Becoming a Belly Dancer is a stagecraft handbook that provides valuable information, learned-in-the-trenches tips, and guidance for belly dancers who are ready to take the step from student to performer. Sara Shrapnell, author of "Teaching Belly Dance" and Dawn Devine, author of "Cloth of Egypt" and 13 other belly dance and costuming books, including the bestselling "Embellished Bras" and the now classic "Costuming from the Hip," have collaborated to produce "Becoming a Belly Dancer." Between them, they have more than 50 years of combined experience as performers, teachers, dancers and...

Zills: Music on Your Fingertips - All About Finger Cymbals is written for the belly dancer who's looking for concepts, ideas, and information that will help them take their zill playing to the next level. This book is broken down into six sections that focus on different aspects of the zill playing process.

Continuing History - This section is a brief overview of the history of finger cymbals from antiquity to today. We hit the highlights and turning points along the timeline of the development of zills, and then situate them within the world of...