American Tribal Style?

A few months back, I had to do some belly dance teacher soul searching. I teach American Tribal Style Belly Dance. Recently, the creator of this amazing dance form, Carolena Nericcio, has become increasingly vocal that all ATS dancers should do the dance the way she does, or it shouldn’t be called ATS. [...]

Apologies, Neglected Blog of Mine.

Wow, April was my last blog post? Ok, so I’m a little behind here. Everything is pretty good. I’ve taken a generally optimistic turn. Dance classes have been going great.
At the beginning of the summer I started a new Beginning American Tribal Style class in a new, more popular time slot. [...]

TribalCon 2009

My TribalCon experience this year was absolutely amazing! This was my second year attending, and I think this year’s was even better than last year’s.
The venue was the same: Holiday Inn in downtown Decatur, Georgia. Decatur is a darling little town with beautiful old buildings and funky little shops and cafes. However, [...]

Students and Self Promotion

My dance class is shrinking slightly again.  I lose students periodically to such things as giving birth, foot surgery, personal lives and exhaustion.  I’m sure every class does.  It takes awhile to build a program.
I began fearing I wouldn’t make a profit on the class anymore, or worse, it would actually cost me money again.  [...]

A Shimmy Progressive

Dance classes are going really well finally.  I feel like I’ve really improved as a teacher, just in the fact that I’m now comfortable teaching. I actually have several students who come to class regularly.  This is a major improvement. And we are set to have our next performance at the end of October.
The dilemma [...]