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Elissa

Mar 30, 20203 min

My Experience at a Fan Veil Workshop with Loaya Iris

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...

Jamie Lynn

Feb 29, 20202 min

Guest Post: Raksology

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...

Lori

Jan 31, 20202 min

Guest Post: Complete the Costume!

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....

Thais

Nov 29, 20193 min

A bellydance gift guide: 8 holiday gift ideas for the bellydancer in your life

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

Thais

Oct 29, 20191 min

Quiz: Which Hogwarts house is your inner bellydancer?

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...

Thais

Sep 30, 20192 min

Bellydance YouTube Round-Up

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...

Thais

Aug 27, 20192 min

Dancer Self-Care Part 2: Your Body is Your Instrument

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

Thais

Jul 21, 20193 min

Dancer Self-Care: Confidence and Inspiration

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

Thais

Jun 8, 20192 min

Revisiting My First Belly Dance Performance

Thanks to Facebook’s lovely/horrifying TimeHop feature, every year around November, I get to revisit my first belly dance performance. I...