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My name change to Tiazza Rose

2011-09-05T19:40:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Many of you have known me as Tiazza Wilson through the You Tube channel mostly but also through many other online links.

My Moroccan name is Tiazza Aitbendaoud, changed to Tiazza Wilson when I got married many years ago. Since I am no longer married, I am changing my name to Tiazza Rose. The story of this name is actually kind of interesting. One of my good friends from Morocco who currently lives in Paris decided to name her baby girl after me Tiazza. Her last name is ROSE in French so her name is Tiazza Rose! Since I was thinking about changing my last name, I borrowed her last name instead:) So there it goes, my name is Tiazza Rose now... and we will all eventually get used to it.

However, since You Tube does not allow users to change their usernames, the You Tube channel original username will still be tiazzawilson. So nothing will change there. To get to the You Tube channel, you can go to youtube.com/tiazzawilson or use the same link from your Favorites.

Remember the best link to check always is right here on this website bellydancevideoblog.com

Have a lovely day

Tiazza Rose :)

A little travel workout ...

2011-09-05T18:50:00.000-07:00

It is definitely challenging to keep up with a workout routine during a trip. I found it much easier to do sets of 10-20 reps throughout the day instead of setting up time for a complete workout. Let's get realistic, those plans hardly ever take place.

During my last trip to Los Cabos, I made sure to do only body weight workouts: burpees, push ups, tricep dips ... etc. The kind of workouts that could be done anywhere and anytime without any equipment, all you need is your own body!

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A little trip to Los Cabo, Mexico

2011-09-05T17:15:00.000-07:00

My last visit to Los Cabos was a nice break and my first visit to Los Cabos in Mexico. An interesting mix of desert and beautiful beaches. The weather, fauna and flora reminded me a lot of Morocco. The experience was a fun one and I got a chance to record some new videos here. Not as many as I hoped for but it's difficult to record when traveling!

Here are some photos of the trip. Hope you enjoy! The videos will be posted soon ...

The beautiful Arch (El Arco). These are amazing rock formations where the Pacific ocean meets the Sea of Cortes

Apparently someone was able to sell the Arco to a Canadian tourist in the past and that's why there is today a sign on the rocks before you head there saying "No se vende=No for sale"!

The lovers' beach on the Cortes sea side. on the Pacific Ocean side lays the "Divorce beach"

At the lovers beach

Playing at the Cortes sea. Quite a hard sea to swim in but the strong waves make for a good challenge!

Some random shots here and there:

The view from home

It's the pirate cruise ship

The fish is so close to the top of the water which makes this place a great snorkeling destination

A good bye sunset from Los Cabos ... until we meet again

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Why do you belly dance?

2011-09-05T14:58:00.000-07:00

I previously asked the question on Facebook: why do you belly dance? I find it important when we do anything in life to stop once in awhile and ask ourselves why we do what we do. So why do we belly dance?

I gave few options:
- For fun
- For fitness
- To make friends
- To build self confidence

Here are the results in order of popularity:
1- For fun
2- For fitness
3- To build self confidence
4- To make friends

Someone suggested, and others agreed, on another option "it's cheaper than a therapist"

It's interesting to read the results especially with all we hear. We all hear that many women belly dance because it helps with their self esteem. I found it interesting in my experience that many women who belly dance have plenty of self esteem! So I suggested this as an option to see what the response is and obviously it's not the reason most of us belly dance.

It's seems that most of us do it for fun and fitness! Although in the process of doing so, we do make friends but it's not the main reason to start belly dancing. We also build more self confidence as we belly dance even though it's not the reason we belly dance.

But how about "it's cheaper than a therapist" option suggested? I sure hope does not mean that some of us belly dancers distract ourselves from the real problems in life with the dance! I am not a big fan of this way of handling problems but would love to hear what you think!

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Eating healthy on a road trip

2011-08-18T22:34:00.000-07:00

I took a long road trip down to Napa and San Francisco bay area but decided to make this one a road trip with a mission: eating healthy and never eating out at restaurant. This seems to be quite a tough one. Eating is not only necessary when you travel, it is also part of the fun...or so we think.

I have always thought about it this way: I am allowed to make exception in my nutrition when I travel. This is something I just accepted but traveling as much as I do, I realized that exceptions could seem fun but many times ruin the experience: the trip start to seem sometimes all about eating! we are constantly thinking about where to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and worst of all since I eat healthy all the time at home, my body has a hard time adjusting when I make exceptions and that make for quite the uncomfortable experience.

