We’re looking forward to co-sponsoring several events this summer alongside some great raqs show producers and hosts. We’re participating in fashion shows and doing bigger giveaways than usual! So don’t miss out on the opportunity to get some cool accessories from missbellydance.com

One of the popular items we featured at the Essence of Bellydance event from our early release was MBD’s Urban Shimmer ensemble. This gorgeous two piece can be mixed and matched in various ways. It’s a pretty snazzy outfit that dancers are wearing on and off stage. Much of our clothing can be worn as raqs couture for everyday fun and events. At “big city events” We often see ladies and some gents sporting our veils and long scarves in fashionable ways. With Urban Shimmer we wanted a hoodie to compliment the newer mix of dance styles in the raqs community. Many dancers were coming to class in jump suits with full hoods. That reminded us of some of the hooded garments in our own cultures. Not to mention, our resident archivist had been asking us to make a hooded jacket for her for such a long time. Finally we sat down and drafted it up. She loved it and it went into production.

Urban Shimmer comes in a skirt and pants in the gold or silver fabric. We may not restock this particular thread for long so you’ll want to buy it while we’ve got it. No guarantee we can re-create this later. If there’s a style you’re looking for or need let us know. We’ll happily speak with you on the phone or email to help you develop the look you want. But first check through our outstanding costume and raqswear ready made for petite to plus and stock up. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for giveaways and chances to be entered into drawings each month!

Thanks for reading!
Team MBD

Our volunteer archivist spent a Saturday morning at Atlanta Fusion Bellydance during their holiday special. It was quite a beautiful experience. Read more…

AFBD had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend special where every class was 50% off. My friend Haylee was very interested in taking some intro classes to Raqs Sharqi so I decided to take her there and let her meet the raqs community in all its glory. The first class was a drop-in class on the Salimpour method. This class is really technique based and was led by Faaridah assisted by Jamie, two amazing and very dedicated members of the Atlanta’s Raqs Community.

I was impressed not only by the warm up but also by the way in which the class was taught. It was filled with several new people including veterans and experts in the field. They used a mix of different music including some hishibishek classics like Shick Shak Shok. The students caught on to the style very quickly and seemed to enjoy the material. Both Faaridah and Jamie were thorough and easy going making for an extremely pleasant environment. Even some of our international community members who were shopping at MissBellydance.com’s warehouse for the day spoke about how comfortable they felt with the environment as well as Faaridah and team. Kudos to them for making it easy on all in their midst.

Following that class was Hadil’s 6 week class for beginners. The music chosen for this class was the real deal. Hidden gems like Cheb Mami were played as well as other pieces of material from my late teens early twenties. While those years aren’t that far away, anyone that knows raqs sharqi can certainly appreciate hearing voices from the Maghreb in a raqs course for beginners given that so many are throwing their students to everything but Middle Eastern and African music as a start to their raqs education. I also want to commend Hadil for the thorough and thoughtful class. It was fantastic!

We are grateful for the insight to classes and courses in the city. We’re also grateful that our partners, AFBD, are right next door. Be sure to check out their site. You can also visit ours for Mother’s Day savings of 12% off orders of $75 or more with code “mother” at check out. Be sure to send us photos of you and your parents and mother figures in your life. We’re gladly giving away prize packs in a Mother’s Day drawing to take place this week.

Much Love to All of You!
Team MBD