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My name is Mariza and I’m a bellydance artist and instructor in the Ellicott City, Maryland area. I teach online so you can dance with me from anywhere!

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I post dance combos for you to try! Join an online class or watch a free live stream. 💫

Take a break, you've earned it!* We just finished

Take a break, you've earned it!* We just finished a "round" of Dance Cohesion so it seemed like a good time. We'll resume on August 20 with Unit 1! Although you are welcome to drop in any time, this is a good time to jump in if you are new to this format. ⭐⁠
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*I taught at the MAC for almost literally five years straight, only taking short breaks in the winter. I burned out so hard I had to take three years off. This time around I'm going to plan in more breaks. It's better for all of us. 😅

My toxic trait is cramming too much combo into too

My toxic trait is cramming too much combo into too short of a time. 😅 The first part of this (up to the wiggles) was the topic of today's live stream. You can check it out when it renders but honestly good luck. 🤣
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Song is "Ayami Beek (Wana A'Dar)" by Elissa.

In a previous post I described the streams as "som

In a previous post I described the streams as "somewhat feral" and as you can see I'm doing my best to kick it up a notch each time. 🤠 I haven't decided on this Saturday's combo, any suggestions!? ⁠
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In other class news, we're taking a week off and will resume interactive/Zoom Dance Cohesion drop-ins on August 20! Link in bio to get on my mailing list. I'll also post about it here. I mean, I guess. 😁

Here's this week's Nagua Fouad-inspired combo to "

Here's this week's Nagua Fouad-inspired combo to "Set El Hosen" (this song version by Karen Barbee @bellydancementor). The class will magically appear on my channel whenever it's done rendering.
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Nagua's "Set El Hosen" performance is one of my absolute faves, and I'll never be able to NOT do pelvic locks and arm waves during that part of the music. Also, remember how she comes in on a litter? And then she just sits there looking beautiful while people shower her in rose petals? I need that energy in my life.
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This week I tried actually setting the combo to music (vs making it up in my mind based on counts only) which was really fun but a little more work in terms of making the practice loop etc. So musical combos will probably be a "sometimes treat." 😄

Sometimes I wish I didn't say words. ⁠😂 ⁠ W

Sometimes I wish I didn't say words. ⁠😂
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We revisited 4/4 shimmies this week because we had a bunch of people out last week and we were down to do it again. 🙂 ⁠
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I love a good pelvic shimmy! But make sure you're fully prepared before you practice it. 😄

Added some ~theatrical flair~ to the studio. 🎭

Added some ~theatrical flair~ to the studio. 🎭 💫 (The way this is cropped makes it look even more dramatic than it really it lol #illusionsMichael)

We read "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experienc

We read "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" for this book club. By "we" I mean "two of us." They told the rest of us what the book was about and then we talked about other stuff. Pretty typical. 😊
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We were trying to remember if we'd ever had "flow" experiences, where you are totally immersed in the present moment. I feel like I've had a few while I'm dancing, but not as much as I'd like. Do you find yourself overthinking while dancing or do you flow pretty easily?
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Our next book is "Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society," sometime in October. DM me if you'd like to join. All are welcome! #bellydancebookclub

Here is this week's Sohair Zaki-inspired combo, li

Here is this week's Sohair Zaki-inspired combo, lightly adjusted to (mostly) fit in with Omar Khorshid's "Fakarouni." The class itself will magically appear on my channel later today. 😄
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It occurred to me that I don't have to wait until my live stream renders to share the combo because I can just film it myself. But if I'm gonna do that, I'm gonna use different music. And if I'm gonna use different music, I'm gonna wanna make the combo make sense. 😜 This is a good exercise to do in general, IMO. We learn counted combos to help us get organized but at the end of the day we're dancing to music!

We worked on 4/4 shimmies in class today and there

We worked on 4/4 shimmies in class today and there were some excellent questions about getting the full-time feet and the double-time hips going simultaneously. One suggestion that really works for me (described in this clip) is to speak the drill. Start your feet going and then literally just say "right left right left" (or whatever) so you can get the cadence of the movement in your mind. Even if you aren't hitting it perfectly with your hips, you will know what you're aiming for. The second suggestion is to slow down the music. 😁 A "shimmy" is just a double time (or faster) movement. There's no minimum BPM for the music itself. LIFE HACK!!!!⁠ 😜 #protip
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PS this is my "facecam" so the quality is not so good when I walk back. The "studio cam" is much better quality. I just want you to know. 😅

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