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My name is Mariza and I’m a belly dance artist and instructor in the Ellicott City, Maryland area.

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#BellyDanceCohesion Stage 1 Instructor | 🇺🇸 Ellicott City/Baltimore MD.

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It finally happened: I went to my first drum circle. 😂 I actually spent a good amount of time playing with a bottle cap shaker, but Ol' Framey got a lot of attention too. Also, I need to come up with a better name for my drum than "Ol' Framey."
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#framedrum #drumcircle

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I'm pretty sure this was the time I drove up to Rakkasah and back in one day (it's a "3 hour" drive one way that took 5 on the way back). Gotta find that live music. 😍
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Let me know if you wanna buy this costume, by the way. 😆
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#tbt #throwbackthursday #rakkasaheast #bellydance #bellydancer #raqssharqi #rakssharki #orientaldance #taniecbrzucha #taniecorientalny #bellydancersofinstagram #bellydancersoftheworld #bellydancecostume #bellydancelife

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This is not in the Stage 1 manual but I’m very motivated when it comes to drum. I’m wiggling around like a caterpillar but with practice I will become snek. 🐍 That...plays drum. .
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🎵 Got that Carmine T. Guida track keeping me on time.
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#Bellydance #framedrum #bellydancer #bellydancepractice #bellydancedrills #bellydanceclass #bellydancecohesionmd #basementbellydance #ellicottcitybellydance #BellydanceCohesion

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Omg I’m counting these gallop shimmies so hard. 😂 Gallop shimmies are 3/4 shimmies on “and a 1,” as opposed to the reverb 3/4 shimmies (“1 and a”) to which I am accustomed. 😉 .
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Gallop shimmies go with gallop zills. I tried doing gallop zills with a reverb shimmy and woke up three days later in a graveyard with no memory of how I got there. ☠️👻 #totallytrue #spoop #crepp
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🎶”Miami Disco” by Perturbator. I don’t always drill to non-ME music, but when I do, I prefer synthwave. .
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#bellydancepractice #bellydancedrills #shimmies #basementbellydance #raqssharqi #orientaldance #taniecorientalny #taniecbrzucha #ellicottcitybellydance #hocobellydance #BellydanceCohesion #BellydanceCohesionMD #bellydancing #bellydancelife

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Look at all the pretties at @leilahmoon's Sip & Swap! Nadira found a costume for me to try on so I was standing around in my underwear within 5 minutes of arriving. THEN I learned everybody's names. This is how bellydancers make friends. 😂 (Unfortunately I didn't come home with anything because I'm a Woman of Unusual Size (WOUS) 😉)

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I was not satisfied with the fluorescent lighting for the improv portion of class. Fortunately, I'm the type of person who has extra disco lights sitting around.
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#partytime #BellydanceCohesionMD #bellydancewithmariza #bellydanceclass #bellydanceclasses #ellicottcitybellydance #hoco #hocobellydance #bellydanceteacher

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#tbt to this padded headband that kept me safe from sharp edges
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#throwbackthursday #bellydance #bellydancer #itscalledfashionlookitup

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These are some clips from my upcoming fusion class, "Drums n' Deads" (This is a joke.....unless you're into it. Then it's real). I had this wacky idea to play chiftitelli for my class when we get to infinities in a few weeks. I'd like to be able to count and play it at the same time. So I decided to up the ante with my between-set drumming practice. I figure if I can do it here, I can do it in front of a class. .
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The first clip is after my first set. I have to play the rhythm a few times before I can even attempt counting. By my fourth set (second clip), I can just sit down and do it (I'm pretty sure it's even right? 😅) This was a combined total of like 12 minutes of practice--4 sets of deads, 4 sets of drum. Don't underestimate these short practice bursts--they all add up! Next time I do this I'll have to "start over" a little bit, but each time those periods will get shorter until I can just, like, do the thing. Hopefully that will happen in time for class. 🙂
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Today's deadlifts were sets of 8. Chifti is an 8/4 rhythm. COINCIDENCE????? 🧐👽 Yes. .
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#holycrapihopeiamplayingitright #bellydancecrosstraining #dancerswholift #drumsndeads #bellydancer #framedrum #bellydancedog

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Thank you all for another wonderful #AllSeasonsHafla ! I'm so grateful for our bellydance community. 🥰 Stay tuned--we're looking at early December for the next one.
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