Get your updated FCBD® Style Flowchart! Updating the flowchart had been a goal of Liz Malcom’s for a while. Making it easier to read, more user-friendly, as well as all the steps and variations mentioned on the FCBD® DVDs…Thanks to Carolena, FCBD® troupe, and all of the FCCE teachers for their input on this project. … Continue reading FCBD®Style Vocabulary Flowcharts
Imagine this: there was a time in history, a long time ago, when the bounce and sway of a woman’s hips was considered so beautiful that they set it to music and made a dance out of it… American Tribal Style Bellydance is largely improvisational, using simple steps and gestures in a repetitive fashion, building … Continue reading FCBD, Inc. Tribal Basics Vol. 1 Dance Fundamentals
Join us for new steps and combinations from FatChanceBellyDance, Inc., Devyani Dance Co., Ghawazi Caravan and Tamarind Learn how a step is created and what it takes to get it into the FatChanceBellyDance lexicon. Filmed at the FatChanceBellyDance, Inc. Studio in San Francisco. Disc 1 – 100 min. plus over 35 min. of behind the … Continue reading FCBD, Inc. Tribal Basics Vol. 9 Anatomy of a Step
Please enjoy this vintage edition of the 2007 Mail Order Catalog! As my introduction notes, 2007 was the 20th Anniversary of FatChanceBellyDance®. Now in 2020, we are at year 33! Each year, since the early 90s, I would sit down to chronicle the items for sale with pictures and words. “Back in the day” there … Continue reading Vintage! The 2007 Mail Order Catalog [download]
FloorWork is magical. Like a trick or visual illusion, it looks so simple and yet … how do they do that?! Behind the scenes, however, the plot thickens! Strength, flexibility, and timing are the key. Carolena Nericcio, director of FatChanceBellyDance will offer instruction to make sense of the illusion. Aided by the FCBD dancers, you will … Continue reading FCBD, Inc. Tribal Basics Vol. 8 FloorWork
Zils, or Finger Cymbals are an exciting element to add to the dance, but they can be difficult to master. The key to success is repetition without stress. Join Carolena for a workshop that will explain: Which zils are best for you Yin and Yang-the ergonomincs of playing your zils Feeling the pulse of the … Continue reading FCBD, Inc. Tribal Basics Vol. 3 Zils Yin and Yang
