Teaching & dance tips

Have you ever had a show coming up and you really wanted to dance to a certain song but were not sure of how to edit the music to your liking? Maybe it was too long or maybe you wanted the ending to sound different to allow for a different stage transition. Like most dancers I have learnt basic sound editing as a necessity but as I don't do it frequently, I am nowhere near being a master and sometimes I wish I had done a better job of it. I had been meaning to try out fiver

I recently came across this fantastic belly dance resource. The best of habibi contains 260 articles from the Californian belly dance magazine "Habibi" that was published from 1992 to 2002. I have only had time to read 2 articles so far and found them of high quality and very informative.

If you are a dance instructor and you want to be inclusive of people who are on the spectrum but do not know where to begin, I have some suggestions! Many may feel that they want to be inclusive but don't feel like it is their place to try to teach people who have a neurological condition that they don't personally understand. Please abandon that thought process. Inclusivity is not segregation. Everyone can be an ally and those who have the patience and creativity to teach ca

As I live in a regional area, most of my learning of choreographies for the shows comes from watching videos posted on youtube. Some of the clips are in front of mirrors and shot from behind which makes it easier, but some are not. Flipping the video footage of dances shot face on makes it much easier to get left from right as you can just mirror the dancers in the clip. It is not only big shows that flipping a movie clip is useful, if you are collaborating with anyone online

Challenging the idea of ballet as the foundation of dance with quotes from several authors.

It is a beautiful thing to be able to belly dance with friends and an absolute joy to dance with family. Hope your Mothers Day was wonderful.

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

Always love to keep you up with the latest belly dance related scientific research!! This latest study comes from Brazil where...

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

“.. truly a joy! Their every movement was spot on, exuding grace with each beat. Nothing remotely vulgar or crude."

Have a busy life and find it hard to fit in a bit of Belly Dance practice? Always mean to run over a few steps but life, work and /or the...