Happy New Year! Resolutions for 2015

Happy 2015 to you all!

What are your dance/life/everything resolutions for the coming year?

For me it will be: To breathe more deeply, to dance completely, to try and live the moment as fully as possible at all times.

In other words, to do more of this:

Wishing you all lots of love, kindness, good health and many happy dances for the New Year!

*Favorite Dance articles for January*

On making (dance) resolutions and sticking to them:

By Princess Farhana: http://princessraqs.blogspot.de/2014/12/setting-dance-goals-for-new-year.html
By Sheri Leblanc: http://reflectionsinverse.blogspot.de/2014/12/smart-goal-setting-for-dance-and-life.html 
By James Clear: http://jamesclear.com/professionals-and-amateurs?__vid=ded530204641013203cb22000b2a88d7 

On getting back into practice:
By Princess Farhana: http://princessraqs.blogspot.de/2015/01/back-in-saddle-again-returning-to-dance.html

On breathing deeply:

By Monika Volkmar http://danceproject.ca/is-holding-your-breath-while-you-dance-really-so-bad/#.VKVWRXvRuUl

On practicing kindness and gratitude:

By David Mochel: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-mochel/want-to-be-happy-be-kind-_b_6204736.html?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000033
By Sheri Leblanc: http://reflectionsinverse.blogspot.be/2014/12/kindness-weakness-or-strength.html

Enjoy! And hope to 'see' you somewhere in the New Year!

Yo.

xx K.
www.khalidadance.com

PS: In case your resolutions happen to include 'practice more BD' :) - With voucher code 'NEWYOU' you'll get 15% discount on all BellyDance Essentials online classes and streaming DVDs until 31st of January 2015. See www.khalidadance.com/online-classes or go directly to http://www.gumroad.com/khalida to activate your classes of choice. Let's dance!

www.khalidadance.com/online-classes

New interview online & Dance articles of the month - November

Hello there :)

Isis Zahara of the Netherlands just posted an interview with me 'on learning and teaching' as part of the promotion for the upcoming 'Master Workshops Day' in s'Hertogenbosch, where I'll be teaching as part of the day program.

And further below you'll find some of my favorite dance articles of the month - happy reading!

The teacher team :) - 13 December 2014 in s'Hertogenbosch

Check out the interview here: Interview Khalida by Isis Zahara – 2014
“Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.” – Vernon Howard Read more...

And check out the dance articles below:

Tips for adults thinking of taking up ballet:
http://dance.answers.com/adult-dancers/tips-for-adult-dancers-wanting-to-take-ballet

On becoming an 'A+' student in dance - Rockettes:
http://www.rockettes.com/dance/how-to-be-an-a-plus-student-in-dance-class.html

How to get rid of 'bad habits' in dance - Princess Farhana:
http://princessraqs.blogspot.de/2014/09/breaking-bad-getting-rid-of-pesky.html 

On smoothening transitions - Princess Farhana:
http://princessraqs.blogspot.de/2014/10/connecting-dots-making-smooth.html

On productive practice - The Bulletproof Musician:
http://www.bulletproofmusician.com/a-simple-strategy-for-worrying-less-and-practicing-more-productively/

Advice on structuring your belly dance practice - Shira:
http://shira.net/advice/study.htm

On developing artistry in dance - Pointe Magazine:
http://pointemagazine.com/issues/aprilmay-2006/artist-barre

The process of creating - Bakadesuyo:
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2013/07/strokes-of-genius/

And finally: Some fortune cookie wisdom:

Word.

Happy November!

xxx K.

Bellydance Essentials - Week 1-10 are complete!

It's finally done! :) The full 10 weeks of 'Bellydance Essentials - online Belly Dance classes with Khalida' are now available!

The official FB announcement

Perfect for anyone who can't/could not make it to the 'live' series in Würselen, but also for those of you who would like to add 'home classes' with me to your daily/weekly/monthly practice routine - I'm all yours :)

Full class overview

1,5 Hours (and sometimes more! week 4 has a bit of extra prop work) of dancing, technique drills, combos and my favorite props, now available for download or as unlimited streaming media.

Yay! See www.khalidadance.com/online-classes

Check out the class list at www.khalidadance.com/online-classes or go directly to www.gumroad.com/khalida to get started - We will be adding more Belly Dance Essentials classes to the series weekly!

The uploadening.. a work of much patience :)

With extra special thanks to the BDE 'live' participants for being part of the recording team, to miss Chandra for assisting and filming the classes, to Sandra's husband Mr H for lending us his video editing skills :)

With miss Chandra <3

Also a big thank you to miss Johanna for instigating the initial concept (woo!) and helping out with upload shenanigans for week 1, and to miss Razia Star and miss Queenie, my super smart dance friends, for bringing so much motivation, inspiration and general good stuff, always <3

Let's DANCE!!

Sneak preview videos of Week 1 and 5:




PS: If you buy a Bellydance Essentials online class it is yours FOREVER (or at least as long as the internet/the gumroad site/backups exists) - Either as streaming media (ideal for tablets/smartphone/'on the road') or as download (for computers), which means you can practice with each purchased class wherever/whenever :) you want.

You can do the classes 'in order' of weeks or pick and choose/mix and match, depending on your interests. For details of the class contents per session see www.khalidadance.com/online-classes

Happy dancing!

Go to http://www.gumroad.com/khalida for the full class overview or click on the links below to go directly to the classes of your choice:

BD Essentials – Week 1
BD Essentials – Week 2
BD Essentials – Week 3
BD Essentials – Week 4
BD Essentials – Week 5
BD Essentials – Week 6
BD Essentials – Week 7
BD Essentials – Week 8
BD Essentials – Week 9
BD Essentials – Week 10


xx Khalida
www.khalidadance.com

New dance season! Tuesday classes, Training Day and Masterclass in Würselen this October

I’m very excited and happy to announce I’ll be teaching a brand-new 10 week belly dance class series (mixed level) starting this October 7th 2014. Finally! :D

Classes will be 1,5h in length on Tuesday evenings 18:30-20:00h, and we'll be working on technique refinement, drills for different levels and dancing with some of my favorite props. Enrollments are now open!

BDE: Bellydance Essentials with Khalida

New fall workshops (Training Day!) and Masterclass coming up at the studio: Training Day (a full day of K-workshops) on Saturday Oct 11th 2014 and a new Step it up session (a 2-hour Masterclass featuring wish topics and optional feedback sessions) on Friday October 17th.

Training Day - A full day of Khalida workshops

Stepitup: A 2-hour Masterclass with Khalida in Würselen

Hope to see you there, too!

All enrollment info and deets via www.khalidadance.com

xxx K.