My dance birthday actually was in June, but I’ve been reading about people “celebrating” theirs and reminiscing over their dance lives. I already wrote about my beginnings in my ‘About Me’ section, albeit brief. I’d love to say I’m one of those dance wunderkinds who danced her/his way out of the womb and onto the [...]

Here’s a sneak preview of the progress of my costume bra. I have to sew the back straps on, but they’ll be the same teal fabric. I think they’ll be plain and not the lettuce-leaf detailing on them. I will make a panel skirt out of the pink fabric; I have so much left, because [...]

I was once told, on separate occasions by different people, that dancers are very insecure people and physicists tend to worry more than anyone else. In my process of cleaning an image with 235 channels for my thesis, I was thinking about how I feel about all of it. I’m not particularly talented with image [...]

Because I have no idea what state I’ll be in next weekend (a friend of mine is visiting Chicago right now, and we’re going to Lollapalooza next weekend), I thought I’d write another review to keep the weekend reviews up. Feynman’s Rainbow, title referencing the physicist Richard Feynman (he helped create the atomic bomb), is [...]

For something fun and keep everyone interested, I decided to make weekends my day (or days) to post reviews of things relevant to the blog. This blog obviously has a dance slant, but I will try to post a few physics things every now and then. I’ve been listening to Tribal Derivations recently. If you [...]

I have a little tradition before going to dance class. I write in my journal, my private one. I do this, because I have a 40 minute bus ride to class and need a way to spend my time. I also do it to clear my head. If something has been troubling me, I find [...]

I came across this thread on Tribe this morning about when and how you should name teachers under whom you studied or with whom you worked. I can’t attest to everyone, but I linked up everyone I took at least a season’s worth (3 months) of classes with on my links section because I liked [...]

I’m about a month late on this, but I read something about Wife Swap having a belly dancer. It appears that this woman taught the children how to belly dance, and some of the general audience was upset, at least online. Not being a fan of this show or much reality TV, save for cooking [...]

For some reason, I lucked out with the fusion floorwork workshop. Remember how I had to miss it because of my sneak preview tickets to The Dark Knight? The workshop was moved to this past Sunday. For those of you who don’t know what floorwork is, it’s dance technique done on the floor. You’re either [...]

Zills, sometimes called finger cymbals, are an instrument Middle Eastern dancers may use to accompany their music, adding another layer or accenting what’s being played. They are a dying art, in my opinion. A lot of people do not play them or play them much. They’re difficult to play (and then play and dance), and [...]