Anyone who knows anything about bellydance is aware of the deep impact the Salimpour family has had on bellydance in the United States, and around the world. Suhaila took the work her mother did, and combined with her training in … Read More
In American Tribal Style Bellydance, we use the term “flock of birds” to describe the phenomenon that we follow one another without a set plan or timing. We are so closely cued in to one another’s movements that whoever the … Read More
Shea Brock is a hooper extraordinaire, and wrote a great blog post about “The Five P’s of Hooping”. Everything about it could be easily translated into bellydance. (Note: I take exception to the “Pass It On”, only inasmuch as I … Read More
Mahin has an excellent article on the physical processes which are engaged when we first learn to shimmy, which of course applies to learning any new moves. “The Engine That Stalls Remember back to your early days, instructors! New students, … Read More
One of my lovely longtime dance sisters and students, Kathy, sent me this in an e-mail recently, rightfully guessing I would enjoy its contents. In the bellydance world, being still truly a non-mainstream art (BDSS does not automatically bring all … Read More
A newer student to my classroom, the beautiful Sukie Baxter, is a Rolfer and bloggess extraordinaire. She wrote a blog post about back and neck pain and simple ways to relieve the aches and pains, and improve our daily posture. … Read More
On Tribe, a fellow dancer shared a wonderful link to spark a discussion about how you learn and/or teach musicality in bellydance. It ties into yet another Tribe discussion on the Tribal Bellydance tribe where a fellow member asked about … Read More
Today I stumbled across a tribal discussion on Bhuz from back in June which I missed (I was on vacation for my anniversary around that time), in which my co-director Renee was making some observations about tribal bellydance in the … Read More