Bellydance.com Blog
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Welcome to Bellydance.com's blog where we share our love for belly dance with you and write about all things belly dance. Our blog will feature articles written by our team as well as articles from experts in the belly dance world. Our blog will include articles on costuming, trends, techniques, tips, and much more.
Bellydance.com Blog
3y ago
The following 8 stretches are extremely valuable for any belly dancer, and can be incorporated into your stretching routine. Best results will come if you use them at least three times a week in conjunction with your other exercises and drills ..read more
Bellydance.com Blog
3y ago
It’s important to me that I feel the same sense of freedom as I costume myself for Bellydance as I do when I choose my movements for Bellydance. As an improvisational fusion artist, I draw my inspiration for Bellydance movement from deep within an intuitive part of my being. Why not draw my costuming creativity from the same wellspring ..read more
Bellydance.com Blog
3y ago
There’s nothing that says “belly dance” more than finger cymbals! They are something that’s traditional and unique to our art form. Though finger cymbals, also known as zills, aren’t required, if you can really rock out on them, they add a lot to a performance ..read more
Bellydance.com Blog
3y ago
So you’ve been taking classes religiously and are about to perform for the very first time…or maybe you’ve already been dancing with a troupe but are about to start a regular gig. Either way, wearing a choli top and street skirt with a hip scarf just won’t do…so you need to get a new belly dance costume… stat ..read more
Bellydance.com Blog
3y ago
Get a brief introduction to 5 styles of belly dance costumes by an expert. The styles of belly dance costuming covered are Cabaret, Egyptian, Fusion, Gypsy, Tribal/ATS (American Tribal Style ..read more
Bellydance.com Blog
3y ago
The extraordinary history of belly dance in the U.S. began in the 19th Century. Although there were dancers performing middle eastern stylings at the much smaller 1876 Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia, it was not until the 1893 Worlds Fair in Chicago that this genre gained national attention ..read more
Bellydance.com Blog
3y ago
A Brief History of the Belly Dance Costume It would be impossible for one blog post to encapsulate all the information there is to know about belly dance costume history. So instead, in this piece, I’m going to take a more conceptual approach and discuss how our modern belly dance costume, that classic three-piece bedlah ensemble came into being. ..read more
Bellydance.com Blog
3y ago
Can I Learn to Belly Dance Online? Sometimes taking that first step into a belly dance class can be the hardest. You don’t know if you’ll be able to keep up in class, find a time that works for your schedule or will you be able to discover ..read more