Belly Dance Business Academy

The trouble with the internet is the old information is out there floating around with the new information and sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.  I’ve noticed a lot of people putting up lovely websites for their businesses and then going out searching for massive link trades. Belly dance sites in particular seem filled [...]

I was talking with a friend the other day about dancing as an art form and the words “marketing” and “business” came up. She shook her head a little and told me whenever she hears those terms, things go fuzzy and she just tunes out. This was the second time in a month I’ve heard [...]

We’ve all heard it before–from friends, family, co-workers, other dancers. It’s insidious. It eats away at your soul. It diminishes your art and your creativity. It’s a philosophy that goes back generations, centuries even. The Starving Artist. “You can’t make money with dance.” “You have to suffer for your art.” “You should do it because [...]