*JOY*ful Shimmies Bellydance

Links

The links below are to sites that our instructors, troupe members, and students have found useful or visit often. Also included are links to other area belly dancers and troupes; we strongly believe in the connection and support of community. The shopping links are to vendors that have proven themselves to be of high quality and trustworthy.

(If you find any broken links please e-mail ameena@joyfulshimmiesbellydance.com with the information - thank you!)

Costuming Patterns & Instructions

Shopping

Music for ATS

Area Belly Dancers & Troupes

Other Notable ATS Dancers & Troupes

Other Sites for Belly Dance Information

Submitting a Site for Our Links Section

Costuming Patterns & Instructions:

LuNaGirl's instructions
for making your own "Dance Paws"

Atlantis Tribal Belly Dance
Instructions for making a choli from a regular stretch top - perfect for those thrift store finds.

Turbans Tassels and Tattoos
Great free online patterns and instructions for cholis, 10-yard skirts, and coin bras. Includes plus sized!

Cowrie Shell Hair Fall Tutorial

Bloomers/Pantaloons
Free PDF tutorial on how to make your own pattern using your own measurements.

How to Alter a Rajasthani Choli

Step-by-Step Shisha Mirror Embroidery

Make a Tassel
Video tutorial from Make it Mine Magazine

Tucking & Pinning a 25-yard Skirt
Scroll to the bottom of the Tribe Nawaar page to find the instructions.

Folkwear-Caravan patterns
Patterns for many Middle Eastern clothing elements. The Tribal Style Belly Dancer pattern is very good. (note: FCBD also carries these patterns)

Atiras Fashions
Patterns for tons of belly dance costuming. (please note: most patterns are not "tribal" and though this site comes highly recommended, no one at JOYful Shimmies has actually tried any of these patterns as yet.)

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Shopping

Una Luna on Etsy
http://unaluna.etsy.com
Our own Alex's superb creations! Accent hair falls, nose rings (for non-pierced noses) and a pile of non-dance stuff (anyone need a gnome hat?). Shortly there'll be more dance stuff, like gauntlets, fringe belts, hair ornaments, etc.

Sweet Briar Historical Costume
Beautiful wares often vended at our events

A Little Bit Gypsy
Traveling purveyor of fine Gypsy goods including henna, Gypsy hair braiding, kuchi jewelry, belly dance accessories, and much more. Shop at our events, The Wisconsin Ren Faire, or call for an appointment. (715) 651-0219
alittlebitgypsy@gmail.com

The Gypsy Kiss
Gorgeous handmade hair adornments as well as handmade and imported jewelry

Akashawear
Funky dance performance and practice clothing, hand-made by Akasha Afsana. A new vendor to our events.

Eclectica on Grand (no website listing at this time)
106 West Grand Avenue, Eau Claire
(715) 834-7811
electricchrysalis@sbcglobal.net
Sarah carries belly dance jewelry and accessories.

Oak-n-Stag Custom Designs
Located in Eau Claire, Dee custom designs and sews many tribal bellydance essentials-spinning skirts, 25-yard skirts, gypsy shirts, cholis, bras, vests, etc. Our peasant tops are made by her.
(715) 834-7055 or (715)497-9529
oak_n_stag@yahoo.com

Moondance
Great source for skirts, tops, etc. We've always been happy with our purchases!

Discount Dance Supply
Dance Paws, FootUndeez, and Hermes sandals

Uber Kuchi
An E-bay seller with lots of reasonably priced Kuchi accessories.

Visionary Dance-Doumbeks!
These drums were first recommended to us by Charlie of Felahi-we have purchased two from Erik now, and have not been disappointed. He tunes them himself before sending them out.

Sugar Petals
Love her Plus Sized mesh middle leotards! Great as a "middle ground" for those who are shy to bare their bellies.

AngelDMort
Custom sews nice, comfortable, and affordable Gwazhee Coats, including Plus Sized. Mine is perfect for the Ren Faire!

Auralynne
My custum made flare pants are her design and workmanship! She sews her flare pants individually to fit your measurements. The cowrie braids from her have also gotten tons of compliments-people just think they are my real hair.

Flying Skirts
All the clothing elements you need for class, practice, and performance! We can even order together for extra savings.

FatChanceBellyDance
I especially love their Gypsy Queen Anointing Oil and Nag Champa Incense - my ultimate favorites!

Dahlal Internationale
Beautiful selection of silk veils and a ton of other bellydance costuming and supplies

Shimmy Bliss Costuming Co.

