I constantly receive questions about what kind of portfolio a belly dancer needs in order to start working at local gigs, so I've decided to put here a checklist of essential portfolio components that I used in my daily dance work.
Read MoreToday Scheherazade is such a common title for various belly dance productions, as well as popular stage name among dancers. But have you heard about the revolutionary early 20th-centure ballet called Schéhérazade? And does it have anything to do with belly dance or the Middle East at all?
Read MoreAs belly dancers, we should not only know how to do shimmies, but also to understand the culture and history of the dance.
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