The new book is now available!
40 Days & 1001 Nights,
One Woman's Dance Through Life in the Islamic World,
Melati Press, 300 pages, $19.95
Readers will be surprised, delighted, and sometimes shocked at the fascinating web of true life tales told by the 21st century Scheherezade. She finds herself in the tsunami ravaged city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, then ventures deep into the Egyptian Sahara to the Siwa Oasis, where donkey carts are the main form of transport. She follows a beautiful song to Zanzibar where sun and surf crash against a tumultuous past. Next, she lands in Jordan, a peaceful kingdom and haven for refugees from strife torn lands, then finally spends forty days in China's predominately Muslim Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
Also visit the new project website at
http://www.40DaysAnd1001Nights.com
______________________________________
The new
CD is available for $18
Bellydance Music for Tamalyn Dallal by the Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club of Zanzibar. Tamalyn produced this CD herself, bringing ten members of the 101 year old group of master musicians to a studio in Zanzibar to record this truly unique music. They are like the Buena Vista Social Club, Arab-African style. If you like music from Egypt's "Golden Age" and romantic tunes of old Havana, this CD is for you.
______________________________________
Books by Tamalyn Dallal ($14.95 each)
"Belly Dancing For Fitness"
A must have for both students and teachers, this book has over 200 photos by Denise Marino, gives detailed breakdowns of basic movements, plus history, culture, music and more.
______________________________________
"They Told Me I Couldn't"
A young woman's multicultural adventures as a belly dancer traveling through Colombia.
______________________________________
The following four DVDs are $35 each
12 Performances by Tamalyn Dallal, from 1982 to 2005
Arabic-Spanish fusion, Turkish Gypsy, Persian, Single veil, Double veil, 7 veils, 7 yard veil, Sword and more.
______________________________________
Orientalia Ethnic
This educational DVD, produced by Tamalyn Dallal featuring guest artists from the Orientalia festival of Miami Beach features traditional dances from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Xinjiang, Iran, Algeria, India and the Gypsy Trail with historical background. Artists include Harish Kumar (Rajastan), Amel Tafsout (Algeria), Pasha Umer, (Xinjiang), Louchia and more.
______________________________________
"Serious Belly Dance"
Intermediate-Advanced instructional DVD, (2000)
______________________________________
"Emerald Dreams"
Theatre show produced by and featuring Tamalyn Dallal, Jihan Jamal, plus twenty seven dancers. This is not a showcase of one dancer after another. It is a full scale theatrical production of the dances much loved by belly dance enthusiasts: Veils, canes, swords, Mileya, Persian, Zambra, Zar and more (1997).
______________________________________
The film is ready on DVD "40 Days and 1001 Nights", See, hear, and taste life in five countries of the Islamic world: Indonesia, Egypt's Siwa Oasis, Zanzibar, Jordan, and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China via Tamalyn Dallal's musical documentary: 1 hour 45 minutes
$50, (Ten percent goes toward the "1001 Nights Fund"- See below)
______________________________________
The acclaimed dance concert, "Dancing Across the Lines", with Tamalyn Dallal, Amar Gamal, Bozenka, Kaeshi, Bellyqueen, Hanan and more! If you liked Emerald Dreams, Infinito and Sawah, you'll LOVE this DVD.
The premise of this show is that Ms. Dallal sent music and some of the costumes home to the dancers while in the various countries: Zanzibar, Indonesia, Egypt, Jordan and Xinjiang. Each dancer interpreted the pieces and the
DVD was sent to each of the musicians who created the music. This is the ultimate five continent collaboration!
$45 (Ten percent goes to the 1001 Nights Fund)
* The 1001 Nights Fund comprises ten percent or more of the income from all above productions (and the upcoming book) which will go to help grass roots organizations, cultural and musical preservation groups in the five countries Ms. Dallal visited in her travels.