YIP Podcast

Episode 62: Ariellah

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 22:29:00 -0400

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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On This Episode:
Ariellah
30 Day Plank Challenge

You can do this, girl. I believe in you!

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

Featured Music:

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

Additional Music:

Album: The Gathering Season - Amazon or
Artist: Solace
Song: Huda

Episode 61: Jill Parker

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Thu, 2 Jan 2014 02:06:00 -0500

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!!!)

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On This Episode:

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

Featured Music:

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)

Additional Music:

Album: The Gathering Season - Amazon or
Artist: Solace
Songs: All

No-Sew T-shirt Skirt

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. :-)

YIP Snip 6: Dance - Life Balance

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:05:00 -0400

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

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In This Episode:
YIP on Facebook
Blood on the Veil
Hip Expressions Events
Finding Balance in a Dancer's Life

Background Music:

Artist: Phil Thornton - Amazon or
Album: Nexus Tribal
Songs: Ederlezi Trance, The Broadoak Sheik, In The Bubble, Bay City Shimmy, Duma Sa Duma

Episode 60: April Rose

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:20:00 -0400

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

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On This Episode:

"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

Featured Music:

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

Additional Music:
Album: The Gathering Season - Amazon or
Artist: Solace
Songs: All

YIP Snip 5: Improv

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:45:00 -0400

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

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In This Episode:
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

Background Music:

Artist: Amon Tobin -Amazon or
Albums: Permutation & Supermodified
Songs: Sordid, Nightlife, People like Frank, Sultan Drops, Slowly, Chocolate Lovely, Keepin' it Steel (The Anvil)

Episode 59: Carol Tandava Henning

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:12:00 -0400

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!).

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In This Episode:
"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

Featured Artists:

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

Additional Music:

Album: The Gathering Season by Solace - Amazon or

YIP Snip 4: Solos

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:24:00 -0400

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

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In This Episode:
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)

Background Music:

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 3: Zills

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:09:00 -0500

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

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In This Episode:
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

Background Music:

Artist: Raquy And The Cavemen - Amazon and
Album: Dust
Songs: All of them!

YIP Snip 2: Personal Practice

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Sat, 2 Feb 2013 14:54:00 -0500

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

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In This Episode:
YIP on Facebook
Laura Stanyer' Holistic Dance Practice

Background Music:

Artist: Vanessa Mae - Amazon and
Album: Choreography
Songs: Tribal Gathering, Roxane's Veil, Moroccan Roll

Episode 58b: Sacramento and Amy Sigil

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:50:00 -0500

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!

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In This Episode:
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!)

Featured Artist:

Album: Arabic Percussion - Amazon or
Artist: Mario Kirlis presents Matias Hazrum
Songs: Electronic Dream, Baladi Sangaran, Tribal Song

Additional Music:

Artist: Middle Earth Ensemble - Amazon or
Album: Middle Earth Ensemble
Songs: Ya Gameel, Mudejar, Shaskin, Ya Mustafa

Featured Instrument Music:

#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

Unmata ITS classes with Mary or Tammy:
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@yippodcast.com)!

YIP Snip 1: New Years Resolutions

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:02:00 -0500

What is this thing? A YIP Snip? Whhhhaaaatttt???? These will be special 10-15 minute episodes that cover one topic. We will put these out in between regular YIP episodes. Basically we want more YIP in your ear... don't you? In this first episode we talk New Years resolutions!

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In This Episode:
YIP on Facebook
New Years Resolution Tips
New Years Resolution Worksheet

Background Music:

Artist: Raquy and the Cavemen - Amazon and
Album: Dust
Songs: Dust

Artist: Various - Amazon and
Album: Muse Melodic
Songs: Magreb, Wayward

Artist: Various - Amazon and
Album: Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack
Songs: Fuse Box - Alexkid's Dub Remix

Episode 58a: Sacramento and Hot Pot

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Sun, 6 Jan 2013 10:20:00 -0500

Hey YIPpers! We are BACK! From outer space! We just danced in and saw you there (listening to less exciting, less bellydancey podcasts) with that sad look upon your face! Okay, enough of that...IT'S BEEN A WHILE! (Sorry about that...) But we have not "pod faded" (a term that Tammy introduced me to; it's kind of a cute term, but a sad state for any podcast). We just were a bit busy. We return to the virtual airwaves with not one but TWO episodes chronicling our summer adventures in California (yes, last summer, we said it's been a while...DON'T JUDGE). This episode contains one magical music spotlight, a brand new "What's that Instrument?" focus, a few interviews from some Sac Town Hot Pot-ers (Hot Pot = Amy Sigil's studio) and a bunch of random giggling. You're welcome!!

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In This Episode:
Unmata and Hot Pot Studios
YIP on Facebook
Zaghareet
Yallah

Fuse
Laura Barselou
Onca O'Leary
Organic armor costumes
Sakura Tribal on Facebook - awesome duet video!
Katana (Facebook) - Shiny Pants video!
CopperClock
Wonderland - A Belly Dance Play (YouTube promo video)
Learn more about the tabla on Wikipedia!
More awesome tabla information

Tabla with a suh-weet pink background!

Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha - Tabla Solo in Jhaptal
Rachel Brice on 8tracks
Midnight Blue on 8tracks
Dark Desert playlist
Richard "Moontan" Jay
"Django Unchained" preview
Raquy and the Cavemen
Unmata in "Pony Play"
Caricature artist Greg Sumbardo
Steve O at Something Wicked Tattoo
Alex Sanchez - Inner Image Ink

Tammy in front of the Capital Building

Tammy walking past the UNmetro and heading towards Hot Pot Studios (forward and to the right)

The awesome UNmetro

Our new friend Afton and I (Mary) inside Hot Pot Studios. Art all over the walls! Cool, right?

Featured Artist:

Artist: Moontan - Amazon or
Album: Odalisca
Songs: Corn Flakes, Dharma Salad, Turkmen

Featured Instrument Music: "Tabla Trio in Rupak Taal (Excerpt)" - Track 6 on In Memory of Alla Rakha - The Wizard of Tabla, Vol. 1

Additional Music:

Artist: Greg Ellis - Amazon or
Album: Kala Rupa
Songs: Form 8, Form 4, Form 7, Form 9, Form 10

Episode 57: The Fabulous Na'La!

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:39:00 -0400

Whoa! Get ready for some awesome! For this episode Na'La from Shakra joins the YIP Crew in studio! We all learn about the oud, Tammy shares her secret for happy feet (super sweet dance shoes, that's what!), Mary shares some Na'La-approved music and there's more giggling than usual! (I know....scary!!!)

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On This Episode:

Tammy's sweet dance sneakers!

DIY/Bellydance on a Budget (tribe.net) - "Glue?"
E6000
Shira.net tribe (tribe.net) - "Is It Good for Business?"
Hipmix.net - Dilara's Diary - "Hi, I'm Dilara Sultan, and I don't approve of this message"
Shira.net tribe (tribe.net) - "Forgiving bad dancers and teachers?"
Princess Farhana (blog) - "Dancing Through Pain and Physical Limitation, Part Two"
R.I.C.E.
So You Think You Can Dance - Janelle Issis
Sadie - Awesome video of Sadie being awesome!
Deep Roots Dance
Lava
Sarita
Jill Parker
Luciterra
Valley of the Jolly Green Giant
Cues and Tattoos
Udjat Beats & Belly Dancing
Shula Azhar Belly Dance Divas
Tribal Solstice
Tjarda
Geisha Moth
Sakura Tribal (blog) - "Mishaps and Mayhem!"

The oud

Planet of the Ood (Doctor Who)

The oud - legend of the creation

Dobby (Harry Potter)

Melanie Moore - "Cracks" solo from So You Think You Can Dance
Freestylers
Ellie Goulding
Bassnectar
Na'La on Facebook
Office Space Milton (red stapler)
Heather Stants (Urban Tribal Dance Company)
Amy Sigil - UNMATA
Donna Mejia
Mira Betz
Tjarda and The Uzume Dance Company
Sera Solstice
Carolena Nericcio
Gothic Bellydance - Revelations Shakra's Industrial Strength Dance Workout DVD The Daily Show
Clip of TURKU featuring the Ghawazee Dancers (did you spot Olivia Kissel?)
Domba!
Shakra
SCA - Society for Creative Anachronism
Suhaila
Rusted Root
Never give up! Never surrender!

Around Town:
There is not an Around Town on this episode, however you can Join our Email List and find out everything currently going on!

Oud Music:
1. "Oud Taksim" by The Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club of Zanzibar
2. "Oud Taqsim" by Kara Nomadica
3. "Taksim" by John Berberian
4. "Azziza" by John Berberian
End credits: "Siseler" by John Berberian

Featured Artists:

First set:
1. "Cracks" by Freestylers (Flux Pavilion remix) - Amazon or
2. "Lights" by Ellie Golding (Bassnectar remix) - Amazon or
3. "Timestretch" by Bassnectar - Amazon or

Second set: All songs by Rusted Root - Amazon or
Song 1: "Agbadza" (off the album Rusted Root)
Songs 2/3: "Drum Trip" and "Back to the Earth" (off the album When I Woke)

Additional Music:

Artist: Solace - Amazon or
Album: Gorgon Days
Songs: Full Blown Stutter, Blind in One Eye
Album: Nagari
Songs: Coveting Bes, Bain of Desire, Sorrow & Veil, Serpent's Kiss, Strange Flesh, Death in Sin, End of Religion

Artist: Shiva in Exile - Amazon or
Album: Nour
Songs: We're All One

Episode 56: Maria GimmeShimmy!

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:51:00 -0400

On this episode of YIP we meet the fabulous Maria Gimmeshimmy!! Avidly interested in dancing with snakes and being covered in body paint, she's also a mom, a photographer, a musician's muse, and a working bellydance artist. (She also has a very sweet radio voice, just wait and see...well, listen...) We'll also talk super briefly about: an upcoming one woman bellydance show (more on that in a few episodes), funny stuff tribal dancers say, and how successful Mary was at stalking some YIP listeners! So don't touch that dial!!!