So I decided not to make exceptions anymore. This should be easy! After all, I do this on a regular basis. Yes cooking is necessary but there are plenty of people on a vegetarian,vegan and raw diets!

So the trip started by first packing some foods for the road so I have something with me at least for the first day since some would spoil and the plan was to buy food from stores as I would do home and buy only things that are part of my diet and avoid restaurant and deli type stores including inside a grocery store.

So here is what I packed so far:

I took my picnic basket to pack the food. It helps keep things a bit fresher and definitely compact and makes for easy picnic stops along the way.

I made my own crackers with whole grains and healthy seeds. I could share this recipe with you later. This the main sheet and I break it down to pieces to pack for the trip.

Wheat cereal. I am trying to delete wheat from my diet so this the last bit of the wheat cereal I have

I took my own instant coffee and teas and Stevia to make my morning tea or coffee. I assumed that staying at a hotel would make it easy to get hot water to make a drink. I am picky about my coffee and I tend not to like the coffees offered in hotels so I take my own. The problem here is I like some milk in my coffee (I am only drinking Almond milk now) but that's hard to pack for the trip! So I am going to stick with black coffee!

Spelt bread that I had left at home. This would be great for a couple of days

Blueberries. These would also only last few days in the car and if I use the hotel fridge over the night, they should last longer

Some simple raw cut vegetables: carrots, broccoli and sweet mini cucumbers from the local Farmers market

Water bottle. It's easy to refill a bottle everywhere you go! So no there is no need to think about buying water. I don't buy bottled water anyways for many reasons ....

Few oranges left at home. Oranges would actually last longer than we think on a road trip as long as they are not directly exposed to the sun

Organic gluten free whole grain bread! I love this bread. It lasts a long time because it's dairy free so it makes for a great road trip food

Dried apricots: this is desert! These are so sweet and would satisfy my sweet cravings along the way

and of course you have to pack a towel if you are eating in the car and parks ... etc

The beginning of the trip was not bad, lots of driving and plenty of food already to snack on all day

These are some shots on the way to CA leaving OR

These photos of my several meals the first day on the road:

I had my coffee before we hit the road early and then snacked on the crackers I made

the 2nd meal was about 2 slices of the whole grain bread

Organic Turkish dried apricots

Some of the broccoli I brought with me. I tried to eat the vegetables with the first day or two since they obviously won't make it past that

Some blueberries I brought along. These also would have to be consumed within the first couple of days

a couple of slices of the gluten free bread

This was just a day on the road and I already packed enough food. The meals I had today are complete: protein in the gluten free bread and my crackers since they are both made with brown rice, quinoa flour, almond milk, gluten free steel oats, spelt ...etc. I also had my vegetables and my berries and of course enough whole grain.

I had a great evening the first night at this beautiful winery in Calistoga, CA called Castello di Amorosa. They organised a great Havana salsa dance night. Food was provided. the choices were fabulous but I stuck to my plan. I snaked on their vegetables and made sure to use this opportunity to get some protein so I had some chicken. The theme was Cuban food so the choices were great and the food was not fried and they focused on local produce from the Napa area so that was helpful.

A view of the castle

another view of the winery fields

I loved this little sheep sanctuary at the castle

As the trip progressed and I had a chance to get around the town, it was much easier to find different option of other foods and experiment. I focused mainly on going to Organic stores which are easy to find these days and farmers markets. These are some of the many meals I had along the way just to give you an idea. I actually eat about 6 different meals a day.

Havana night at Castello di Amorosa was a fabulous evening with beautiful music and lots of dancing! Talk about burning some calories :)

These are some shots from Castello di Amorosa

The following days, I tried to finish the vegetables and the fruit brought in the trip and make some stops at few stores and the San Francisco farmers market where I picked up some fantastic deals!

