The Dancer’s Grapevine blog posted an excellent article in the past year which only just now slipped into my life. But it’s an excellent read and something we should all take to heart and think honestly about if and/or how … Read More
Music for Home Practice Finger Cymbals Skills n’ Drills – Coming Soon History of Tribal Bellydance
Jenn Lemaire Kasper posted a fantastic blog entry devoted to the idea of Respect in our dance community. Give it a read! “The Tribal Code: Respect I feel that respect can be divided into two levels. One sits at the … Read More
Love this hilarious “Troupe Games” post from Raqs.co.nz, in which you can answer a simple fashion mag-type quiz to see what your troupe style is like! Sample questions: ” You decide the troupe is going in a different direction from … Read More
This article made the rounds on Facebook back in January, but I waited to repost it here on Deep Roots Dance because I figured we could use a periodic reminder of the phenomenon that is rife in the artist community. … Read More
During a decompression meal after my FCBD ATS® Teacher Training intensive down in San Francisco in 2008, Sooz, Carla, Carrie, Quinn, and I were at a restaurant where they had paper on all the tables which you could jot on … Read More
Wendy Allen of FCBD wrote a fantastic article on what it takes to perform ATS. For anyone who wants to better understand the kind of consistency, patience, and commitment it takes, I have excerpted some of the best bits below: … Read More
In a previous post, we looked at The True Cost of a Performance. In this installment, we look at the incomparable Delilah Flynn’s question of: Q. “How many hours does it take you to do a belly dance gig?” Delilah’s … Read More
I wanted to share this interview/article from several years ago in which Paulette was interviewed by a local NW dancer, Oberon, on iShimmy.com There was always a fateful connection for me with Paulette…a reason why I was drawn to her, … Read More
On Shira’s tribe over on tribe.net (no, tribe isn’t dead!), she referenced an article on Gilded Serpent in which another dancer wrote with a fair amount of disdain about those who rally behind the idea of retaining historical and cultural … Read More