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On This Episode:
Blood on the Veil (Facebook) - Stage Left Studio in New York
PURE Orlando
Michelle Joyce - "Pop Lock & Shimmy" DVD on Amazon
Bikram yoga
Shimmy in the Spirit of the Dance
Nourhan Sharif - Sharif Wear
Joharah and BellyUp
Sh*t Tribal Fusion Belly Dancers Say
Monty Python - Nudge nudge (If you know what I mean...)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? - If you know what I mean...
I'm good enough and I'm smart enough.... (Stuart Smalley)
8 Elements with Rachel Brice
Cues and Tattoos
Florida Tribal Dance
Review of Lacey's Cues and Tattoos class - by Rebecca Slingwine
Collective Soul (Gypsy Caravan)
Unmata and Hot Pot
3-2-1 Contact
Anasma
The Walking Dead
April Rose at 3rd Coast Tribal
Skip Von Kuske
Copper Clock at the Skinny Dip "Vogue Noir" show
Katana at the Grab Bag Burlesque show
Heather Labonte dance (blog) - dancing at the Dark Salon
Maria GimmeShimmy - Facebook

Maria la Sirena pics:

Medusa and snake pics:

Matt Phoenix (Facebook)
Harri Kakoulli

CD Covers:

Santorini Taverna
Suhaila Salimpour
Solace (Jeremiah Soto)
DumTek (app for iPhones)
Ensemble Al-Asdeka
Middle-Earth Ensemble
Magnatune
ASCAP

Around Town:
July 14-15 (Atlanta, GA) Crossroads and Origins - workshops and discussions with Donna Mejia, Lee Ali, and Rina Orellana. Full weekend passes available only.
July 15-22 (Pueblo, CO) Music and Dance Camp Colorado - workshops with Molly of Tribaltique, Phoenix, Jesse of Sherefe and more!
July 19-22 (NYC, NY) Caron Tandava Henning presents Blood on the Veil at Stage Left Studio
July 20-22 (St Petersburg, FL) Tribal Burn - workshops with Johanna, Lacey, Greywolf and more!
July 28-29 (Orlando, FL) A Magi Bellydance and American Belly Dance Club join to bring you workshops with Hossam Ramzy and Serena! This is not to be missed!

Featured Artists:

Artist: Skip Von Kuske - Amazon or
Album: Intuit
Songs: Deep Earth, Loss, Intuit

Artist: Solace - Amazon or
Album: The Thorn Campaign
Songs: Entrenched Psychosis, Flesh Will Fail, Beggars Lullaby

Additional Music:

Artist: Ensemble Al-Asdeka - Amazon or
Album: Oasis
Songs: Lake of Clouds, Dance of the Tamir Agha, La Roza Linda, Noches

Artist: Middle Earth Ensemble - on or Amazon
Album: Middle Earth Ensemble
Songs: Mudejar, Isaac and Ishmael

Episode 55: Troupe Zahara and SamiTe'

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Mon, 7 May 2012 22:00:00 -0400

On this episode of YIP we give you not one, but TWO fabulous interviews. Ta da!!!! I know. We're awesome. First we meet the frisky ladies of Troupe Zahara and then we are entertained and amazed by the faaabulous SamiTe'! The YIP Crew share their picks for Bhangra hits and classic bellydance music and there is much hilarity had by all!

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On This Episode:
Princess Farhana (blog) - "Please Welcome to the Stage..."
Maria GimmeShimmy - Orlando performer and teacher
Tempest's Teapot (blog) - "Concrete" vs "Abstract", Dance and Model Airplanes
YIP Podcast on Facebook
Coco la Framboise
Letters from Kit
Club Bellydance (BDSS thing)
Flamenco Tammy - Flamenco Del Sol
Shimmy Knights
Sabrina Fox (Facebook)
Stefanya (Facebook) - picture of rockin' lace dress!
My Fitness Pal
Sewing on Turkoman buttons (tribe.net)

Florida Tribal Dance
8track.com - Rachel Brice (a.k.a. Arbibi) mixes
"Rollin" - Diplo
"Tommy's Theme" - Noisia
Gurbhej Brar (Facebook)
Jassi Sidhu
Jaswant Heera - listen to the entire song "Nach Ke" on Youtube.com
Troupe Zahara performing in Tampa, FL
Spatula City! (UHF clip)
Dancing With A Spatula Wand (The Blue Faerie) - "My body, my castle and a bunny"
Deep Roots Dance Blog (Shay Moore) - "YIP Podcast - John Compton!", "Class Ettiquette 'Rules'"
Miramar - "10 Golden Rules to Dance By"
Khan el-Khalili
Souk
Shira.net
SamiTe'

That daring young man on the flying trapeze...
Magnatune

Featured Artists:

