The ultimate party move

Spring is in the air, flowers are blooming, baby animals has been born, the sun is shining and I feel like having a party!  And to get you in the mood I thought let’s make a mini online class, with the ultimate party bellydance movement that you can use at any...

Drumsolo inspiration

  Do you know that feeling, that on a clear moment, a certain idea comes to your mind, just like a ray of light? Then you have to follow it! These are mostly the moments that the best and successful ideas come up. Yesterday I had such an epiphany. I was talking...

How to shimmy and bounce your hip

Hello beYOUtiful lady Last week I was teaching my advanced bellydance students in my Heartbeat Dance Studio in Amsterdam, how to do an Egyptian shimmy and bounce your hip at the same time. I was teaching the ladies a very challenging shimmy combination, that we are...

4 tips to relax your Egyptian Shimmy

As you may know or not know, it took me a long time to get the Egyptian shimmy into my body. I really had too much tension in my legs. I was really wondering: how for heavens sake is this ever going to work with me? Happily after a year, my body connected to the...

Bellydance training at the office chair

She walked into the bellydance class in my studio in Amsterdam, a tall beautiful young lady, blond, blue eyes, skinny. She had it all… but still she walked around with cramped neck and shoulders, afraid to show her wonderful self. Week after week I told her in...