Exploring the Heart of Belly Dance
Facts, History, Terms, Myths - Now on YouTube
Playlists |
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| Exploring the Heart of Belly Dance | All the videos |
| Arabic Script | Introduction to recognizing Arabic caharcters |
| Belly Dance Classroom | Learning and Teaching Belly Dance |
| Belly Dance History | Some background on Belly Dance |
| Belly Dance Props | Canes, and candelabras, and more |
| Belly Dance Resources | Trustworthy and reliable sources for belly dance related information |
| Belly Dance Styles | Short descriptions of styles |
| Belly Dance Terminology | What a range of belly dance words mean |
| Myth Busters | Looking at the truth behind common belly dance myths |
| Tangential Topics | Useful background - but not belly dance |
| Teaching Tips | Ideas about teaching belly dance |
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| Pregnancy and Belly Dance | Considerations for pregnant dancers |
| Come to the Cabaret - What's in a name? | The history of the term "Cabaret" - and why you may decide not to use it for belly dance |
| Teaching Tips - Teaching Choreo 2 | Space and direction when teaching belly dance choreography |
| Teaching Tips - Teaching Choreo 1 | Considerations when teaching belly dance choreography |
| Teaching Tips - Drilling Combos 3 | Drilling combinations for belly dance - weight transitions, direction changes and music. |
| Teaching Tips - Drilling Combos 2 | Drilling combinations for belly dance - shape transitions. |
| Teaching Tips - Drilling Combos 1 | Introduction to drilling combinations for belly dance. |
| Effective Hamstring Stretches | Safe and effective hamstring stretches. |
| Teaching Tips - Improvisation Musicality 2 | Two more exercises to develop musicality. |
| Teaching Tips - Improvisation Musicality 1 | Two exercises to develop musicality. |
| Teaching Tips - Improvisation for performance | Adding structure and interest to improvisation. |
| Teaching Tips - Starting Improvisation | Why improvise and general principals. |
| Teaching Tips - Introduction to Improvisation | Why improvise and general principals. |
| Teaching Tips - Drilling Belly Dance Moves | After you teach them - drill them. |
| Teaching Tips - Moves 2 | Getting into how to teach moves |
| Teaching Tips - Moves 1 | Considerations for teaching belly dance vocab |
| The Belly Dancer as Conduit | Exploring the dancer as the music made visible |
| How to stretch | If you are going to stretch, what is the best way to do it? |
| Why should you stretch? | Some reasons for and against | Making a Khaleegi Thobe | How to make your own kghaleegy dress from 6m of fabric. |
| Warm-up Mistakes - What to Avoid | Some common mistakes people make warming-up. What to avoid in a warm-up. |
| Safe and Effective Warm-ups | What to do for a (belly dance) warm-up |
| Old Style Veil in NZ with Tanya | How belly dance hip belts have changed over the last few hundred years |
| Belly Dance Hip Belt Evolution | How belly dance hip belts have changed over the last few hundred years |
| Persian Dance with Aida | Aida Oryantal speaks about Persian dance |
| Book Review: Egyptian Belly in Transition | A book about the evolution of raqs sharqi (1890-1930) |
| Silk Fans with Setsuna | Some history of silk fans (aka "fan veils") |
| Introduced Belly Dance Props | Things added from outside in the last 100 odd years |
| Traditional Belly Dance Props | What has been used traditionally in countries of origin |
| Belly Dance Workshop Etiquette | What is a workshop and selecting a workshop |
| Your first workshop - part 3 | What happens in a workshop on the day |
| Your first workshop - part 2 | Belly Dance Workshop preparation |
| Your first workshop - part 1 | What is a workshop and selecting a workshop |
| Belly Dance shimmies - part 2 | Earthquakes, three quarters and shoulders |
| Belly Dance shimmies - part 1 | Some hip shimmies - and the reverb |
| Becoming a Belly Dance Teacher | What do you need to consider? |
| 10 Belly Dance Myths | After 12 months of videos, a quick summary of myths |
| Learning Belly Dance from Scratch - part 4 | Your first belly dance performance |
| Learning Belly Dance from Scratch - part 3 | Homework outside the class |
| Learning Belly Dance from Scratch - part 2 | Once you have a teacher - what else? Physical work. |
| Learning Belly Dance from Scratch - part 1 | How to select a belly dance teacher. |
| Raqs Sham`adan Part 2 - Belly Dancing with a Candelabra | Considerations when dancing with a candelabra. |
| Raqs Sham`adan Part 1 - Its History | A short history of dancing with a candelabra |
| Arabic Ba, Ta, Tha | How the form of the Arabic letters ba, ta, and tha change depending on where they are in the word | What is a "Mejence"? | Its purpose and typical form | Belly Dancers, Strippers, and Prostitutes (part 2) | Historical attitudes to belly dancers in the west | Belly Dancers, Strippers, and Prostitutes (part 1) | Attitudes to belly dancers in the Middle East |
