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New York City Belly Dance Classes and Autumn Ward's Worldwide Teaching Schedule

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Natural Beauty Belly Dance, a center for artistic belly dance in both traditional and innovative spheres, empowers and inspires dancers to train precisely, avoid injury, work creatively, and take ownership of their craft. Fostering “natural beauty,” the attractive and charismatic quality of confident authentic self-expression, classes equally promote creative vision, technical excellence, and personal style.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Veil Dance

Kinetic Sculpture from David Wurtzel

Posted by Autumn Ward at 6:16 AM No comments:

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Labels: inspiration, poetry in motion, props, veil

Monday, March 26, 2012

For Your Next, uh, "Fusion" Dance

Here is a very unusual prop! Via Laughing Squid.

Posted by Autumn Ward at 9:55 AM No comments:

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Labels: humor, poetry in motion, props

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Fluid Fabric

What belly dancers call "veil dancing," was quaintly called "manipulation of draperies" by turn-of-the-century modern dancers. Here's a lovely use of fabric in contemporary modern dance.

Posted by Autumn Ward at 10:10 AM

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Labels: dance that's not belly dance, inspiration, poetry in motion, props, veil

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About Me

Autumn Ward: I’m a dancer, choreographer, class instructor, and traveling workshop presenter, specializing in artistic belly dance. My work on appears on the DVD Beautiful Technique from Step One as well as several other instructional, reference, and performance programs. My full dance bio is here.

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