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

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

We did something a little different for #bellydanc

We did something a little different for #bellydancebookclub and read "The Book of Joy," by the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The person who suggested the book couldn't make it and only two of us read the whole thing. 🤣 But we had a fine time talking about compassion, forgiveness, and gratitude.

Our next book will be "Midnight at the Crossroads" by @bellydancesoul. If you're a local dancer who wants to join us send me a note and I'll give you the deets. The more the merrier!

PS we got together at @syrianacafengallery this time, which was great because they were playing all sorts of Tamer Hosny jamz. A+++

I was tidying up my desk and couldn't help but enj

I was tidying up my desk and couldn't help but enjoy this little tableau of my growing instrument family, featuring the only bat I saw in Austin. 🤣 Usually I don't keep my cymbals upstairs but I'm working on a piece for the Moonshine Hafla and I'm in the theoretical "this is great while I'm sitting down, I'm sure it will work when I try to dance" phase of composition. #lightlystaged #becauseitsclean #forthegram

Brenda Ueland's book "If You Want to Write" is pri

Brenda Ueland's book "If You Want to Write" is primarily focused on, well, writing but I think everybody can get something out of it. Work freely and rollickingly as though you were dancing with a friend who loves you...💖⁠
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#quotes #quotable #creativity #creativityquotes #inspiration

In honor of all the drumming I've been doing latel

In honor of all the drumming I've been doing lately, this #tbt is the One Other Time I Played a Drum with Barakaat at the 2012 @artofthebellyfestival (link in bio for the whole thing). I had never played the doumbek before and haven't since. 😬 It was quite a challenge! Anyway the point is I booty bumped @roraqs1 (can you see where it happens??) and she's still trying to get me back eight years later. GOOD LUCK RO⁠
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#doumbek #dancerswhodrum #bellydancetroupe #artofthebelly #bellydancelife #lovebellydance #raqssharqi #rakssharki #raqs #bellydancersofinstagram #bellydancersoftheworld #orientaldance #taniecbrzucha #taniecorientalny #danzadelvientre #danzaarabe #bellydancepercussion #livemusic #throwbackthursday #multicolor

I have enough trouble keeping this rhythm on beat

I have enough trouble keeping this rhythm on beat WITHOUT a squeaky ball solo distracting me. 😆 Clearly this is not a perfect practice but what is? ⁠
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I've been using the same practice formula for a while and started worrying that I wasn't doing enough or was doing the wrong stuff. I thought maybe I would change my practice and immediately started suffering from paralysis by analysis. It's really easy to fall into that trap of skipping practice because you can't come up with the "perfect" formula.⁠
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I resisted the urge to change things up and reminded myself that I'm currently working up to some (rather arbitrary) BPM numbers for cymbal and drum. I am NOT ALLOWED to mess with my practice until I hit those numbers. Boy, did that take the pressure off! Then I got back to practicing. 😀 I didn't even change out of my work clothes. ⁠
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If you're curious, my current practice is to do #BellydanceCohesion drill cycles: one round standing with slow drum to warm up, three rounds (=one standing and two travel) with faster drum, and three rounds with zill. I just go by the BDC units e.g., today I did all that stuff I just said for infinities, followed by undulations, followed by circles. Length depends on how fast I'm going since I just use the metronome. ⁠
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Once I exhaust this method I will probably go back through and do everything slow to clean it up--#gottagofast is fun and all but sometimes you get a little sloppy. 😅⁠
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#BellydanceCohesionMD #basementbellydance #bellydancersofinstagram #bellydancersoftheworld #bellydancedrills #bellydancepractice #bellydanceclass #bellydanceclasses #bellydanceteacher #bellydanceworkshop #framedrum #bellydancepercussion #fingercymbals #zills #lovebellydance #orientaldance #raqs #raqssharqi #rakssharki #taniecbrzucha #taniecorientalny #dancepractice #progressnotperfection #consistencyiskey #habits #bellydancetraining

Just casually holding my drum up and gazing into t

Just casually holding my drum up and gazing into the moon, like ya do. 😁 Photo by @stereo.vision.photo, of course! 💖⁠
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#raqs #raqsharqi #rakssharki #orientaldancer #framedrum #red #redcostume #bellydancelife #lovebellydance #bellydance_queens #bellydancersoftheworld #bellydancersofinstagram #taniecorientalny #taniecbrzucha #danzadelvientre #danzaarabe #hoco #ellicottcitybellydance #photoshoot #bellydancepercussion #bellydanceteacher #танецживота #bellydanceartist #orientaldancer #orientalisimo #naturalthingspeopledoallthetime

Happy Monday! #quotes #quotable #progressnotperfe

Happy Monday!
#quotes #quotable #progressnotperfection #consitencyiskey #dancequotes

Oh, hello. I didn't see you there. I was just prac

Oh, hello. I didn't see you there. I was just practicing my drum and thought maybe I should reintroduce myself since we've got a few new people here. I'm Mariza, a belly dance artist in the Baltimore-ish area. I teach and perform if I feel like it and host the #AllSeasonsHafla with @aliceanna.dance.⁠ She and I also dance together as @iodancers.⁠
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I believe that everybody (and every body) can express themselves through movement and it grinds my gears that people might feel excluded from dance because of their fitness level, body type, injuries, etc. There is always something you can do and indeed our most beloved belly dancers developed their unique styles around their personal strengths and even their limitations.⁠
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I am always and still learning about this beautiful dance, its history and cultural contexts. Sometimes I get overwhelmed because I'll never know it all. But how lucky are we that all of this information is so accessible these days??⁠
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I recently became obsessed with the drum (as you can see) and it's my personal crusade to strap finger cymbals to every dancer I meet. I mean, if we're in a class situation. Not, like, randomly (yet). Other than that, I mostly just try to have fun and be nice. ⁠
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Tell me about yourself! Leave a comment. 😍⁠
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#bellydancelife #bellydancersofinstagram #bellydancersoftheworld #orientaldance #raqs #raqssharqi #rakssharki #gettoknowme #framedrum #lovebellydance #ellicottcitybellydance #hoco #rhythm #orientaldance #taniecorientalny #taniecbrzucha #танецживота #danzadelvientre #danzaarabe #fingercymbals #zills #sagaat

Yes, we're looking to cartoons for inspiration now

Yes, we're looking to cartoons for inspiration now. 😂But hey--good advice is good advice. Don't be afraid to be uncomfortable when learning something new! #whattimeisit #adventuretime #comeongrabyourfriends⁠

#quotes #quotable #progressnotperfection #habits #consistencyiskey

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