Ghawazee Middle Eastern Music & Dance Pittsburgh, Pa Clips *NOT GHAWAZEE STYLE DANCING

This video contains clips from previously unreleased footage from Pittsburgh, Pa's Ghawazee Middle Eastern Music & Dance Ensemble active from 1995-2000...
Featuring Dancers: Christine Andrews, Elizabeth Hobbs, Olivia Kissel, Jennifer Imashev, Audrey Sica, Maria Hamer & special guest Sapata Pessiki
musicians: Jeff (Jas) Senn, Eric Webber, Jaime Pennisi, Mark Howard, & Denys Proteu
Video & production by Mark Howard
special note the dances depicted here are not specifically Ghawazee dances at all, that was the name of our troupe. We were respectfully depicting dances of the Middle East, North Africa & Asia with a creative flair.

[@Hadarah]

Lindo esse trabalho como um todo ❤❤❤

[@lunar4154]

Estou muito feliz de ver a dança do ventre snujs ai tão longe. Muito lindo. Foi um grande prazer conhecer a todos. Miriam Lili lili. Brasil

[@GesseritSpice]

Wow! This is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing!

[@sarahsilvadosreis1531]

WOW! Thanks for sharing! Amazing!

[@lindad.9532]

Wow, that was very interesting!

[@marcoobiedbaruj316]

This is not ghawazee...
This is an interpretation of tribal style of those dances.

[@RafaelaCorreiaGois]

Verdade,eu iria falar a mesma coisa

[@Lulu-qi1um]

Anytime you see a yelek...and group dancing like this...
It's American tribal

[@riamaria]

Hi lulu, yes we were not recreating a true folk dance here. We were very much A product of our time in the mid 1990s. This was a mixture of Middle Eastern dances as well as contemporary American bellydance. We never called ourselves “tribal” but World Fusion Bellydance.

[@Lulu-qi1um]

This is modern American tribal. NOT ghawazee or even beledi.

[@riamaria]

Hi lulu, yes you are 100% correct. This is absolutely not the ghawazee dances of the banat Mazin . We were a middle eastern inspired dance group & very much a product of our time… the mid 90’s. We were aware of the Mazin sisters, at the time & were inspired by them. But we created our best having limited resources for folk & “middle eastern dances” we never called ourselves American tribal, which is a different style from California. The description on the video explains this as well. Thanks for posting tho, I definitely don’t want people to be confused ❤️