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Holiday Belly Dancer Gift Giving Guide
'Tis the season to start thinking about holiday gifts and what better way to help you out than with a gift guide! I'm here to help you navigate the waters of belly dance gear and music to help you choose a gift for that friend, relative or significant other than...
Do Greeks Celebrate Thanksgiving?
Do Greeks Celebrate Thanksgiving? You bet we do! I can't speak for all Greek families in the United States but in Maryland, yes we do. I typically joke that we would never pass up an opportunity to be with family and of course, to EAT! Let me give you a...
What Bellydance Costume Color is Best- Part 2.
Now that you've had a week to mull over the bellydance costume color theory from Part 1, I'm going to make it even more complicated! ( Once again, all photos are from http://www.tigercolor.com/.) So, now that you know all of your colors and you've decided which ones...
What Bellydance Costume Color Is Best- Part 1. Color Theory
I get this particular question quite a bit at my bellydance costume lectures. How do you figure out what color works best? How do you keep from choosing your favorite colors (Purple and Blue for me!) over and over again? The right color bellydance costume can make you...
A Labor of Love
Learning early on in my scientific research career what a cruel, unfair thing cancer can be has made me compassionate to continue my work with breast cancer. It is a disease that knows no race, color, gender and it is devastating. My research has included work with...
Why Don’t You Take all the Baltimore Belly Dance Workshops?
I've often been asked or look at funny for not taking loads of workshops when I am at an event. If I am performing at an event then I usually do take at least one or two. The reason I don't load up is because I want to be able to move! And because sometimes it's...
Halloween Belly Dance Costume Requests
It's that time of year again, when everyone is deciding on what to be for Halloween. And invariably, these belly dance costume requests pop up: "You have loads of costumes, can I borrow one for Halloween?" "Can I rent one of your costumes for the night?" "Do you have...
The Stigma of Being a Belly Dancer
This topic has been weighing on me a bit lately as I have been asked quite a few times thing like: "Is your family excited that you belly dance?" Follow up with: "They must love that you are continuing the culture." Well, to be completely forthcoming, it has taken...
Confrontation and Belly Dance
Confrontation and Belly Dance. We all dislike it. And when it comes to dealing with it in our art form, We like it even less. This dislike is the precise reason why some dancers have business managers, scheduling dancers, and the like. They handle all of these types...
If You Lose Something- Bake a Greek Cake!
Now this may seem a little bit crazy, what does baking a cake have anything to do with losing anything? Well, let me tell you the full story. The Cake is Fanaropita that is named after Saint Fanourios. The cake is made so that the Saint may help someone find something...