Highlights of 4 scientific papers on the impact of belly dance on those going through breast cancer treatment.

I thought I would share this first attempt at using AI to generate an image as it made me laugh and it may give you some ideas and save you some time.

I am back teaching again, dancing daily and enjoying life! But it has been quite a journey..

Dr. James Levine did research showing that for every hour you sit down, your life expectancy decreases by two hours!

Seize the day to dance A memorial and heartfelt reminder to take face your fears and to follow your dreams.

I know most of the music I let my readers know about is free, but this music is so epic that I had to blog about it and let you know that it is worth the money. It is perfect for a really theatrical drama filled dance piece. I had a conversation with a friend with the music playing in the background and it made everything we said seem epic and profound.

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 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.

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.

Details and review of Beats antique song Killer bee

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

..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.

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.

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.

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

What are the best snacks for the travelling Belly Dancer or basically any gluten challenged traveller? With our strict ‘no fruit and vege’ policy for interstate travel in Australia, having an appropriate snack with you on your way to events is pretty handy. On my trip to Perth last month I bought several pre-packaged gluten free snacks to get me through awkward travel times and not knowing what food was available and where. I thought I would share my findings with you

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

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...

If you ask yourself why PERFORMANCE ARTISTS i.e.: dancers, musicians, DJs, singers, etc, charge so much for what they do. It's coz we don't get paid vacation, sick days, flexi days, superannuation, bonuses for outstanding performances or for Christmas & public holidays.