A simple way to experience more safety in tango
How can you experience more safety in tango? How can you feel safer when being in the embrace of someone you don’t know?
What does “Baladi” mean?
“Baladi” is a term used widely within the international belly dance community, but also within Egypt. It’s a word that can describe a person, a dance, a musical style, food, and so much more! So it can get a little confusing when trying to understand what exactly baladi is. In this blog post, I’ll touch on the multiple meanings of baladi, along with baladi dance stylisation and musical progressions. I’ll be discussing: The idealised archetype of a baladi person in Egypt;
What we tend to mean when we’re talking about baladi stylised dance;
What a baladi solo or baladi progression is.
How to Structure your Warm Ups for Belly Dance: The RAMP Protocol
Want to learn more about Warm Ups for belly dance? Join Siobhan Camille for her online workshop in July 2022: What’s in a Warm Up? I think by now, most of us are thoroughly convinced of the benefits of warming up for dance – or at least, we like doing it! When we surveyed 109 […]
The Magic of Misty in “Bunheads”
Misty Copeland’s introduction to ballet comes to life in an autobiographical story for young readers. With illustrations by Setor Fiadzigbey depict the joy of motion, the book makes a great gift!
The Magic of Misty in “Bunheads”
Click image for publisher’s website Misty Copeland’s 2014 debut picture book, “Firebird,” featured an adult Misty encouraging a young ballerina to soar the heights of the stage as she did. Gorgeously illustrated by the venerable Christopher Myers, the book told the story of a young dancer who lacked confidence and needed to hear the words […]