Album: Bhangra Dance Hits - Amazon or
Song #1: "Paun Boliyan" by Gurbhej Brar
Song #2: "Putt Jatt Da" by Jassi Sidhu
Song #3: "Nach Ke" by Jaswant Heera

Album: Virginia Presents Khan Al Khalili - Amazon or
Artist: Al-Ahram Orchestra
Songs: Saidi Rara, Atshan Taala Shrab, Raghed

Additional Music:

Album: Kara Nomadica - Amazon or
Artist: Kara Nomadica
Songs: Hashashiyyin, Ottoman Lobotomy, Arainia

Artist: Indidginus - Amazon or
Songs: "Nimbus" from Kaleidoscope, "Machu" from Align

Album: Reclaimed Property, Vol. 2 - Amazon or
Artist: Kalabi
Songs: A Small Trip, Sacharissa

Episode 54: Anasma

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:09:00 -0400

Hello there, YIPpers! This episode of YIP Podcast brings you an interview with the intelligent, creative and fabulous Anasma! She's talented! She's smart! She's got shiny hair! And she has a lot of pretty sage advice, so pay attention! Tammy and Mary chat about weird bellydance dreams and we hear some excerpts from the WildCard BellyDance/Arcane Dimension project, Tribal Collaborations!

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On This Episode:
Maurice Chevalier
YIP Podcast on Facebook
CarnyCast
Thought-Provoking Belly Dance Costumes (tribe.net)
"Kiss of Death" bellydance costume
"Weepy" bellydance costume
Dance Nerds Unite!
Dancers Among Us - Jordan Matter photography project
Dancing With A Spatula Wand (The Blue Faerie) - "A New Wiccan Holiday"
Hot Chelle Rae - "I Like It Like That" (video)
Tempest's Teapot - "Yes You Can, But SHOULD You?"
Hurricane Vanessa
The Style Rookie (blog by Tevi Gevinson)
Tribal Pilgrims (Sakura Tribal) - "Tribal Collaborations!" post
WildCard BellyDance
Anasma
Bellydance Superstars
Bellyqueen
The Little Devil (video)
A bit about Wushu
"Tribute to my father"
Visit Anasma's video gallery for a peek at "On Your Marks, Get Set, Dance!" performances
Animal City website - brief video...looks super cool!!
World Citizen Dance
Spotify
Der Erlkönig (poem originally by Goethe)

Around Town:
There is not an Around Town on this episode, however you can Join our Email List and find out everything currently going on!

Featured Artists:

Album: Tribal Collaborations - Amazon or
Artist: Arcane Dimension and WildCard BellyDance
Songs: Feast of Dionysus, Forbidden Fruit, The Flight of Morrigan

Song #1: "Tammeni Aleik" by Mohamed Fouad (Best of Fouad) - Amazon or
Song #2: "The Earlie King" by Baby Dee (Twisted Cabaret) - Amazon or
Song #3: "Saber" by Omar Khairat (The Modern Women) - Amazon or

Additional Music:

"Huda" by Solace - Amazon or
The Gathering Season

"Simarik" by Tarkan - Amazon or
Tarkan

"Erlkönig" by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Gerald Moore - Amazon or
Schubert: Die schoene Muellerin · Erlkoenig · An die Musik · Heidenroeslein

"Der Erlkoenig" by Peter Sebastian - Amazon or
Die Kraft Der Emotion

Episode 53: John Compton

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:51:00 -0500

Your YIP Crew brings you a super special interview with legendary dancer John Compton of Hahbi 'Ru! Music from Greg Ellis and Africa North (the place, not the person?) will be delighting your ear. Also we give out some aMAZing advice to some of our YIPpers (you're welcome) and lots of other cool stuff happens! You're gonna love it! Trust me!! YIP!!

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On This Episode:
The Tribal Way - "My New Years Resolution - To Smile!"
Princess Farhana - "Flash Dance: What's Going On Under That Costume?"
Belly Dance Troupe Talk (tribe.net) - "I need some advice please!!"
FatChance BellyDance - Volume 9 DVD!!!
Hot Pot Studios (home of UNMATA!!!)
College Park Yoga - Crazy contortionist pose!!
Rakkas - The Male Side of Belly Dance (Facebook)
Keiya Mavita and Kali Shakti Sisters Belly Dance (Facebook)
Baraka Mundi
Onca O'Leary
Awalim
Gypsy Hands
Florida Tribal Dance
Shine On Yoga
Allure Dance Studio
Greg Ellis
Azam Ali

John Compton

Interested in learning more? Check out some articles on John Compton at The Gilded Serpent and The Best of Habibi - fun extra reading...both cover some of the same territory, but both have great extra stuff, as well!)
Articles on The Gilded Serpent by (or about) Rita/Rebaba

Rebaba/Rita Alderucci

Jill Parker
Jamila Salimpour - Bal Anat (Article on The Gilded Serpent)
Bert Balladine (Gilded Serpent articles, including a memorial article with a ton of awesome pictures)
Hahbi 'Ru at Tribal Fest 2010 - the Yemen "hand dance" starts at minute 3:00 (it's awesome!!)
Selections from Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians - Amazon