| Counting (and Writing) 1-10 in Arabic | 1-10 in Arabic |
| Belly Dance Practice | Ideas about what to do when you practice belly dance |
| Belly Dance and Reda | More about the style and connections with belly dance |
| What is Reda Dance? | Quick history of the Reda's Troupe's beginnings |
| Arabic script - part 1 | Overview of writing Arabic script |
| Canes and Raqs `Asayah | Selecting a cane and basic moves |
| Raqs `Asayah - Cane Dance | What is raqs `asaya (aka raqs assaya)? |
| Egyptian Obsession - Ballet Russes to Art Deco* | 1900-1940 - Ballet Russes, Cleopatra wannabes, King Tut, Art Deco |
| Belly Dance "Hafla"* | What can you expect at a "hafla".. |
| Is Belly Dance from India?* | Examining the "from India" myth. |
| Basic Belly Dance Posture* | Tips on bellydance posture. |
| `Awalim and Ghawazi* | How the terms `awalim and ghawazi (ghawazee) have changed over time. |
| What's Khaleegi dance? | What the term "khaleegi" means and some characteristics of khaleegi dance |
| World Fairs and Middle Eastern Dance | Examples of MED (including "belly dance") in the early World Fairs |
| Walk like an Egyptian | The origins of pharaonic dance and its (non) relationship to belly dance |
| The belly in belly dance | Do you need to bare your belly? What movements, if any, use the belly. |
| Belly terminology | Belly versus abs and stomach. Plus "skeletal" versus "muscular" movement generation |
| Sha`bi and the Belly Dancer | What sha`bi means and its links with belly dance and Egyptian music. |
| 7 Top Reliable Belly Dance Sources | A quick revision of the 7 top sources for reliable and trustworthy information on belly dance. |
| What's a "reliable" or "trustworthy" source? | Looking at how to decide if a source is reliable. |
| Taqsim - what is it? | What a taqsim is and how it is used in belly dance. |
| Belly Dance and Older Women | Dancing as an older woman: advantages, disadvantages, adaptions, and considerations |
| Mata Hari was a Belly Dancer? | A short history of Mata Hari |
| Millayah Laf Tableau - Dos and Don'ts | Creating your own milaya lef tableau |
| Millayah Laf - what is it? | Short history of the milaya lef and dance |
| 7 Reliable Documentaries for Belly Dancers | Some docomentaries that are educational, factual, and interesting. |
| Where is the "Middle East" exactly? | Exploring the range of the term in time and space. |
| What's Sa`idi? | A quick overview of sa`idi" dance - where it is from, some characteristic movements, and costuming. |
| By Women for Women - Really? | Does the 1970s mantra that belly dance is "by women, for women" actually stack up? |
| Beledi, Baladi or Balady? | Is there a accepted transliteration? Should it be "beledi" or "baladi" - or even "balady"? And why? |
| Urban Beledi Styles | A brief overview of the characteristics of raqs beledi (sometimes referred to as "Urban Beledi") - movement vocabulary, music and costume. |
| What's Beledi? | Looking at what the word means and an overview of the style |
| Salomé and the "Dance of the 7 Veils" | Another one in teh Myth Busting series - about the first time the Dance of the Seven Veils was performed |
| 7 ways a Belly Dancer moves | An introduction to seven underlying movement types that form the Belly Dance movement vocabulary. |
| Danse du Ventre - and other names for Belly Dance | "Danse du ventre" is one of the earliest names Europeans gave "Belly dance". This explores where it came from and pulls in 19 other names for our dance. |
| 4 Reliable Belly Dance books | reliable and accessible books worth buying to extend your belly dance knowledge |
| "Raqs" or "Raks"? | Why one way of spelling the Arabic word for "dance" is better than the other. |
| Did Little Egypt bring Belly Dance to the West? | an often repeated myth on the internet. Here's the facts about Little Egypt. |
| 5 Reliable Online Sources for Belly Dance Information | a start if you want to do some of your own research for free - at home. |
| Is "Belly Dance" the same as "Middle Eastern Dance"? | particularly relevant with the MEDANZ Festival this month. |
| What's "Oriental Dance" (in the belly dance world)? | as with the video on raqs sharqi, a term you should be familiar with. |
| Where did the term "Belly Dance" come from? | not where the dance comes from - just the term |
| Is the term "Belly Dance" the same as "Raqs Sharqi"? | if you have never heard of the term "raqs sharqi" this is a must read; if you use it normally rather than "belly dance" this may give you pause. |
| 7 Optional Elements of Belly Dance | Every belly dance performance should include most of these elements |
| 4 Cardinal Characteristics of Belly Dance | What every belly dance performance should include |
| Exploring the Heart of Belly Dance | An introduction to me and the channel's aims. |
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