Category Archives: Dance

All about dance! (Usually raqs sharqi, although there may be other forms that sneak in from time to time.)

Sometimes Things Get in the Way…

Sometimes Things Get in the Way…

And I don’t mean cats! (Although Millie’s often in the way these days… busy busy not-so-little-anymore thing! She always wants to help… usually with her claws.)

I try very hard, like a good blogger, to keep a backlog of “evergreen” blog posts on hand so y’all don’t miss me when things come up. Unfortunately, with my hiatus, and then my trip to Oregon, posts didn’t get backed up enough. So when my entire family (but not me!) got sick this past week, and I got to run all over keeping them in soup and orange juice, today’s post kind of got lost in the ether. Oops. I guess this coming week I’ll be writing and setting up some backlog for these emergencies! LOL!

So for today – here’s a pretty dance video for y’all to enjoy. This is me and my student troupe, Bijoux, performing a while back at Undulation Nouveau at the FullSteam Brewery in Durham. (I wear blue…)

Cats and Hipscarves…

Cats and Hipscarves…

Stitchers often have cats as stitching buddies. This seems to be a given. If the stitcher is also a dancer, this provides even more opportunity for hilarity – and cat-astrophe, as bellydance costumes (and practice clothes) have a multitude of dangly bits. Until recently, I have been very lucky with my cats. Rhys, big, black,… Continue Reading

All Your Eggs in One Basket – Dance Edition

It is so tempting when designing your dance, whether doing choreography or laying the bare bones of an improv, to throw in all those hard-won moves. After all, isn’t that why you practiced? Isn’t that why you sweated and struggled and finally got your shimmy layered over that hip circle while doing an undulation and… Continue Reading