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
Most every teacher I know has run into this question in one form or another from new students–some of us hear it many times a year. “I saw ‘The World Famous Debbie Dancer’ on YouTube. Can you teach me to … Read More
Dear readers, I am curious what your thoughts are on this summation of ATS, ITS, and fusion.http://www.4dancers.org/tag/bal-anat/
Once upon a time there was a character named Jack Skellington. Jack was very very good at Halloween. Everyone looked to him for leadership because he was so good at it. As time went on, Jack became bored of Halloween. … Read More
I was musing to my husband recently about musical choices, and how our troupe went from a good mix of folkloric and funky, to straight up funky, and is now trying to bring back in some of that folkloric. I … Read More
I was linked up to this via Facebook–a video clip that was taken of Amy Sigil chatting up some more traditional bellydancers and folk dancers at a show in Toronto. The video and my thoughts after the jump: My thoughts:I … Read More
I wasn’t even at Tribal Fest this year, but its reach is far… My first reports came from close friends who had attended. And I noted something key in all their reports. They very offhandedly reported “Oh you know…Our Favorite … Read More
So part of why I dug up my older kudos-post to Asharah is because she continually asks the tough questions, and gives some thought-provoking and worthy answers. Her most recent post about “Vintage Fusion Bellydance” is again right on the … Read More
Can someone Re-LiveJounral, like we ReTweet? And can we RLJ ourselves? I am building up some content over here on Blogger, and thought I would grab some recent posts from my LiveJournal that might be of interest here, where I … Read More