by AmartiaBellydance | May 16, 2018 | Tools and Tips
Picture this, you arrive at your gig. You start unpacking your gig bag to get your costume on and get into dance mode. At this moment you discover that your veil is a wrinkled mess, the edge of your skirt is fraying and it looks like your padding came out. What do you...
by AmartiaBellydance | Apr 18, 2018 | Tools and Tips
Once again, I truly had no idea when I posted this question to social media, the literal firestorm of responses that would ensue. Part 1 was very informative and here is part 2. If you want to check out the whole thread, just find me on Facebook. So here goes, the...
by AmartiaBellydance | Apr 11, 2018 | Tools and Tips
I had no idea when I posted this question to social media, the literal firestorm of responses that would ensue. I had a list of my own of some of the bad advice I have received or heard over the years but what I saw in the responses took things to a whole other level....
by AmartiaBellydance | Mar 21, 2018 | Tools and Tips
That’s right I am tackling all kinds of tough questions this month! I have been asked this question quite a few times by prospective students and what better place to put the answer than here on my blog? One of the many questions I get is, is there an ideal body...
by AmartiaBellydance | Mar 14, 2018 | Tools and Tips
To those of us who are already deep in the bellydance world, how to find a bellydance class may seem like a non-issue. What do you mean you can’t find out? But we sometimes forget that there are others who are not quite an entrenched in the world as we are. So...
by AmartiaBellydance | Mar 7, 2018 | Tools and Tips
The question of bellydance and whether or not it can gift you with a flat stomach is one that teachers like me have been asked since we started. The goal of many women is to have a flat stomach and coming across something like bellydance where belly is in the name...