Posted: July 9th, 2008 | Author: Hellchick | Filed under: Belly Dance | No Comments »
Not too long after diving into American Tribal Style belly dance, I’d decided that I liked it so much that it was going to be my new goal to be good enough, by the end of the year, to join a troupe.
It looks like I made that goal — earlier that I thought, even — because my belly dance instructor has asked me to join her troupe, Skin Deep. I guess this means I’m a real belly dancer now.
It seemed that as soon as I joined the troupe we started getting a slew of performance dates alongside Skin Deep’s student troupe, and since I’ve got a lot of family and friends local to the area, I thought it would be useful to point out where we’re performing.
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Posted: March 18th, 2008 | Author: Hellchick | Filed under: Belly Dance | 1 Comment »
I always thought dancing was, well…kind of stupid, to be perfectly honest with you. I probably thought this because, when the Great Dice in the Sky were rolled for me, all of the points for “rhythm” were put into playing instruments and there were none left over for the body. Watching me dance has probably always been less enjoyable than a trip to the dentist without novocaine.
But all of that has changed, my friend! On a complete whim last year I decided I was going to try belly dancing. I figured if there was any kind of dance I might have a remote chance of being decent at it would be something that utilized my more than ample junk in the trunk. Sure, they call it belly dancing, but that turns out to be a bit of a misnomer.
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