Arabian Nights Bellydance

Entertainment Agency

for booking info, call 559-906-1494, or email tanjora@earthlink.net

 

Modern and Classic styles of Bellydance

featuring members of Tanjora Tribal Bellydance

and other affiliated belly dancers in Fresno, CA

 

Soloists, Duets, Trios, and Full Troupe presentations

 

Fire Dancers and Henna Artists also available

 

Eclectic to Elegant Entertainment for your Event or Party

Experience the excitement and emotion of a live bellydance performance.

High quality and professional family-friendly entertainment, suitable for all ages and events.

Birthdays

Bridal Showers

Engagement Parties

Weddings

Graduations & Retirements

Theme Parties

Luaus

Corporate Events

Children’s and ‘Tweens Birthday Parties

Women's Empowerment Seminars

Demonstrations, Classes & Workshops

 

Live Middle Eastern music available!

Tribal, Fusion, Classic, Vintage, and “Gypsy” styles of Belly Dance

Urban Gypsies, Luau Mermaids, Cleopatra, Pirates, Fairies, “Arabian Princess”, Fortune Tellers, Henna Artists, Face Painting

 

*Please note: unlike a modeling agency, we do not book specific dancers to specific clients. All of our dancers are highly trained artists, attractive and professional in presentation. Rest assured you will be getting a quality performer in every respect!

 

 

•Tribal Fusion Bellydance

Tribal Fusion is an exciting style of modern Bellydance which blends traditional bellydance with the aesthetic of Tribal Style bellydance, a form that developed in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960’s and is still evolving today. It blends traditional Egyptian and American belly dance with influences from Indian dance, Flamenco, North African, Turkish Rom ("Gypsy"), Modern Dance, and Hip Hop, creating a new style for the 21st century. It includes solo dancing that expresses individual musical interpretation, improvised and choreographed group dances, as well as prop dances including sword, veil, and candles.

• Classic Bellydance

Classic Bellydance is a modern interpretive presentation of vintage bellydance of the 20th century, both real and imagined. Sometimes referred to as Classic American Cabaret, this style utilizes the traditional five-part routine and blends Egyptian, Turkish, and Lebanese forms of bellydance with American performance sensibilities. Egyptian style routines can also be presented.

• “Gypsy” style Bellydance

Gypsy style combines Classic and Tribal styles of bellydance in a joyful interpretive presentation inspired by the Romany Trail. While not representing authentic Romany dance, this style embraces the character of Romany dances of many regions, including India, Egypt, Turkey, and the Balkans.

 

Performance FAQ

Our dancers have had many years of dance training to be able to present these styles of belly dance. The agency dancers have had a minimum of two years of bellydance training, and often other dance training including ballet, modern dance, and other ethnic dance forms. They take a minimum of one dance class a week, and travel to other cities to take workshops from well-known bellydance and ethnic dance instructors.

Our presentations are entertaining and engaging, not embarrassing, based on good dance technique and showmanship.

The dancers are trained in choreographed dance numbers and also the art of improvisation. The sets are tailored to the needs of your specific event, and then rehearsed. The dancers polish their performance so that they are able to engage the audience with personality and energy.

Tribal Bellydance and "Gypsy" style costumes are beautiful and exotic, with ancient and modern Eastern and Western influences. Each dancer constructs her own costume with elements imported from Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Morocco, and Jordan, and combines them with handcrafted costume garments. The dancers' hairpieces are also handcrafted. The jewelry is also imported from the above countries.

Classic Bellydance costumes are glamourous and elegant, decorated with coins, sequins, jewels, rhinestones, or Swarovski crystals. These costumes are hand made or imported from Egypt and Turkey, and are in the classic two-piece bedlah style or the elegant gown style.

Each dancer takes the time to apply quality makeup and accessories to ensure a complete presentation.

 

Shows may include dancing with props such as swords, veils, canes, finger cymbals, clay pots, candles, or fire.

*Swords range in size, and are usually crafted in India for use in bellydance presentations. These are used in a dance showing the dancer's balance and control, with the sword balanced on the head!

*Veils are usually imported Chinese silk or a silk equivalent, and swirled around the dancer to create a magical effect.

*Canes are used for a traditional Egyptian dance with a sassy attitude!

*Finger cymbals are used in some dances for a traditional sound. Called zills or sagat, they are made out of brass and played rhythmically while dancing.

*Clay Pots are handcrafted by each dancer, and are balanced on the head in a dance based on images of village women from Egypt, Morocco, and Rajasthan.

*Candles are balanced on a tray or carried in the hands for a mesmerizing effect.

*Fire props come in many styles, including finger wicks, fans, swords, and belt wicks. The wicks are made out of a Kevlar blend, and the fuel is Coleman white gas. The addition of this element creates an exciting performance beyond dance! Spotters are required for a fire show, as well as adequate performance space and ventilation. Outdoors is preferable.

 

 

Past Performances and Venues:

TV Telemundo “Gitanas” novella promotion – Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

“WWE Smack Down”, Save Mart Center and the CW (KFRE Ch. 59) – The Great Khali’s Championship Celebration

Fresno Falcons - Save Mart Center

The Big Fresno Fair

William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” – Artist’s Repertory Theatre

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra dinner fundraisers

Fresno Art Museum Mardis Gras Carnival

College of the Sequoias International Festival

CSU,Fresno International Festival

River Park Farmer’s Market

Kiwanis Club, Fresno

Woodward Shakespeare Festival

Rogue Performance Festival

Chaffee Zoo – Members Night

Tsunami Relief Benefit

Food Not Bombs Benefit

Sorenson Gallery – “Pink Show”

Fresno Bridal & Beauty Expo - Fresno Convention Center

TV Telemundo Health Fair - Sierra Vista Mall

Margaret Hudson Gallery

Monte Christo Café

Phoenician Gardens restaurant

By the Sea restaurant

Samba restaurant

Asoka restaurant

Ghaleb’s Middle Eastern Grill and Hookah Bar

City Kebab restaurant

Landmark restaurant

Myxx Hookah Lounge

Full Circle Brewing Company

The Starline Theatre

Many private birthday parties, graduation parties, wedding receptions, and other parties