Farideh and John Compton (performing as Kos Kadas)

Farideh (Cathryn Balk)
Sharlyn Sawyer
de Young Museum
Sirocco

A bit of history about Finnoccio's - on the site Queer Music Heritage
Slide show of Finnoccio's pictures from '78-'83 (I spotted John at least twice - at 2:36 and 3:30 and there are also several of the ventriloquist, Keny Stewart)
Memories of performing at Finnoccio's - by female impersonator David de Alba
Articles on The Gilded Serpent by (or about) Mish Mish (a.k.a. Pamela Sklavos-Jaque)
Scene from the movie "A Man With Bogart's Face" with Mish Mish(she's the dancer in blue)
Steve Shehan & Baly Othmane
Setona
Mahmoud Fadl

Around Town:
January 21-28 (Pura Vida, Costa Rica) Sahara Dance presents the 7th Annual Tribal Belly Dance and Yoga Retreat with Rachel Brice.
February 5-12 (Louisiana, Florida, Bahamas) ATS Belly Dance Cruise! Need I say more? Tribal:Pura, Studio classes, Gala show, and open dance sessions.
February 23-26 (Decatur, GA) TribalCon - workshops with Ariellah, Dave Machek, Tamalyn Dallal, and more. Saturday Passes are now sold out!
February 25-March 9 (Las Vegas, NV) Tribal Massive - workshops with Heather Stants, Zoe Jakes, Amy Sigil, and more.

Featured Artists:

Artist: Greg Ellis - Amazon or
Album: Kala Rupa
Songs: Form 2, Form 3, Form 8

Album: Africa North (Compilation) - Amazon or
Song #1: "Amin Amin" by Steve Shehan & Baly Othmane
Song #2: "Rera" by Setona
Song #3: "Maqsoum" by Mahmoud Fadl

Additional Music:

Artist: Solace - Amazon or
Album: The Gathering Season
Songs: Huda, Harvest Moon, Eyes Like Cats, Aenaem

Artist: Greg Ellis - Amazon or
Album: Kala Rupa
Songs: Form 7, Form 9

Episode 52: Asharah and Sherefe!

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:30:00 -0500

In this episode of YIP Mary and Tammy talk about their New Year's resolutions and the blogs that are continuing to entertain and inform. This episode also brings us the melodious voices of not one, not two, but THREE special guests! Heather Stants joins us for a brief cameo to chat about music; Asharah tells us about her beginnings and her journey so far through Suhaila's certification program; and (surprise guest!) Jesse Manno from the ensemble Sherefe (Boulder, CO) Skypes in to talk about his awesome group! So much cool stuff in this episode it'll blow your MIND!!

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On This Episode:
Dallas Observer article via the fab Shira
Fans of YIP! Podcast - Facebook group
Hot Pot studios (and UNMATA!)
YIP! Podcast (tribe.net) - "When did you consider yourself a dancer?"
Bellydance Revolution mixes
Sweater Shrug things are from Threaded Visions!
Fl!pside Creations (on Etsy)
Bellydance Paladin (Asharah's blog) - "I just loved her costume..."
Deep Roots Dance (Shay Moore's blog) - "Fabulous Tribal Styling for Super Short Hair"
Heather Labonte Modern Bellydance (blog) - "Tendu"
Tempest's Teapot - "A challenge to the community"
The Bellydance Blog - "How the dancer lost her mojo, and found it again..."
Balkanology
Shantel
www.allthelyrics.com
Asharah - The Bellydance Paladin
Hahbi 'Ru
Kim Leary
Suhaila Salimpour
Magnatune.com
Sherefe
Beth Quist

Around Town:
There is not an Around Town on this episode, however you can Join our Email List and find out everything currently going on!

Featured Artists:

Artist: Shantel - Amazon or
Song #1: "Disko Partizani" - Disko Partizani
Song #2: "Glazart Sea" - Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven soundtrack)
Song #3: "Mahalageasca" (Shantel & Mahala Rai Banda) - Bucovina Mixtape Vol. 1

Artist: Sherefe -Amazon or
Album: Sala Sala
Songs: W'nindum Al'Ashra L'Ghalia, Dort Beygir, Thracian Rucenitsa

Additional Music:

Artist: Sherefe - Amazon or
Album: Sala Sala
Songs: Baliklar Derya icinde, Tris Frangopoules, Evlerinin Onu Mersin, Nedir Bu Telasin Kaslarin Kayrasina

Artist: Shantel - Amazon or
Album: Disko Partizani
Songs: Disko Partizani, Andante Levante

Artist: Beth Quist - Amazon or
Album #1: New Moon
Songs: Deep Well, New Moon
Album #2: Shall We Dance
Song: Ritual

Episode 51: Olivia Kissel

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:57:00 -0500

This episode brings the melodious voice of Olivia Kissel to your very own living room! Or car...or iPod...or what-have-you...anyway, she's awesome! You're going to love her! Tammy relays some shocking (SHOCKING) news to me (you all probably knew about it ages ago...I'm always the last to know!), I recommend some music and Tammy talks about some super cool upcoming events!

