Belly Dance and Fitness in the Pacific Northwest
Belly dance is, at its core, a dance of the pelvis and torso. (Did you catch my pun?) This means that while we’re focusing on
Belly dancers… we have a Facebook problem. No, I don’t mean social media addiction. Or the latest drama in a certain belly dance-related group. I
These things I know to be true: Belly dance is performative. Belly dance is social. Belly dance moves in a space between performative and social.
Belly dance is, at its heart, a solo, improvised dance form. Of course, in the past few decades, professional dancers have been choreographing their shows
Lately I’ve been seeing quite a few dancers using Jamila Format language and names to describe movements that aren’t… well, they aren’t the original steps
You’ve probably encountered this argument: Improvisation is far superior to choreography! Or this one: Only serious dancers choreograph! In addition to the arguments in online belly
If you’ve been involved in belly dance for even a few months, you’ve heard the arguments about style and stylization. The first divide being between
I slept in that day. It was already 10am when I woke up and got myself together to meet a friend for brunch, at PJ’s
The Dilemma of Dance Standardization In 1997, Shareen El Safy embarked on treading the treacherous waters of examining effort to standardize belly dance language in
What does depression look like? It looks like me. Those of you who read this blog or come to my classes and workshops might see
