To understand the culture, study the dance. To understand…

“Her pulse pounded in her ears. She didn't need to turn around to know he was standing behind her. Most likely with a smirk…

— Rachel Harris

“O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being and dance are one.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance like breath.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“I can't belly dance.' Yes, you can. It's in your fi--' Will you stop reading my goddamn file!”

— Jennifer Rardin

“Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Dance resides within us all. Some find it when joy conquers sorrow, others express it through celebration of movements; and then there are those...…

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Dancing with the veil feels holy, powerful, graceful. and feminine.”

— Rosangel Perez

“Life is an affair of mystery; shared with companions of music, dance and poetry.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Your inner Belly Dancer...is your inner sensuality, your highest feminity, your great esteemed self made more apparent.”

— Leandra J. Kalsy

“Dance is the ritual of immortality.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Make dance the mission every moment seeks to accomplish.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Dance is the timeless interpretation of life.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

When I danced, I felt I was entering the temple of Art.

— Taheyya Kariokka