Here are some of the books I have in my library
or have read.
Costuming
Aradoon, Zarifa. The Belly Dance Costume Book:
All of the Lore, Lure, and Merriment of Making a Costume.
Stanford, Calif.: Dream Place Publications (Out of Print)
Brown, Dawn Devine & Brown, Barry. Costuming
From the Hip. Self-published: 1993 & 1997 ($20, http://www.davina.org)
Brown, Dawn Devine & Brown, Barry. Bedlah,
Baubles, and Beads. Ibexa Press: Roseville, Calif. 2001 ($20,
http://www.davina.org)
Brown, Dawn Devine & Brown, Barry. From
Turban to Toe Ring. Ibexa Press: Roseville, Calif. 2000($20,
http://www.davina.org)
Brown, Dawn Devine & Brown, Barry. The
Costuming Essentials Series: Pants for the Dance. Self-Published:
2000 ($8, http://www.davina.org)
Dina. The Costuming Goddess Tells All Series.
Self-published. ($38.00 for all three books, http://www.costumegoddess.com)
Delilah. Delilah's Costume Workshop: A Companion
Booklet to the Home Video. Visionary Dance Productions ($89.95,
two video cassettes, 180 minutes total, plus booklet, http://www.visionarydance.com)
Mishkin, Julie Russo & Schill, Marta. The
Compleat Belly Dancer. Doubleday & Co Inc.: Garden City,
NY 1973 ($10-$41, used through http://www.amazon.com)
History
Buonaventura, Wendy. Serpent of the Nile:
Women & Dance in the Arab World. Interlink Books: New
York 1998 ($35, http://www.amazon.com)
Richards, Tazz. The Belly Dance Book: Rediscovering
the Oldest Dance. Backbeat Press: Concord, Calif. 2000. ($18.95,
http://www.backbeatpress.com,
http://www.amazon.com)
Instruction
Salimpour, Jamila. The Danse Orientale.
Self-published: San Francisco 1978 ($25, http://www.suhaila.com)
Other
Aucoin, Kevyn. Making Faces. Makeup instruction
that's amazing! Little Brown & Co: 1999 ($14 at http://www.amazon.com)