Note: I interviewed Olivia in February of this year (2011) and since then Zafira (her troupe) has disbanded to pursue adventures as soloists. :-)

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On This Episode:
Olivia Kissel
TribalCon
Carnycast
Potential Cast
Twin Peaks Podcast
Upside Down and Halfway to Happyland (Joss Whedon stuff) - Episode with Tammy!
Deep Roots Dance (Shay Moore's blog - formerly Double Take Bellydance) - "Doing vs. Teaching"
Princess Farhana (blog) - "One Zill Up"
Gilded Serpent Article concerning Dallas Observer faux pas
Ozma's awesome response to the Dallas Observer article
Dallas Observer's apology on FB
Ghawazi Caravan
Ghawazi Caravan at Earth Spirit Festival
Ghawazi Caravan performing at the Evernight Gothic Bellydance Event
Carolena N. and Devi M. duet (yummy!)
Rachel Brice's music mix
Eskmo (a.k.a. Brendan Angelides) - Facebook page
Cold November Rain by Guns N' Roses
John Hodgman on The Daily Show
Unmata at Tribal Fest (the fight section starts just after the 11:30 minute mark)
Eclipse Fusion performs to "Trust In Me"
Cracked Pot on Facebook
Basement Jaxx

Around Town:
November 26th (Orlando, FL) Orlando PURE presents PURE Reflections: Beauty Reimagined. It is a multimedia dance-theater show exploring and challenging concepts of beauty and body image, in particular, the negative influence of unrealistic media images on our view of ourselves and each other, and how our practice of dance in a supportive community creates a healing environment to foster positive feelings about our bodies.
December 10-11 (San Luis Obispo, CA) Tribal Fusion Faire - workshops withAmel Tafsout, Tempest, Seba, and more.

Featured Artists:

Artist: Eskmo - Amazon or
Album: Eskmo
Songs: We Got More, Become Matter Soon For You, Moving Glowstream

Artist: Basement Jaxx - Amazon or
Album: Zephyr
Songs: Peace of Mind, Hip Hip Hooray,

Additional Music:

Artist: Ensemble Al Asdeka - Amazon or
Album: Oasis
Songs: La Roza Linda, Dance of the Tamir Agha, Lake of Clouds, Noches

Artist: Solace - Amazon or
Album: Opium Head
Songs: Bol Two, Weeping Tree, Sleeping Sober

Song: The Syncopated Clock - Amazon or
Artist: Arthur Fieldler and the Boston Pops Orchestra
Album: Leroy Anderson: Greatest Hits

Song: Dragnet Theme Song - Amazon or
Artist: Soundtrack and Theme Orchestra
Album: TV Themes: Classic Police and Detective

Song: Sexy and I Know it - Amazon or
Artist: LMFAO
Album: Sorry for Party Rocking

Episode 50: Heather Stants

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:33:00 -0400

This episode of YIP brings you the wonderfully serene and fantastically funny (yeah, you heard me!) Heather Stants! The fab H.S. talks about her journey to dance, her movement philosophy and her love of yoga! YIP Podcast Executive Producer - Dan - steps in to help out with the interview, Mary (that's me) get's lazy (again) and indulges herself with a soooo non-traditional mix of music, Tammy keeps everything moving along, and we all live happily ever after! Yay!

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On This Episode:
Check out more from our executive producer (Dan) on his podcast Radio Rickshaw
"Darkness Falls" trailer - Yech....creepy Tooth Fairy movie
"Tattoo Adventure of a Tribal Farmgirl" by Paulette Rees-Denis
Makeup and Hair for Dancers (tribe.net) - "Hair for a VERY hot day!"
The Belly Whisperer
Tempest's Teapot - "FYI - MIA"
Beats Antique video "Revival"
I couldn't remember right off where I got "fer sure!" from...but this SNL skit was it!
Blood Out
The Kentuckiana Middle Eastern Dance Review - "Confessions of a Belly Dance Hoarder..."
Tribal Pilgrims - "Video of the Week - Pedralta World Fusion Bellydance"
Watch "The LXD" on Hulu
Cali Swag District - "Teach Me How to Dougie" - Glee actors teach you how to dougie
Take That (Official Website)
Kelis - "Milkshake" video - "Bounce" video (Calvin Harris feat. Kelis)
"Sucker Punch" trailer
Radio Bastet
Urban Tribal Dance Company - "66 Meters" (by Indian Ropeman) Performance
Florida Tribal Dance
Stephanie Barto of Read My Hips
"What is Tribal Style Bellydance" A short documentary
The Tribal Massive
Dana Rae Pare of Infinite Yoga
Nauli (yoga exercise)
The Glitch Mob

Around Town:
There is not an Around Town on this episode, however you can Join our Email List and find out everything currently going on!

