by Amartia Belly Dancer | Nov 10, 2013 | Tools and Tips
There has been a lot of talk on the Blogs, Facebook, and Twitter recently about what not to do when belly dancing. What is considered acceptable and what is not? For most of us, these are things that we learned from our very first instructor or perhaps from other...
by Amartia Belly Dancer | Nov 4, 2013 | Tools and Tips
So far, I’ve lived in 4 countries, have had the wonderful opportunity to teach & perform across 3 continents and the honor of meeting & sharing the stage with fantastic dancers at all sorts of belly dance events around the world. It’s fascinating to see how...
by Amartia Belly Dancer | Oct 27, 2013 | Tools and Tips
Isn’t Bellydancing just like Stripping? The simple answer, NO! I cannot stress it enough. Unfortunately, bellydance being associated with stripping is a misconception that bellydancers have to deal with a lot. Stripping is its own form of entertainment. It has...
by Amartia Belly Dancer | Oct 13, 2013 | Tools and Tips
A question that comes up for me a lot is: Why do you compete? Is there any advice that you would give competitors or dancers thinking of competing? The reasons why are personal to each dancer but I can give my perspective and some of how I go about preparing for it....
by Amartia Belly Dancer | Oct 6, 2013 | Gig stories, Tools and Tips
I have been asked by many dancers recently, how you go about approaching a restaurant to belly dance there? This has happen so much recently that I have put a mentoring program in place. While this has been discussed in great detail in numerous bellydance forums I...
by Amartia Belly Dancer | Aug 24, 2013 | Tools and Tips
Tipping is an act that can be controversial and to allow it or not is a question that many belly dancers face, including Bellydance by Amartia. It is a personal choice that each dancer has to make on their own as to whether or not they will allow body tipping. First,...
