Recommended Reading List

This list was compiled from a variety of references including Carolena’s personal collection and the FatChanceBellyDance® Certified Studios

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A History of the Muslim World to 1405

A Woman’s Book of Strength

A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance

Africa Adorned

American Tribal Style Classic

Anatomy of Movement

Ancient Egyptian Dances

Arab Social Life in the Middle Ages

Art of the Persian Courts

Before They Were Belly Dancers

Bellydance Beyond Moves, Combos and Choreography

Berber Memories

Bharata Natyam

Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology

Dance Composition

Dance Kinesiology

Dance Medicine in Practice: Anatomy, Injury Prevention, Training

Indian Classical Dance: Tradition in Transition

Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History

Looking at Dances: A Choreological Perspective on Choreography

Looking for Little Egypt

Secrets of the Harem

Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World

Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba: Regional Yemeni Jewelry

Teaching Belly Dance

Textiles of the Banjara

The Art of Bedouin Jewelry

The Art of Belly Dance

The Art of Making Dances

The Belly Dance Book: Rediscovering the Oldest Dance

The Belly Dance HandBook: A Companion For the Serious Dancer

The Belly Dance Reader

The Cloth of Egypt: All About Assiut

The Danse Orientale

The Key Muscles of Yoga

The Little Book of Talent

The Muscle Book

The Path of the Priestess: A Guidebook for Awakening the Divine Feminine

The Salimpour School of Belly Dance Compendium

The Sultan's Seraglio: An Intimate Portrait of Life at the Ottoman Court

The Tuareg

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