Here are some photos of some of the several meals I had over few days just to give you an idea:

few more slices of the bread I brought with me. I would usually have a couple of slices for breakfast and may be 2 more for another meal later during the day

Watermelon was easy to pick up at any store. Just half of a small melon so it could be eaten in one sitting and I don't have to worry about keeping it fresh in the car

San Francisco is rich in its diversity and that makes it a fun city to shop for food. We found some foods I have not tried in awhile especially in Japan town

My favorite find was Lychee! This made for a nice sweet treat in Japan town

But seeing signs like this was not easy:) I love trying new foods while I travel so I usually look for restaurants like these but I will have to skip this time

the vegan gluten free bread! This bread is actually quite filling and tasty and lasted almost 5 days but I finished by then

The rest of the cereal I brought with me, I managed to snack on this in one day

I could seriously not eat anything in the hotel's breakfast menu. All the hotels I stayed at offered coffee with creamer and I don't do creamers. The rest was while flour bagels and breads, biscuit and gravy .... you get the picture! So there was no way I could eat breakfast at the hotels. I grabbed fruit whenever they have them and they will be nice meals during the day

After a nice Bikram yoga at Yoga in the mission on Mission St in San Francisco, I stopped by a Mexican store and grabbed these nice apricots. I got enough to eat in a day since they won't make it past a day in the car

the crackers I made lasted a very long time, I ate them until the end of the road trip!

the Turkish dried apricots did not made it that long:) I managed to finish them in a couple of days

So did the broccoli. I had some the first and second day and one!

I checked out this farmers' market at the end of the day which worked out great. Everything was on sale for $1.00! I was able to get some goodies here: dried figs, dried pluots and some delicious pistachios

Dried pluots

Dried figs

Roasted salt free pistachios

the oranges I brought lasted longer than I expect it. As long as they are away from the sun they will make it few days. These made it about 3 days: one a day.

I found this beautiful theater tent on a walk along the Embarcadero center called Teatro Zinzanni. This is a fantastic theatre and the show was beyond everything I have ever seen and I've seen a lot! This is a dinner show so I had to make sure I make some good choices. No cameras were allowed to be used so I could not snap some pictures.

The meal was actually decent: a spinach lemon soup, broccoli and grilled chicken and cheese cake for desert! I skipped all the while flower breads and crackers. This was my chance to get some lean protein with the grilled chicken.

The trip overall was a great success nutrition wise and I felt great. No digestion problems!

I also saved plenty of time which helped enjoy doing more. Let's face it, if you sit down for a meal, you wasted not only over $30 but you wasted at least 2 hours and ate high calorie content food that most likely contains processed foods, canned foods, high sodium and sugar content

The fact is it's much easier to eat healthy than you think when you travel. The challenge for me was definitely getting enough complete protein since it requires some cooking: eggs, chicken, fish ... etc But I packed great whole grain high protein bread and crackers and that was helpful.

This experience was always easy for me because I eat several small meals a day on a regular basis. I can stop by any store, buy just enough food for one or two meals that will be eaten the same day. Shopping for food daily while travelling is actually not as hard or time consuming as it seems. I walk a lot when I travel and grocery stores are everywhere so a stop during a walk is not hard and you are always in for a surprise when you check out the stores and the farmers market which adds a bit of fun to the experience.

Hope this was helpful to inspire some and I would love to hear your thoughts and ideas....

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Why do you belly dance?

2011-08-18T05:43:00.000-07:00

I find it important in life to stop once in awhile and remind ourselves of why we do what we do. Life could get busy and in the midst of it all, we tend to forget the reason we do what we do repeatedly!

So here is to me and to you: why do you belly dance?

I posted a question on our Facebook page. You could vote there or vote here by commenting:

1- For fun
2- For fitness
3- To make friends
4- To build self confidence

Vote! let's see what we will come up with

How to do Kathak knee spins by Jazira from Albania

2011-08-17T05:10:00.000-07:00

Jazira had contributed to our website before with her great videos teaching the Turkish drops.

This time she is teaching Kathak knee spins on the floor. Follow her instructions here, they are awesome and you too could do it!

Hope to see more contributions from Jazira in the future! Check out her You Tube channel

If you would like to contribute to our site with your own instructional videos, please email tiazza@tiazza.com

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My interview with the shimmy queen Leyla Jouvana from Germany

2011-08-16T07:39:00.000-07:00

Leyla Jouvana finally discovered her love for the Oriental Dance after Yugoslavian Folklore and Jazz Dance, 19 years ago. After several years studying middle eastern dance, she is now in charge of approximately 300 regular students from beginners up to master class. Nearly every weekend she is active as a guest dancer, choreographer and teacher at home and worldwide.

