Bellyslap! - Drumming for Bellydancers Links/Videos Favourite Drummers Hossam Ramzy THE master Egyptian percussionist who recently visited Melbourne, and became a friend of Bellyslap! Souhail Kaspar Another great ME drummer. Has beginner's lessons for darabuka and req on DVD, available from his website. Peyman Nasehpour Peyman Nasehpour, Iranian/Persian percussionist, is possibly the first artist who started promoting tonbak, ghaval and daf on the internet. Issam Houshan The cool drummer that plays with Bellydance Superstars. Other Favourites Tony's Website Our very own Tony has a website. He calls it Djambouree. Enjoy! Devs - Australia's Premier Online Bellydance Store In 2005, DEVS opened their Belly dance online shop to reach belly dancers in the remote areas of Australia and New Zealand . Customers can now view and purchase varied Belly dancing products, hip scarves / hand embroidered unique one off Veils, Belly dancing costumes of varied types and sizes, also hand-made Belly dance accessories with quality craftsmanship . Goddess Bellydance Our friend Dominika's website to her bellydance school, holding classes in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Marina's Dance-Explorer Our friend Marina teaches many different styles of dance, including Middle-Eastern, Silk-Road, East European Gypsy and Flamenco. Her website has links to other dance and cultural sites. Raqs Gothique Our friend Ma'isah's bellydance troupe. Very dark, and very unique. Worldbellydance - Bristol, England Valeria's Belly Dance website. Everything to do with belly dance, from DVDs, books, classes, news, costumes trips, to tips on Arabic rhythms and tecniques such as finger cymbals, veils and dancing with the stick. Yasmina's Joy of Belly Dancing Yasmina's website provides a wealth of information on Bellydance, including history, dance styles, costuming, music, dancers, events, book and video reviews, fun stuff etc etc. Of special interest to Bellyslap are articles and links to resources on ME drumming. Annabella's website - Australian Bellydance The "Australian Bellydance" website contains descriptive listings of ALL things to do with Middle Eastern Dance in Australia, including bellydancing people and places that do not have their own website or email address! A great resource for the Australian bellydance community. Well done Anne! Videos Onur Nar & Serkan Ozdiler These guys play with lights inside their drums. Must be a Turkish thing! Bellyslap Performs West-Valhalla - May 2007 Bellyslap performs West-Valhalla, a song based on Hossam Ramzy's West-Naima. Thes beautiful dancers are Prue and Rishi. Performance at The Bayside Hafla, Keysborough. Bellyslap Performs Baladi-Zils - September 2006 This is a video of us performing at Kismet Bazaar, 10 September 2006. The song we're doing is called "Baladi-Zils". Drums are playing the Baladi rhythm, to Zil solos. Written by Anita Larkin. Suliman (written by Anita Larkin) Played by Anita and Yeow. Bellyslap Performs Gypsy - June 2006 This is a video of us performing "Gypsy", with dancers Amanda and Alex from Bodyworship Bellydance. Performance was at Club Rakkasah, June 2006.