A few days ago, my cousin and her family moved out of the Taj hotel and into their home. If they hadn’t, they’d have been in a burning room in the Heritage wing. What has happend with the beautiful Taj hotel of Mumbai has turned the city from a “city of dreams” to a city [...]
I just finished collapsing after an hour of the first flow, which I did end to end today. Moves are definitely improving. So is speed and sharpness.
You can take a “baby” move like 3 hip circles traveling and one in place totally for granted. But do you stop the final circle abruptly? I didn’t before [...]
Because I’d said so here, I ended up making sure I stuck to the plan and did in fact finish up learning Flow 1 from this video. It was quite tiring. I’d liken it to say, Shape Up ‘n Hip Out’s Rhythm Hips section in terms of pace. Also Neon’s own Belly Dance Party. But [...]
I worked with the first flow from Bellydance Rhythms. It was quite fun!
The format really lets you do a lot with this. It’s definitely a workout because I had to turn the fan on (It’s officially winter here) and I didn’t do as much of the routine as I wanted to. Of course I [...]
Come to think of it, there are many instructional videos in this sub genre. There’s The Heartbeat of Belly Dance from the same producers, World Dance New York, there’s Sonia and Issam’s Art of the Drum Solo, the rhythms video by Saida with Mario Kirlis, and probably a few more I haven’t encountered. Each [...]
My bestest friend in the world, who knows exactly what I like, got me a bottle of Dooley’s toffee liqueur. Oh my god. It is lovely! Silky and milky — the only way I’d ever accept milk. It’s very much like Baileys except that the taste of toffee rolls over your tongue. It’s got a [...]
Well, I don’t know of too many DVDs where belly work is broken down. Sure, many dancers (Sadie, Princess Farhana, Delilah and others) put in some pointers on stomach work. But remember Johanna ‘Xenobia’ Krynytzky? The one who had all those folkloric steps on ExpertVillage? Well, she has a series out on belly work. She [...]
Blanca’s visit here is nearly over. I miss her already. She so turns out to be what I imagined. Fun to be with, beautiful, spontaneous and wholehearted in her enjoyment of things, sensitive, sweet - and a powerful dancer even when not doing a whole performance. Even when she’s showing me a move or [...]
Look at her go! That pretty Christabel Zamor with her wonderful figure! She looks so sexy and joyous with that hoop!
Hooping looks so much fun and so liberating! Christabel says 80 year old women have been able to do it. Oh well. So anyway, I got myself two hoops and tried it out. I couldn’t [...]
Even as someone learning to belly dance, I was never prepared for the level of detail Ava Fleming goes into on this instructional video. Take the posture section, for instance. She spends a whole ten minutes explaining every bit of the posture you should be in. she gives you reasons, shows you errors, and [...]