by AmartiaBellydance | Jun 25, 2019 | Greek
I’m going with an interesting twist this month. I think that this might be true for all music as it changes and evolves with the times but I see it happening with Greek music. Specifically being used in bellydance. Not only is is not happening with the old stuff...
by AmartiaBellydance | May 14, 2019 | Greek
In this week’s post, I wanted to address some stereotypes that I have heard about Greek Dance. Now these have come from audience members, those inquiring to hiring me, as well as other dancers. I’m going to go through the 5 most common and address them...
by AmartiaBellydance | May 8, 2019 | Greek
I’m sorry if the title seems misleading! I don’t think I could EVER encompass everything that you need to know about Greek dance but I can try to give you a beginner’s course. I’m hoping with this blog post to give you guys a crash course in a...
by AmartiaBellydance | May 1, 2019 | Greek
This particular topic is something that has been bothering me for quite some time. I am noticing that Greek style dance- bellydance or folkloric- isn’t recognized as it’s own form. It gets lumped along with Turkish style. Granted the Ottoman Empire did...
by AmartiaBellydance | Apr 24, 2019 | Greek
I was born in the USA but my family (and my heart) is from Greece. I had to go to Greek school so yes, my life has some My Big Fat Greek Wedding elements to it. Because of my time in Greek school, I am able to read and write Greek. Maybe not as well as I would like as...
by AmartiaBellydance | Apr 3, 2019 | Greek
Greek Phonetics Translation Είναι άδικο και κρίμα να με κάνεις να υποφέρω να σε διώξω απ’ το μυαλό μου πάλι δε θα καταφέρω Είναι άδικο και κρίμα σ’ έναν άντρα που αγαπάει να οδηγείς την μηχανή του ως τα κόκκινα να πάει Ένα μαγαζί απόψε θα σηκώσω στον αέρα για...
