Belly Dance and Fitness in the Pacific Northwest
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
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
I write a lot about essential knowledge for belly dancers, but what about the practical items? All the book smarts about belly dance history aren’t
If you’ve been belly dancing for a while, someone has probably asked you: What style do you do? We’re so tempted and even pressured into
The Salimpour School has been around a long time. Since 1949, in fact. And in that time we’ve created a lot of history, trained a
Many of you have asked, “How can I learn choreography faster?” Believe me, I’ve had my own struggles with learning sequencing, movement details, and full
Today’s post is brought to you by Angelique Hanesworth, dance instructor and photographer based in New York State. Originally posted to her Facebook page, I
What does it mean to foster a mindful dance practice? Mindfulness Is Good For You Being mindful, according to experts in the field, is the
Greetings, dear readers! Please enjoy this GUEST POST by Parya, fellow instructor at the Salimpour School of Dance and member of the Suhaila Dance Company.
On my last post about feet, one of the comments was about Morton’s Toe. Morton’s Toe, also known as Morton’s Foot—named after one Dudley Joy
