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Yeah. Yeah here is a school a most unusual school even for Berkley this is done picking the full story of Djamila school for belly dancing coming up on K. R. O. N. T. V. S. Early report. This is a group of East Bay housewives students and

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entertainers. They're learning the ancient Middle Eastern art of belly dancing. Their school is a Telegraph Avenue apartment in Berkeley. Their teacher, Mrs Salim Poor who danced professionally as Jamila for the past seven years has conducted these classes. Well what kind of instruction does this involve? It

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involves a basic Arabic dance steps and basic upper torso movements and head movements and finger Cymbal coordination. Takes physical conditioning before you can stand the rigors of this kind of a dance doesn't it? Well it puts you in good physical condition if you continue the dance.

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Is there much demand for belly dancers these days in the entertainment world? Yes there is a number of the ladies here are housewives or students and have no intention of becoming professional dancers. Is this fairly ordinary? Yes it is. They just like to dance and they

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like to do it for their friends. Why do you like belly dancing is an art? I think it's a very graceful dance and I think that it's a very feminine dance. And I think that women naturally express themselves in this way is a good exercise. It's

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terrific exercise. In fact there are many girls that come to me And they have a problem of obesity. And in about three months they just by shimmying. They ship me off about 15 lbs. What kind of a person can become a belly dancer? Well, I think

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any kind of person, I think a person who loves dance and who likes people and as a female likes herself. How many ladies have you talked to the art of belly dancing? I think about 40 or 50 a thing.

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Okay. Just like this. Carolyn Brown is a high school teacher. How did you become interested in belly dancing? Well, I've studied at University of michigan and I had many arab friends there and when I was studying in France, most of

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my friends were from Lebanon and Morocco. And for amusement we danced. Do you plan to make any use of it professionally? I have danced professionally. I've danced in san Francisco at the Baghdad and I've given a demonstration at university of California at santa cruz. But teaching

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is your first love. Yes. For the past year Aziza has been a professional dancer. Where did you get your interest in belly dancing? That comes from a combination of several things. I'm very culturally oriented. I love to dance. And a lot of my friends are from

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the Middle East and you have an intention to keep on professionally as a dancer? Yes, I do. I love to dance Audrey borland and Kristine Walsh were both students at Merritt college. How does this fit in with your studies in school? Well it's my extracurricular activities?

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And I came across this by accident? Really. But I like the dancing hooked on it. What do you plan to do after you leave college? Well I think dance for a couple of years and then go on and working in the offices, secretary. What are your

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plans after you leave Merritt College? I think I would like to dance. Does this fit in with your curriculum? What are you taking an anthropology major? Marcia fisher? Graduate student in the school of social welfare has some plans to do those plans. Encompass dancing only for

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myself. I find to be a social worker. How does this fit in with the social workers curriculum? Well it's extracurricular activity. I dance for my own pleasure at home. What does housewife Penny coach plan to do with this newly acquired skill. I hope someday to teach

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high school dancing. And I think experiencing every dance form that there is a marvelous way to bring more to the dance and more to the students and they like it better to what's your husband's reaction to this? He thinks it's very good and it's good exercise

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and he finds it fine. Do you have any desire to dance professionally before you go into teaching? No, I don't think I do. What's the end result of your school here? Can you give us an example of what you consider to be a polished dancer? Yes.

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As a matter of fact I asked a friend of mine to come today to perform for you And she is the finished product of what we would like all our girls to be. Let's take a look. Her name is, her name is Aida. Her real name

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is Aida. Thing could spread among housewives. Just imagine what it would be like after a hard day at the office things, Art Brown gets all the good assignments. Mhm.