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Welcome!

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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Weekly dance combos! Join an online class or watch a free live stream. 💫

Yesterday I was on YouTube and The Algorithm was l

Yesterday I was on YouTube and The Algorithm was like "Would you like watch the video for "Ama Naeema" by Marwa?" and I was like "HECK YES I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LIKE THIS SONG" and then I made this week's combo based on some of the moves I saw in the video. 😀

This week's combo "On a Roll" was based around the

This week's combo "On a Roll" was based around the idea of a hip tilt circle on top of a hip slide circle (aka an interior on top of an exterior). The fact that I can't really execute myself is irrelevant. This combo is for you. YOU do it. 😂⁠
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🎵 "Nihavent Oyun Havasi" by Brinjal Band

Advanced dance layer: yelling at your dog. 😂 No

Advanced dance layer: yelling at your dog. 😂 Normally Boomer sleeps through class but he was unusually active today. @sperosesperose informed me that Mercury is in "gatorade" and I have to assume that's why he's so restless. #bellydancedog

This week's combo is Diamonds & Jewels! If you ask

This week's combo is Diamonds & Jewels! If you ask two dancers what a jewel is, you'll get three (or four) answers. My variation is the first one: figure-8/infinity into a twist back/front, and a diagonal pull in. I included another variation I found on teh interwebs: the crescent (front half of a hip circle) into an unweighted twist. ⁠
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How do you jewel?

Chudney (@chudneyraks) is absolutely one of my fav

Chudney (@chudneyraks) is absolutely one of my faves: gorgeous juicy dancing, depth of emotion, and a sense of ease/melting into the music that is just, like, I mean, how does she do it?! 😭 Just had to share this clip for a lil #FanGirlFriday dance inspo. 🤩❤️ PS I got to meet her at ECC and I think I played it cool but on the inside I was like 🤩🤩🤩

#Repost @chudneyraks
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Reposting because Wahashtini is my favorite song. I wish I had some fancy explanation as to why. But the simple answer: It feels good in my body. Especially this version by Safaa Farid. Every time I dance to it it brings out new feelings and new interpretations.

This whole combo was lovingly ganked from somewher

This whole combo was lovingly ganked from somewhere else: we got yer Jamila (to the best of my ability), we got yer Dance Cohesion standing drill (that I modified for nefarious purposes--my thinking face is because we're twist shimmying while undulating into a simultaneous shoulder shimmy hahaha y tho) and even the name "Twizzle Sizzle" is from a computer game called Ooblets that I've spent more time than I want to admit playing. You acquire more Ooblets by defeating them in dance battle and one of the moves is a Twizzle Sizzle, which seemed like a good name for a twisty combo. THERE YOU KNOW ALL MY SECRETS 😆 🎶 "Ay Ya Zein" by Brinjal Band

I thought about expanding the "Ayami Beek" combo i

I thought about expanding the "Ayami Beek" combo into a full choreography, and then I was like, what if I just used all my other combos? I mean, aren't they just wee choreographies? I was pretty liberal with deconstructing and adjusting them, though. 😄⁠
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Full video up on my YouTube, and I even included all the timestamps for the different combos if you're a big dork like me. This is (parts of) To Infinity and Beyond -- Chasse Away -- Step Step Shaky Shake -- Chasse Away (again) -- Coffee Bouree -- Ayami Beek. BAM CHOREOGRAPHED

I call this song--"Ay Ya Zein" by Brinjal Band--th

I call this song--"Ay Ya Zein" by Brinjal Band--the "aspirational speed" for a reason. Whew! Barely holding onto my own combo. The live streams are truly a shared journey of discovery. 🤣 I asked the laz group chat for moves and got: undulations, barrel turns, chest circles, chin circles, and 3/4 shimmies. I think I covered them all!

I taught today's entire live stream with no sound.

I taught today's entire live stream with no sound. 😑 I did a very short break down on my "Just the Combos" playlist but it's a real tragedy because I was really funny today and nobody could hear it. 😭 I will leave the video up if you just want to follow along.
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I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole of "bardcore" music where people do popular songs in medieval-ish style. I was especially enjoying this version of "Barbie Girl" by Stantough while I was noodling around with all the stuff we've been doing in @andreasendek 's class and this combo was born. 😄

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