Ideas, hints and tips on improving your dance from practice to performance.
One of the most glamorous, sparkly, and shimmy enhancing costuming elements is Egyptian beaded fringe. This sparkly design element is composed of glass rocaille or seed beads suspended on a thick thread from a top rope. The strands are closely…
There are many strategies for designing belly dance costume bra and belt sets. One design approach I use often I like to call the “Line and Cluster.” In this technique, I begin with a flexible, but linear design element, such…
Hello Gang! Last fall, the team I worked with to produce our epic book, “Becoming a Belly Dancer: From Student to Stage,” hosted a super-successful Kickstarter campaign to help us take the project from the document stage to the finished…
he In the last post, I stepped through the construction of the structural parts of a belly dance bedlah set that I’ve entitled “Lavender Garden.” (If you arrived here first, you might want to check out Part 1, Part 2,…
Hello Gang! This is the second installment on the design and construction process for a classic two piece bedlah sets with matching skirts and a dress. In part 1, I showed you my digital mood board, initial rough sketch, and…