LOOSE COINS FROM MOON DANCE BELLYDANCE
A variety of gold and silver coins with loops or holes so that the coins can be strung and used as decorations on a costume. For example, 100 of the ½” coins are only $6.99. Many belly dancers enjoy designing their own a coin belt which goes around their hips and makes noise as they move.
COIN BELTS & BRA COVERS FROM MOON DANCE BELLYDANCE
Ready made coin belts and other styles of “belts” starting at $8.99 and going up.
COIN BELTS AND BRA COVERS FROM OASIS DANCE COMPANY
These are finished coin belts and bra covers – nothing homemade. Starting at $22.50 and going up, there is a vast selection of coin belts and bra covers.
BRACELETS FROM MOON DANCE BELLY DANCE
My favorite is the Simple Coin Bracelet (J203) with coin trim and nice tinkle-ey sound. About 7-1/2″ around for $5.99.
ANKLETS FROM MOON DANCE BELLY DANCE
Many anklet styles. Check out the Traditional Bell Anklet (J315) which measures 11″ in length for $5.99. Very nice!
NECKLACES FROM MOON DANCE BELLYDANCE
Chokers, loop necklaces, coin necklaces, a Cleopatra necklace…and more! $5.99 and up.
VEILS
Moon Dance BellyDance has iridescent veils, chiffon veils, half-circle veils, Lurex scarves, even sequined embroidered veils, this site has them all starting at $8.99 for the Lurex scarf.
The 3-yard Hot Pink Rectangular Veil (MD 113) is on sale right now for $14.99! Another top buy is the Half Circle Veil (MD122) for $15.99. Beautiful curves that take your veil to a whole new dimension! A 2.5 yard chiffon half circle veil. Flows through the air like a feather.
Oasis Dance Company offers more gorgeous veils, chiffon scarves, velvet and cotton scarves, starting at $14.95 and going up.
FINGER CYMBALS FROM MOON DANCE BELLYDANCE
Belly DANCE ZILS – Finger Cymbals (BL014) – 4 great sounding zils on each hand that have a nicely embossed top side. Perfect for the beginner or advanced dancer! 2.3″ across in your choice of gold tone or silver tone. $14.99
SAROYAN Presents: How to Play Finger Cymbals DVD for $32.99 consists of 20 “chapters” (19 if you exclude the last one which contains the credits).
Saroyan Finger Cymbals are also offered – they tend to be slightly more expensive and can be viewed on the same site as the other finger cymbals.
HIP SCARVES
Moon Dance Belly Dance Company offers beautiful velvet hip scarves, hip scarves with coins and fringe, tribal coin belts, coin fringe belts, fringe hip wraps and more! Starting at $19.99
Oasis Dance Company has many lovely hip scarves and shawls, starting at $29.99 and going up. Quite a selection!
COSTUME PATTERNS FROM OASIS DANCE COMPANY
Oasis Dance offers quite a large selection of belly dance costume patterns in a variety of styles ranging from $12.95 to $19.95.
BELLY DANCE MUSIC
Moon Dance Belly Dance has many offerings for the belly dancer. Take a peek at Essential Bellydance by identical twins Neena & Veena ($19.99) [this is a CD – just music though, not a video],Exotic Arabian Grooves (“Where ancient Arabian melodies meet contemporary grooves to create the new heartbeat of the street.”) for $19.99, and Very Belly Dance CD for $19.99.
The exotic twins Neena & Veena have several DVD’s out if you want to catch them in action. Amazon.com carries their Discover Bellydance: Basic Dance DVD for $12.99.
For moves beyond the basics, there is Neena & Veena ‘s Discover Bellydance Beyond Basic Dance for $12.99.
MUSIC
Oasis Dance Company – This section should really be called “Music of the World!” There is far more offered here than just belly dance music! There is an Introduction to Harmonium, Video ($36.75) [the harmonium is like a primitive small pump organ – pioneers sometimes brought one in their trek across the American plains as they headed west], or Didgeridoo Tutorial CD/CD ROM for $6.00, harp and sitar instructions, Basic Harp for Beginners, and much more.
INSTRUCTIONAL AND WORK-OUT BELLY DANCE DVD’S
Dahleena is my all time favorite DVD instructor/choreographer. Her moves are clear and easy to follow.
DVD Dahlena’s Technique at $35.00 would be a good gift for a basic or intermediate dancer.
Any belly dancer would enjoy the video: Dahlena’s 2003-2004 Choreography for $25.00, which covers her 2003 and 2004 class material.
ALL THE COSTUME STUFF
Moondancebellydance.com also offers head covers, bras and bells, harem pants, skirt and skirt sets, swords and cones, bindis, henna, men’s belly dancing costumes, etc.
Oasis Dance Company also offers a tailoring service, belly dance drums, devotional items, robes and caftans, skirts of all styles, cholis and tops, etc. Don’t miss their Clearance Shop items.
I can’t really recommend eBay.com in good conscience this time. In this case, they don’t have enough consistent variety and quantity of quality, genuine belly dancing items. However, if you watch, you may find just what you are looking for. You never know what will come up on eBay.com, especially the unique. What I saw were most often Halloween or cabaret (provocative). When I first started to learn belly dancing, I couldn’t figure out – for the life of me – the difference between “Middle Eastern Dance” or “Tribal Dance” (belly dancing) and “hoochy-koochy dancing.” I had Little Egypt and belly dancing all mixed together in my mind. So do many of the vendors selling “belly dance items” on eBay. The sites I’ve given you offer genuine, respectable, quality articles that you can count on!
Whether you want costume pieces, patterns, an entire belly dancing costume, jewelry and adornments, scarves, harem pants, baubles or beads, using the above listed resources, you’ll be all set to give a lovely and much appreciated gift to your favorite belly dancer!
