Austin Bellydance Association

I’ve never felt comfortable with props as a student dancer. Maybe it was the influence of one of my favorite teachers, a nightclub dancer...

This month's post is written by ABA member Jamie Lynn! Hello! This is Jamie Lynn, and I would like to introduce something new for most of...

This month's post was written by former ABA Webmistress, Lori! Getting to wear a beautiful costume is part of the fun of belly dancing....

Happy holidays from the Austin Bellydance Association! 'Tis the season of gift-giving and getting together with your loved ones. I am...

This month's blog feature is a Harry Potter-themed quiz. It is intended to be just for fun and not perfectly book accurate or indicative...

Earlier in my dance education, I ran a micro-blog on Tumblr focused on dance videos. One of my favorite segments to run featured dancers...

Continuing our dancer self-care series, this time, let’s focus on our bodies. Belly dance is considered lower impact than many other...

Psych Central defines self-care as: “any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical...

Thanks to Facebook’s lovely/horrifying TimeHop feature, every year around November, I get to revisit my first belly dance performance. I...