Any Riq owners out there looking for a sturdy case? I've meant to make a case for my 2 for years but haven't gotten around to it. I noticed that Drifta Camping and 4wd store in Coffs Harbour sells a canvas plate bag that fits a riq really well.

Top 10 tips for teaching children belly dancing

I have to say I was initially very sceptical on how AI could be useful to creatives, I only focussed on the potential harms to industries (which are real!) AI can be used as a creative foundation. Particularly early on in the design phase.

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.

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

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.

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..

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.