Here’s to 2010, a new year and a whole new decade of dancing!

HOT OFF THE PRESS!

The big news is that Her Royal Highness will be leading a belly dance tour to Egypt this summer, along with Zahra Zuhair! Dates are June 25, 2010-July 4, 2010. Of course, itinerary is built around Cairo’s fabulous Ahlan Wa Sahlan Festival, and there is also an optional 5 Star cruise to Upper Egypt, (from July 5-9, 2010) which includes Luxor, Aswan, The Valley Of The Kings, Kom Ombo, and the exquisite Deir El Bahry, temple of Queen Hatshepsut. There will be plenty of time for sight-seeing in Cairo, too, and we will visit Khan Al Khalili, The Sphinx& Pyramids, The Egypt Museum, and spend a night on the glamorous Nile Maxim floating supper club, with a show by Randa Kamel. Come along- it will be the trip of a lifetime! There are many trip-options available, so you can tailor the trip to suit your needs…also, there will be PLENTY of things for non-dancers to do, so family and friends are welcome!

For more information on this tour, please visit: www.EternalEgyptTours.com

NEW INSTRUCTIONAL AND PERFORMANCE DVDS

Michelle Joyce and Cheeky Girl’s Productions’ instructional DVD “Combo-Nation” and “By Dancers, For Dancers Vol. 5”, a performance DVD are both available now. These DVD’s feature many of today’s top belly dance artists. In addition to The Princess, you can view performances and learn cool signature combos from Aradia, Shoshanna, Bahaia, Lotus Niraja, Sandra, Michelle herself and many more dancers. Princess Farhana is also featured on Disc Two of Hollywood Music Center’s “Tales Of Desire”. These two DVD’s feature live Tribal & Fusion performances, along with Unmata, Atash Maya, Mira Betz, Kristina Canizares, and many more.

Her Majesty’s latest instructional DVDs, “Armed And Dangerous: Hand And Arm Technique For Belly Dance”, and “ABS-olutely Fabulous: Abdominal Technique” both cover technique adaptable for many types of belly dancing, from cabaret to folkloric dance or fusion. The trailers for both DVDs are up for viewing on www.youtube.com see the trailer for “Armed & Dangerous” here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZtDwrMCXhU.

Watch the trailer for “Abs-Olutely Fabulous” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qXFWIIU8g8

To purchase all of these and numerous other DVD’s, as well as T-shirts and accessories, please visit the “Videos” page on this website.

PRINCESS FARHANA ON THE SILVER SCREEN… OR YOUR TELEVISION!

You may have seen Princess Farhana on a movie or television screen … and if you haven’t yet, you will soon! In May 2009, The Princess went to Macon, Georgia to shoot Steve Balderson’s new movie “Stuck!” Cinema noir homage to vintage women’s prison films, “Stuck!” was shot in black and white, and also starts cinematic legends Karen Black and Mink Stole. The film features classic “ broads behind bars” action: a wrongly accused heroine, machine-gun quick hipster dialog and death-block cat fights!

The film made it’s worldwide premiere at The Raindance Film Festival in London, October 2009, is having it’s Hollywood Premiere at The Egyptian Theater on February 5, 2010, and will be showing at select film festivals across North America and Europe. To see the “Stuck!” Trailer, watch interviews with cast members, and is notified of screenings or up-coming theatrical and DVD releases, click here: www.stucknoir.com.

Also from director Steve Balderson: the dance documentary feature “Underbelly” which spotlights Princess Farhana’s career. The features Her Majesty in performances from around the world, as well as behind-the-scenes footage at theatrical shows and dance workshops and festivals, with folks like Kajira Djoumahna, Rachel Brice, Margaret Cho, Zoe Jakes, John Compton, and more. Order “Underbelly” on www.amazon.com. “Underbelly” was recently the subject of Fox news segment.

Her Royal Highness also had a hand in the feature film “Charlie Wilson’s War”, acting as choreographer Fatima Robinson’s assistant. The film is currently available on DVD. The Princess can also be seen playing “hoochie coochie” dancer Estelle in “Firecracker”, directed by Steve Balderson, starring movie legend Karen Black and rock star Mike Patton and is now available for rental at your local video store, or on www.netflix.com Go to www.dikengafilms.com for info on the latest info.

PRINCESS IN PRINT

You can follow Her Royal Highness and her international shenanigans on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PrincessFarhana and make sure you become a fan on The Princess Farhana Facebook Fan Page, www.facebook.com/princess.farhana which is up-dated constantly with new events and behind-the-scenes photos.

Princess Farhana is honored to have recently been the cover girl for two major belly dance magazines: Zaghareet (Dec 2009-Jan.2010) and the UK-based webzine www.nafouramagazine.com (January 2010)

Her Majesty’s blog, “Missives From The Royal Palace: Belly Dance & Beyond” features extensive articles on everything belly dance…as well as glitter and make-up addiction, costume construction, make-up, performance and prop tips, crazy stories and general mayhem! Please visit: www.princessraqs.blogspot.com

She also contributes regularly to belly dance magazines Jareeda, Zaghareet, The Chronicles, www.nafouramagazine.com, www.laraqs.com and www.ishimmy.com

To find out more about Princess Farhana’s writing (she is author of six books under her given name, Pleasant Gehman) and literally thousands of articles (published under both Princess Farhana and her given name of Pleasant Gehman) do a Google search and see what craziness you come up with!

The Princess is currently at work on two new books, one is all about belly dancing- practical application, history, styles, tips and tricks; the other is a collection of crazy tales from her decades spent on the road performing.

SPONSORING THE PRINCESS