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PTSD: What A Belly Dance Teacher Should Know
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PTSD: What A Belly Dance Teacher Should Know

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The Final Touch: Using your head and neck in belly dance
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The Final Touch: Using your head and neck in belly dance

September 24, 2017 3 Comments
Website 101: How to Have a Fierce Dancer Site for Under $10 a Month
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How to Make a Fishnet Belly Dance Bodystocking
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Belly Dance Styles

Learn Bellydance Styles: Egyptian Baladi

By Lauren January 15, 2018

What does Baladi mean?

Baladi dance (aida nour)

If you’re studying Egyptian-style dance, the word Baladi comes up a lot. But what does it mean?

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8 Steps to Create a Belly Dance Choreography

By Lauren January 11, 2018

Over the years, I’ve helped a lot of my students create their first belly dance choreography. This is the method that’s worked for them.

Learn Bellydance Styles: Iraqi Kawleeya Dances

By Lauren January 5, 2018

Bellydance Styles: Iraqi Kawleeya Dance What is Iraqi Kawleeya (Kawleya, Kawliya, Qawliya) dance? How is it different from the Khaleegy styles bellydancers have  done in the past? Why…

The Final Touch: Using your head and neck in belly dance

By Lauren September 24, 2017

What can Aziza and a chicken teach you that will take your dancing to the next level?

Learn Bellydance Styles: Saidi and Raqs Assaya

By Lauren August 5, 2017

One Page Master Class: Egyptian Saidi and Raks Assaya

Learn Belly Dance Styles: Khaleegy

By Lauren August 5, 2017

Gulf Dancing: All about Khaleegy

Is Your Teacher Toxic?

By Lauren January 10, 2017

Toxic people exist in every walk of life, but the bellydance world seems to have more than its fair share. When the topic arises, online discussion groups light…

What’s Wrong With Using The Word “Gypsy?”

By Kristin Raeesi March 29, 2016

As a baby belly dancer, I came across the word “Gypsy” all the time. It’s often used to mean free-spirited, bohemian, or untethered. Don’t want to research and…

6 Tips for Fluid Arms and Hands from Rosa Noreen

By Lauren March 20, 2016

Rosa Noreen has to-die-for arms and hands. They float through the space around her with heartbreaking grace and fluidity, adding an ethereal quality to her movement and helping her…

Share your Bhuz memories here

By Lauren March 11, 2016

Bhuz is gone. After years of declining participation, the site’s official Facebook page made this announcement today (on Facebook, which is rather ironic). Regarding the Bhuz forums: After…

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