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Welcome! Here you'll find helpful information about Belly Dancing in the Kansas City Area.
New Store! Once in a Blue Moon has a new home at 1603 West 39th St, the corner of 39th and Wyoming 2 blocks East of Stateline Rd. Now you can check out all our cool Kuchi and Nepalese jewelry as well as clothing. We also have a guy side with armor, RPG supplies, and and other cool collectables. You can contact us at 913-908-2779.
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Layla bint Ali photo by Chris House
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Did you know? - There are more Belly Dancers in the U.S.A. than in all the rest of the world combined! One of the great things about Middle Eastern dance is any body type can do it. Whether you're super skinny or in the plus sizes this is a dance for all women.
A Little Ali History - Here's a little history about the Ali name and dancers in Kansas City. Zaina Ali is our matriarch for those that carry her name around here. She has been dancing continuously in KC for several decades. One of her original students is Siham Ali, who started teaching out of her own studio in 1976. Both of these women have been instrumental in promoting belly dance throughout the midwest and keeping it very much alive through it's ups and downs in the last 30 years. I have been a student of both of theirs as well as Jemira Ali, one of my cousins, from Lawrence KS. Siham has been my primary teacher since 1998 and I continue to dance in her professional troop, Siham Ali and Co.
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2008 Vending Schedule February Muddslide-Feb.9th Lenexa, KS Estrella-Feb. 12th-16th Florence, AZ March Fusion Fest 2-March 29th-30th Kansas City, MO April Norman Medieval Fair-1st wknd Norman, OK Great Plains Renaissance Festival-3rd wknd Wichita, KS May Tribal Fest-May 14-18 Sebastopol, CA June Lilies-2nd wknd-3rd wknd Smithville, MO July-August Pennsic July 25th-August 10th Castle Rock, PA September-October Kansas City Renaissance Festival Bonner Springs, KS Mahrajan 3rd wknd Kansas City, MO November Tribal Dreams Lincoln, NE
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