YIP Podcast

It's been a long time, YIPpers, but we are back! (And more giggly than usual, I'm afraid...don't expect a lot of substance from this episode!) This episode features the fabulous Ariellah!! She's pretty fantastic, articulate and awesome and we hope you enjoy! We've also got a couple new music recommendations and some random eye candy (scroll down). Happy yipping!

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Ariellah

30 Day Plank Challenge

 I couldn't find a picture of a sexy guy with a  2x4...so I added this instead...

Princess Farhana - The Belly Dance Handbook: A Companion For The Serious Dancer

Feedly.com

Shira.net

Tempest's Teapot - Tending the Flame Without Burning Out

YALLAH

Laura Barselou

Lacey Sanchez - Florida Tribal Dance

Third Coast Tribal Fest

Alla Kushnir and her fabulous...eye makeup.

Belly Dance for Change - flickr pics

Suhaila Salimpour

Note: As of this moment....www.IPunchDancers.com is available for purchase! :-P

The Peace Corps

Rick Astley - Okay, yes, I know who this is....

Deshret Dance Company

Lindsey Stirling (Oh and this ep is so old, her new album is now out AND the concert I am going to is this Thursday!!!!  -Tammy)

Pentatonix and Lindsey Stirling - "Radioactive"

Crystallize - Lindsey Stirling

Moon Trance - Lindsey Stirling

Album: Orient Noir: A West-Eastern Diva - Amazon or

Song 1: We Daret El Ayam - Salwa Abou Greisha

Song 2: The 2nd Night in Mohamed 'Ali Street - Mahmoud Fadl

Song 3: Im Nin'Alu - Watcha Clan

Album: Lindsey Stirling - Amazon or

Album: Lindsey Stirling

Songs: Crystallize, Song of the Caged Bird, Moon Trance

Album: The Gathering Season - Amazon or

Artist: Solace

Song: Huda

Whoa! Three cheers for another unintentional YIP hiatus! (Anyone? Anyone? No?) Okay, well then Happy New Year, YIPpers! We're back from a long (I think our longest ever??) break and getting back in the podcasting grooooove! We missed all of you! Ahhhhhh!! We're so exCIted!! And we just can't HIDE it!! This episode features the fabulous "Mother of Tribal Fusion" herself...Jill Parker!! (More fan-girl SCREAMING!!!)

Asharah's blog - "Live Onstage - or Why don't you stop recording and just watch the show"

31 Signs You're a Bellydancer

Mahin Bellydance Quickies - Contact Mahin!

Bhuz.com - Vaseline on your teeth

 Image from www.juicybeautyword.com

Hipmix.net

Raqs in the City - Najla's Belly Dance blog - "Baby Your Bling"

Stuff you NEED! Trust me!!: E6000®

, clear fingernail polish

, Fray Check

The Pink Coinbelt Chronicles - Tales of a boy and his hip scarf - "Hot and Bothered"

15 Fabulous Ways to use Vaseline

The Tribal Way - "Choose to be kind to yourself"

Tribal Mind - The cool April Rose interview!

Tribal Solstice

Donna Mejia

Sherri Wheatley

April Rose

The Fab Principessa Ann on Facebook!

Ariellah

Arish Lam playlist on YouTube

Jabbawockeez

Zoe Jakes mask routine

FestiByn

The best scene in "Drumline"!!! Muh ha haaa!!! MARCHING BAND!!!

Phil Thornton

Helm

Jill Parker

Carolena Nericcio

Michael McElhaney and The Stud

Azure Bellydance (Michael McElhaney and Andra Young)

Jill's wrist tattoos

Image courtesy of: The Dancer's Eye

Artist: FestiByn - Amazon or

Album: Balkan Express

Songs: Dönme Bana Sevgilim, Sparaben i Staden, Besame Mucho

Artists: Helm and Phil Thornton - Amazon or

Album: Tribal Spirit

Songs: Lovar Jivera (trad. Rajasthan), Le Rosier Blanc (trad. France), Lashir Spirit (trad. Yemen)

