Category Belly Dance

Ideas, hints and tips on improving your dance from practice to performance.

Yearly Business Review: Costume Design in Studio Davina

This year I re-opened my costume shop for business. My aim was to build-up a nest-egg to fund the purchase of materials and supplies for my next big book project.  So I planned to make a costume each month during…

Basinah – Cover Girl

Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending an entire day hanging out with my friends, fans, and dance colleagues at the Fabulous Fall Festival at the Hillview Community Center in Los Altos, CA, hosted by the club, BABDAMA.  My co-authors…

Event Survival Bag

This coming weekend on Saturday, I will be attending a local event that I had the pleasure of launching many years ago, The Fall Festival hosted by Babdama. This year, I’ll be there vending with my portable book-store.  I’m especially…

Getting your Performance videos onto YouTube

One of the most frustrating features social media today is being unable to share your belly dance performance videos!  With global copyright protections in play, it can make a dancer feel like a third class citizen behind musicians.  As dancers,…

What is the Belly Dance Bundle & Zill Contest?

Hello Gang, I just heard about a “thing” that is happening here on the web in October, the release of “The Bellydance Bundle.”  You may have seen the ads on social media, in emails from your favorite dancers, and you…