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Good For Your Heart & Everything Else – My Cross-Training Routine for Belly Dance

Posted on February 14, 2015March 21, 2019 by Mahin Sciacca

Bellydance is great exercise, but if you are a serious dancer cross-training is essential to your progress and longevity in dance. Even if you put in several hours of practice and performing each week, you may not hit up all the muscle groups you depend on for a solid performance with enough intensity to keep them at their peak. Also, cross-training – designed properly – will work a wider variety of muscles than your dance so […]

Back In The Day – What It Was Like To Be A Belly Dance Star in the 60's & 70's

Posted on February 12, 2015May 30, 2019 by Mahin Sciacca

Are you ready for a trip in the bellydance time machine? We’re turning back the clock about 40 years to a time when glamorous bellydancers graced the stages of big clubs almost every night of the week. I chatted with Roxxanne Shelaby, a California-based bellydancer and daughter of Lou Shelaby, owner of some of the most well-known Arabic clubs of the west coast. Mahin: Tell us about yourself… Roxxanne: My name is Roxxanne Shelaby and I […]

The 2015 DBQ Bellydance Challenge

Posted on January 29, 2015March 21, 2019 by Mahin Sciacca

So it’s almost February. The shiny enthusiasm you had for lofty New Year’s resolutions has probably settled down. Hopefully it’s settled into some lingering creative ideas for what you’d like to do with your dance this year. Maybe you need a little nudge to get it rolling. This year, I’ve decided to launch the DBQ Bellydance Challenge. Inspired by a similar project by Studio 360, I’m inviting you to let the bellydance community-at-large support you (and […]

Interview with "Improv Roulette" Founder, Elizabeth Joy

Posted on January 29, 2015March 21, 2019 by Mahin Sciacca

One of the most fun, creative and inspiring things I did in 2014 was to participate in an Improv Roulette event. It really was unlike any other dance experience I’d ever had. You can read all about it here, including my combat veil to “Living Dead Girl”! Yes, I know you’re shocked!! Naturally, I wanted to find out more about the person who brought this concept to the bellydance community – so I tracked her down […]

How To Tame Your Backstage Nerves and Find Your Inner Bellydancing Superhero

Posted on January 22, 2015March 21, 2019 by Mahin Sciacca

3 more dancers and you’re on. Your stomach is churning and sweat is running down the inside of your arms before you have even started dancing. Not feeling like thisTamin? Backstage nerves are no fun and I’m pretty sure every dancer has experienced them at some time. Even if you are an experienced dancer and are used to being calm, cool and collected in front your audience, if you find yourself in a new situation where […]