Album: The Gathering Season - Amazon or

Artist: Solace

Songs: All

So, I thought I'd gotten the

idea from Generation T, but now I can't find what I specifically did in

there. So...sorry for not giving credit where credit is due, but here

are the steps:

  1. Cut the sleeves and collar off of a T-shirt (since this skirt version doesn't taper the fabric in at the waist at all I recommend using a shirt that fits you rather snugly, or you'll have weird bunched up fabric around your waist). If you'd like a straight edge

at the bottom of the skirt then just cut off the whole section from

under each sleeve (at the armpit) to the other side. I like the look of

little slits at the side, so I didn't cut straight across.

 

2. Cut a hole in the bottom hem of the shirt. The bottom will now become

the waistband. Using a safety pin - or a bodkin - thread 1/4" elastic

or a strip of fabric through the bottom hem. (I used a piece of stretchy

fabric, which gave me a cute bow with some cute dangle-y ties, but also

made the waist super elastic comfy). If you're planning to just put in elastic then you can make the hole on the inside of the shirt hem so that the hole is hidden.

  3. Ta-da! It looks a little boxy in this pic, but that's only because my floor has no curves. It's actually pretty flattering for a 5 minute project! :-) Don't forget that this skirt version turns the shirt upside down, so if your T-shirt will look weird upside down then don't do this version. I think the Beats Antique logo looks fine upside down, so I didn't mind it being flipped. :-)

Welcome to YIP Snip! This week's topic is Dance - Life Balance!

YIP on Facebook

Blood on the Veil

Hip Expressions Events

Finding Balance in a Dancer's Life

Artist: Phil Thornton - Amazon or

Album: Nexus Tribal

Songs: Ederlezi Trance, The Broadoak Sheik, In The Bubble,  Bay City Shimmy, Duma Sa Duma 

Whassup, YIPpers?? We are back in the game with an awesome interview with April Rose - an alumna of UNMATA and the Bellydance Superstars - AND a special mini-moment with Zoe Jakes! Tammy updates us on what's going on around the web, Mary gives a (somewhat overdue) revue of Tribal Con, and both of them wonder how they managed to mention so many silly video clips in one episode. Hmmm....

Photo by Pixie Vision

"Does Your Teacher Have Your Best Interest At Heart?" - Sa'diyya (via Gilded Serpent)

"Reversal of a Policy - Men In Class" - Shay's blog Adventures of a Tribal Dancer

"iPhone make up App...FREE" - Make up and Hair for Dancers (tribe.net)

"Thought for the Week" - Tribal Pilgrims (Sakura Tribal blog)

Dance Walking Fitness with Ben Aaron (youtube.com)

My top three awesome flash mob scenes from Step Up 4: (Who cares about plot?)

 - Restaurant mob (not my favorite dance, really, but I love the song!)

 - Office mob

 - Opening street scene 

Mardi Love and Ela Rogers come to South Florida! (I'm totes going!!!)

Datura Online

Sedona Soul Fire

Sara Beaman at Tribal Con 2013

Sahira at Tribal Con 2013

Amy and Kari being awesome during a soundboard glitch

Jaylee at Tribal Con 2013

"Afterglow" - Phaeleh feat. Soundmouse

Sparrow - "Weight of the World" at Alternacirque

"Jack Sparrow" - The Lonely Island feat. Michael Bolton

April Rose

Tribal Con

"Critical languages" government grants

"April Rose, Dance documentary"

Suhaila Salimpour

April Rose's "Keeping On" set at Tribal Fest 2012

Gilded Serpent Gig Bag

Aubre Hill

April Rose in "I See You" (The part we talked about starts at about 1:50)

April Rose in "Parasitic" (My favorite part starts at 1:40! Creepy!!)

Los Angeles Bellydance Academy - Stevie Cabaret (a.k.a. Stefanya)

April Rose in her short drum solo with BDSS

April Rose in her super cute stripe-y top! - Photo by Leah Perry

Earth Ships

Yacht rock

Rihanna "Pour It Up" (Money song)

Rihanna "Birthday Cake" (I like this choreo...)

