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A 28-post collection

What Should You Wear to Class?

Beginners often ask us what they should wear to class. In our information booklet we say that they should wear comfortable exercise clothes. Some rock up

Jessica Perelson Jessica Perelson on blog, learn 10 September 2016
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Beginner Choreographies: A Few Tips

I've been teaching beginners since 2009. One thing that has always been a struggle is the varying abilities of the individuals and catering for each one.

Jessica Perelson Jessica Perelson on learn, choreograph 07 September 2016
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Practice Anytime, Anywhere

I'm a mother of twins, a wife, co-owner of Zahra's Oriental Dance Studio and I write one blog post a day for this site. I also

Jessica Perelson Jessica Perelson on blog, learn 01 September 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 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 Jessica Perelson on blog, article, learn 21 August 2016
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Helping Our Students To Learn

Belly dance does not discriminate. Your size, shape, ethnicity, religion, gender and sexuality doesn't matter. What also doesn't matter is your ability learn in certain ways.

Jessica Perelson Jessica Perelson on blog, learn 18 August 2016
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Pulling Faces

I was horrified a few years back when I got a show CD of photos and there wasn't a single photo of me on it. I'm

Jessica Perelson Jessica Perelson on blog, article, learn 16 August 2016
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Hair Dancing

Well, my post on children belly dancing as been met with mixed reviews. On one of the threads on Facebook, a commenter mentioned the use of

Jessica Perelson Jessica Perelson on learn, video, Morocco, Khaleegy 13 August 2016
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Belly Dance and Body Image 2

I love this article. For me it is very similar to my journey, except I was the overweight lady walking into class thinking I was going

Jessica Perelson Jessica Perelson on article, learn 09 August 2016
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