http://malabhargava.com Belly dance, fitness, and whatever else I extremely like or don't Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:16:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We typically don’t think of arm and hand moves as layering, but when you think of it, that’s precisely what it is. You have to do your intricate repertoire of belly dance moves and do something creative and beautiful with your hands and arms at the same time. That’s the ... http://malabhargava.com/dance-diary/aziza-hands-arms-and-poses.html The series Hard Candy joined its sister videos, Luscious and Love Potion, in my collection, a couple of weeks ago. I love so many things about this series as a whole! First, a thorough welcome or preview tells you exactly what the instruction contains and will do for you. No false promises. ... http://malabhargava.com/reviews/hard-candy.html I’m sure most of us are ready to believe that the dog is man’s best friend. But did we know that they actually seem to understand us even better than our closest relatives (no, not those ones) the chimpanzee? Oh yes, they do. And we understand them right back. Studies of ... http://malabhargava.com/general/the-secret-life-of-the-dog.html In this brilliant one-and-a-half-hour show, BBC host Robert Winston examines common sleep problems. To help him, there are six volunteers and various sleep experts and health professionals. Although the show is Britain-focused, the advice and tips apply to anyone anywhere who has sleep problems. BBC has a bunch of documentaries about ... http://malabhargava.com/movies-and-documentaries/how-to-sleep-better.html “If only I could say, it's over, you only die once…”. The words of 14-year-old Rutka Laskier living in Bedzin, Poland as the Nazi noose became tighter and tighter around her family and the Jewish people. If all were well with this world, this beautiful child should have been worrying her head ... http://malabhargava.com/movies-and-documentaries/the-secret-diary-of-the-holocaust.html The Luscious and Love Potion experience continues through one more delicious bellydance feast, Hard Candy. The preview explains it all in detail, as always. "Two candies in one wrapper", Neon calls it. Fitness and bellydance. The music is particularly lovely and sounds quite inseparable from the dancing. I totally look ... http://malabhargava.com/dance-diary/eagerly-awaited-hard-candy.html I'm thinking back to when Combino-graphy was first announced, long ago. Without meaning to, I formed a set of expectations about what it should contain. What I wanted to see was instruction and ideas on how to take combinations and come up with my own variations on them - choreographing ... http://malabhargava.com/reviews/combino-graphy-review-and-comparison-with-improvisatin-toolkit.html It's been almost a year since this video was released. In my mind, it will always be the very first instructional to focus exclusively on improvisation. When she announced its release, dancer and teacher Nadira Jamal said she thought this was the "year of improvisation". She was probably right because ... http://malabhargava.com/reviews/improvisation-toolkit-2.html Thanks to Joy for this new DVD alert. I have this piece of music! It's an interesting piece and I think at one time it was a free download from Amazon. What do you guys think: does it look promising? http://malabhargava.com/dance-diary/a-tribal-choreography.html World Dance New York's first salsa video arrived as a reminder of such how much I always will love this spicy, saucy dance. I haven't danced salsa in a long while but seeing the three attractive dancers in their flirty dresses doing these once-familiar steps made me pull out my ... http://malabhargava.com/reviews/1295.html