Articles & Essays
1990:
Culture, Dance and Encounters – A report of a journey through Syria, Part I and II (Halima, Feb and June 1990)
Culture, Dance and Encounters – A portrait of the choreographer Laurel Gray (Halima, Oct 1990)
1991:
The Dances of the Ouled Nail – (Halima, July 1991)
Ghawazee and Awalim – (Halima, Nov 1991)
1992:
The Syrian Dancer Nazir Merzo – A portrait (Saida, March 1992)
Uzbekan Dance With Laurel V. Gray (Saida, March 1992)
Folk Dances Of Turkey (Saida, May 1992)
A Report Of A Journey Through Uzbekistan, Part I (Saida, Nov 1992)
1993:
A Report Of A Journey Through Uzbekistan, Part II (Saida, Feb 1993)
Djamileh – The Other Opera By Bizet (Tanz Oriental, June 1993)
Folk Dances Of Turkey (Arabesque, Oct 1993)
Haissam Salah-Eddine – A portrait of the Lebanese violinist (Tanz Oriental, Dec 1993)
Book Review: Discoveries In The Middle East By Carsten Niebuhr (journey in 1761) (Tanz Oriental, Dec 1993)
1994:
Persian Dance In European Travel Descriptions From The 17th To The 20th Century (Tanz Oriental, June 1994)
Armen Ohanian – The Dancer From Shamakha (A portrait and a review of the two books from the year 1925)
(Tanz Oriental, Aug 1994)
1995:
Yulduz Usmanova In Concert – A review of her show and her CD (Tanzoriental, April 1995)
Now Ruz – The Persian New Year (Tanzoriental, Aug 1995)
Loie Fuller – There be light, but not without draping (Tanzoriental, Oct 1995)
Dance In Old Egypt (Tanzoriental, Dec 1995)
1996:
On The Road In Uzbekistan – A report of a journey (Orient-Magazin, Feb 1996 – cover story)
Tamara Khanum – A pioneer of Middle Eastern Dance in Uzbekistan (Orient-Magazin, Feb 1996)
Orientation – Education and Training in Middle Eastern Dance (Tanz Oriental, June 1996)
Dance In Iran (Tanz Oriental, Aug 1996)
Mary Wigman – A pioneer of German Expressive Dance (Tanz Oriental, Oct 1996 – cover story)
1997:
Warm Up – Work Out – Cool Down (Tanz Oriental, Feb 1997)
Book Review: „Snake Cult and Temple Love“ and „Belly Dance, Waves Of Physical Happiness“ by Eluan Ghazal
(Tanz Oriental, April 1997)
Dance Styles In Egypt (Tanzoriental, Oct 1997)
Rolfing – Better balancing for dancers (Tanz Oriental, Dec 1997)
The Art Of Choreographing Dances (Tanz Oriental, Dec 1997)
1998:
Of Rights And Wrongs In Middle Eastern Dance (Tanz Oriental, April 1998)
Arabic – Flamenco (1) – Dance, Culture And Music During The Times Of The Moors (Tanz Oriental, Oct 1998)
Arabic – Flamenco (2) – Fantasy Or A Dance Style With Tradition? (TanzOriental, Dec 1998)
1999
On the Wrongs and Rights in Oriental Dance (Afsana / Finland, October 1999)
Shimmy – it´s all easy or what? (Tanz Oriental, October 1999)
Group dynamics and problems in teaching dance (Tanz Oriental, December 1999)
2000
Arabic-Flamenco (1 + 2 ) (Afsana / Finland, January 2000)
Egytian Folklore (Halima, April 2000)
Dance Styles in Egypt (Kemet, April 2000)
Nubian Dance and Culture (Tanz Oriental, February 2000)
Dance tip – the figure „8“ in arm movements (Tanz Oriental, February 2000)
How to recognize Oriental folklore (Tanz Oriental, April 2000)
The Tradition of the North African Entertainment Dancers (Tanz Oriental, August 2000)
Dance in Ancient Egypt (Orient Magazin, September 2000)
Dance Styles in Egypt (Orient Magazin, September 2000)
Dance and Culture in Nubia (Orient Magazin, September 2000)
The Story of the Reda Group (Tanz Oriental, October 2000)
2001
The Tradition of the North African Entertainment Dancers (Tanz Oriental, February 2001)
Greetings from Egypt – the painter Dr. Chimmy of Cairo (Tanz Oriental, June 2001)
Highlights from Egypt (Tanz Oriental, August 2001)
The Story of the Reda Group (Orient Magazin, June 2001)
Interview: Mahmoud Reda (Orient Magazin, June 2001)
Darbuka, Schalmei and Guitar – Variety of Oriental Musical Instruments (Tanz Oriental, October 2001)
2002
Dance Secrets of the Desert – Oasis Siwa (Tanz Oriental, June 2002)
Dance Secret of the Desert – Hagalla (Tanz Oriental, August 2002)
A Survey of the World of Oriental Musical Instruments, Part 1 (Orient Magazin, October 2002)
2003
A Survey of the World of Oriental Musical Instruments, Part 2 (Orient Magazin, February 2003)
A Survey of the World of Oriental Musical Instruments, Part 3 (Orient Magazin, April 2003)
Beauty of Color and Great Variety: Dance Culture in Morocco, Part 1 (Tanz Oriental, February 2003)
Beauty of Color and Great Variety: Dance Culture in Morocco, Part 2 (Tanz Oriental, June 2003)
Fata Morgana: False Reports from Cairo (Tanz Oriental, October 2003)
Further Training for Dancers: Sensible or Superfluous? (Orient Magazin, November 2003)
Dances from the Sinai (Tanz Oriental, December 2003)
2004
Mawalid – Fairs of Faith (Orient Magazin, February 2004)
Dance Culture of Turkey (Orient Magazin, May 2004, Part 1)
Magic and Occultism in Egypt (Tanz Oriental, June 2004)
Dance Stories of Persia – Interview with Farrokh Alipour – first official folklore-teacher of Iran (Tanz Oriental, August 04)
