Belly Dance Tucson Facebook Status - 02-03-13

Attention ALL Belly Dance Tucson students. If you are at home watching the game today or sitting around a table with friends you should be squeezing your glutes while doing said recreational activities. See you tomorrow :)!

Belly Dance Tucson Facebook Status - 02-01-13

Fitness Friday = This week's fitness friday is inspired by my silly students. I had multiple students ask how to strengthen their glutes because we use them so much in class. Last night one student announced "Wow, you do a lot of stuff with your butt". Well in this dance much of our hip movement is controlled by our glutes. Your gluteus maximus is the biggest single muscle in your body so why not use it to your advantage? The link attached is from a body building website HOWEVER there are many exercises on this page that DO NOT require weights at all. They list exercises that you can do at home using only the weight of your own body to strengthen your glutes. http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/finder/lookup/filter/muscle/id/14/muscle/glutes


Glute Exercises & Glute Workouts
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Glute exercises and workouts. Learn from experts using our Glute exercise database filled with detailed instructions and video.

Belly Dance Tucson Facebook Status - 01-31-13

Tucson local business Thursday = as a local small business we know how important community support is in our success so every Thursday we will feature a local small business that we enjoy, that is owned or run by one of our supporters or we think you might like knowing about we will feature it. Check them out, maybe give them a "like" or better try them out!

This week we are featuring Evolution Tucson. I have personally worked with the owner of this establishment through my years in the fitness industry and I can honestly say he is one of the best trainers I've known. Check them out https://www.facebook.com/TucsonKettlebelltraining?ref=ts&fref=ts


Evolution Tucson
Tucson's premier provider of Personal Training, Russian Kettlebell training, corrective exercise, and Olympic Weightlifting.

Belly Dance Tucson Facebook Status - 01-30-13

Way Back Wednesday= Every Wednesday we will post one piece of information on the history of belly dance and it's various forms. This is not a big article. One piece of history each week. Tune in each Wednesday for for your Way Back Wednesday factoid. This week:

Raqs sharqi (Arabic: رقص شرقي, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈɾˤɑʔsˤe ˈʃæɾʔi]; literally "oriental dancing") is the classical Egyptian style of belly dance that developed during the first half of the 20th century.
Based on the traditional ghawazi and other folk styles and formed by western influences such as marching bands, the Russian ballet, Latin dance, etc., this hybrid style was performed in the cabarets of interbellum period Egypt and in early Egyptian cinema.

Belly Dance Tucson Facebook Status - 01-28-13

Menu Monday = After a post from Terra on how great hers were I had to search for what looked like a good recipe for stuffed grape leaves. This one is veggie friendly. Oh and Terra if you have left overs… your teacher is hungry :). http://greekfood.about.com/od/stuffedgrapeleaves/r/Stuffed-Grape-Leaves-With-Rice-And-Herbs-Dolmathakia.htm


Stuffed Grape Leaves with Rice and Herbs – Dolmathakia
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Tender grape leaves are used to wrap little parcels stuffed with rice, pine nuts, and fresh herbs. A great vegetarian appetizer, these can be served cold or at room temperature.

Belly Dance Tucson Facebook Status - 01-25-13

Fitness Friday's= A new thing for the BDT page. Each friday I will post an article on some sort of dance/fitness related topic that I found to be relevant and interesting or that may offer a tip or two that you can add to your practice. Today's article is being posted because I was excited to see an article on belly dancing for fun and exercise being posted on CNN.com! Enjoy! http://articles.cnn.com/2003-06-13/health/bellydancing_1_belly-dancing-oriental-dance-willowy-arms?_s=PM%3AHEALTH

Belly dancing: Swivel your way to fitness
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In Asia, it is a dance to usher in a new birth. In Turkey, it is considered a folk dance. In a small studio in West Los Angeles brimming with women of all ages, belly dancing is a unique way to get…

Belly Dance Tucson Facebook Status - 01-25-13

Are you all geared up for the weekend? It's going to be busy at Belly Dance Tucson! 4 hours with the lovely Amanda Rose followed by Student Troupe auditions. Looking forward to seeing all of you!

Belly Dance Tucson Facebook Status - 01-23-13

Studio updates:

Student troupe auditions January 27th at 4:30pm.

Starting Wednesday February 6th the Movement and Conditioning class at 5:20 will go back to being a full hour of zills (finger cymbals). This will be a mixed levels class. If you have experience your work with the zills will be harder than those that are just learning zills.

February 21 at 6:45pm will be the first night for the new UNMATA ITS intro syllabus class. If you want to sign up for this class please message me. The session is 7 weeks long.