Continuing in our “Belly dance 101” series, we are going to take a look at all the major different styles of belly dance in this post. So how do you style your dance? The body can only move in so many different ways, so the different styles of belly dance comes through in how movements...
I’ve just finished another week of amazing training with Suhaila Salimpour from the Salimpour School of Belly Dance. The week elicited emotions from pure joy at finding freedom in dancing to the music, to frustration when my body wouldn’t operate the way I wanted it to and everything in between – hope, sadness, happiness and...
While some of you readers may be well versed in what Belly Dance is, I’m sure there’s a few who are a little confused, or are curious to learn a little more before you take the plunge on your first belly dance class. So without further ado, welcome to APB Dance Belly Dance 101! What...
Happy Chooseday! I was clicking through the Tedx talk archives the other day and came across an interesting talk given by a choreographer who showed how he works with dancers to build choreographies. He even built one using two dancers on stage during the talk! So I started to explore this concept myself. How many...
Did you know that there is more to learning dance than just learning how to move your body? On this Chooseday, we are going to look into how you can get more out of your dance by learning more about it. Every dance format has history. Our teachers learnt from someone, who likely learnt it...
Welcome back to Chooseday! If you are new to Chooseday you can catch up on the previous posts here (It’s ok we’ll wait while you catch up). Done? Great! This week I want to chat about the simplest practice you can do. It’s an amazing way to supplement (not replace) your normal practice as you...
Why do you belly dance? Why do you dance? Why do you perform? Why do you create art? 10 years ago, I was convinced to come with a friend to a belly dance class that was a short walk from my house. We danced a term of beginners together and then she moved to the...
My personal practices took a bit of a secondary position last week due to my eldest daughter’s 5th birthday. If you’ve ever had kids or known someone who has kids, then you’ll know what a major adventure and investment in time this is, especially for the kid! She wanted a superhero themed birthday party as...
In an ideal world, this post would be a short one that said You are worthwhile, deal with it. But we as humans are far more complex than that. We think. We analyse. We worry. We convince ourselves we are small, nothing, not noteworthy because we don’t have the amazing ideas that we hear others...