Her reputation as a solo dancer has reached a wide audience through numerous national & international performances, press reports, TV appearances and video productions. Together with her husband Roland (drummer) and her ensemble, she regularly travels to many cities all over the world.

According to diverse specialist journals and local press reports, she is one of the most successful and best dancer & choreographers in Europe.

On several occasions she has represented the whole Oriental Dance scene from Germany at major dance festivals abroad. (e.g. New York, San Francisco, LA/Hollywood Orlando, Atlanta, Budapest, Prag, Brussels, Nizza, London, Leeds, Madrid, New Mexico, Mexico City, Seatle, Salzburg, Turkey, Paris, Cairo, Vienna, Italy, Denmark, Australia). In San Francisco / USA Leyla got the famous Giza Academy Award of 2002 as the best live dancer of the year. In July 2004 she won the "Halima-Award" in the category "best dancer", "one of the most famous dance studios in Europe”, " one of most famous european festivals of Oriental Dance” and "Shimmy Queen".

Her studio for Oriental Dance is one of the largest and most successful in Europe. The annual "Internationales Orientalisches Tanzfestival" (International Oriental Dance Festival) in Duisburg / Clauberghalle on the first Sunday of Advent, was established by Leyla, and meanwhile has developed into the biggest Oriental Dance Show in Germany and Europe (audience record = 4,500).

INTERVIEW WITH LEYLA

Who is the blond belly dancer:) ?

I am Leyla Jouvana, born in Belgrade, Jugoslavia and started studying Arabic Dance 23 years ago in Egypt, Turkey and everywhere in the world with great Choreographers and Master teachers like Raqia Hassan, Momo Kadous, Magdy El Leisy and many more

Let’s talk about how you get started?

I started 23 years ago... I discovered soon my passion for this wonderful dance and soon it become my profession. I was translator in 5 languages, so I am happy that I can use my languages for traveling and teaching around the world..

Where do you live and teach?

Me and my drumming husband Roland live in Germany, Duisburg.

How did you start your carrier as a belly dancer?
I started with passion!!!! It was a hobby first and later I discovered that I cannot live without dancing.. my classes and our Festival in Germany end of November since 19 years!! became very popular so I decided to be a full time dancer and it was the best idea!!

Have you dreamed of becoming a performer at a young age?
no, I thought it is just a hobby, but soon it was more than that and we had great success, so we made the step to be full time dancer and drummer.

How did your carrier as a famous belly dancer get launched?
it was very soon after I started dancing,. After every performance we received more and more engagements and we met a lot of nice other artists or sponsors so they invited us ...

What is your favorite and most memorable performance?
we have many memorable performances around the world. If the atmosphere is positive and great a small performance can be memorable in the same way like performing in the prince house in Marrakesh or a big Festival in China, India, US or Australia and of course in Egypt!

How do you describe your belly dance style?
I think my style is modern Egyptian style with a lot of femininity and sensuality. I like to dance myself, my soul so I developed my own stile of feeling the movements and expressing the movements.

What kind of music do you like to perform to?
I like to perform traditional Arabic/Egyptian style as well as modern or also fusion. We live in Europe and European people are very open to fusion style and we like it too... it depends on the music I choose... If I choose traditional or Egyptian music so my style is Egyptian.. I would never dance in an experimental or fusion style with Egyptian music...

How do you choose a song to dance to?
When a song touches my heart, I take it.... I also love to perform drum solo to my husbands Darabukka... we choose together the rhythms what we like and put them together.. we keep space for improvisation and interaction too....

What are your favorite songs to belly dance to?
Everything from Oum Kalthoum!!! Also Mohamed Abdel Wahab and Abdel Halim or Farid El Atrache...

This might seem like a difficult question but what makes you dance?
I am dancing since I am a child. I started with Yugoslavian/Balkan Folklore and then with Jazz dance, Modern Dance, African dance but I discovered my love and passion for the Arabic dance because it was touching my feelings. I could express myself more than with other dances. I like the femininity in this dance and this is for my the pure emancipation: to have the right to be a women and to express myself like a women.

Describe how you feel when you dance?
I feel happy and free!! I feel like a woman! I feel the rhythm and the music and become the music.

