To celebrate the 5-year anniversary of the Iana Dance Club, I am hosting a FREE Zoom workshop to help you get ready for a kick-ass 2025 dance year!
Practicing in front of a mirror is good, but seeing yourself on video helps identifying mistakes and weaknesses way better. But for some of you it may be too intimidating: how to do it properly? what equipment to use? I don't think it's for me because I'm not good with technologies...
Read MoreHow to be more accountable and stop finding excuses of being too busy, or too tired, or simply postponing your dance practice for later?
Read MoreIn our current lifestyle experiment every 1 to 3 months we switch an apartment, city and sometimes even country. How do we choose which country to travel next?
Read MoreI 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 MoreDoes belly dance have anything to do with worshipping ancient goddesses? If so, isn’t it against religion, since those ones were pagans gods?…
Read MoreI am in love with belly dance! Wanna know why? Here are ten different reasons why I think you should start belly dancing too!
Read MoreIn this article I’m going to explain in simple, non-technical words, how I understand the concept of time signature from a dance point of view, and why it is important to know at all.
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The first time in a belly dance class often feels clumsy and weird. All movements are strange, not to mention that you most likely look funny in the mirror reflection! Great beginning for an article about self-confidence, isn’t it? Lol. Stay with me. Because just a couple classes afterwards…
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 MoreI often hear complaints from belly dancers that no makeup artist can make them look nice. Do you have the same problem?
Read MoreHere are some tips and strategies on how to make sure that get ready as best as you can to perform with a group, and that the chances that you would forget something are minimal.
Read MoreIt’s about time to go perform on stage, but your legs are shaking, your mind is blank, and your body feels nausea… How to deal with this pre-show nervousness?
Read MoreEven a year ago if we talked about travelling around as a dance teacher, you probably would think about the international dance scene of festivals and workshops. But that's not what I'd like to highlight today.
Read MoreDo you wonder what price to say when someone enquires about your belly dance performance? Discover my basic pricing formula in this article.
Read MoreAs belly dancers, we should not only know how to do shimmies, but also to understand the culture and history of the dance.
Read MoreDance lifestyle is not only training at the dance studio. It also includes social media, business logistics and creating repertoire… Here are 5 apps that make my belly dance life easier.
Read MoreTricks and suggestions on how to approach the dance creation task, and not to be frustrated with creative blocks or dissatisfaction of the work-in-progress.
Read MoreDid I nail this look with an epic necklace from Shop Casa Chic?! What do you think? Honestly it was quite an unexpected…
Read MoreOn our way back from Europe to Canada we had a chance to spend one afternoon in Berlin, and Pergamon Museum was a must-visit place! Why? Here are some…
Read MoreDo you want to know one of my secret beauty products? My current love for skin care products is definitely…
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