By Ishtar Dance on Tuesday, November, 26th, 2024 in Dance Coaching, Dance Entrepreneur, Dance Inspiration, Learning 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 Thursday, August, 29th, 2024 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body No 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, June, 24th, 2024 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body No 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 Saturday, February, 17th, 2024 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning 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 Thursday, February, 1st, 2024 in Dance Coaching, Dance Entrepreneur, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Uncategorised, Your Dance Body 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 Tuesday, March, 28th, 2023 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body No 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 Thursday, January, 26th, 2023 in Dance Entrepreneur, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body No Comments
Being active has long been recognised to lower stress levels, but did you know that dancing can be one of the most effective stress therapies? Alongside my dancing I also work as personal development and transitions coach, and the main reasons people come to me is stress related. When we get stressed we often disconnect […]
By Ishtar Dance on Monday, July, 18th, 2022 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body 2 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 Sunday, May, 22nd, 2022 in Dance Coaching, Dance Entrepreneur, Dance Inspiration, Learning No Comments
Ever feel stuck when having to improvise and make stuff up on the spot? Always feel you resort to the same old combinations and moves? Then check out this essential improvisations tip that will help you develop exciting combinations, create completely new ones and not least take the fear (hopefully) out of having to dance […]
By Ishtar Dance on Monday, October, 18th, 2021 in Dance Coaching, Dance Inspiration, Learning, Your Dance Body No Comments
I often get asked how you best control a knee or Egyptian Shimmy – and being one of those moves that require strength as well as relaxation to work, the simple question is really: practise. But that doesn’t necessarily mean plough on and do lots of drills, as it’s also very important to take the […]
