Bellydance Aliya

[fancigal]

I do like her bra and belt, but the pants and the scarf were too much... nice subtle colors would be good. The beginning was a little slow, but it got tons better.

[izvorbrcko]

See also this video please> watch?v=AZ6D7DsVBkc

[Splitleap]

aliya yussupova??

[spicedjellybeans]

Aliya Kurbanova

[KellieWellieBear]

same thoughts I had, though with different colors it might have been nice

[elorien7]

HATE the costume... And dance is not good!

[Galogen]

SHE IS NOT RUSSIAN!!! SHE IS KAZAKH!!!

[28406]

HATE the costume...

[spicedjellybeans]

It's actually growing on me. That's proof that I must have watched this thing about 800 times too many.

[spicedjellybeans]

Narrowed down the music somewhat.  The tune is from one of Om Kalthoum's songs. Now to figure out which of her of songs it is. My guess is that it's an instrumental version from one of the tribute albums.

[NormaDancer2]

It's actually a medley of 3 Om Kalsoum songs: Fakkarouni, Hayati, and the ending of Leilet Hob.

[Aiya888]

is she russian? looks like asian

[Eluzara]

i think she's Uzbek (ex-sovjet)

[spicedjellybeans]

Her bio on her website says she's from Astrakhan.

[shimyshake]

Obvious trouble getting rid of veil. She shouldn't have kept dancing with it on.

[BellyBailarina]

I loved the dance!!!! The veil did get in the way, but other than that it was perfect!!! Russians can bellydance really well! It's no the first I've seen dancing really good! I hope I can dance that well someday.. :) Oh and Portuguese can dance really well to!!!! :P

[taheya]

does anyone know the name of this music?

[spicedjellybeans]

Yes! After 1 whole year, I've finally found it. The intro is Coktail Om Kalsoum from the Album Oriental Belly Dance with Amany and Bassem Yazbek. The drum solo is reported to have been created for an Australian dancer named Amera.

[taheya]

Ha ha a whole year!!! Thanks for that!

[spicedjellybeans]

The thingy at the end is from "Tabla Solo" by George Nikd.

[arabique]

@spicedjellybeans this tabla solo is called 'Ya Amera' and is composed by Jamal Zraika.

[spicedjellybeans]

I wouldn't take credit for this costume. Unless it's actually supposed to make her look like the Queen of the Treefrogs! Sorry, I guess I'm turning into Joan Rivers or something

[spicedjellybeans]

But, then again, this woman would be stunningly beautiful no matter what she was wearing!

[Eluzara]

She is awesome! I think we share the same background. By the way, her mom does all the costumes.

[ZaharaYukon]

Can she ever dance! Her costume was quite tacky though..and her veil seemed to have some issues.

[spicedjellybeans]

Yes, apparently it's teflon coated. Too bad, because she might well have won otherwise.

[HollyWooD555]

BY THE WAY EGYPTIANS ARE THE BEST AT BELLYDANCE :)~

[HollyWooD555]

she would of done better if her veil did not get in the way

[chernook]

I love bellydance and I'm russian too I cam do the same with my hips and tummy

[dilem]

this here is nothing, you should see turkish bellydance for example ASENA she is the best.. and by the way this music is TURKISH ;)

[tvurucu]

Didem is better than Asena in my view.. This woman is good too.. GO RUSSIANS ehehe

[pippo772006]

Complimenti una bravissima Dancer!

[lacychenault]

she....is.....awesome

[spicedjellybeans]

Phenomenal! Can anyone please tell me what music she is dancing to? I'm sure the first one is by Omar Khorshid, but I don't the name of the piece of music.

[Lindalayla]

Obtained the name of music... please was obtained orders the obliged name me...

[spicedjellybeans]

Oh thank you! Please tell me.

[Azhaar]

Wonderful dancer! I wish she'd taken her veil/wings off though ... it became slightly distracting.

[Pufferfish]

WHoa! When the fast beat came on 2 mins into the video I couldn't keep my eyes off her... erm hips :P She's good!! I wanna dance like that too :D

[diesellover]

that was very nice, very talented dancer,

as they would say in russian: kak krasivya!!

(how beautiful)

[juwayriyyah500]

Oh My Goodness, this women is plumb amazing, she's just wonderful, I think she got a little messed up with the sheila though? lol but otherwise, she's great

[Morluna]

Holy wow, she's amazing.