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"Reasons You're Not Coming To Dance Class..." by Alexandra Graham (and my 2 cents worth)

This post is a continuation of yesterday's post Preparing For A Show - part 4. We've heard all sorts of excuses for not coming to class,

Jessica Perelson on blog, article 24 November 2016

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"The Ballet-fication of Belly Dance" and My Experience of Ballet with Belly Dance

I read The Ballet-fication of Belly Dance (be sure to rea comments on the bottom to see multiple people's thoughts on the subject) on Gilded Serpent

Jessica Perelson on blog, article, ballet 28 October 2016

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A Little Bit of History

This article outlines the "Golden Era" of Egyptian belly dance, from approximately 1400 BCE to the present day. It's a nice condensed overview to help you

Jessica Perelson on article, learn, history 23 September 2016

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Learning Sensuality

It's amazing how everything in our lives are interconnected. How one element affects others. This isn't really news, as we see it regularly, but when a

Jessica Perelson on blog, article, body image, learn 18 September 2016

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Belly Dance Myths and Misconceptions

Today I was searching for tips and tricks for balancing and I happened across this article, 10 Myths about Belly Dance, in which the author describes

Jessica Perelson on article 02 September 2016

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More Than Just Dance

Belly dancer Senta Duffield posted a link to this blog post on Facebook: Why I don't pay for dance anymore It really got me to thinking

Jessica Perelson on blog, article 30 August 2016

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Learning to Improvise

Improvising doesn't come easy to everyone, but it is a skill that can be learnt. I'm lucky in that I feel music emotionally and physically, so

Jessica Perelson on article, learn, improvise 26 August 2016

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Characters in Belly Dance

In ballet we have 3 types of dance: classical (in which there is no "storyline", it is more about technique), demi-character (which has a storyline) and

Jessica Perelson on blog, article, learn 21 August 2016

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Princess Farhana On Body Image

Princess Farhana wrote this article back in 2011. It talks about her own struggles with body image and how belly dance changed everything. It's a good

Jessica Perelson on article, body image 19 August 2016

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