Category Archives: belly dance
Hawaii, Kale, coffee and other musings…
Apologies, this isn’t very dance related, but it’s a blog that I started that just sort of came out of no where and now that it’s done, there’s only one thing left to do. Hit publish. I hope you all … Continue reading
My Boyfriend, Chuck.
Everyone, I’d like to introduce you to my boyfriend Chuck. Here we are dancing : Please stop thinking, that is a doctored photo of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with my face plastered on Ginger and Jensen Ackles face on … Continue reading
Calling Of The Drums
I love to dance. And you love to dance, or watch dancing, that’s why we are all here, right? To share the experience of dance. Before my blog, my first attempt to share this experience was with a feature-length documentary … Continue reading
What’s Your Dance Personality?
Are you a Special Snowflake Diva? An Insular Bell Jar? The Geek Felicia Day? Or The Humble Rachel Brice Gandhi? (Theorised by a (mostly) Geek Felicia Day.) I present these four personality types with the theory that not one person … Continue reading
Hope And Dental Floss
Dealing with injury and the pain that inevitably comes along with it? Try… “I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.” -Bob Hope The formula is simple enough, through … Continue reading
Dr. Coppelius
Last night I was sewing the elastic on new slippers for my second ballet performance. After appearing in the Nut Cracker back in December, I’ve gone back for one more in Coppélia. Funnily enough, almost Freudian really, the story of … Continue reading
How To Quit You
Rachel Brice so earnestly said to me, “You’re not done one minute before you are done. Not one minute, one second, one hour.” These words still echo in my brain when the moment I realize, something is actually over. In … Continue reading
Seven Deadly Sins Of Dance: Why I’m Guilty of Every One of Them
I have never been a religious person and I am truly sorry if my views offend anyone. My only intent is to write a charming blog about the sinning (some fun, some not so fun) of dance. I started with … Continue reading
Negotiating Burn Out; Dance Edition
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Physical, mental and emotional exhaustion got you down? Are shame and doubt your new best friends? Have you developed so much cynicism and callousness that one could interpret it as, an attitude? Does failure, helplessness and … Continue reading
SICK-O! Stay HOME!
I know you live to dance. I know dancing is your shinning light that makes everything bearable. I know that it infects your body, but guess what else is infecting your body right now? That’s right, a nasty ass virus. … Continue reading
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