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How to Handle a Sticky Dance Situation- Situation 4
This is the last one in the series and thank you all for being so responsive and great. Now to recap, you can find 1,2, and 3 (just click the numbers). This situation is another one that is gig related. Specifically a bait and switch type of situation. You arrive at a...
How To Handle A Sticky Dance Situation- Situation 3
This post is Situation 3 of my series on helping dancer deal with those sticky dance situations that we've all faced at one time or another in our dance careers. For 1 and 2, click here and here. Situation 3: After having dancing for a few months, an owner decides...
How to Handle A Sticky Dance Situation- Situation 2
Here is the second post in my series on how to handle sticky dance situations. Situation 2: You are the scheduling dancer at a venue. The owner says he has a dancer he would like added to the schedule. You have never met or seen said dancer but it is the owner's...
How to Handle a Sticky Dance Situation- Situation 1
As professional bellydancers we have all been in these types of situations. I am going to write a couple of these in the next few weeks in an attempt to help other dancers handle these situations. Also, I hope that it will become an online resource when we hit google...
5 Things to Prepare You For Bellydance and Winter
Given that Baltimore is currently experiencing "Jonas" or snomagedon, snopocalypse, whatever you prefer to call it, I thought I'd write about belly dance and winter. So, how do belly dancers deal with unpredictable weather? Now, just because it's snowing doesn't mean...
LED Belly Dance Props- Fab trend or too much?
You've all seen them, LED props. Wings, canes, veils, capes, and even costumes. Why not just use a prop, use one that can glow or light up! So, before we get into the opinion part of this post, let's go into all the types: Wings: Veils: Fan Veils: Canes: DIY? I...
Why Bellydancers Could Benefit from Watching Bar Rescue
No, my blog is not suddenly sponsored by Spike TV. But how cool would that be? This article is about why business owners and belly dancers should watch Bar rescue. From my point of view, this show demonstrates not only to know what constitutes a good restaurant or...
Is Your Baltimore Belly Dance Gig Bag Sanitary?
This may seem like a very odd blog post title but it's something I had to think about recently. My trusted purple Amartia emblazoned rolling gig bag, bit the dust. It no longer zipped closed, pieces of plastic were coming off, there was a tear starting on one of the...
Why Should I Care About Greek Translation?
So, you're getting ready for a big show performance at a Greek event and you've found this incredible Greek song to dance to. You practice for weeks, you get it all together and the day comes for you to perform. You don't understand why people are shaking their heads,...
How To Take Your Baltimore Wedding to the Next Level
How DO you take your wedding to the next level? How do you make it seem like it's dripping with champagne and diamonds? Well here's how! There are two things that everyone comes away from a wedding reception talking about: the food and the entertainment. I can...