Is there a difference between your dancing with friends or by yourself and performing?
Not anymore

Many readers would wonder: you are such a great performer, what advise would you give other belly dancers on becoming great performers like you?
Try to express and dance yourself and to feel the music, become the music, instead of being a copy of others. Be original and natural! Your audience feels very well if your feelings are part of the choreography or if you dance with your heart and soul...

Who are your favorite belly dancers?
there are many... For example all whom we invite to our festival in Germany!

Do you feel that dance empowers you? if so how?
This is my source of positive energy and power... if I am exhausted, or tired .. during and after dancing I feel totally healthy, free and full of power. Dancing and my husband are my live! This is my adrenaline!

Let’s talk about your family life. You and your husband seem to be quite a power duo. how did that started?
we are a school love affair , when we were very young... and still we are in love!!! I am happy for that and I thank god every day for my lovely husband Roland.

Is it different performing with him versus other drummers?
My husband knows my movements, he knows what I want .. this makes it easy.... also what makes our duet special is our interaction full of emotions and love... we do not hide it, because it is pure and clean! ... it would be empty if I would perform with others drummers... of course some accompanied Roland... but focus on interacting is only Roland...

Any children? if not, are you planning to have any?
We were thinking often about that.. but really we are not sure what the future will bring, so we decided against children.. we are full time dancer and performer and we do our job 100 %... I think it would not be good for children if we would be 50 % parents and 50 % artists with own school and festival and traveling around the world... .

What do you enjoy to do in your spare time?
We love to relax in our sauna and of course to be together, just me and Roland....

Let’s talk about the future. Do you see yourself performing more or less in the future?
Yes we do... We see it in our calendar!!!

Any new projects in the making? DVDs, shows, ... etc
yes, new DVDs, online classes, tours around the world... now I am also having fun doing zumba besides belly dancing.. it is great for the fitness...

How do you keep looking so beautiful?
thank you! I try to be positive.. lots of love and to have some sleep.... trying to keep healthy, no cigarettes, no alcohol, no drugs, healthy food, drinking lots of water... and so on.... to be healthy and positive, with love in your heart this is beauty !

If you have one beauty secret to share, what would it be?
Love and positive energy! and the points mentioned before... Try to sleep, to relax and to live healthy and to concentrate on the positive things in the live.

What’s your favorite make up?
I like "La Prairie" make up and their creams too.

DVDs

Leyla is an amazing instructor. I have watched several of her videos including the 2 most acclaimed shimmy videos ever!

My other favorite DVD by Leyla is "Layers with Leyla" which you could purchase from bellydance.org

Other great videos of Leyla could be purchased on her online store

LINKS

Leyla's website

Leyla's official Facebook page

Leyla's You Tube channel

Leyla's online store

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Modern Egyptian belly dance choreography: Seyyid Gamel (Mezdeke)

2011-08-16T04:27:00.000-07:00

This is one the funnest songs ever! So hope you enjoy the choreography. Make sure to start learning the combinations first then watch the complete choreography with music.

Here is the information on the song Seyyid Gamel by Mezdeke

STEP BY STEP COMBINATIONS

CHOREOGRAPHY WITH MUSIC

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Next choreography: fun modern Egyptian - Seyyid Gamel (Mezdeke)

2011-08-12T05:06:00.000-07:00

The next choreography is a very fun modern Egyptian song called " Seyyid Gamel". You will find the song in the album Mezdeke 7.

Check out where you can buy the track here on iTunes and Amazon.
iTunes
Amazon

Enjoy the song here:

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Belly dance with veils: the side cross extension

2011-08-12T04:57:00.000-07:00

The side cross extensio is very much like the simple front cross, the only difference is that you are extending your arms to the side which produces a different effect with the veils.

there are other things you can add to this move, some are covered in the video, others will be on others videos in the future. Enjoy!

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Belly dance with veils: the "S" Flip

2011-08-11T04:59:00.000-07:00

The "S" Flip is a little cute move that has its own effect on simple travelling moves like the 3 step tuen and grapes vines ... etc

Check out this video to see the basic technique.

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Gorgeous pants costumes

2011-08-10T11:06:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been more into pants costumes. I love the comfort and the ease of a lot moves when I dance with pants costumes. Not to forget they look fabulous and they help lengthen your body if you are short or if your lower body is shorter than the upper body :)

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Coffee talk: why I don't post links to costume stores?

