Monday, September 15, 2008

Opening Entry - The Joys of Bellydance

I have several blogs or blog-like things going on, but I believe this will be The One :-) I've been dancing for about 3 years now & have never loved an activity like I love bellydance!

What do I love about it?

Learning to know & control my body
Learning to love my body & more important, to not be ashamed of it!
Dancing!
Learning about different types of dance
Trying out different styles
Making choreography
Working with other dancers to come up with choreography
Taking classes from different teachers
Taking workshops with as many different people as I can!
Going to shows & watching other dancers
Dancing in shows!
Being part of a dance troupe - Torque
Working with all the people in my troupe
Meeting & hanging out with my troupe
Hanging out with other students in my classes
Meeting my favorite dancers & seeing them dance LIVE!
Taking pictures of events & looking at them later
Costumes!
Making costumes
Shopping for costumes & jewelry
Admiring other dancer's costumes
Wearing costumes!
Talking to other dancers about costumes
Going to costume workshops
Seeing how much jewelry I can put on at one time :-)
Seeing cool tattoos on dancers
Henna!
Makeup!!
Putting on performance makeup
Visiting the MAC counter :-)
Looking at other dancer's performance makeup
Talking to other dancers about performance makeup
Getting together & puttin on makeup before a show
Drinking a bit of wine before a show
Driving together to a show or workshop

OK, that's all I can think of right now. Bellydance has become my life - I love it!

Next time - I am going to pull all my BD blogs together into this one...

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