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

Have you ever made plans for the year ahead, only to discover that a few months (or even weeks!) down the line you’ve started moving in a totally different direction than intended? “Begin like you mean to go on” is a mantra most entrepreneurs and business people know, but how do you actually manage to […]

By Ishtar Dance on Wednesday, January, 15th, 2025 in Dance Coaching, Dance Entrepreneur, Dance Inspiration, Learning, 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 Monday, January, 6th, 2025 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body No Comments

As the New Year is just around the corner it’s time to review the one just gone, but before you enter planning mode take 5 minutes to complete this powerful exercise that will set you up for a great year ahead. It’s a very simple and you can use it, no matter whether you’re a dancer […]

By Ishtar Dance on Tuesday, November, 26th, 2024 in Dance Coaching, Dance Entrepreneur, Dance Inspiration, Learning No Comments

Good health requires more than a routine of exercises, stress  management and a good diet. None of these will be effective unless your mind and heart are in it too. It’s obvious to most that motivation is a key factor, but scientific studies also show that mindset is extremely important – and perhaps the most […]

By Ishtar Dance on Friday, July, 5th, 2024 in Dance Inspiration, Your Dance Body No Comments

Very few belly dancers have been elevated to national Egyptian treasures, but Samia Gamal, born Zaynab Khalil Ibrahim Mahfuz, was and probably still is one of Egypts most loved dancers. I’m sure you’ve already seen lots of video clips of her and if you’ve studied with me you’ll know that I adore her iconic moves and have […]

By Ishtar Dance on Saturday, February, 17th, 2024 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning No Comments

Dancing can become very addictive and an essential part of your identity, but not every dancer is the same. Read on to find out which dance identity is yours, and how you can use that knowledge to develop your dancing even further. To be fair, no one is rarely 100% one or the other. Often […]

By Ishtar Dance on Thursday, February, 1st, 2024 in Dance Coaching, Dance Entrepreneur, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Uncategorised, 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 Wednesday, November, 29th, 2023 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Your Dance Body 2 Comments

Do you ever wonder why we dance? How we communicate through dance and how it challenges our brains as well as our bodies? Having worked with dance on many different levels including performing, teaching and in a health setting, I find all these questions highly interesting and I was delighted when I discovered some talks […]

By Ishtar Dance on Tuesday, March, 28th, 2023 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body No Comments