Beads and Rocks
Lots of Kuchi at great prices

Indus Valley Tribal Arts

Que Viva Spain
Kuchi, cholis, fringe hip scarves

Storm River Green

Wendy Belisle
25-yard skirts, cholis, hair accessories, sari corset tops

BellyRoll Costumes
Tribal skirts, pantaloons, belts, bras (supplier of pantaloons to FCBD)

Perizad's Tribal-icious Bazaar
Ready made and custom tribal belts. Our Hip-Hip Hooray! student troupe member, Joan, custom ordered a tassel belt and a fringe belt and it looks fab! From Joan, "The belts are absolutely magnificent and much more than I expected. The workmanship is excellent and the materials are of high quality. I love my one of a kind, tribalicious belts and feel like a goddess when I am wearing them. Perizad is wonderful to work with and an awesome artisan as well as a great inspiration. She took my sketchy ideas and transformed then into a work of art!"

Sirik
Directly imported authentic tribal artifacts from Central Asia, tribal dance accessories, antique tribal clothing, tribal jewelry, and more.

Jack and Ute’s Curio Shop
Genuine ethnic tribal silver jewelry beads intaglio seal rings wooden printing blocks belly dance belts Kuchi pendants textiles earrings and interesting objects from Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Afghanistan Kazakhstan

Work of Art Creations
Hand died silk veils and skirts - recommended by Amy of The Gypsy Kiss

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Music for ATS

Helm
All of the tracks on their CD's are wonderful for ATS.

The Gypsy Caravan
Created from the second generation of ATS dance. (note: their most ATS appropriate music is also available through FCBD.)

Felahi
A group from MN who we've often heard and danced to live. We especially enjoy dancing to Gazelle (slow), Banat Iskandaria (med/fast), and Inca Road (med/fast) from their Phase One album (available as download from Amazon, iTunes, etc.)

Solace
Their album Rhythm of the Dance is a favorite of tribal dancers everywhere. (note: their most ATS appropriate music is also available through FCBD.)

Uncle Mafufo
Not only music but also instructional CD's. (note: his most ATS appropriate music and his instructional CD's are also available through FCBD.)

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Area Belly Dancers & Troupes
Our Midwest Belly Dance Community

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Illinois

Wisconsin

TMI Tribal - Eau Claire, WI

Nayana & The SOUL Studio - Wausau, WI

Shimmy Sisters - Eau Claire, WI

Tribal Spirits of the Sun - Amery, WI

Tamarind Tribal Bellydance - Milwaukee, WI

Trillium Tribal Bellydance - Milwaukee, WI

Bennu-Bast - Milwaukee, WI

Stephanie Masters - Milwaukee, WI

Rakhshanda Tribal Bellydance - Milwaukee, WI

Peanut Butter & Gypsy - Eau Claire, WI

Sahaja Gypsy Tribe - Menomonie, WI

Dancing Mountain - New Richmond, WI

Shuvani - Stevens Point, WI

Blue Lotus Tribe - Madison, WI - Chicago, IL

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Minnesota

Ms. Zuza Productions- Minneapolis, MN

Mischievous Djinn - Minneapolis, MN

Aliyah Sahar - Minneapolis, MN

Mirah Ammal - Minneapolis, MN

Totally Northern Tribal - Minneapolis, MN

Munirah-MN

Illinois

Sonya - Chicago, IL

Read My Hips - Chicago, IL

Hipnotic - Chicago, IL

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Other Sites for Belly Dance Information

*JOY*ful Shimmies YouTube Channel
Start by viewing the videos in the ATS playlist to see performances of ATS and its variations. Then to see how other styles differ and to get a taste of all that the world of belly dance has to offer view the videos in the Favorites list.

Bellydance Dictionary - by the SOUL studio

ATS Discussion Board on Tribe

FatChanceBellyDance

Heavy Hips

Tribal Bellydance dot org

Black Sheep Belly Dance

Alexandra's Library

All About Belly Dance, by Shira

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Submitting a Site for Our Links Section

Know of some cool site that we'd like to know about? Submissions are welcomed!

All link submissions should be sent to ameena@joyfulshimmiesbellydance.com with the title, web address, section to be included in (see requirements below), and a reference if required. Each submitted site will be personally reviewed and included if found to be relevant to our site.

Costuming Patterns & Instructions
Links for this section should only be to Tribal bellydance related costuming patterns and instructions that you have personally tried and found to work well.

Shopping
Submissions for this section must be to vendors/sellers who include Tribal belly dance merchandise on their site and must be accompanied by a reference from someone personally known to *JOY*ful Shimmies Bellydance.

Music for ATS
Submissions will only be accepted from American Tribal Style belly dancers or must be accompanied by a reference from someone personally known to *JOY*ful Shimmies Bellydance.

Area Belly Dancers & Troupes
Dancers or Troupes must be from the Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois areas.

Other Sites for Belly Dance Information
Sites submitted to this section must be relevant to American Tribal Style Belly Dance or have a large amount of information on belly dance in general.

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