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Feb 16, 2016
4 min

Costuming In Egypt: What it's Really Like Chapter 3-OMG It's Perfect continued...

Common Scents Everyone smokes in Egypt! Not quite but really close. Hookahs yes are very popular but so are cigarettes. So if your costume has a faint odor of tobacco smoke, treat it with a vodka spray. Please note that if your costume has sequins do not spray the sequins! Not all sequins are made the same. Some sequins are silver tinted with a colored coating that the color will wash off, fade, or scratch out of existence. If you spray your costume spray the inside not the o

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May 20, 2015
2 min

Costuming in Egypt: What it's Really Like! Part 2

In the 1st chapter of this series I wrote about how to order, but there was not enough space to elaborate on some of the other issues dancers can face or problems that can arise. So here is a bit more information. Egyptian import fees! When returning a costume to Egypt keep in mind that Egyptian customs levies a 40% import fee - and no it does not matter if it is something being returned . The vendor there has to pay 40% to get the item back so it is usually much easier and c

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May 5, 2015
3 min

Costuming in Egypt: What it's Really Like!

How to Order a Costume from Egypt: Chapter 1 It can be so difficult to order costumes from Egypt. You have the language barrier – even if the vendor speaks English they don't use the same idioms and phrases that we do, so misinterpretation or misunderstanding can be a real problem. Sizes differ drastically from our own. To help make things easier, I have come up with a brief list of how to’s. Measurements Make your measurements in centimeters (cm)! It's not as hard as you thi

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Jan 6, 2015
1 min

Da Bomb Blog Highlight #2

So while our blog is awesome, we recognize that there are other blogs out there that also make some great points. Paloma, Aya, Julianna, and others from the studio will occasionally highlight an exceptional or interesting blog post from the bellydance community. These posts are awesome or, all the 90s kids would say, these posts are "da bomb"! This highlight is one of Julianna's picks called "On Jealousy and True Belonging" by Nora Krohn in the "Living in the Middle" Blog ".

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Dec 29, 2014
1 min

Da Bomb Blog Highlight #1

So while our blog is awesome, we recognize that there are other blogs out there that also make some great points. Julie, myself and others from the studio will occasionally highlight an exceptional or interesting blog post from the bellydance community. These posts are awesome or, as 90s kids would say, these posts are "da bomb"! This highlight is one of Julianna's picks called "Lose the Label" from Zahra Zuhair's Blog "Glittering Glimpses" (catchy name, right?). It's look at

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Sep 12, 2014
5 min

Seeds of Change

It seems like daily I am bombarded by cultural dance purists, who rage about keeping the dance pure, or who rant about appropriation and so-called cultural insensitivity. You know what? I am tired of it. I am not saying that appropriation does not happen…sure it does. And I am not saying that we do not need to be concerned about this... we do. What I am saying is that dancers of today are sowing the seeds of change for tomorrow and that others just cannot seem to deal with th

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It's not Easy, but Man is It Fun!

Mar 26, 2014
1 min

It's not Easy, but Man is It Fun!

Let's take a little time to brag about Julie. Why? Well her birthday was Friday, so that sounds like a great reason to me! Even if that were not the case, Julie deserves to be bragged on just because of all the hard work she puts into running the studio. She works full time, and then teaches multiple bellydance classes almost everyday. She is so passionate about this studio that if she has to spend her own money to keep the lights on, she will. Making sure her students have a

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Whose Dance is It Anyway?

Mar 11, 2014
4 min

Whose Dance is It Anyway?

Dance is a world-wide art form using the human body. It is a constantly evolving form of expression composed of countless regional differences and subtleties that reflect our many cultural identities. Even though I am not an indigenous Middle Easterner, belly dance is my passion. I have performed numerous kinds of dance from ballet to square dance. But the dance form that touches my heart and soul most is belly dance. It simply calls to the woman inside me. Dancing has helped

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Mar 3, 2014
1 min

Inspiration from Kat

This is Julianna, sharing a piece of inspiration with you. My daughter Kat posted this to my wall today and it is so beautiful that I need to share this with everyone. I hope you find this as uplifting and inspirational as I did! "Wrote something today, thought you'd like it. 'Bellydancing is so much more than just dance. It’s a world of lights, costumes, movement, science, art and sound. It’s a whirlwind of colors and meaning, traditions and breaking them, new ideas and anci

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Nov 1, 2013
1 min

Welcome to the WBC Blog!

We're definitely excited to start this blog! Topics will range from the history of bellydance to costume tips and even balancing your dance with the rest of your life! Our main contributors will be Julie Wilson, owner of the Women's Bellydance Center, and Judith Reymond, a student with plenty of wisdom to offer. Paloma will occassionally contribute some video blog posts and we'll include guest posts from teachers and students at the center. Leave any topics you'd like us to c

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