Stina Nordenstam "Little Star"

Woody Guthrie "This Land Is Your Land"

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me

Savage Lovecast

The Dinner Party Download

Goats Screaming Like Humans

Taylor Swift and the Goats

True Facts About the Seahorse

Yip Yip Aliens from Sesame Street

Skip vonKuske

Fingathing

ElitrickKids (on SoundCloud)

Zoe Jakes and Beats Antique

Extra Action Marching Band

Album: Set Sail - Amazon or

Artist: Sparrow

Songs: Weight of the World, Bird Song, Set Sail

Album: Tribal Beats, Vol. 3 - Amazon or

Track 1: "Loss" - Skip vonKuske

Track 2: "Rock the Whole Planet" - Fingathing

Track 3: "Eli Saidi" - ElitrickKids

Album: The Gathering Season - Amazon or

Artist: Solace

Songs: All

Welcome to YIP Snip! This week's topic is Improv! (Pre apology for Mary being sick this week!)

YIP on Facebook

Ted Talk Video that started this whole discussion!

Thanks again Sara Arrell!

Nadira Jamal Classes

Let me Google that for you!

Hipmix about Improv

Princess Farhana Blog about Improv

Artist: Amon Tobin -Amazon or

Albums: Permutation & Supermodified

Songs: Sordid, Nightlife, People like Frank, Sultan Drops, Slowly, Chocolate Lovely, Keepin' it Steel (The Anvil)

Welcome to over an hour of awesome! This episode features an interview with the fabulous and talented Carol Tandava Henning! A bellydancer with a strong theater background, Carol Tandava has been taking her one woman show - "Blood on the Veil" - around the country to rave reviews!! (Well, Tammy and I are raving about it, in any case!) Mary also catches up on her bellydance magazine reading and Tammy bemoans her lack of Twitter followers (we're looking at you, Princess Farhana!).

"Creating a Healthy Belly Dance Community" by Princess Farhana

Follow Tammy on Twitter! (LOL!!)

Lotus Dance Studio (Alina's school)

Driving the Saudis - Purchase on Amazon

FatChanceBellyDance® Community

Fuse Magazine

Akasha Afsana - Craft Creations (my fave part of Fuse!)

Djinn

YALLAH

Omaris

Meagan Mayada Hesham

Randee Ryder-Ahrens

Thalia del Fuego - DVD reviews on Amazon

Sara Haase (a.k.a. Contrapposto) on DeviantART

Onca O'Leary

John Compton

Melissa Murphey - Bellydance Sheet Music DOT com!!

Ishtar on Facebook

Carol Tandava Henning - Dark Lady Dances (blog)

Blood on the Veil - In San Francisco on April 5th, 2013!! GO BUY A TICKET!!

Tamalyn Dallal - Purchase "They Told Me I Couldn't" on Amazon

Beats Antique

Artist: Ishtar - Amazon or

Album: Belly Rock

Songs: Shashkin, Misirlou, Garoon Garoon

Artist: Beats Antique - Amazon or

Album: Contraption Vol. 2

Songs: Crush, Crooked Muse, Bloody Bones

Album: The Gathering Season by Solace - Amazon or

Welcome to YIP Snip! This week's topic is Solos!

YIP on Facebook

Spotify

Pandora

Lights by Ellie Goulding Remix by Bassnectar - Amazon or

Michelle Obama Arms!

Lacey (Florida Tribal Dance)

Dexter's Theme Song  (Whoa!!! The Ending Theme is awesome!) - Amazon or

Angel Theme Song - Amazon or

Mr Brooks Theme Song - Amazon or

Phoenicia and Fan Veil

Carolena Nericcio Flutters (about 2 mins in, but the whole performance is gorgeous!)

