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Ramona Klein - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
About Ramona, Performing Artist, Author & Instructor:
*Author of Dynamic Belly Dance, The Joyful Journey of Dancemaking and Performing, published by American Bellydance Innovations (2007).
*Instructor of the Year (West Area GCPR, 2001).
*Featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2005) and Gwinnett Daily Post (2002, 2003).
*Television appearances: G-Net, Gwinnett Today Show (1998, 2000).
*Featured in Habibi Magazine (2004).
*Contributing writer to The Chronicles Magazine (2006), past contributer to Arabesque Magazine, former staff writer for The Caravan Magazine.
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- Traits of Experienced Belly Dancers
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] A not-so-serious look at professional belly dancers. Belly dancing is a lively art that requires specialized skills which take time to polish.
- Keeping Costumes Clean and Beautiful
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Performing-Arts] Dance costumes are a big investment whether they are store-bought, custom-made or handmade by you. Keeping your costume looking and smelling wonderful will enhance your confidence and stage presence. In particular, costumes embellished with beads or other decorations need to be handled with care to preserve their beauty. Precautions to prevent damage and prompt stain removal will give your costumes a long and beautiful life.
- Mystic Belly Dance - Ancient Secrets For Modern Women
[Recreation-and-Sports:Dancing] Belly dancing grabs hold of your imagination and links modern times with earth's ancient past. This dance evokes timeless archetypal images and movements inspired by animals such as camels, snakes and birds; totem animals for a dancer. Belly dancing expresses all those feelings inside us that we can't put words to, and tells stories of love and life with mystic movements.
- Compulsive Spending - Coping With Stress When Your Loved One is a Shopaholic
[Finance:Personal-Finance] Out-of-control spending on frivolous purchases can wreck relationships and cause stress among family members when spending habits cause excessive debt or inability to meet basic living expenses. Many shopaholics don't realize just how much stress their overspending and hoarding causes their loved ones.
- Ancient Therapy - Discovering the Joy of Dance During Troubled Times
[Recreation-and-Sports:Dancing] Since ancient times, dancing has served as an informal method of helping people cope with life's challenges and crises. Viewing a performance can also be a healing experience. Dancing is a complex art is capable of expressing complex feelings that are beyond the limits of language.
- Easy Hair - Securing Wigs And Hairpieces For A No-Slip Grip
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Wigs, ponytails and other hairpieces make hairstyling easy and fun. This article includes tips for attaching hairpieces to your natural hair for secure daily wear and for stage performances.
- The Fountain of Youth - 6 Ways to Have Fun and Feel Young
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] An old legend says that a spring called the Fountain of Youth will restore the youth of anyone who drinks of its waters. Variations of this classic story have existed for centuries. However, we don't have to make a pilgrimage to a legendary fountain; maintaining a youthful appearance is enhanced by establishing healthy eating habits, exercising, meditating regularly and having a positive attitude.
- Mysteries of Muscle Memory
[Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] Dancing, yoga, gymnastics and weight training are examples of activities that require enhanced muscle memory. We can make the learning process easier and help establish muscle memory by using a few simple techniques.
- Choreograph a Fan Dance - 11 Creative Ideas
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Performing-Arts] Fans are a popular accessory for dancers in many cultures. Native American Indians use hand-held feather fans for dances. In the Spanish art of flamenco, fans accentuate the dancer's dramatic movements. Fans are a fun accessory for belly dancers, who use feather fans or folding fans, depending upon the dance style. The rich history of the fan can inspire you to create your own unique fan dance.
- Dance Performances - Selecting Music Based On Audience Preferences
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Electronica (synthesized, techno-inspired music) evokes different feelings than music played on traditional instruments, and this must be considered when selecting songs for dance performances. Audiences of different age groups respond differently to electronica. Younger age groups are accustomed to hearing songs created with computer software and electronic sounds, just as they are used to typing emails. Traditionally-styled music is often appreciated by older age groups, especially the elderly, who are more accustomed to handwritten letters.
- Overcoming Stage Fright - Creating Confidence During Performances
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] It is an all too common experience in a dance class for a student to perform a new technique beautifully, but when the instructor notices and asks her to repeat it for her classmates to see, the student falters during the repetition. This is stage fright - we fear what others will think when they see us performing, we lose confidence, and we falter in our physical actions. There are practical techniques for putting an end to (or at least minimizing) pre-performance jitters.
- Desktop Rhythm - 6 Ideas for a Happy, Healthy Workday
[Business:Productivity] The everyday work that we do, whether in an office, working around the house, or in any setting, is like a dance - both working and dancing have rhythm, movement and flow. Working in an office, like physical exercise, can tire us. However, we can use a few simple movement ideas from the art of dancing to stay fresh and energized.
- Easy Teaching, Learning, and Chatting - 3 Cues for Communication
[Relationships:Communication] People have different styles of communication and learning: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Individuals unconsciously select and use one of the three styles more frequently than the other two. By listening to word choices during conversations, you can talk to others in their favorite communication style. This makes for better understanding between people, and helps conversations go more smoothly.
- Flexible Strength - 7 Ideas for a Youthful Body and Mind
[Health-and-Fitness] A flexible body and a flexible mind are traits associated with youth and vitality. In contrast, an inflexible body and inflexible mind are associated with aging, such as the cliche you can't teach an old dog new tricks, referring to the inflexible thinking sometimes associated with advanced age.
- Dance Meditation - 2 Easy, Energizing and Relaxing Techniques
[Health-and-Fitness:Meditation] You need only walk and sway with music to enjoy the benefits of dance meditation. It is not necessary to be a skilled dancer to have a fulfilling meditation experience. Dance meditation is not about dance technique; instead, it is a movement meditation where it is fine to dance in any way that feels good to you.
- The Magic Of Dancing Is Love
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Dancing is an ancient tradition which has been used for thousands of years to celebrate happy events, and is rooted in expressing love. From antiquity up to the present, dancing has been a traditional part of wedding celebrations and celebrations of birth in many cultures. Both weddings and childbirth express the power of love: romantic love and love for a new baby.
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