This year, Bruce Springsteen was the keynote speaker at the Austin music festival, South by Southwest (SXSW), and delivered a great talk about the evolution of music in his lifetime. What really resonated with me was when he talked about … Read More
“I think that we get squeamish about using the term “American” because we are concerned with authenticity. I do believe that it’s important to study and respect the dances that came before us and label what we do appropriately. However, … Read More
I know quite a few dancers who are not on Facebook, where this was making the rounds a couple months back. Thought I would post it here for those who haven’t seen it. And dammit, it’s funny every time. And … Read More
On a discussion over in the comments section on this article on Gilded Serpent, there is some debate about whether Steampunk Bellydance is a legitimate genre of dance or not–the article asserts it is not, and some commenters argue the … 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
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
Expanding on the “Does Music Make the Dancer” post the other day, fellow dancer and student, Meissa, posted this on the Shira.net tribe earlier this year: “I have been told “you can bellydance to anything you want” more times than … Read More
From http://www.artadvice.com/advice/article30.php “No matter how original you think your work is, it has been done before. Originality does not define quality, quality defines quality. Regardless of whether or not your work is original, what makes art exceptional is the context … Read More
More blasts from the past today! After I found that old class outline, I also found a repository of some of my old articles from various publications. Below is an article I wrote for the now-defunct Caravan Trails quarterly newsletter … Read More