Featured Artists:

Mary's Trio of Self-Indulgence...
Song #1: "Teach Me How to Dougie" by Cali Swag District - on or Amazon
Song #2: "Love Love" by Take That - on Amazon
Song #3: "Bounce" by Calvin Harris feat. Kelis - on or Amazon

Artist: The Glitch Mob - on or Amazon
Album: Drink the Sea
Songs: Bad Wings, Fortune Days, Drive It Like You Stole It

Additional Music:

Artist: Middle Earth Ensemble - on or Amazon
Album: Middle Earth Ensemble
Songs: Ya Gameel, Oud Taqsim, Shatty Ya Dinny, Mudejar, Moroccan Roll, Ya Mustafa, Isaac and Ishmael

Episode 49: Majda Anwar

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Mon, 5 Sep 2011 13:23:00 -0400

This week YIP is back with a slightly longer-than-usual episode...we just couldn't stop talking! This week's show also brings you the insights of Majda Anwar, dancer and teacher extraordinaire! Your YIP Crew also finally chats about how Propapalooza went, Tammy gets nostalgic about pregnancy, Mary talks up a truly awesome UK band and throughout the entire show HILARITY ENSUES!! Well...we had fun, anyway... :-P

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On This Episode:
Bellydance Health, Fitness and Anatomy (tribe.net) - "Laybacks and neck pain"
The Belly Whisperer (blog) - "Preggo Bellydancing"
Tempest's Teapot (blog) - "Gathering Muses"
Shira.net (tribe.net) - "Your Smart Phone and Dance"
ATS (tribe.net) - "Which troupes do you draw inspiration from?"
Tamarind Tribal Belly Dance
Silver Wolf Clan
Red Lotus Bellydance
Ujbaba Tribal (YouTube channel)
Ghawazi Caravan
Belly Dance Troupe Name Generator
Carovana Tribale - This links to their blog, which is in Italian (fyi)
Persephone Dance Company - Video of Tribal Fest 2010
Ray Dowler (Drummer)
FatChance BellyDance video (coolio floorwork part starts at 6:15-ish)
Double Take Bellydance - "Tomboy to Tribal Diva? A Workshop Review..."
The Bellydance Blog - "a bit of (con)fusion!"
Tribal Pilgrims (blog) - "Arcomnia"
If you gals/guys haven't seen the movie "Clue" you totally should! Hiiiilarious!
Arcomnia band member's piano and didge shop - Pied Piper Pianos
Arcomnia homepage!!! They got a website since we first heard about them! Yay!
1. Go to the Merchandise page
2. Reach band member Graham by clicking on the "alternative payment" option
3. Enjoy your CDs, because they are AWESOME!!!
Lotus Dance Studio
Majda Anwar
The Day Late and Dollar Shortkestra (Facebook)
Yasmina Ramzy - Professional Dance Course
Arabesque Dance Company
Dr. George Sawa - Music Appreciation for Bellydance
10 Songs Every Bellydancer Should Know (CD) - Buy on Amazon
Colors of Enchantment (book by Sherifa Zuhur) - buy on Amazon
Images of Enchantment (book by Sherifa Zuhur) -buy on Amazon
Shira.net
Live streaming bits from Propapalooza
Leigh Ammon (FCBD sister studio)
Melodic Mousai performance (YouTube)
Johanna and Hip Expressions
KarieSue Creations
Lisa Stern - Jewelry Business - Trademark Equestrian Center of Apopka
Laura Barselou - Contact her for a makeup consultation!
Beachcomber's Bazaar - Get your sparkle and henna on!
FlipS!de Creations (by Tara) - Etsy store
SAK Comedy Lab
Phoenicia
Zanbaka
Kit "from Canada" McAllister
Naima of Naima's Bellydance Blog - Here's the necklace she donated (and made herself!)
Urban ReThink
The Virgin Olive Market
The Center for Contemporary Dance
DeAnna Freeman

Around Town:
September 8-11 (Las Vegas, NV) Bellydance Intensive and Festival featuring Ariellah, Christina King, Jill Parker and more!
September 23-25 (Birmingham, AL) Devyani is hosting Colleena Shakti.
September 23-25 (London, UK) Shimmy in the City featuring workshops with Jillina, Anasma,Khaled, and more.

Featured Artist:

Artist: ARCOMNIA - Purchase both albums here!

Album #1: Arcomnia
Songs: Kyrie, Andro, Sama

Album #2: Star of the Sea
Songs: Salva Nos/Puer Natus, Romuald's Return, Morena Me Llaman

Additional Music:

Artist: Solace - or Amazon
Album: The Gathering Season
Songs: Huda, Harvest Moon, Eyes Like Cats, Aenaem, Hujayni, Saaba, Sudan

Episode 48: Sherri Wheatley

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 21:11:00 -0400

This episode of YIP features the fab Sherri Wheatley! Tune in to hear her talk about her tribal roots, her feelings on fusion and why time away from bellydance can be a good thing! Mary spins some totally sweet tunes (okay, really, they were just edited in, but Mary thinks being a DJ would be cool) and Tammy gets us ready for some awesome upcoming events!! And...there's a lot of nonsense and giggling. You know. The usual.

