Why Belly Dance is Not a Folk Dance
I’ve been pretty quiet over here in blog land for various reasons. I’ve been teaching Dance Appreciation college course (sometimes 100+ students), my Mills College
Belly Dance and Fitness in the Pacific Northwest
I’ve been pretty quiet over here in blog land for various reasons. I’ve been teaching Dance Appreciation college course (sometimes 100+ students), my Mills College
Dear Karen, I have heard you say over and over again that you want to keep politics out of dance. That you’re upset that dancers
In my previous posts about the Arabic language, I’ve some of the basics of its history, grammar, and letters, as well as why there are
Is it “Enta Omri” or “Inta Omri”? “Habibi” or “Habiby”? “Baladi,” “Balady,” “Beledi,” “Beledy,” or “Belady,” or “Beladi”? What about “Laylat Hob”? Or is it
Is It Actually Fusion? More than 10 years ago, when I was experimenting with what I now like to call “interpretive” belly dance (i.e., “fusion”)
Most of my readers know that to be a thoughtful and mindful belly dancer that they must understand the songs to which they’re dancing. And
Belly dance is not the world’s oldest dance. There. I said it. I’m glad I got that off my chest. Seriously, though. It’s time we
Last night, a video of newly sworn-in Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) surfaced from her college days, in which she and some friends imitate the dancing
I’m short. 5’1” and some change. Being short is my reality, and so, I think about it a lot. And, because I’m a dancer, I
What a headline, right? Class numbers are dwindling. Festivals are disappearing. Bellydance Superstars is long gone. And who even watches an actual instructional DVD anymore?