The Basics of Teaching Dance, Part 4 – The 21 Basics of Dance, continued - DYNAMICS AND CONTRAST
by Alexandra King It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer. – Shanna LeFleur Shana LeFleur DYNAMICS: Intensity of...
BASICS OF TEACHING DANCE, Part Three - Line, Fitness and Warm-Ups
By Alexandra King BASICS OF TEACHING DANCE, Part 4 Line, Fitness & Warm-Ups Back in the stone ages of belly dance (60’s 70’s and 80’s),...
BASICS of TEACHING DANCE - Part Two- The 3 Methods of Instruction
By Alexandra King Methods of Teaching Dance Students learn in different ways. Some learn best by mimicking what they see. Others learn by...
BASICS of TEACHING DANCE - Part One - 14 Guidelines
By Alexandra King I was particularly lucky to have grown up in a family of performing artists (actors, comedians and musicians) on both...
DANCE AS A PERFORMING ART
By Alexandra King It is the nature of the beast that when things evolve, they usually become more and more complex. Computers are more...
WHAT DEFINES AMERCIAN CABERT BELLY DANCE? Alexandra King
BACKGROUND The advent of belly dance in the US began during the immigration of Arabs, Armenians, Turks and Greeks from the Middle East at...
Sounds of Joy: The Significance of ‘Zaghareet’ Amongst Egyptians
By FARAH RAFIK 24 SEPTEMBER 2022 When words fall short to commemorate a happy occasion, happy tears fall down, and zaghrata echoes loudly...
KOCHEK - The Ancient Art of being LGBTQ
By Alexandra King The Classical Dances of Turkey and the Middle East included Kocheks, male dancers who dressed like woman and danced...
The History of Flamenco
About one thousand years ago Romany people of India began migrating to Europe and North Africa, bringing with them a rich heritage of...
BEDLAHS AND JEWELS
THE HISTORY OF COINED BEDLAHS AND JEWELRY Coined bras and girdles were a mainstay for American Cabaret (AMCAB) dancers throughout the...
