in the group first and then move on to the newer ones later. In the video she's dancing to a piece of music called Ice Queen by Dinletir aka Paul Dinletir. He's a composer who is married to another former BDSS member Jillina. Rania performance For more information about Rania check out her site:  http://www.raniabellydance.com/ There doesn't appear to be a lot on it but hopefully they'll update it soon. And for more info on Dinletir visit: http://www.myspace.com/pauldinletir

Here's another Bellydance Superstars video. This is a performance by Jillina. I don't think she's part of the Bellydance Superstars anymore because she's not featured on their site. On her own site it says that she was the Artistic Director and Main Choreographer (for the Bellydance Superstars) from 2003-2009 and principal choreographer until 2010. She is now working by herself on her own show Bellydance Evolution. For more info on Jillina, check out her personal website: www.jillina.com

I realised that I hadn't posted anything belly dance related, so today I'm going to post a belly dance video. This is a performance by the Bellydance Superstars (an American belly dance troupe), where some of them dance with Isis wings, which are two bits of sparkly material joined together in a "wings" shape and worn around the neck. The dance is called Entrance of the Stars.                                          For more info about the Bellydance Superstars (also known as BDSS), visit their website: Bellydance Superstars