Belly Dance Geek Blog
Nadira’s Retirement and the Future of Belly Dance Geek
Nadira is retiring! To celebrate (and maintain our legacy), we’re opening up the Belly Dance Geek® catalog with “pay what you want” pricing and granting permission for classroom use.
read moreTiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 9 | Tame Your Music
If you’re tired of trying to wrangle your music for practice, check out this awesome app to slow down, speed up, make repeatable loops and so much more. “Anytune” is for iOS and is now available in a NEW alpha pre-release for Android!
read moreWant Awesome Audio? I can help!
Got Awesome Audio? If you are a teacher that has been struggling to find a way to get clean, clear music and voice in your live, online classes, I can help you. If you’ve been pulling your hair out trying to figure out why (WHY?!) an external, USB mic doesn’t give you the results you’d like….I can help you. And just for the record…it’s not you. You just need the right equipment. I can help you. Introducing my one on one “Awesome Audio in your Online Offerings” consulting...
read moreTiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 8
Learn how to maximize your experience as a student in online classes and take your small screen to the big screen with ease!
read moreYaa Halla Ya’ll 2020
Yaa Halla Ya’ll celebrates its 20th (& final) year. I am super excited to be invited to teach “Zils For Brain & Body” at the 2020 Yaa Halla Ya’ll festival in Grapevine, Texas. The festival runs from July 23-28, 2020 and will feature some of the most talented belly dance instructors in our dance community. Sign up TODAY! The lineup includes: Zoe Jakes Virginia Sahra Saeeda Aziza Cassandra Fox Shoshannah Karen Barbee Diana Soto Frank Farinaro Sylvia Salamanca Kaishi Chai Mia Sha’uri Susu Pampanin...
read moreTiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 7
Put it all together! Try out these zils and combo a capella (as in the videos). Then try it with a chiftitelli and/masmoudi saghir drum rhythm too! What’s the most challenging part for you?
read moreTiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 6
It’s time to put the “chifty” zil pattern with the syncopated hip articulation combo!
read moreTiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 5
This week we’ll play with a syncopated hip articulation combo.
read moreTiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 4
Check out this quirky 3-1-2-1-1-1 zil pattern with a “chifty” feeling in Episode 4 of the Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up.
read moreTiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 3
Let’s put the zil pattern on top of this 24 count “V” shaped floor pattern in Episode 3 of the Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up.
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