Turkish Belly Dancer ,Nejla Ates (Son of Sinbad ,1955)

[somethinguncreative]

This is so pretty and feminine! I love Retro-Raks!

[lironess]

Turkish is much more sensual that many other kinds of belly dance, for many styles the sexier moves were eliminated for many reasons. In the US they were trying to get away from the hoochy coochy image and it became very repressed for a long time to try to gain respectability. 

[BellyHayal]

Great dancer! Thank you for this film!

[kelRapunzel]

Wow this is Ateş-( fire) ..really its nice to watch .Turkish belly dance is much more free spirited in costumes and moves ..She was really a legendary one R.I.P

[progonolatreia]

thats the stories of homer oddysees taken by the arabs in the mid 9 century and translated in their world like the hero sindbad,,

[hypnodance]

Like this vid if you thought Vincent Price only did horror movies.

[missi121]

This is a talented dancer and this is belly dancing people

[171view]

She's definitely pretty ;)

[SnakeKundalini]

Those movies were so cute..

[carolGortega]

Love the backdrop of the open-air market......bananas...bread...­bellydance :-) lol

[bellydancerocks321]

that costume is dreamy and her backbend is the best!

[MrShortygirl]

Turkish i LOVE TURKISHHH

[Khultan]

@MrShortygirl I have a Russian ex-girl friend who positively hates Turkey.

[Khultan]

@kraols WTF?!? Who the fuck are you?!? LOL Here's your fucked up expressed thought, mind you, I don't even know in what context you're referrering to: 'How is that 'positively hates Turkey' I cannot understand what you're trying to ask. What the fuck are you even talking about?!?

[Khultan]

@kraols  Granted, retardation is not necessarily a natural attribute but in your case it's self-developed.

[ErinBeledi]

ahhh refreshing to see the vintage turkish oriental. love it! beauitful!

[sharp64ful]

Bwhahahaha that's the funniest belly dance i've ever seen. So retarded!

[wasntthere]

nice high heels before their time.

[QueenIgraine]

wikipedia says she died in 2005

[LadyMoondancer]

oh my god, that backbend! WOW!

very beautiful dancer. nice movie clip here, without Hollywood shlocking it up and ruining it.

[mozmoz1111111]

wow she's excellent and sooo elegant

[moonstonegoddess]

Does anyone know where I can find this music piece?

[Badiabdancer]

She is really fun to watch. I will study this for some time. I like that they didn't edit her dancing very much, one whole song's worth of actual dancing.

[jenpowerpuff]

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[reannan1462]

I don't know about a statue, but Nejla is mentioned a lot in a book I just finished reading - "Snake Hips - Bellydancing and How I Found True Love" by Anne Thomas Soffee. It was a wonderful book, and WELL worth a read for anyone who has any interest in bellydancing.

[spicedjellybeans]

TY for that. I have been wanting to read it, now I am determined to. There is very little material available about this tiny doll.

[bebetigre12]

I never heard about a statue .Wonderful clip thank you.

[Babalips]

If anyone can tell me about the statue the was made of Nejla put up in a Park (I think it was in NY) then taken down, I'd like to know more I read about a long time ago now I can not find ANYTHING on it!

THANK YOU

[spicedjellybeans]

The statue was commissioned by showman David Merrick to publicize his musical, Fanny, in which Nejla danced briefly. The statue caused a scandal when it was installed in Poet's Corner in Central Park's It was nude. I haven't found any pics of it.