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Months ago, I decided my end-of-summer treat would be a weekend of workshops at Khalida’s studio called Movespiration. I knew Khalida a bit, through her DVDs and from online conversations. I’d reviewed her Shimmies DVD and worked a bit with her All About Arms program, and over email we geeked out a bit on dance … Continue reading Movespiration weekend with Khalida
I think we’ve all been there in our dance lives, no? For whatever reason, we stop going to regular classes, or stop practicing on our own, and we feel further away from the dance than ever. I mean, that’s the frustrating thing with dance — although there’s muscle memory and all that, it takes so … Continue reading Playing with Khalida’s All About Arms (Hands Technique)
(Before you read this — subscribe to my newsletter and get the latest updates!) One thing I’ve learned? It makes a difference when a dancer is as obsessed with DVDs as I am. Khalida is a Belgian bellydancer living in Germany. She’s a gorgeous dancer, and, like us amateurs, works with a lot of DVDs. I … Continue reading Review of Shimmies with Khalida
Readers of this blog may have noticed that it has spanned a few geographic locations. My very first posts were written when I lived in Connecticut, I then lived in NYC but didn’t write very much, moved to Dallas where I got pregnant and started writing about prenatal workouts during my leave, and I now … Continue reading Review of Claudina’s Calligraveil: Single and Double Veil Dance Instructional
I met Chantal at the Randa Kamel and Ranya Renee workshops sponsored last May by my studio Hayal. Since of us are dancers from Canada living in Germany, we had quite a bit to talk about. One of the topics that kept coming up was the difficulty of finding one’s own personal style in a crowd of influences. … Continue reading This style is my style: A Guest Post by Chantal Dos Santos
