Austin Bellydance Association

Everyone seems to love getting their "rewind" posts from different apps telling us exactly how many times we listened to the Hadestown...

By Jennifer King On New Year's Eve, a plane landed at ABIA with the newest member of the Austin bellydance community. Svetlana Zralko, an...

She was a real-life Steel Magnolia, exemplifying both traditional femininity as well as an uncommon fortitude.

First post of 2021! My apologies for not keeping up with things on this blog--the pandemic has been rough over the past year and 2021...

Greetings ABA! My name is Amantha, and I’m excited to be a new contributor to this blog. Some of you may know me, but for those of you...

2020 has been a difficult year for most of us, and it's easy to struggle to find things to be thankful for within the bellydance realm....

Over the past three weeks, we have seen protests in every state and around the world as a result of the killing of George Floyd and, more...

I’ve never felt comfortable with props as a student dancer. Maybe it was the influence of one of my favorite teachers, a nightclub dancer...

This month's post is written by ABA member Jamie Lynn! Hello! This is Jamie Lynn, and I would like to introduce something new for most of...

This month's post was written by former ABA Webmistress, Lori! Getting to wear a beautiful costume is part of the fun of belly dancing....

Happy holidays from the Austin Bellydance Association! 'Tis the season of gift-giving and getting together with your loved ones. I am...

This month's blog feature is a Harry Potter-themed quiz. It is intended to be just for fun and not perfectly book accurate or indicative...

Earlier in my dance education, I ran a micro-blog on Tumblr focused on dance videos. One of my favorite segments to run featured dancers...

Continuing our dancer self-care series, this time, let’s focus on our bodies. Belly dance is considered lower impact than many other...

Psych Central defines self-care as: “any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical...

The election closed July 10 at midnight. Here are the confirmed results. The Treasurer had only one candidate, and the Secretary ended up...

Lisa Tapia (Lisa La Mar) has withdrawn her name from consideration and is no longer running for Secretary.

My name is Betsi “Bahaia” Robins, and I am running for President. I have lived in Austin since 1991, and I currently own and operate...

The Austin belly dance community has been an integral part of my life for over two decades. This community has inspired and fueled me as...

As a native Austinite, I have seen many changes in our city and our dance scene.  What hasn’t changed is the goal of the Austin...