"To me, dance is a lifestyle," Parasson said. "It’s therapeutic. It helps me keep my sanity."For others, including one of the three dancer-instructors who organized the show, it’s something closer to obsession.
The Columbus Dispatch - Local/State
An interesting article not only because it focuses on belly dancers from different walks of life who have turned it into a career, but also because it draws attention to its increasing popularity in mainstream music.
Lisa x
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2 comments:
Hi, Thank you so much for all your information it's great. I am also a subsriber and love getting my daily secret!! I am a beginner in belly dancing(4 months) but am trying to learn how to belly roll, but have found nothing to teach me, do you know any info or have any intructions on how to do this???
Hi there! I saw your query about belly rolls and thought that perhaps I could offer some info. This is the way I was taught, and also the way I teach the belly roll in my classes. Firstly you need to imagine your belly as divided into two - your lower belly muscles below your belly button and then your upper belly muscles between the belly button and the ribcage. To isolate, place your hand on the top muscles - standing in basic stance, knees soft - and forcibly blow the air out of your lungs, feeling the top muscle pull in sharply. (Of course we don't do this when actually doing a belly roll, but this is to help you feel the muscle contracting!) Then place your hand below your belly button, tighten your butt, squeeze your lower ab muscles, pelvic floor muscles, feeling your lower ab muscles pull in and your pelvis tilt up slightly. Now you can feel the two different groups, you need to break the belly roll down into 4 steps, using those groups. Place one hand on each muscle group. Number 1, pull in the top belly muscles. Number 2, pull in the lower belly muscle. Now both groups are contracted. Number 3, the tricky one, keep the lower muscles pulled in, but release the top muscle, feeling the muscles release out and push out against your hand. Number 4, release the bottom muscles. Practise these movements step-by-step, learning to really isolate each one. Then when you are comfortable, start letting them flow into each other in a continuous movement. Also remember to breathe, not hold your breath while doing this or you may start feeling light-headed! As this becomes easier, your task will be to really isolate this to your belly muscles, i.e. not using the back or chest to generate the movement. You can do this by standing with your back against a wall and trying to belly roll while maintaining contact between your spine and the wall and keeping shoulders stable - makes you really isolate it to your belly muscles. Once you can do this, play with it - slow belly rolls alternating with quicker smaller ones. A variation is then to reverse the movement, as follows. Number 1, pull in lower muscles. Number 2, pull in upper muscles. Number 3, release lower muscles. Number 4, release upper muscles. Hope this info helps! Have fun!
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