Imagery is a great tool for dancers! Imagery helps improve technique because it gives mental cues for proper alignment, balance, and...

Generally speaking, chakras are energy points in your body. Like with every element of our physical bodies, our chakras benefit from us...

As dancers, our feet take a lot. To help them recover after a dance class, include a short foot massage in your cool-down routine. One...

In Belly Dance we often hear about the importance of grounding, in order to build a strong, beautiful posture. Teachers might tell you –...

The eyes convey emotion, help the audience understand your dance and guide your audience’s gaze to what you want them to see. By engaging...

It’s as simple as that! Imagine that your hips have ink and make scribbles in the air. The idea is to move your hips freely and in all...

When you practice - or teach - a dance movement, take into consideration that a movement is constituted by 3 aspects: its FORM, its...

Why is this dance style called “Belly” Dance? Generally speaking Western countries have always had a fetish for legs. This fact can be...

Once a student masters the bellydance movement known as the "circle" the next step is to learn the movement known as the "spiral". The...

Imagine that your belly is a balloon. This balloon starts at your pelvic floor and goes all the way to your diaphragm. Every time that...

1 – As protagonists of the dance or dance phrase. This is when you perform a specific arm movement such as the “snake”. 2 – To frame...

To draw a perfect circle with your hips have these in mind (and in your body): - The circle is a closed shape, this means that the...

Feedback is an invaluable component of the teaching and learning process. Most of the time we think of feedback as being a verbal comment...

Imagery has always been a great tool to perfect dance technique. I remember studying the belly dance movement called “maya” and imagining...

The Doric Gesture is the name given by the Terpsichore - Ancient Greek Dance Company to describe the gesture where all five fingers are...

Through the years I have heard many things about Belly Dance. Here is a list of phrases that I have noted on my notebook: “It is the...

Good posture is more than standing up straight in order to look your best. It goes beyond concepts like alignment, natural curvature or...