Host Shay
Host Shay Hosting a workshop sure sounds intimidating, but really it’s not as hard as you might imagine! Everything possible is done to make it easy for you, the host, to make your event a success. Contracts are scary, right? … Read More
Student Resource Center
posted in: Costume & Makeup, ethics, Featured Pages, history, inspiration, Interviews, learning, Music, musings, performance tips, Student Spotlight, Teaching, tips, tutorials, zills
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Music for Home Practice Finger Cymbals Skills n’ Drills – Coming Soon History of Tribal Bellydance
Masha Archer and the San Francisco Classic Dance Troupe
Masha Archer’s daughter, Larissa, has been taking classes with FatChance Bellydance! And what’s more, she has become more active in discussion groups around the web, answering questions, and SHARING PHOTOS from her mother’s collection. She has given me permission to … Read More
Authenticity requires context
“I think that we get squeamish about using the term “American” because we are concerned with authenticity. I do believe that it’s important to study and respect the dances that came before us and label what we do appropriately. However, … Read More
A Tale of Life and Bellydancing – Rebaba of Hahbi ‘Ru
Gilded Serpent is always full of such amazing gems. I have recommended it many times before, and continue to advocate frequent visits to see what treasures you find about bellydance past and present. Yes, I know it continues to be … Read More
History of FatChanceBellyDance & American Tribal Style Bellydance
posted in: American Tribal Style, history, inspiration, Interviews, old school ATS, old school tribal, Styles
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I am loving that Habibi has been digitizing their articles and putting them in an online archive. THANK YOU! Here is snippets from a gem from 1999, a history of American Tribal Style written by Kajira Djoumahna of BlackSheep Bellydance: … Read More
Mm Mm Monday – Latcho Drom
Oh happy day. Heaven of heavens! Someone has put all of Latcho Drom (in parts, but all of it) up on YouTube…in high quality! I had seen bits and bobs before, but usually low quality stuff that might as well … Read More
Tribal Bellydance Music I Used To Love (and still do!!)
When I first began teaching, I had a 32-CD case full of music I had collected for listening and practice (and there was a lot more than that which didn’t fit in those sleeves and stayed at home). But among … Read More
Article: Tribal Fusion Bellydance on Gilded Serpent
Have a read, and let me know what you think: http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/2010/11/03/jasmine-june-intro-tribal-fusion-belly-dance/ “The “fusion” in Tribal Fusion Belly Dance makes this dance genre elusive and tricky to define. Two dancers could have nothing in common except a few core movements and … Read More
Brief history of sword dancing
From Mish Mish via BellyTalk, a NW discussion group for bellydancers. It is confirmed by what Jamila told us at her weeklong, that she was essentially the one who conceived the sword as a bellydance prop: “In Turkey and Arabic … Read More