CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Share Your Knowledge and Join the Al Raqs Conference 2025!

What is the contribution about?

Do you have unique insights, research, or experiences to share within the world of belly dance? The Al Raqs Conference is calling for contributions! Whether you’ve worked on a fascinating project, conducted research, or have expertise to offer, we want to hear from you. Submit your video (max 7 minutes) and join a global conversation.

This is your chance to showcase your work, connect with a wider audience, and be part of an exciting event. Don’t miss out—submit your contribution by 10th January 2025

What topic can you submit?

We accept any contribution that fits within one of the following categories:

  • History & research
  • Culture & Heritage
  • Growth & Resilience
  • Teaching & Training
  • Being professional

Your contribution should discuss a topic related to one of the categories; it can be your own experience, your own research, a project you have worked on and got interesting results, something you have studied, or something related to your expertise.

We do not accept contributions that are promoting/advertising your business. We take a right not to publish contributions that aim to attract new customers (such as advertisements for classes, workshops, or festivals).

Important! Only registered participants can submit their contribution.

What format is accepted? 

The accepted format is a video (mp4, avi, wmv, MOV) of a maximum length of 7 minutes and size of max 300 Mb.

It might seem that 7 minutes is not enough. Still, as scientific conferences prove daily, 7 minutes is short enough to keep your audience focused, especially if they go through many contributions, and long enough to say and explain your core message.

What style of presentation do we recommend? 

We recommend three styles of presentation:

  • Video recording – camera recording of you speaking, no slides
  • Multipresentation – ideally recorded through Zoom, Prezi, or any other platform that will show your slides and your face.
  • Slides only – if you don’t want to show your face, you can submit a video of your slides with a voice cover.

Tips for a successful contribution

Please remember, the presentation is not about you but your work or your experience. So, please, do not start the presentation by naming in how many countries you performed and with who you studied. Don’t waste your time on that because you will have the possibility to upload your short bio and contact information. Therefore, anyone intrigued by your video can read about you and contact you. Instead, focus on the unique topic and your own experience you want to share.

Do you want some other tips for a successful presentation? See the video on the right.

How can conference participants see your contribution?

All video contributions will be published on the conference’s website and will be free to watch for anyone (even those who don’t register for the conference), so your message can reach a large audience. We will publish the videos a day before the start of the conference, and we will regularly invite the conference participants to go and check the contributions. We will keep the video on the until next conference and then in archive page.

DEADLINE 5th January 2025

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Contributions from conference participants of 2023

Restaging old danceworks

If we decide to redo an old dance piece, what would be the best way to label it: a restaging, a reinvention or reconstruction? In any case, any of these terms conveys certain traits that denote an artistic intention behind the staging.

About Lorena Galeano

Lorena Galeano is an instructor for ballet, oriental dance and Palestinian folklore. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in ballet and two advanced degrees from the University of Bern: in TanzKultur/Dance Cultures and in Dance/Performance Studies. One of her passions is dance research. In recent years she has focused on theoretical topics such as restaging old danceworks. Moreover her interest in deepening her knowledge of Andalusian culture and Reda technique has been influenced by her work within the Nesma Al-Andalus’ company which she joined in 2016. Lorena has completed JTE program, level 3 by Sahra Saeeda and holds several certificates in oriental dance (ADS by Amir Thaleb, jomdance® by Said el Amir, AO).

The Medicine of Raqs Sharki

Raqs Sharki is an ancient dance & art form that has endless benefits for mind, body and soul. Struggling with my mental health for the most part of my life I have used my love for Raqs Sharki as a tool to navigate through difficult times.

Sarah Safi Harb

Sarah Safi Harb, originally from Lebanon, founded her dance school in 2010 and has since been offering Bellydance classes, workshops & private classes in The Netherlands & Online.

Struggling with her mental health for the most part of her life she has used her love for Raqs Sharki as a tool to navigate through difficult times, and it is exactly those tools that have helped her through the hardest times that she now loves to share with you, hoping it can bring you relief, balance and even self love & pleasure!
Sarah integrates her Lebanese background, knowledge of Yoga and holistic dance practices in her classes.

Important points to consider before starting your international dancing career

Noticing the demand of the entertainment market and all the doubts and questions I get constantly from dancers looking forward to work abroad (specially in Arab countries) I felt the need to explain things that are fundamental.

Martina Cancio

Martina Cancio is a professional dancer from Brazil based in Dubai and working abroad since 2005 with a vast experience in the entertainment industry in the Middle East.
With recognition (DRT) from the Brazilian government as an Artist / Dancer since 2007.
She is fully driven by art, working full time with performances, classes, research, organizing workshops, costuming & artistic creations. Curious about culture and body movements she is forever a student. Have performed in many countries such United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Portugal & Spain.

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