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 Yoga of Indian Classical Dance
Arab Social Life in the Middle Ages
Before They Were Belly Dancers
Bellydance Beyond Moves, Combos and Choreography
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
Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World
Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba: Regional Yemeni Jewelry
The Belly Dance Book: Rediscovering the Oldest Dance
The Belly Dance HandBook: A Companion For the Serious Dancer
The Cloth of Egypt: All About Assiut
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