Nadira’s Retirement and the Fu...

Nadira is retiring! To celebrate (and maintain our legacy), we’re opening up the Belly Dance Geek® catalog with “pay what you want” pricing and granting permission for classroom use.

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Epi...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 9 | Tame Your Music

If you’re tired of trying to wrangle your music for practice, check out this awesome app to slow down, speed up, make repeatable loops and so much more. “Anytune” is for iOS and is now available in a NEW alpha pre-release for Android!

Want Awesome Audio? I can help!

Want Awesome Audio?  I can help!

Got Awesome Audio? If you are a teacher that has been struggling to find a...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Epi...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 8

Learn how to maximize your experience as a student in online classes and take your small screen to the big screen with ease!

Yaa Halla Ya’ll 2020

Yaa Halla Ya’ll 2020

Yaa Halla Ya’ll celebrates its 20th (& final) year. I am super...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Epi...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 7

Put it all together! Try out these zils and combo a capella (as in the videos). Then try it with a chiftitelli and/masmoudi saghir drum rhythm too! What’s the most challenging part for you?

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Epi...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 6

It’s time to put the “chifty” zil pattern with the syncopated hip articulation combo!

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Epi...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 5

This week we’ll play with a syncopated hip articulation combo.

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Epi...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 4

Check out this quirky 3-1-2-1-1-1 zil pattern with a “chifty” feeling in Episode 4 of the Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up.

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Epi...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 3

Let’s put the zil pattern on top of this 24 count “V” shaped floor pattern in Episode 3 of the Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up.

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Epi...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 2

Experiment with this 24 count “V” shaped floor pattern in Episode 2 of the Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up.

Geek Out with Nada El Masriya!

Geek Out with Nada El Masriya!

Geek out with Nada El Masriya on “Beledi – The Music, the Dance & the Culture” on Wednesday, 2/12/20 @12 pm Pacific (3pm eastern).

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Epi...

Tiny Belly Dance Mash Up – Episode 1

Check out this less often played zil pattern of 3-5-5. Learn different ways to count and different tones to play it with.

#Massive Improv Giveaway

#Massive Improv Giveaway

We’re celebrating the new decade with the #MassiveImprovGiveaway (and a SWANKY sale too)!

Geek Out with Siobhan!

Geek Out with Siobhan!

Geek out with Siobhan Camille on “Avoiding Injury Through Science and Structure” on Friday, 1/10/20 @12 pm Pacific.

How To Keep Jury Duty From Hijacking...

How To Keep Jury Duty From Hijacking Your Practice

How To Keep Jury Duty From Hijacking Your Practice – 5 things to do when you’re playing the waiting game

Geek Out with Aziza of Montreal!

Geek Out with Aziza of Montreal!

Geek out with Aziza of Montreal on “How To Maximize Your Practice” on 12/30/19 @2:00 pm pacific.

The 5 Minute Practice

The  5 Minute Practice

Can you find 5 minutes? That’s all you need to begin developing a consistent practice habit.

Geek Out with Sa’diyya of Texa...

Geek Out with Sa’diyya of Texas!

Geek out with Sa’diyya of Texas on “Balancing Your Belly Dance Career with Motherhood” on 10/21/19 @ 3:30 pm pacific.

Join the 21 Day Practice Challenge

Have you heard? There is an AWESOME 21 Day Practice Challenge happening right...

Geek Out with Zaina Brown

Geek Out with Zaina Brown

Geek out with Zaina Brown on Dealing With Booking Agents in the Middle East and other gritty secrets of working as a traveling belly dancer on 10/17/19 @6pm pacific.

Enter to WIN FREE zills from Saroyan...

Have you heard? There is an AWESOME zill giveaway going on from the...

Geek Out with Tiffany (again)!

Geek Out with Tiffany (again)!

Geek out with Tiffany on “Figuring Out WHAT to Practice”, Wednesday 9/25/19 @ 2pm pacific.

Summer Video Series on Variations fo...

Summer Video Series on Variations for Improv

Would you like to improvise with ease? Learn to free up your brain so you can be ‘present’ in the music with the Improvisation Safety Net Coaching program.

Geek Out with Dawn Devine…Agai...

Geek Out with Dawn Devine…Again!

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #69: “10 Things I’ve Learned About Belly Dance Costuming” Thursday, August 29, 2019 @2pm Pacific time. Sign up now to join us live, or to be notified when the recording is ready.

Geek Out with Vanessa of Cairo

Geek Out with Vanessa of Cairo

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #68: Geek out with Vanessa of Cairo on living and working in Cairo. Thursday, July 11, 2019 @2pm Pacific Time. Sign up now to join us live, or to be notified when the recording is ready.

