Category: beats antique

Jamila Salimpour: A Salute

by Britta Bandit, posted in ATS, beats antique, belly dance, belly dance evolution, belly dance students, belly dance styles definition, belly dancer, earth worship, feminism, festival, Fuse magazine, history, sisterhood, tribal fusion, zoe jakes

There has been a great deal of attention placed on the origin of Tribal style belly dance in the United States these days (for the historically curious of which I am...I'm a dancing bookworm, what can I say?) Almost all of the credit typically goes to Carolena Nericcio, the founder of American Tribal Style, ATS … Continue reading Jamila Salimpour: A Salute

The Amazing Zoe Jakes

by Britta Bandit, posted in beats antique, belly dance, zoe jakes

Last night, at the Bayou, I was having a discussion with friends about belly dance and Zoe Jakes came up in the conversation. Basically, I (and my husband) were pointing out what an amazing dancer she is, and how when we saw her last August in SLC, there was absolutely NO comparison between what she … Continue reading The Amazing Zoe Jakes