Jalilah | en

Jalilah (aka Lorraine Zamora Chamas) is an extraordinary "Raks Sharki" dancer, which is also known as "Oriental Dance". In the west the dance is known, most commonly, as "Belly Dance", dispite that fact that this dance form incorporates the whole body with far more emphasis on the hips rather then the belly. Jalilah´s passion for this dance style pushed her to thoroughly investigate the many different aspects of this art. She traveled to various Middle Eastern and North African countries where she researched, observed and practiced the numerous traditional dances of each particular area, many of the dances are closely...