by Navid Goldrick on April 22, 2014, no comments
Today I want to give you a sneak peek at our special piece that we are performing this Saturday, April 26 at Cabaret Orientale. It is a very special piece for us for 2 reasons.
by Navid Goldrick on April 19, 2014, 2 comments
The Imperfectionist Manifesto by Melissa Dinwiddie Whenever I create a new choreography, I really struggle to “finalize” it. I feel it still doesn’t look right, whether it is because the movements don’t seem to go with the music anymore, or I lack the skills, or my movements are not refined or whatever. It just does […]
by Navid Goldrick on April 10, 2014, no comments
Armbands look pretty easy to make, right? Right. And they can be, if you are just making armbands with nothing attached to them. I have been working on a choreography that made me want a piece of costume that is flowy but not as big as a veil. So I decided to make arm bands with […]
by Navid Goldrick on April 9, 2014, no comments
Do you get nervous before performance? Who doesn’t! Right? But before this show, we were really nervous, like, “oh every inch of my body feels tense, and tips of my toes are so cold, and I just can’t wait for this performance to be over, so I don’t have to think about it any more […]
by Navid Goldrick on March 28, 2014, no comments
A couple of weeks ago, I did a post and video on how to make this white floral & gem design for a belly dance costume bra. This week, I want to share with you how I made a matching belly dance belt from scratch. By the end of this video, you will know how […]
by Navid Goldrick on March 15, 2014, 4 comments
Flowers and gems… these are girls’ best friends, aren’t they? The other day, I was browsing through DIY arts & crafts videos on YouTube, and encountered a video titled “DIY EDC bra.” I didn’t know what EDC meant (EDC = Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas), but the thumbnail showed this pretty bra with shiny […]
by Navid Goldrick on February 28, 2014, 2 comments
Are you a photogenic dancer? In the last few years, I have realized again and again an important fact about being a dancer: people take photos of you and how the photos turn out is almost as important as your performance itself. Photo by Frank Kovalchek
by Navid Goldrick on February 21, 2014, no comments
In this post you will hear Avaz-e Dashti, the haunting sound of the desert. Dasht means desert in Farsi. It is a soulful longing that is heard in Dashti. It is the howling winds, and the endless quiet of the desert. All these sounds can be heard in Dashti. Until […]
by Navid Goldrick on February 15, 2014, no comments
Have you got disappointed when you buy a belly dance costume only to realize the bra cups are squashed or look wonky? I have had a set of pink costume, and I have worn it and performed in it a couple of times now. But each time, I kept on noticing the cup on the […]
by Navid Goldrick on February 7, 2014, no comments
Afshari Avaz-e Afshari is another sub-dastgah of Shur. It is very short and only has three gushe in the Radif of Mirza Abdollah, but it is very expressive and particular. In the recording you will hear we are using the root of Shur in D, or jins Bayati from D. “qb” = quarter […]