Transitions & Trophies

Transitions & Trophies

What’s happening at Belly Dance Geek? And just who IS this Heather Wayman person anyway?

Geek Out with A’isha Azar̷...

Geek Out with A’isha Azar…Again!

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #67: Student oriented teaching with A’isha Azar. Tuesday, June 25, 2019 @2pm Pacific Time. Sign up now to join us live, or to be notified when the recording is ready.

Recharge – A Special Message f...

Recharge – A Special Message from Nadira

Rest and Recharge – A special message from Nadira

How To Un-shutter Your Stage Presenc...

How To Un-shutter Your Stage Presence

How Opening Your Teeth Can Un-shutter Your Stage Presence

Do You Scribble On Your Improv?

Do You Scribble On Your Improv?

Do You “Scribble” On Your Improv?

Improvisation Toolkit Volume 2 Birth...

Improvisation Toolkit Volume 2 Birthday + Give-Away

We’re celebrating with a give-away (and a SWANKY sale too)! One lucky winner will receive the premium package of the Improvisation Toolkit Volume 2 DVD! Enter by 2/24/19.

How To Learn Choreography More Easil...

How To Learn Choreography More Easily and Efficiently

How to learn choreography more easily and efficiently – by doing it backwards

The Mirror Lies!

The Mirror Lies!

How recording your practice can improve your performance

Resolutions That Work

Resolutions That Work

How to ACTUALLY improve your dancing this year.

Geek Out with Nadira

Geek Out with Nadira

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #66: 3 Obstacles to Steady Dance Practice with Nadira Jamal

Taking Off The Training Wheels

Taking Off The Training Wheels

How to get over the improvisation hump.

What We’re Thankful For

What We’re Thankful For

How belly dance (and being thankful) makes our heart smile.

Nerves Made Me Do It!

Nerves Made Me Do It!

How to keep nerves from messing with your mojo.

Improv Doesn’t Need to Be Perf...

Improv Doesn’t Need to Be Perfect

How chasing perfection hurts our dance.

Geek Out with Tiffany

Geek Out with Tiffany

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #65: Leveraging Online Learning Resources with Tiffany. Thursday, October 4th, 2018 at 5pm Eastern Time. Sign up now to join us live, or to be notified when the recording is ready.

Need More Puppy In Your Dance?

Need More Puppy In Your Dance?

How to make your dance open and friendly.

Need More Kitty In Your Dance?

Need More Kitty In Your Dance?

How to channel feline confidence on stage.

No Veil Left Behind

No Veil Left Behind

5 ways to retrieve your veil (or any other prop) at the end of your belly dance show.

Geek Out with Galia Aharoni

Geek Out with Galia Aharoni

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #64: Liability Waivers with Galia Aharoni. Thursday, September 6th, 2018 at 8pm Eastern Time. Sign up now to join us live, or to be notified when the recording is ready.

The Towel Factor

The Towel Factor

What Douglas Adams can teach belly dancers about performance.

Accessing Arabic Music

Accessing Arabic Music

3 Strategies for Approaching Unfamiliar Music

Improv vs. Choreography

Improv vs. Choreography

(It’s not a competition.)

Moody Veil Moments

Moody Veil Moments

Disaster planning for veil mishaps

Geek Out with Farha – Again!

Geek Out with Farha – Again!

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #63: Cross-Training with Farha. Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 8pm Eastern Time. Sign up now to join us live, or to be notified when the recording is ready.

Get The Most From Online Courses

Get The Most From Online Courses

3 tips from the newest member of the Belly Dance Geek® team.

Warm Up Your Audience

Warm Up Your Audience

5 things your introduction needs to accomplish

Geek Out with Sahra Saeeda – A...

Geek Out with Sahra Saeeda – Again!

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #62: Moulids with Sahra Saeeda. Monday, July 2, 2018 at 5pm Eastern Time. Sign up now to join us live, or to be notified when the recording is ready.

The Routine Rollercoaster

The Routine Rollercoaster

How the traditional belly dance routine structure takes your audience on a wild ride

The Bucket Technique

The Bucket Technique

On-the-spot musicality for improvisation

Geek Out with Zahra Zuhair – A...

Geek Out with Zahra Zuhair – Again!

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #61: Finding Your Creative Genius with Zahra Zuhair. Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 8pm Eastern Time. Sign up now to join us live, or to be notified when the recording is ready.

The Scissors Secret

The Scissors Secret

Why (and how) to play zils with veil

5 Values

5 Values

My personal must-haves for the dance

Geek Out with Kay Hardy Campbell ...

Geek Out with Kay Hardy Campbell – Again!

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #60: Artists and Culture with Kay Hardy Campbell. Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 8pm Eastern Time.

Yes No Maybe

Yes No Maybe

When to play finger cymbals (and when you might not)