Sharif's Dances

Well, here we go... Sharif reveals his secrets for you!
On this page you will find music titles, sound samples and choreographies of my dances.

All of my dances are pretty much completely choreographed, although I tend to be less rigid lately about following the steps exactly. They have been put together based on what I knew at the time, what moves I was working on at the time, and what worked to the music when I danced to it the first couple of times. I also like to build up the speed and complexity of the dance so as to keep the audiences attention, so I rearrange moves to that effect.

The names for the moves in the choreographies are not always very standard, but you will get the idea. And you can always ask me! You can use this material any way you see fit. I only request that if you want to use a song you have found here, and particularly a choreography, you refrain from using it when I perform at the same event.

	Music			Dance
#	Title	Artist	CD	First performed	Details
1	Eshtaktillak	Zareh	Very Belly Dance 2005	April 16, 2005 Masala Imports	Veil prop, Choreography
2	Staying Alive	(Bee Gees), my own synthesizer arrangement	Saturday Night Fever soundtrack 1977	June 4, 2005 Masala Imports	Choreography
3	Low Rider	War	Up In Smoke soundtrack 1978	Aug. 27, 2005 Casbah	Choreography
4	Il Alem Allah	Amr Diab	Bellydance Superstars 2002	Aug. 11, 2006 Kalisa's	Choreography, performance video
5	Shine	Bond	Shine 2003	Nov. 11, 2005 Kalisa's	Veil prop, Choreography, performance video
6	Farscape	Chris Neal	Themes 2005	Aug. 11, 2006 Kalisa's	Veil/cape prop, performance video
7	Misirlou	The Larry Steen World Jazz Ensemble	View From Afar 2002	May 13, 2006 Marisa's bridal shower	Sword
8	Kashmir	William Joseph	Within 2004	Feb. 24, 2007 Kalisa's
8	Feenak	Mohammed Fouad	El Alb El Tayeb 2001	April 27, 2008 Sese's Soloist Showcase

Click on any of the song titles to play them!

Please note that for copyright reasons the music is somewhat low-quality and lasts only about 30 seconds.
There are plenty of internet sources to buy the real thing, e.g. Amazon or Rhapsody.