An incredibly beautiful, inspiring, and educational video!! Not only is there lots of amazing costuming to look at, music to listen to, dance to be moved by, but there are snippets of cultural information presented in subtitles throughout, giving greater … Read More
Jill Parker was one of the original members of FatChance Bellydance. She went on to form the pivotal tribal fusion group Ultra Gypsy (disbanded in 2009), and then Foxglove Sweethearts. Here is some lovely solo footage of Jill doing what … Read More
One of my favorite videos of FC of all time, largely due to Wendy and Sandi’s gorgeous duet to a flamenco guitar. The way they flow through the moves is incomparable. Remember that blog post about impulses from last year? … Read More
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
A quintessential, genuine American bellydance gem, John Compton and Hahbi Ru never fail to incite us to riotous cheers and zaghareets, and John’s famous tray dance never disappoints. There are many videos from various years of this same dance, but … Read More
The founding members of Wild Card were members of Kajira Djoumahna’s Black Sheep Bellydance back in the day, and over the years have taken their work with the BlackSheep style and molded it into a spirited improvisational tribal expression all … Read More
Happy New Year everyone!! More Mm Mm Monday inspiration comin’ atcha. Kickin’ the year off right by showcasing my beloved sisters in the dance, Gypsy Fire Bellydance of Bend Oregon, performing at Tribal Fest 2010. They always have some of … Read More
There are many videos of Awalim I love, and this is definitely among them. From Tribal Fest 2009. Mm Mm Mmmmmmmmm!
This video is of one of my all-time-favorite dancers in the universe: Aziza! I can still remember the first video I saw of her, a VHS tape of an IAMED show she was featured in. I was breathless. I couldn’t … Read More
Hello lovely dancers! Mondays are far too dreary, don’t you agree? We could all use a little inspiration, a little pick me up, a little kick in the tushies to get our week started right. So I am instituting “Mm … Read More