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
Really listen to how Carolena describes ATS. Hell Yes. “When you rehearse together with the common goal of cooperation, the steps and movements become so second-nature that you can really ‘see’ the other person…”
In my recent wanderings around the ATS dancer blogosphere, I came across the Pink Coin Belt Chronicles, which is a blog written by Yuska, a male *gasp*ATS dancer at FCBD studios. More than that, he just became the newest member … Read More
THE TRIBAL CODE * Written/Created by the lovely and talented ladies of FatChanceBellyDance: Commitment: Be there for your dance sisters. Whether it’s making sure your cues are strong or getting to a gig on time, we all need to depend … 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
Nancy Young posted a really articulate and well-considered response to Carolena’s message, and I wanted to share my favorite part of it: “By giving this gift, you have, it seems to me, officially acknowledged ATS, your baby, as a mature … Read More
I have been engaged in many discussions about the New/Old ATS announcement, on Tribe and on Facebook and in mails with friends, and even had a chat with Carolena today. I haven’t said too much about my thoughts on this … Read More
I am definitely seeing and hearing a lot of confusion and frustration and fear surrounding the old vs. new announcement made this week. And I completely understand the mix of emotions this is stirring up. BUT… Maybe (it’s worth trying … Read More
At about 5pm this evening, Carolena has officially expanded her definition of ATS. Here is the latter portion of her announcement this evening. I would love to hear what you think. “There is still some confusion about what is ATS … Read More
Gotta love it: “There are very few rules in Tribal Fusion, but in my humble opinion the one constant is that the dancer or group is versed in American Tribal Style as taught by Carolena Nericcio. Her stylistic approach to … Read More