Dance Secret Tweet Tips

 

Last month, I did my sixth “tweet tips” series of daily tips for belly dancers. November’s theme was dance secrets. These are back-stories you can imagine while you’re on stage, to give your performance more nuance.

Now that the series is over, I thought I’d share the full series in one place.
 
 
 

The tips:

 

1) You’re a spy, and have to ID your contact in the audience before the show ends.
 

2) They don’t know it yet, but everyone in the audience has a gift under their chair – Oprah-style
 

3) You’re actually an alien stranded on earth, and your costume is your people’s traditional dress.
 

4) Swarovski, Schmarovski. Those “rhinestones” on your costume are real diamonds.
 

5) You are a princess. Real, not fairy tale. You would be queen, but you ran away to become a dancer.
 

6) Nobody knows, but this is your last show ever. Treasure its bittersweetness.
 

7) You’re not really (insert your dance name here). She sent you in her place without telling anyone.
 

8) You have to get everyone in the room to smile at least once, or a bomb will explode. (a la Speed)
 

9) You have amnesia (duhn-duhn-duhn) and can’t remember anything before you stepped on stage.
 

10) You’ve just discovered you’re pregnant. (Whether that’s good/bad/mixed news is up to you.)
 

11) You can control people’s minds, but only when you’re smiling.
 

12) You have eyes in the back of your head, and can make eye contact when your back is turned.
 

13) You’ve just been offered a role in a movie.
 

14) You’re a cat in a human’s body. See also: ‪http://bit.ly/18cIHN6 ‬
 

15) Now you’re a labrador puppy in a human’s body. See also: ‪http://bit.ly/Sb8krv ‬
 

16) Your costume is lined with neon green polka dots that only you get to see.
 

17) You went to kindergarden with that lady in the 1st row, and can’t quite remember her name.
 

18) You ate Jell-O right before the show, and it’s bouncing around in your stomach (in a fun way).
 

19) Your sword isn’t a prop. It’s a family heirloom, first wielded by your great-great-granddad/mom.
 

20) You’re smuggling something very valuable, sewn into the lining of your costume. (You choose what)
 

21) After your show, you will board a private jet to Paris. (Or Bali, if you’re already in Paris.)
 

22) A friendly ghost gives you “bunny ears” on stage – but nobody can see him. ‪http://bit.ly/1gHao9N ‬
 

23) This is your song. Really: the composer wrote it for you.
 

24) All your tips are being matched x100 by an anonymous donor in the audience.
 

25) A chip implanted in your brain delivers a mild shock of pleasure and pain when you engage your belly.
 

26) Someone in the audience is your long-lost sister – but you don’t know who…
 

27) You were supposed to have a chorus line of trained turkeys as back-up dancers, but they canceled at the last minute.
 

28) You’re a dancing machine – literally! You are the 1st robot to feel emotion – but only w/ music.
 
 

Your turn

Did you try any of these?

Which are your favorites?

Did any of them give you trouble?

What other back-stories do you like to imagine?

Share your thoughts in the comments.
 

How to get more

I’m going to take a break from tweet tips for a month or two, but they will be back!

To make sure you get those, you can follow me on Twitter, like my page on Facebook, or search for the #BDmadlibs hashtag on Twitter.

In the meantime, check out the first five tweet tips series.