"A lively and lavishly illustrated excursion into the history of the solo woman's dance…" — The New York Times Book Review
"Serpent of the Nile features a perceptive discussion of the history of female solo dancing in the Middle East and its effect on dancers and artists throughout the world. The ninety full-color and fifty black-and-white sumptuous illustrations communicate the color and sensuality, poetry and passion, sophistication and subtlety of her subject." — Dance Magazine
"An articulate book that speaks with many voices of the glory as well as the shadows surrounding the oriental dance of yesteryear and today. Buonaventura's amalgamation of materials- textual and visual- evoke a work by someone whose respect for the subject is both tasteful and thoughtful…Arabesque salutes the authoress…" — Arabesque Magazine