FCBD® World Wide Flash Mob announced
For the past 12 years, the FCBD®/ATS community has organised a World Wide Flash Mob. The original intent was both to showcase the style to the general public, and to allow *everybody* dancing the...
Belly Dance for all
Education: Farya Faraji on Orientalism
This is a very long video made by an Iranian/Canadian ethnomusicologist discussing Orientalism and Western stereotypes about Middle Eastern and South East Asian music. If you dance any style derived even in passing from...
The Boring Stuff 3: Music Licenses
As a dancer, you need a music license to legally play copyrighted music during your classes and performances. A music license ensures that the artists and music creators are fairly compensated for their work....
Inspiration: Rachel Redfern and Leocadia at Tribal Hannover
I was lucky enough to see this live at Tribal Remix in 2018 and it was as powerful and interesting as in the video. I’ve taken a couple of workshops with Rachel, love her...
Inspiration: Yuri Ferretti, The Music Box
Yuri is a fantastic dancer and a great teacher from Italy, now residing in Germany. We met during our General Skills and Teacher Training, danced together at Serendipity, and I’m currently learning Melody Bustillos’...
The Boring Stuff 2: Copyright
Second post in my “Boring Stuff” series, and today I wanted to focus on issues around copyright. I was going to also include its even more boring -and expensive- cousin, licensing, but the copyright...
Inspiration: Drake von Trapp at World of Orient
I’m a sucker for a great zill choreo, and I’m a sucker for old school music. The first part of this set showcases both, and it’s an utter delight.Drake teaches in their studio, and...