Shimmies are one of those moves that many dancers think they master, until they have to either start laying them or maintain them for more than a few seconds. In order to help dancers improve and not least inspire them to develop a daily practise routine I launched my first free September Shimmy Challenge back […]

By Ishtar Dance on Wednesday, July, 15th, 2026 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body No Comments

Read on to discover how belly dancing truly is rehab disguised as dance and learn: A very common posture people are “stuck” in with chronic back pain How belly dancing moves us out of this unhelpful posture The powerful biomechanical changes this produces within our bodies Which medical conditions and symptoms may benefit from belly dance and why Whether belly dance is right […]

By developer@ishtar on Friday, March, 6th, 2026 in Learning, Your Dance Body No Comments

It’s nothing new that dancing is good for you on many different levels, and if you’re already a dancer, I’m sure you know that it works your muscles as well as your brain, not to mention raising your endorphin levels and helping release that feel good hormone that we all enjoy after dancing. But the […]

By Ishtar Dance on Thursday, February, 26th, 2026 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Your Dance Body 2 Comments

            Learning dance is a very personal journey and personality is therefore hugely important. You need to click with the person teaching you as that will ignite the fire in your belly to keep coming back, even when things might be difficult in your personal, work or even dance life. […]

By Ishtar Dance on Friday, February, 6th, 2026 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body No Comments

With December around the corner, everyone’s schedules seem to be booming, and if you’re a dancer you will probably have a lot more gigs than usual in your diary. So how do you get through the festive season, avoiding unnecessary stress and injuries? My answer may be really un-glamorous – but planning does the trick […]

By Ishtar Dance on Monday, November, 3rd, 2025 in Dance Coaching, Dance Entrepreneur, Dance Inspiration, Your Dance Body No Comments

Dancing, and in particular belly dancing, is a gentle and low impact way of exercising, but many don’t realise just how much strength you actually need for it. Yes you can perform many of the moves with low intensity and relying on the benefit of moving, and therefore not having to hold a position for […]

By Ishtar Dance on Wednesday, October, 15th, 2025 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Your Dance Body No Comments

Posture is the most important thing when dancing, yet many struggle to maintain it, not least when performing and the nerves or the pure joy of dancing starts kicking in! So how do you stay ‘zipped up’ as one dancer so appropriately called it. Well, it all starts with finding out and not least feeling […]

By Ishtar Dance on Wednesday, September, 10th, 2025 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body 2 Comments

Whether your hips are tight from a lot of dancing, other exercise or even just sitting down, stretching the outer hip can be tricky without adding to much strain on other joints especially the knee. So today I want to share one of my favourite gentle outer hip stretches, which can be a great alternative […]

By Ishtar Dance on Thursday, July, 17th, 2025 in Learning, Your Dance Body 2 Comments

What does it take to loose yourself in the moment of a performance? To shine on stage and become one with your performance, without loosing the choreography or dance steps? What is that illusive knack that some just seem to have naturally, and how do you get it? As we’re all different individuals, there isn’t […]

By Ishtar Dance on Wednesday, April, 23rd, 2025 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body No Comments

  You don’t need to be in the dance business for long before realising that it can be a somewhat cutthroat. The Belly Dance community is generally lovely, but as soon as it comes to the business of performing or running classes, I have seen dancers turn on one another, openly undercut other dancers to […]

By Ishtar Dance on Monday, March, 24th, 2025 in Dance Coaching, Dance Entrepreneur, Learning No Comments