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.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
The Chinese film My Mother Is A Belly Dancer never got a lot of attention among U.S. bellydancers because it was never widely available here. That’s a pity,…