Belly Dance Life
All insights into belly dance lifestyle
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 310
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Ep 280. What Does The Term “Baladi” Mean?
As belly dancers we often use the term “Baladi” in reference to a particular dance style. Also, we sometimes call Masmudi Saghir rhythm as Baladi rhythm, which is common a mistake. But in Egyptian cu…
00:15:56 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Ep 279. Hend Elbalouty: Book Discussion: Mahraganat in Egypt. Between Acceptance & Rejection
Hend Elbalouty is a choreographer, performer and author. She holds a MA in Performing Arts from Kunsthochschule für Medien, a BA in Production Design from the Institute of Cinema Studies in Egypt and…
01:23:41 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Ep 278. How to Analyze & Improve Your Dance Mistakes
In today's episode, we're diving into a fascinating topic – using dance videos not just for social media posts, but as a powerful training tool. We'll explore why simply repeating choreography isn't …
00:49:49 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Ep 277. Sonya of Cairo: Performance Stories From Cairo
Sonya of Cairo is a professional dancer and choreographer. She has been immersed in oriental dance since childhood. Her mother, Marianne DS, founded The Sun Dance School 17 years ago in Paris, the la…
01:07:41 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Ep 276. Arielle: Dancing Despite Health Limitations
Arielle is a passionately dedicated dancer from the USA who currently performs daily in Cairo, Egypt. She teaches and performs bellydance, samba, folklore, fusion, burlesque, hip hop and many other s…
00:56:58 |
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Ep 275. Alla Kushnir: Building Lifestyle That Fulfills You
A well-known choreographer and dancer, Alla Kushnir has won many prizes and awards. She was a finalist at the TV show “Ukraine has talent“, silver medalist of the Lebanese TV show “Hizzi Ya Nawaem”, …
01:15:14 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Ep 274. Training Tips From The Stars
This is a best of episode! You will hear a collection of tips and practices from the belly dance stars. Find out how they approach their own training, and see what you can implement it in your life t…
01:16:34 |
Tue 09 Jan 2024
Ep 273. How to Achieve Amazing Dance Growth in 2024
Improve those couple things in your dance habits, and unlock an amazing growth in your dance skills throughout 2024!
January is time of planning and building hopes for the New Year. But often we mak…
00:50:21 |
Wed 03 Jan 2024
Ep 272. Chudney: Conquering Anxiety In Class & On Stage
Chudney is a professional oriental dance artist who has competed and danced around the world. She opened her own oriental dance school in 2017, to give students easier access to her weekly in person …
01:11:18 |
Wed 27 Dec 2023
Ep 271. Hayal: Functional Training For Belly Dancers
Originally from Brazil, Hayal is a professional dancer who has been passionate about oriental dance since she was 17. She taught and danced all over the world, as a soloist and in collaboration with …
01:18:51 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Ep 270. Delya: Motherhood As An Inspiration For Kids Book About Belly Dance
Delya is a French belly dancer currently residing inn Switzerland. She has been involved in oriental dance for 20 years, and currently works as a full—time performer. She is the resident dancer at a …
00:55:50 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Ep 269. Iana & Pedro: Music & Dance Discoveries in Cairo
Pedro Bonatto is an internationally acclaimed photographer and drummer. Born in Brazil and based in Canada, Pedro works in fine art and fashion photography, with works published in Elle Arabia, Fashi…
00:53:30 |
Tue 24 Oct 2023
Ep 268. The Importance of Studying The Roots
We fall in love with belly dance for many different reasons. One of those reasons is freedom, and vast opportunities for creativity. But we may get carry away with dance experiments. Let’s listen to …
00:47:38 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Ep 267. Farah Nasri: Different Types Of Performance Venues In Cairo
Farah Nasri is a UK qualified teacher in dance and foreign languages. She began her belly dance career when she was a college student in London, and in 2014 she moved to Cairo. Today her Farah Nasri …
01:05:36 |
Tue 10 Oct 2023
Ep 266. Tiffany: Virtual Assistant, Online Marketing, and Belly Dance Bundle
Tiffany started the Bellydance Bundle in 2017, bringing together dancers who had content online to create one massive showcase for what was available at the time. Now, year over year she brings toget…
01:07:56 |
Tue 03 Oct 2023
Ep 265. Shining: Documenting Dance & Life of Legendary Khyria Mazin
Shining is a performer, instructor and researcher of Egyptian traditional dances, whose work emphasizes the cultural and historical influences on the medium of dance in and from Egypt. She is the fou…
01:25:12 |
Tue 26 Sep 2023
Ep 264 - What Is Egyptian Belly Dance Style
This episode includes Iana’s lecture that was recorded specifically for the upcoming intensive at the Iana Dance Club “Cairo Dance Guide”.
You will hear about Iana’s experience of attending a bunch …
00:24:05 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Ep 263. Charafe of Morocco: Pursuing Dance Career in Morocco
Charafe is not just a dancer, he is one of the few, if not the only, male belly dancer in Morocco. He tries to lead a life as normal as possible in Casablanca. He teaches dance, makes choreographies …
01:06:48 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Ep 262. Inspired By The Folklore
We all love belly dance. But there is so much beyond oriental, in the field of folklore dances. Let’s listen to the stories of Apsara Afsanesara, Nada El Masriya , Samantha Burnstein and Gigi Dilsah,…
00:41:27 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
Ep 261. Zara: Fighting For Her Identity As Egyptian Belly Dancer
Zara is an Egyptian dancer currently based in Cairo. She has worked professionally as a dancer for over 17 years, including last 6 years specifically in Egypt. Zara has stared in various music videos…
01:30:38 |
Tue 29 Aug 2023
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