Belly Dancers in the Movies

Maria's List, Part 3 of 3: Others

This page is based on a list compiled by Maria in Boulder, Colorado. See the bottom of the page for a profile of her. It originally appeared on her former web site, which was titled "Boulder Bellygrams". After she discontinued that web site, she granted permission for her list to be published here on Shira.net.

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On this page:

• Movies from the Middle East and North Africa
• Movies from Other Parts of the World
• Alleged to Contain "Middle Eastern" Dance, But Don't
• Need Further Research

Elsewhere on Shira.net:

• Maria's List, Parts 2 & 3
• Maria's List, Part 1. U.S. Movies.
• Maria's List, Part 2. British & European Movies.
• Egyptian Movies with Dance Scenes. By Shira and Maria.
• Cartoons with "Middle Eastern Dance" Scenes. By Shira.
• Mini-Reviews of Movies with "Middle Eastern" Themes. By Shira.
• Full-Length Reviews of Movies with "Middle Eastern" Themes. By Shira.

Middle Eastern
& North African Movies

This section lists movies made in countries of the Middle East and North Africa other than Egypt.

Movies From Other Parts of the World

Movies That Some People Claim
Contain Belly Dance

The movies listed below have appeared on some other people's lists as allegedly containing "belly dance" scenes. However, they don't.

Movie Title	Year	To Buy	Comments
After the Fox	1966		Italian movie, originally titled Caccia Alla Volpe. Stars Peter Sellers. sister of thief stands out in desert with underwear on, but wearing a veil. No dancing. Maria included it on her list because she is a great fan of the movie, and one of her web site visitors recommended adding it. Thanks Steve!
Glass Bottom Boat	1966		Rod Taylor's character fantasizes for 5-10 seconds about Doris Day's character being Mata Hari. Some people have called this a "belly dance" scene because the Mata Hari costume vaguely resembles a belly dance bra/belt costume. However, the fantasy scene involves no dancing at all, and Mata Hari had nothing to do with belly dancing.
Samson & Delilah	1949		The only dance scene in this movie is a pair of men dancing with swords and shields. However, in one scene Delilah wears a fabulous dress made of Egyptian tulle bi telli (assuit) fabric. Read Shira's mini-review or vote in the opinion poll.

Needing Further Research

The movies in this section appeared in Maria's original list, but Shira encountered difficulties in verifying this information against the movie listings in The Internet Movie Database at www.imdb.com.

About Maria

The list of movies on this page was compiled by Maria over the course of several years, and used to reside on her own web site. After she discontinued her web site, she granted permission to Shira to place it here on Shira.net so that it wouldn't be lost to the dance community.

Maria is a retired professional belly dancer and flamenco dancer from the Boulder, Colorado area. She was one of the main dancers at the House of Marrakesh in LODO Denver and the former Mataam Fez in Boulder. Maria taught bellydance to hundreds of students in the Boulder area.  She was also Director of World Dance at former dance studio "Dance West". As former Event Manager for Boulder Creek Events, she coordinated and scheduled high profile Boulder events such as the "Boulder Community Dance Stage" at the Boulder Creek Festiva for nine years. Maria was previously owner of Boulder BellyGrams by Maria, a successful entertainment company. Maria also co-founded a storytelling/musican/dance troupe called "Ziva Dunya" ("bright world"), developing a program "Tales & Rhythms from the Middle East" which they brought to schools, multicultural festivals, senior centers, etc., to great acclaim. To contact Maria, visit her "tribe" on the Tribe.net web site. PHOTO CREDIT: This dramatic skirt photo was taken by Fritz Penning.

Maria has also worked with Broomfield Heights Middle School from 2000 to 2008, as a choreographer for the after school Dance Club Program. Maria has also been invited as a guest speaker/performer for the "Art Café" which had its premier at the Colorado Art Expo 2003. Maria has also been invited as guest dancer/teacher at women’s retreats, women’s events, and other cultural events in and around the country. Maria has now retired from dance in order to pursue her education to become a Registered Nurse (RN). She is diligently studying and working as a nurse assistant while she pursues her degree. Click on either of these two photos of Maria to see the image in more detail.

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