Costuming

I thought this was a great idea to quickly solve the issue of stained nails or slightly uneven lengths. This is a reblog from henna artist Maeve from Living Henna, an 11yr old entrepreneur that comes up with some very unique ideas.

I had honestly never given glitter much thought in terms of its impact on the environment. I had wondered about its safety and potential toxicity given it can stick to the skin or scalp for such long periods of time and be hard to remove; but beyond that simple pondering, glitter has simply been glitter.

..instructions on a super easy steampunk for a cap gun to make something suitable for a dance performance. I had to make 4 guns and surprisingly for such a simple concept there was a bit of trial and error before I got a good effect, so I thought I would share the knowledge to save anyone else doing the same thing some time.

In this post I will outline 5 of the shops strengths and do a solo post on my ultimate favourite, you will never guess who it is!   The obvious place for a tourist to shop is in the Grand Bazaar (). It is easy to find and a spectacle in itself. Its not too hard to walk to the grand bazaar from Sultanahmet but its best to save your legs for wandering the labyrinthine market and surrounds by taking the tram to Kapaliçarsi instead.

As dance artists we are drawn to expressions of art on our bodies. I think its a natural extension and I have no judgement on those covered in images or those that are 'clean skins' (the term used by the tattooed to refer to those not in the club ;) )- however... How safe is the ink? Does anyone regulate it? Apparently not.

How is this for the love of belly dance. One of my students (Tahnee) spent an arduous afternoon painting her nails so she could come to class with 'Belly Dance' written on them. Talk about dedication!

If your belly dance sword doesn't have grooves at the balance point, you can slow down the speed of it sliding..

Your gestures and particularly where you are looking when you are dancing are some of the most important aspects of the dance. The...