Belly Dance Rants

I’m getting tired of seeing singers do “belly...

xibalbadance — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:40:55 -0500

I’m getting tired of seeing singers do “belly dance”…

To me, it seems it’s for the shock value rather than for the sake of the dance…

Thoughtful Thursday

xibalbadance — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:04:39 -0500

Thursday isn’t until an hour from now for me, but for some of you, it is! I was having a down...

From Rosalinddancer: FFS...Just because i'm not like your preconceived notion of what a belly dancer should look like does NOT make me any less of a dancer be it in cabaret or Tribal...

xibalbadance — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:16:01 -0500

Seriously, i’ve been holding that in since yesterday. (insert tearing hair out gif here) We had a...

To My Belly Dance Students, Regarding Your "Loyalty" to Your Teacher

xibalbadance — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:07:32 -0500

To My Belly Dance Students, Regarding Your "Loyalty" to Your Teacher: What a great article!

I think this is a much needed site. lol. I just wonder why so many bellydancing teachers only want certain types of women in their shows from their classes. It seems very clicky to me. I've always wanted to be part of a troup (need to learn advanced bellydance first though). I had expressed this to my first bellydance teacher but she didn't seem interested and have gone to other Bellydance teacher shows and the teachers always seemed like they were more into themselves than the students.

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:55:04 -0500

It’s better to find a sisterhood with common ground rather than being taught by someone that...

To Those of You Struggling

xibalbadance — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:37:00 -0500

What or Who is your ghost? Ghosts are those things that haunt us, that drive us to dance—those...

Why are my dance sisters more supportive than my blood sisters?

xibalbadance — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:48:40 -0500

xibalbadance: They tell my dance sisters that they are outsiders looking in, but on the other hand,...

Costume DRAMA

xibalbadance — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:20:45 -0500

A couple of years ago, a woman whom I was newly friends with, came to my home for a visit. Prior to...

From Anonymous

xibalbadance — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:51:27 -0500

Fake belly dance “communities” I’ve realized lately how fake so many dancers in my...

From Anonymous Submitter

xibalbadance — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:25:28 -0600

Equality And Fairness In The Community A Generalize Rant About What Goes On “Behind The...

Dilara's Fashion E-Bad--Belly Dance Style

xibalbadance — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:06:10 -0600

Dilara's Fashion E-Bad--Belly Dance Style: You want to see Appropriation in action? This is...

I recently stumbled across a blog, where a young woman constantly states that belly dancing is an "appropriation and silent imperialism of Romani and Arab cultures." Thoughts or possible arguments?

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:44:55 -0600

I will admit, there are those that… appropriate. They take things from cultures without...

Whoa! Hello to all the new followers! I appreciate it!

xibalbadance — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:20:19 -0600

From Dusty Paik

xibalbadance — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:11:00 -0600

I would very much like to start a dialogue on something that troubles me quite a bit: Dancers...

Death of the Cheesy Belly Dance Show

xibalbadance — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:42:54 -0600

Death of the Cheesy Belly Dance Show: Carrara Nour has everything in perspective with belly dance....

Making The Last Post Rebloggable for Everyone

xibalbadance — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:21:48 -0600

I confused about the sexuality vs belly dance thing. Is it wrong for anyone to find belly dance...

I confused about the sexuality vs belly dance thing. Is it wrong for anyone to find belly dance erotic? Because it does emphasize the body,and its movement. Also,I love burlesque,and I think the style basically takes anything (I once saw a burlesque piece based on cooking) and makes it erotic and fun! Is it an insult if the person watching and doing it know that not all belly dance is sexually meant?

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:14:08 -0600

The reason why belly dancers really hate the fact that most see it as sexual is because it’s...

Opinions on male belly dancers? :)

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:50:11 -0600

I love them! They bring a fresh look at belly dance. I enjoy watching them and see what they have to...

I Think I Just Got Rick Rolled In My Messages....

xibalbadance — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:46:58 -0600

But it wasn’t a Rick Roll… It was a stupid video, couldn’t tell if they were...

Posted On My Personal Blog

rosalinddancer — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:28:25 -0600

Okay. (Name Removed) I’m gonna go on a diet, and do lots of exercise. Gonna learn to belly dance,...