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Ammar Sayed: Teaching Arabic Language to Belly Dancers in Brazil
Season 9 Episode 396
Ammar Sayed is an Egyptian-born entrepreneur, and language teacher who has lived in Brazil for nearly a decade and is now a naturalized Brazilian bas…
2 days, 10 hours ago
Giselle Alfaro: How to Stop Fighting Stage Nerves and Start Using Them
Season 9 Episode 395
Giselle Alfaro, originally from El Salvador, is a dance artist with more than 17 years of experience, specializing in Middle Eastern dance. She has p…
1 week, 2 days ago
Haifa: What It Took to Be Able to Teach Belly Dance Openly in Kuwait
Season 9 Episode 394
Haifa is a Kuwaiti dance artist, Certified BMD belly dance instructor, and founder of The Rhythm Academy for Performing Arts, with 27 years of experi…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Devin Alfather: When One Dance Form Is Not Enough for Everything You Want to Say
Season 9 Episode 393
Devin Alfather is a multidisciplinary dancer and entertainer specializing in theatrical Fusion Bellydance, Egyptian Raqs Sharqi, MENAHT and world fus…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Silvia Brazzoli: Dancing Through Miscarriage and Rediscovering Your New Self
Season 9 Episode 392
Silvia Brazzoli is an international belly dance artist, instructor, artistic director, yoga teacher, and visual artist based in Italy. She began stud…
1 month ago
Moria Chappell: The Uncomfortable History of Sexuality and Dance
Season 9 Episode 391
Moria Chappell is an internationally renowned performance artist, dance instructor, researcher, artistic director, and costume designer specializing …
1 month, 1 week ago
Nisaa (Heather D. Ward): How Egypt Celebrates Belly Dance While Stigmatizing Its Dancers
Season 9 Episode 390
Nisaa (Heather D. Ward) is an instructor, performer, and researcher of Egyptian dance based in St. Louis, Missouri. Specializing in Egyptian raqs sha…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Jrisi Jusakos: How to Dance With Musicians Instead of Just Dancing to Music
Season 9 Episode 389
Jrisi Jusakos is an Australian dancer, choreographer, educator, and producer with more than 35 years of experience in dance. Born in Chile to a Greek…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Phaedra Darwish: What Belly Dancers Can Borrow From the Western System of Music Education
Season 9 Episode 388
Phaedra Darwish is a Chicago-based dancer, musician, instructor, and cultural advocate with a background in instrumental and vocal music and musical …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Olena Sinelnikova: The Teacher Who Knows How to Create Stars
Season 9 Episode 387
Olena Sinelnikova is an internationally acclaimed belly dancer, choreographer, and instructor from Ukraine. She is the founder and director of the Is…
2 months ago