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Beginner vs Advanced Dancers
A beginner dancer knows they know nothing. They are aware of how much they have yet to learn, and they approach the process with openness, focusing on absorbing new information and developing basic skills. An intermediate dancer, having gained some confidence, often believes they know everything. At this stage, it’s easy to feel like they’ve…
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That 70’s Bellydance Show – Retro Raqs
A TRIBUTE TO THE 70s Bringing you Egyptian, Turkish and Lebanese dance from this often forgotten about era!Ashley Rhianne will be performing in the Retro-Raqs Online Gala Production – That 70’s Bellydance Show October 23, 2021! This weekend will be an all-star studded weekend featuring Shahrzad (Egypt/USA), Esmeralda (Brazil), Azad Khan (Turkey/Germany) and is hosted…
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Being a Beginner Takes Courage
Being a Beginner Takes Courage Do you remember your first dance class?What brought you to this class? What internal drive caused you look up the class time table, to pack your bag, to step foot into the studio? How did you feel to suddenly realize you know nothing about what you were about to do, to…
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New Baladi Video is up!
I had the honour of being asked to dance in the Nova Scotia-based online show Belly Dance Brew in July 2021 (thanks Vanessa!!) and here is the performance! The baby bump is making an appearance also at 17 weeks! Click here to be directed! If you haven’t subscribed to my Youtube Channel – please subscribe!…
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Big News!!
Big news!! Well if you are on my mailing list you know that I dropped a bomb on everyone last week – I am 14 weeks pregnant with my first (and only!) child! Its been a REALLY crazy experience so far as I never wished to walk the motherhood road. I was pretty happy with…
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What Does SUCCESS Look Like to YOU?
What does SUCCESS look like for you?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀Creating content, choreographies, workshops, class programs, prepping for a show is a hustle for sure. It’s easy to look at someone’s work or success & think that either they have it easy or that it is easy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What we don’t see is the magnitude of sweat labour…
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Finding Your Creative Process
Generating ideas for a choreography or performance is hard in the best of times. This can be even harder when you are asked to dance in a themed show or given a concept to work with. It might be something that you don’t necessarily jive with or you feel restricted by the direction. It can…
