Remember student troupe rehearsal only today. No classes. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!! Hope it's wonderful.

Tucson Local Business Thursday = In the spirit of Valentines Day the perfect place to take your special someone is to our little desert gem Cafe Poca Cosa. Their food is phenomenal, great atmosphere, vegetarian friendly, but remember to make a reservation. Give em a like! https://www.facebook.com/CafePocaCosa?fref=ts Cafe Poca CosaDavila's cuisine, which draws upon the… Read more »

Remember, student troupe tomorrow but NO classes. See you all Monday!

Way Back Wednesday = The Dumbek – one of the drums most commonly used in middle eastern music. The goblet drum (also chalice drum, darbuka, debuka, Kratom, doumbek, dumbec, or tablah, Arabic: دربوكة / ALA-LC: darbūkah) is a single head membranophone with a goblet shaped body used mostly in the Middle East, North Africa, and… Read more »

I find there to be lots of truth in this… Simple and true.

Reminder we will have student troupe rehearsal on valentines day but there will be no other classes that day. Thanks!

Youtube Tuesday = Zoe Jakes and Kami Liddle, tribal fusion belly dance, i saw this one live and it is still one of my favorite performances ever. Enjoy! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K97Wjs4DUdM Kami Liddle & Zoe Jakes perform at The Massive Spectacular! 2011Zoe Jakes & Kami Liddle perform a stunning duet at The Massive Spectacular! An Epic Stage… Read more »

Intro to belly dance at 3pm, Level 1 at 5:30, Intro to belly dance at 6:45! If you haven't been in for a class before come check out one of the intro classes. Remember if you've "liked" us on here your first class is free!!!!

I'll be making an announcement once a day to try and remind everyone. Thursday, Valentines day we will have student troupe rehearsal and all other classes are canceled that day. Thanks!

Menu Monday = falafel mmmmmmm……. http://mideastfood.about.com/od/maindishes/r/falafelrecipe.htm Falafelmideastfood.about.comFalafel is a worldwide recognized Middle Eastern food. Learn how to make authentic falafel from this classic recipe.

Fitness Friday = here is a great article on core strength and the misconceptions we have about the core along wit some core strengthening exercises. Maybe we will sneak a couple of these into our warm ups! http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/abdominalcorestrength1/a/NewCore.htm

Tucson local business Thursday = This weeks local business is Emily Ann Jones photography. Emily has photographed many of our shows and done an absolutely stunning job. She has many fantastic photography projects on her page. Check her out, give her a "like". She is one of Tucson's most talented photographers.https://www.facebook.com/EmilyAnnJonesPhotography?ref=ts&fref=ts Emily Ann Jones PhotographyFreelance… Read more »

Way back Wednesday= last week we talked about the term raqs sharkias being a term to explain belly dance in Egypt. So how did "belly dance" get it's term in the west? Well this is something that is debated often because the actual origins of this dance are debatable. I did find several sources that… Read more »

YouTube Tuesday = Ashley Lopez, we brought this amazing dancer for a workshop a year and a half ago. She does the most amazing combo of yoga dance and belly dance. This video has amazing yoga dance work followed by awesome tribal fusion belly dance.. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBDGKanGhjM&feature=youtube_gdata_player Ashley Lopez – Salon L'OrientThis is Ashley Lopez'… Read more »