The Choreographer's Notebook: Standard Edition by Julia R. Zay - Amazon  (Oh and I know I said Choreographer incorrectly... wah wah)

Artist: Phil Thornton - Amazon or

Album: Nexus Tribal

Songs: Ederlezi Trance, The Broadoak Sheik, In The Bubble,  Bay City Shimmy, Duma Sa Duma 

YIP Snip is back once again! This week's topic is Zills!

YIP on Facebook

Mahin's Tweet that started it all!

So who else is in a #zill buying panic today? Gotta get enough Saroyans for the rest of my dancing life now! ACK! #bellydance

— Mahin Sciacca (@MahinBellydance) January 25, 2013

My original post about Harry Saroyan

Updated post on Saroyan

Simplicity Pattern where the girl's zill is on upside down (1st girl in the picture)

5 ways to Improve your Zill Playing

Intro to Finger Cymbals - Shira.net

Artist: Raquy And The Cavemen - Amazon and

Album: Dust

Songs: All of them!

YIP Snip is back for a second episode! Our topic this time is Personal Practice!

YIP on Facebook

Laura Stanyer' Holistic Dance Practice

Artist: Vanessa Mae - Amazon and

Album: Choreography

Songs: Tribal Gathering, Roxane's Veil, Moroccan Roll

This "part b" episode wraps up our Hot Pot adventures and features a really awesome interview with Amy Sigil! She talks about the buildup to their most recent - and already legendary! - Blood Moon event, how she chose her name, and her new coffee table book: Sigil, Ink. Mary and Tammy have a few random comments and another music spotlight, but it's mainly all about Amy! :-) YIP!

Check out our Donate button! It's in the upper right hand corner of our page!! 

Rachel Brice

and Datura Online

Beats Antique

Amy Sigil, Unmata, and Hot Pot studios

Blood Moon

(Part of) The Pajama Party

The Funeral (Sidenote: This is an amazing piece. Stop what you're doing and watch it now. NOW.)

Race Car (NASCAR) piece

Big skirts number

Fashion set

SAIL (The Sail "set" kind of starts at minute 6:45)

Another Unmata choreo that Amy didn't bring up, but that I totally love! - The Marijuana Piece

"Sigil" definition on Wikipedia

"Top Gun" trailer recut

Sigil Ink book promo (the book is out and it is cool!)

Unmata POW DVD

Sweet Snacks - Facebook

David Satori on Facebook

The Adam Roth Project - Facebook, ReverbNation

8tracks mixes by MidnightBlue

Description of Amy's 2013 intensive:

Amy Sigil Presents KINESPHERE: An exploration in limitless space

Exclusively for the epic year of 2013, a dance experience unlike any Sigil has offered before. We're bringing it all to the table baby, because life is short and Art is unmeasured. This one is the Deluxe Package, my friends, including: technique, theory, choreography, Improvisational Tribal Style, games and explorative movement. A moment in the creative mind of Amy Sigil. Available in 2013 and only in select locations.

And because I forgot to put them up for episode a: on the left is my tattoo (Mary) and on the right is Tammy's fabulous tattoo! Awesome! Both of these images are taken from the book Sigil, Ink; originally both pictures were taken by Rodin E. Thanks Rodin! :-) (Tammy's brother took the one that ended up in the book. Thanks Anthony!)

Album: Arabic Percussion - Amazon or

Artist: Mario Kirlis presents Matias Hazrum

Songs: Electronic Dream, Baladi Sangaran, Tribal Song

Artist: Middle Earth Ensemble - Amazon or

Album: Middle Earth Ensemble

Songs: Ya Gameel, Mudejar, Shaskin, Ya Mustafa

#1: Indian Tabla

"Khandam - a Sequence of Five" from Talking Tabla by Bikram Ghosh - Amazon or

#2: Oud

"Mevlevi Cheti" from The Oud: Music of the Near and Middle East by Aram Gulezyan - Amazon or

#3: Indian Tabla

"Drut Teentala" from Talking Tabla by Bikram Ghosh - Amazon or

Mary: Check the class schedule at Florida Tribal Dance to see if classes are in session!

Tammy: Contact for private lessons via the YIP email ([email protected])!