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Nivetha Shree: Find Your Patterns and Then Break Them
Season 8 Episode 354
Fascinated by the arts since childhood, Nivetha Shree discovered Belly Dance at the age of 21 and has since trained with renowned teachers around the…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Snigdha Sachdev: What Makes an Effective Belly Dance Class
Season 8 Episode 353
Snigdha Sachdev is a Delhi-based fusion belly dance artist and dedicated yoga enthusiast. A Biotechnology graduate with a master’s degree in Stem Cel…
3 months ago
Gracie Mandujano: The Energetics Behind Every Hip Circle That No One Talks About
Season 8 Episode 352
Gracie Mandujano was born in Honduras, a land rooted in ancient Mayan traditions, and from an early age felt called to reconnect with life’s true pur…
3 months ago
Esmeralda Colabone: Is This Really The Last Tour?..
Season 8 Episode 351
Esmeralda Colabone has dedicated herself to Arab dance and culture since 1999. From 2002 to 2014 she worked with Belly Dance Brazil and Lebanon’s fam…
3 months, 1 week ago
Leli Neeraja: A Journey From Anxiety to Self-Connection Through Belly Dance, Tribal Fusion and Odissi
Season 8 Episode 350
Leli Neeraja is a dancer and teacher who has dedicated over a decade to guiding others toward inner balance through movement. Her work is a continuou…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Suhaila Salimpour: Carrying Arab-American Heritage into the Academic World
Season 8 Episode 349
Suhaila Salimpour, of Sicilian-Greek and Kurdish-American heritage, is a second-generation belly dancer and a pioneering figure in the global dance c…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Badriyah: When Life Falls Apart, the Dance Remains
Season 8 Episode 348
Badriyah is a professional oriental dancer based in Belgium, dedicated to Egyptian classical and folkloric styles, modern fusion, and the Golden Age …
4 months ago
Melissa Gamal: What Happens When You Stop Holding Yourself Back
Season 8 Episode 347
Melissa Gamal is an award-winning dancer, instructor, and event producer based in Toronto, Canada. As the director of the Ya Amar School of Dance, Me…
4 months, 1 week ago
Virginia Danielson: Book Discussion: The Voice of Egypt. Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the 20th Century
Season 8 Episode 346
Virginia Danielson (PhD, Ethnomusicology, University of Illinois, 1991) is an associate of the Harvard Music Department and a visiting scholar at New…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Elen Chikhladze: What Separates Advanced Dancers from Truly Professional
Season 8 Episode 345
Elen Oriental (Elen Chikhladze) is a Georgian choreographer and dance instructor from Tbilisi, specializing in oriental dance since 2002. Beginning h…
4 months, 3 weeks ago