More Than Steps Podcast - Belly Dance Geek
By Belly Dance Geek®
More Than Steps Podcast:
Geeking out on how belly dance works, one coffee run at a time.
With Nadira Jamal and Heather Wayman
Geeking out on how belly dance works, one coffee run at a time.
With Nadira Jamal and Heather Wayman
More Than Steps Podcast - Belly Dance GeekMar 05, 2019
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Nadira's Retirement and the Future of Belly Dance Geek®
Nadira is retiring! To celebrate (and maintain our legacy), we’re opening up the Belly Dance Geek® catalog with “pay what you want” pricing and granting permission for classroom use.
Read the announcement: https://bellydancegeek.com/2022/11/nadiras-retirement-and-the-future-of-belly-dance-geek/
Terms for classroom (and other) use: https://bellydancegeek.com/usage/
Our "pay what you want" store: https://bellydancegeek.gumroad.com/
Nov 20, 202209:31
How To Keep Jury Duty From Hijacking Your Practice
How To Keep Jury Duty From Hijacking Your Practice - 5 things to do when you're playing the waiting game
Dec 12, 201910:58
The 5 Minute Practice
Can you find 5 minutes? That's all you need to begin developing a consistent practice habit.
Nov 27, 201910:48
Summer Video Series on Variations for Improv
Would you like to improvise with ease? Learn to free up your brain so you can be 'present' in the music with the Improvisation Safety Net Coaching program.
Aug 14, 201910:11
Transitions & Trophies
What's happening at Belly Dance Geek? And just who IS this Heather Wayman person anyway?
Jun 19, 201907:18
Recharge – A Special Message from Nadira
Rest and Recharge - A special message from Nadira
May 13, 201906:16
How To Un-shutter Your Stage Presence
How Opening Your Teeth Can Un-shutter Your Stage Presence
Mar 05, 201906:13
Do You Scribble On Your Improv?
Do You "Scribble" On Your Improv?
Feb 21, 201906:19
How To Learn Choreography More Easily and Efficiently
How to learn choreography more easily and efficiently - by doing it backwards
Feb 05, 201907:10
The Mirror Lies!
How recording your practice can improve your performance
Jan 22, 201913:21
Resolutions That Work
How to ACTUALLY improve your dancing this year.
Dec 31, 201809:46
Taking Off The Training Wheels
How to get over the improvisation hump.
Dec 04, 201810:04
What We’re Thankful For
How belly dance (and being thankful) makes our heart smile.
Nov 21, 201805:01
Nerves Made Me Do It!
How to keep nerves from messing with your mojo.
Nov 09, 201808:07
Improv Doesn’t Need to Be Perfect
How chasing perfection hurts our dance.
Oct 24, 201809:07
Need More Puppy In Your Dance?
How to make your dance open and friendly.
Oct 02, 201806:44
Need More Kitty In Your Dance?
How to channel feline confidence on stage.
Sep 21, 201806:33
No Veil Left Behind
5 ways to retrieve your veil (or any other prop) at the end of your belly dance show.
Sep 07, 201811:44
The Towel Factor
What Douglas Adams can teach belly dancers about performance.
Aug 22, 201809:14
Accessing Arabic Music
3 Strategies for Approaching Unfamiliar Music
Aug 14, 201807:40
Improv vs. Choreography
(It's not a competition.)
Aug 07, 201809:29
Moody Veil Moments
Disaster planning for veil mishaps
Jul 18, 201807:46
Get The Most From Online Courses
3 tips from the newest member of the Belly Dance Geek® team.
Jul 05, 201811:04
Warm Up Your Audience
5 things your introduction needs to accomplish
Jul 02, 201809:12
The Routine Rollercoaster
How the traditional belly dance routine structure takes your audience on a wild ride
Jun 12, 201809:24
The Bucket Technique
On-the-spot musicality for improvisation
May 16, 201806:42
The Scissors Secret
Why (and how) to play zils with veil
May 01, 201807:07
5 Values
My personal must-haves for the dance
Apr 20, 201806:60
Yes No Maybe
When to play finger cymbals (and when you might not)
Apr 10, 201809:04
Zil Lyrics
An easy technique to coordinate playing finger cymbals while you dance
Mar 30, 201805:09
Energy
Dimension Series Part 5: Working with Energy
Mar 22, 201809:09
I, For One, Welcome Our Robot Overlords
Do you listen to podcasts while you cook, clean up, or do other work with your hands? How to get Alexa to play the show hands-free.
Mar 16, 201802:31
Time
Dimension Series Part 4: Time
Mar 02, 201808:34
Shape
Dimension Series Part 3: Shape
Feb 23, 201808:15
Space
Dimension Series Part 2: Working with Space
Feb 16, 201806:52
Dimension
How to add depth to flat dancing
Feb 06, 201805:09
Rehearsing Improv
It's not an oxymoron...
Jan 31, 201806:10
Glue
The people and places that hold us together
Jan 25, 201806:43
Not Perfect, Deeper
How to make "back to basics" actually pay off.
Jan 09, 201808:10
Bend, Don’t Break
Why you have to be flexible to be consistent
Jan 04, 201808:00
The Basic 3
3 Must-Haves to Help a General Audience Enjoy Your Show
Dec 26, 201708:04
Confounders
How to get better at something you already know.
Dec 21, 201707:56
Be a Good Audience Member
A special "What Happens in the Prius" episode with special guest Kezmaya
Dec 14, 201709:37
The 3 Arts of Sword
How to make a sword piece captivating, not just impressive.
Dec 06, 201705:28
Improv Training Wheels
6 ways to add improv to your performance - at any level.
Nov 29, 201706:36
Advertising Your Mistakes
What my 1st grade teacher taught me about performing.
Nov 23, 201705:14
The Catty Whisperer
What to do when you're your own worst enemy.
Nov 15, 201709:40
Mining for Gold
How to find nuggets of helpful feedback in judgmental comments.
Nov 07, 201706:16
Pattern Recognition
When is a blunt comment just a mistake, and when does it point to a harmful pattern?
Nov 01, 201709:56
8 Red Flags
How to tell judgmental comments from helpful feedback.
Oct 24, 201706:19