2011-08-10T05:18:00.000-07:00

I have received many emails asking for links to sources where the costumes could be purchased. I usually respond saying that I will try to find out since I mght not know the source or the designer but many times I just say "those posts are for inspiration only"! This seems to come as a shock to some....

Belly dance with veils: butterfly variations

2011-08-10T05:09:00.000-07:00

We learned how to do the butterfly move with veils in a previous post and now we will try different moves yopu can do with the butterfly. If you have not had the chance to learn the butterfly, please check this post:

How to do the butterfly

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Belly dance with veils: a stretching routine before your practice

2011-08-09T04:23:00.000-07:00

Few of you asked for some stretching ideas before your veil practice.

I focus on stretcing the hips, the abs, the shoulders and tricep muscles prior to practice. Those are the muscles you will be using.

Your shoulders will definitely get tired if you practice for an hour or more even if you stretch!

Here are some stretching ideas:

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Belly dance with veils: how to do big side circles front and back

2011-08-09T04:15:00.000-07:00

Side big circles are fun yet they require some technique.

The most important thing to remember is the move is mostly generated by your shoulder so your arms must stay straight and you must move them really fast!

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How to frame your face with the veil

2011-08-08T05:11:00.000-07:00

I love this face frame with the veil. This is ideal when the music slows down a lot. It is also great for entrances.

There are so many ways to wear the veil and they will be featured here as we go.

You can see this done in the veil Egyptian choreography here

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Belly dance with veil: front cross and butterfly combination

2011-08-06T19:34:00.000-07:00

We have learned the simple front cross and butterfly technique before.

If you have not had a chance to learn them yet, check out these videos:

How to do a simple front cross

How to do a butterfly

Now, you can try to combine the 2 moves by adding a turn in between. check out this video!

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How to do a veil butterfly

2011-08-05T07:16:00.000-07:00

Butterflies are beautiful basic veil moves and you can do so many things with them which I will show you in future videos but for now, let's focus on the technique.

The most important things to remember when you do butterflies is to not move from the shoulkders but rather from the forearms. Also, make sure the veil always stays in the back of your body and extend the arms after the flip.

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New belly dance costume trend: floral patterns

2011-08-04T15:11:00.000-07:00

There seems to be a trend with belly dance costume where patterns and prints are not only acceptable but desired!

Long gone the days where beads were the thing. The more beads you had on your costume, the prettier it was considered!

I am starting to be a fan of this trend as well. I don’t like noisy costumes and beads just seem to get in the way sometimes and make dancing a bit less comfortable. Most dancers are used to practicing in comfortable clothes and when they put on a costume, they have to slow down the pace and be careful so the beads don’t go flying all over the place or have a wardrobe malfunction!

Now the trend if to bring that practice feel of attire to the performance costume. Keep it simple, comfortable and dare to be different so prints are in and the most beautiful prints are the flower prints! Here are some gorgeous floral costume ideas.

Choo choo shimmy contest: how long can you choo choo?

2011-08-04T10:08:00.000-07:00

Ready for another contest?

This one will be easier. You don't have to learn a complete choreography! Just show your best choo choo shimmy video and win the latest Karim Nagi CD Unregulated.

Lean the choo choo shimmy here

DEADLINE: SPTEMBER 30TH, 2011

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How to do the Tunisian shimmy

2011-08-04T05:00:00.000-07:00

The Tunisian shimmy is simply a hip twist back and forth!

But it's done mostly in combination of other moves. This video will give you some ideas of how you could combine the Tunisian shimmy with other hip moves.

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Basic belly dance veil tips

2011-08-03T05:16:00.000-07:00

There are some rules to remember before you start learning the veil. Keeping them in mind will make the task much easier and would make a big difference in how your veil looks as you dance:

1- Make sure you never drop your veil unless you intend to
2- Make sure to keep the veil away from your body
3- Make sure your arms stay straight except for few moves
4- Make sure your arms move very fast to allow the veil to move well

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Contest winner announced: Bita from Iran

2011-08-03T04:56:00.001-07:00

Bita from Iran

Bita did a great job learning the choreography for the modern Egyptian song "Yaho" by Hakim
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See the contest information here

Congratulations! Please email tiazza@tiazza.com with your mailing address so you can receive your free belly dance costume set!

Here is Bita's video: