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Five Songs, Thirty-Nine Versions, One Musical Rabbit Hole
5 songs, thirty-nine versions, and a rabbit hole of songs belly dancers should absolutely know.

Auntie Helen
May 316 min read


Baladi: One Word, Endless Confusion
Lets talk about how one word that is used endlessly in belly dance can cause so much confusion

Auntie Helen
Apr 2910 min read


Is it Folklore
Missed opportunities. We all have those moments we end up regretting, and it seems the longer we live, the longer that list quietly grows. Perfectly normal - hindsight has a way of sharpening everything into a chorus of “oh, if only I had…” Well, dear Dorothy, let’s not get carried away with that particular brand of self-reflective nonsense. If an opportunity slips past while you’re looking the other way, you make another one. Or you carry on and don’t give it a second thoug

Auntie Helen
Mar 297 min read
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