Farasha Hanem
New member
I'm gonna be like Toucan Sam and follow my nose to the wonderful smell of flavorful fruit---wherever it grows! 
On a serious note, though, I'd like to help my own teacher, if I can. She's only a year older than my own daughter, but that doesn't make me any nevermind, because I think that an older person can learn a new thing or two from someone younger. She started bellydancing when she was 17 (she's now 23), and this is only her second year to teach. I don't know if anyone here would question my taking classes from one who is still quite young in the dance herself, but there aren't any other teachers in our town. She's the only one, but she's very caring, and watches us to make sure we're doing the movements right, and gently corrects us if we're executing a movement wrong. She's also very aware of her students; if she sees one in pain, or if anyone gets tired, she'll quickly adjust what she's doing, and does her best to keep us from injuring ourselves.
Last year was her first year to teach, and she mainly taught us basic moves, stage entrances and exits, a little veil work, a little choreo, and lots of freestyling, in groups, and solo (that was always so embarrassing for me :redface: ). She went to her first major workshop this past summer, and she said that the instructors put great emphasis on teaching students the "history" of bellydance (yep, you can imagine what they taught her). She's trying hard this year to be a more prepared and self-disciplined teacher, while still being spontaneous and going with the flow. Anyway, I just want to know if there's anything I can do to help her debunk some of the stuff she learned at that workshop? I've been encouraging her to join our forum, but she hasn't yet.
Oh, by the way, she's still growing in the dance. She takes two classes herself every week so she can continue to learn more. She's very sweet, has an open mind, and seems always eager to learn.
On a serious note, though, I'd like to help my own teacher, if I can. She's only a year older than my own daughter, but that doesn't make me any nevermind, because I think that an older person can learn a new thing or two from someone younger.
She started bellydancing when she was 17 (she's now 23), and this is only her second year to teach. I don't know if anyone here would question my taking classes from one who is still quite young in the dance herself, but there aren't any other teachers in our town. She's the only one, but she's very caring, and watches us to make sure we're doing the movements right, and gently corrects us if we're executing a movement wrong. She's also very aware of her students; if she sees one in pain, or if anyone gets tired, she'll quickly adjust what she's doing, and does her best to keep us from injuring ourselves.Last year was her first year to teach, and she mainly taught us basic moves, stage entrances and exits, a little veil work, a little choreo, and lots of freestyling, in groups, and solo (that was always so embarrassing for me :redface: ). She went to her first major workshop this past summer, and she said that the instructors put great emphasis on teaching students the "history" of bellydance (yep, you can imagine what they taught her). She's trying hard this year to be a more prepared and self-disciplined teacher, while still being spontaneous and going with the flow. Anyway, I just want to know if there's anything I can do to help her debunk some of the stuff she learned at that workshop? I've been encouraging her to join our forum, but she hasn't yet.
Oh, by the way, she's still growing in the dance. She takes two classes herself every week so she can continue to learn more. She's very sweet, has an open mind, and seems always eager to learn.
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