Yalla Nir-Os!

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Take a free bellydance class during Culture Days

Take a free bellydance class during Culture Days

If you've been considering taking belly dance classes but want to see what they're like first, now is your chance! Kesavah is offering a free class during this year's Culture Days, yay! This free class will let you discover Middle Eastern music and rhythms and pull it...

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A New Dance Class in Vernon is Here – Explorations

A New Dance Class in Vernon is Here – Explorations

A new dance class in Vernon is coming soon! Belly Dance Explorations will be starting this coming September 2023, hooray! We've been dancing up a storm since January and now it's clear we need a second class, so let me introduce: Explorations. Explorations is for you...

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Global Rhythms Dance Showcase

Global Rhythms Dance Showcase

The Global Rhythms Dance Showcase on June 8th was an exotic trip around the world with Spanish, Egyptian, Middle Eastern, West African, and Global Fusion styles of dance, wowee! It was my absolute pleasure to be one of the co-creators of this event, along...

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Nelson Dance Educator’s Showcase 2018

Nelson Dance Educator’s Showcase 2018

Kesavah BellyDance had the honour of participating in this year's Nelson Dance Educator's Showcase at the Capitol Theatre, and what a fantastic experience! The organizers did a fabulous job, everything went so smoothly, and there was such a diverse group...

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Happy Hormones & Feeling Over the Moon

Happy Hormones & Feeling Over the Moon

I recently saw this very interesting discussion on a bellydance group that I'm part of: Quick question from a beginner . . . After bellydancing I often get that "in love" feeling. I don't know why because the feeling is not directed at anyone....

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1st Annual Summer Breeze

1st Annual Summer Breeze

I was invited to perform at the first annual Summer Breeze festival in Winlaw, BC - woohoo! It has been a while since I performed but it was great to get out and about again, and it turned out not too shabby indeed! A short compilation of the festival was...

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Who Belly Dances and Why?

Who Belly Dances and Why?

A few recent conversations have brought belly dancing into a new perspective for me, particularly in how others view it. Turns out lots of people imagine belly dancing being only for the experienced dancer, someone exotic and mysterious and fabulous! Well, I'm here to...

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Belly Dance Restaurant Etiquette

Belly Dance Restaurant Etiquette

We North Americans can sometimes be unsettled when confronted with a live Belly Dancer while having dinner at a restaurant. What's going on? Where do I look? Oh no, she's coming my way! Sometimes watching a belly dancer can make you feel embarrassed, uncomfortable or...

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