Our clients usually don't know all the insights into belly dance life, and regardless of what number you tell them as a quote, at least once in a while you'll still hear this question: "But why is it so expensive?!”
Read MoreHave you ever heard this combination of words: Persian belly dance. It used to drive me crazy, especially when a performance request was by Iranians. What do you mean by it? Let’s figure it out.
Read MoreHere is a simple guide for new dance students, and for dance teachers to share with their students in order to make sure that everyone is on the same page.
Read MoreMany Ukrainian belly dancers are currently facing all sort of struggles. War did hurt everyone: physically, psychologically, financially. Here is what you can do to support.
Read MoreHere is a list of checkpoints that you can use to monitor your shimmy technique. I would recommend to use both mirror and self-video recording to make sure you don't miss anything.
Read MoreThe more I talk to various guests on the Belly Dance Life podcast, the more I realize that those ‘secret strategies’ of success in belly dance are actually very obvious.
Read MoreHere are a couple tips on how to make a 20-min belly dance show interesting and engaging, especially when performing for a non-Arabic audience.
Read MoreA collection of translated stories and poems from ‘The Book of Songs’ by al-Isfahani, written in the 10th century.
Read MoreHere are three ideas of beauty product that could be a perfect gift for your belly dance friends…
Read MorePracticing in front of a mirror is good, but seeing yourself on video helps identifying mistakes and weaknesses way better. But for some of you it may be too intimidating: how to do it properly? what equipment to use? I don't think it's for me because I'm not good with technologies...
Read MoreHow to be more accountable and stop finding excuses of being too busy, or too tired, or simply postponing your dance practice for later?
Read MoreIn our current lifestyle experiment every 1 to 3 months we switch an apartment, city and sometimes even country. How do we choose which country to travel next?
Read MoreI constantly receive questions about what kind of portfolio a belly dancer needs in order to start working at local gigs, so I've decided to put here a checklist of essential portfolio components that I used in my daily dance work.
Read MoreDoes belly dance have anything to do with worshipping ancient goddesses? If so, isn’t it against religion, since those ones were pagans gods?…
Read MoreI am in love with belly dance! Wanna know why? Here are ten different reasons why I think you should start belly dancing too!
Read MoreIn this article I’m going to explain in simple, non-technical words, how I understand the concept of time signature from a dance point of view, and why it is important to know at all.
Read MoreBased on my personal journey...
The first time in a belly dance class often feels clumsy and weird. All movements are strange, not to mention that you most likely look funny in the mirror reflection! Great beginning for an article about self-confidence, isn’t it? Lol. Stay with me. Because just a couple classes afterwards…
Read MoreToday Scheherazade is such a common title for various belly dance productions, as well as popular stage name among dancers. But have you heard about the revolutionary early 20th-centure ballet called Schéhérazade? And does it have anything to do with belly dance or the Middle East at all?
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