Summer Video Series on Variations fo...

Summer Video Series on Variations for Improv

Would you like to improvise with ease? Learn to free up your brain so you can be ‘present’ in the music with the Improvisation Safety Net Coaching program.

Transitions & Trophies

Transitions & Trophies

What’s happening at Belly Dance Geek? And just who IS this Heather Wayman person anyway?

Recharge – A Special Message f...

Recharge – A Special Message from Nadira

Rest and Recharge – A special message from Nadira

How To Un-shutter Your Stage Presenc...

How To Un-shutter Your Stage Presence

How Opening Your Teeth Can Un-shutter Your Stage Presence

Do You Scribble On Your Improv?

Do You Scribble On Your Improv?

Do You “Scribble” On Your Improv?

How To Learn Choreography More Easil...

How To Learn Choreography More Easily and Efficiently

How to learn choreography more easily and efficiently – by doing it backwards

The Mirror Lies!

The Mirror Lies!

How recording your practice can improve your performance

Resolutions That Work

Resolutions That Work

How to ACTUALLY improve your dancing this year.

Taking Off The Training Wheels

Taking Off The Training Wheels

How to get over the improvisation hump.

What We’re Thankful For

What We’re Thankful For

How belly dance (and being thankful) makes our heart smile.

Nerves Made Me Do It!

Nerves Made Me Do It!

How to keep nerves from messing with your mojo.

Improv Doesn’t Need to Be Perf...

Improv Doesn’t Need to Be Perfect

How chasing perfection hurts our dance.

Need More Puppy In Your Dance?

Need More Puppy In Your Dance?

How to make your dance open and friendly.

Need More Kitty In Your Dance?

Need More Kitty In Your Dance?

How to channel feline confidence on stage.

No Veil Left Behind

No Veil Left Behind

5 ways to retrieve your veil (or any other prop) at the end of your belly dance show.

The Towel Factor

The Towel Factor

What Douglas Adams can teach belly dancers about performance.

Accessing Arabic Music

Accessing Arabic Music

3 Strategies for Approaching Unfamiliar Music

Improv vs. Choreography

Improv vs. Choreography

(It’s not a competition.)

Moody Veil Moments

Moody Veil Moments

Disaster planning for veil mishaps

Get The Most From Online Courses

Get The Most From Online Courses

3 tips from the newest member of the Belly Dance Geek® team.

Warm Up Your Audience

Warm Up Your Audience

5 things your introduction needs to accomplish

The Routine Rollercoaster

The Routine Rollercoaster

How the traditional belly dance routine structure takes your audience on a wild ride

The Bucket Technique

The Bucket Technique

On-the-spot musicality for improvisation

The Scissors Secret

The Scissors Secret

Why (and how) to play zils with veil

5 Values

5 Values

My personal must-haves for the dance

Yes No Maybe

Yes No Maybe

When to play finger cymbals (and when you might not)

Zil Lyrics

Zil Lyrics

An easy technique to coordinate playing finger cymbals while you dance

Energy

Energy

Dimension Series Part 5: Working with Energy

I, For One, Welcome Our Robot Overlo...

I, For One, Welcome Our Robot Overlords

Do you listen to podcasts while you cook, clean up, or do other work with your hands? How to get Alexa to play the show hands-free.

Time

Time

Dimension Series Part 4: Time

Shape

Shape

Dimension Series Part 3: Shape

Space

Space

Dimension Series Part 2: Working with Space

Dimension

Dimension

How to add depth to flat dancing

Rehearsing Improv

Rehearsing Improv

It’s not an oxymoron…

Glue

Glue

The people and places that hold us together

Not Perfect, Deeper

Not Perfect, Deeper

How to make “back to basics” actually pay off.

Bend, Don’t Break

Bend, Don’t Break

Why you have to be flexible to be consistent

The Basic 3

The Basic 3

3 Must-Haves to Help a General Audience Enjoy Your Show

Confounders

Confounders

How to get better at something you already know.

Be a Good Audience Member

Be a Good Audience Member

A special “What Happens in the Prius” episode with special guest Kezmaya

The 3 Arts of Sword

The 3 Arts of Sword

How to make a sword piece captivating, not just impressive.

Improv Training Wheels

Improv Training Wheels

6 ways to add improv to your performance – at any level.

Advertising Your Mistakes

Advertising Your Mistakes

What my 1st grade teacher taught me about performing.

The Catty Whisperer

The Catty Whisperer

What to do when you’re your own worst enemy.

Mining for Gold

Mining for Gold

How to find nuggets of helpful feedback in judgmental comments.

Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition

When is a blunt comment just a mistake, and when does it point to a harmful pattern?

8 Red Flags

8 Red Flags

How to tell judgmental comments from helpful feedback.

Walking On Eggshells

Walking On Eggshells

How judgmental comments stall your development.

The Perspective Effect

The Perspective Effect

Why you think you’re boring LONG before the audience does.

Falling Off The Wagon

Falling Off The Wagon

How to restart a stalled practice.

The Skeleton Technique

The Skeleton Technique

How to mine what you already know to create fresh combinations.

The Practice Tantrum

The Practice Tantrum

How to keep your inner toddler from derailing your practice

What If This Was Your Last Show?

What If This Was Your Last Show?

One question that changes everything

Dead Time or Incubation Period?

Dead Time or Incubation Period?

How taking a break from dancing can make you a better dancer (and how to make sure it does)

Finding Safety Moves That Fit

Finding Safety Moves That Fit

What to do if the moves you remember easily when you improvise aren’t working for you.

If You Hesitate, You Lose

If You Hesitate, You Lose

What soccer goalies can teach belly dancers about improvisation.

Incremental Practice

Incremental Practice

How to sneak more practice into your routine.

How Improv is Like High School

How Improv is Like High School

And dissing your safety moves won’t make you popular

Everyday vs. Performance Energy

Everyday vs. Performance Energy

Why you have to turn up the heat just to look NORMAL on stage

Stop Using the “E” Word

Stop Using the “E” Word

How “elevating” belly dance sacrifices its core values.