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On This Episode:
Sherri Wheatley
Teacher Training - FCBD
Beats Antique - Zoe Jakes
Glitter Is My Crack blog (Cool blog for makeup looks and....lots of pics from the Beats Antique/Zoe show!)
Twin Peaks
Gia al Qamar - Create a combo card deck
Lavender wands that Easter made us!!!
The Kentuckiana Middle Eastern Dance Review - "On being challenged"
The Belly Whisperer - "My blog-e-trois"
The Occidental Dancer - "Tattuesday"
Hipmix.net - A-list blogs
National Geographic Photo of the Day - Fave red forest pic!
Janelle Monae - Performance on So You Think You Can Dance
Beach Blanket Bingo
Goldfinger Theme Song - Go Shirley Bassey!
Save Ferris
Urban Tribal Dance Company
Steven Eggers - The Awesome Steven in Action!
Mardi Love - The Fabulous Mardi in Action! Check out those saucy shoulders!
EEMED Promo 2007
Kathleen Crowley
Melodia Designs

Around Town:
August 12-14 (St. Petersburg, FL) Hip Expressions hosting an intensive with Mira Betz.
August 12-14 (Portland, OR) JamBallah Northwest featuring workshops with Suhaila, Amel Tafsout, Darshan, and so many more!
August 13th (Seattle, WA) Hands of Kali is opening their new space, Tin Can Studio! To kick off the grand opening they are having a party featuring Grace Constantine.
August 17-21 (San Francisco, CA) SF Mecca Immersion featuring workshops with Carolena Nericcio, Kami Liddle, Jill Parker, and more.
August 18-21 (Grapevine, TX) Yaa Halla Y’all featuring workshops with Ava Fleming, Moria Chappell, Karim Nagi, and more.
August 19th (Orlando, FL) Jessica Bellydance and Lisa Stern host a benefit for Diane Black. Come support your local dance community.
August 20th (Phoenix, AZ) Mahin presents Completely Classics III – live music and professional performances.
August 20th (Baltimore, MD) Kallisti Tribal will once again be hosting their annual Inappropriate Hafla! I can’t wait to see the videos for this... and as a reminder, no kids under 16 allowed!
September 2-5 (Atlanta, GA) Phoenicia will be teaching at Dragon*Con!
September 2-5 (Miami, FL) Miami Bellydance Convention featuring workshops with Nathalie, Arish Lam, Lacey, and more!
September 8-11 (Las Vegas, NV) Bellydance Intensive and Festival featuring Ariellah, Christina King, Jill Parker and more!

Featured Artists:

Album: The ArchAndroid - Amazon or
Artist: Janelle Monae
Songs: Dance or Die, Sir Greendown, Come Alive (The War Of The Roses)

Album: Flamenco Arabe - Amazon or
Artist: Hossam Ramzy & Rafa El Tachuela
Songs: Rumbapa, Men El Belad, Silk Route Suite - Egyptian

Additional Music:

Album: Oasis - Amazon or
Artist: Ensemble Al Asdeka
Songs: La Roza Linda, Los Bilbilicos, Dance of the Tamir Agha, Veil Dance, Adio, Jste Bendik, Deceived, Twilight on the Nile, Lake of Clouds

Episode 47: Storm Trouper Victoria and Estelle Shao

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:15:00 -0400

This episode of YIP gives you two fabulous interviews for the price of one!! Victoria of Storm Troupers Bellydance chats about being a UK gal living and dancing in Texas AND the graceful and lovely Estelle Shao from Shanghai shares her words of wisdom on dance and its popularity in China!

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On This Episode:
TheGypsyNet.com - Ansuya's site
Ansuya's Interview with Rachel Brice (I found it! It's really interesting - go watch it!!)
"My Clapping Dilemma" by Brian (Last name? Anyone? Anyone know this cat's last name?)
"YIP!" - Tribal Pilgrims Blog by Sakura Tribal (Cayte and Sarah)
"Put That Record On!" - mini-mention by Sarah of Sakura Tribal (The Gingerbread Bunny Blog)
"Around here we call it Giggle Cast" - Amy at The Right and Kind Reverend Blog
Coverville - Super awesome music podcast with Brian Ibbott
Enta Omri
Sir Richard Bishop - The Freak of Araby (album)
Omar Khorshid
Storm Troupers Bellydance on Facebook
Shira.net tribe - "Workshop instructor bad behavior"
ATS tribe - "Quick level drop"
Calmus Ensemble
Maria Palacio - Take some ATS classes in SC!!
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Estelle Shao
Tamalyn Dallal
The Fortune Cookie!!! (according to Wikipedia...)
Middle-Earth Ensemble
Kenny G on Louis Armstrong rant

Around Town
There is not an Around Town on this episode, however you can Join our Email List and find out everything currently going on!

Featured Artists:

Album: The Freak of Araby - Amazon or
Artist: Sir Richard Bishop
Songs: Enta Omri, Taqasim for Omar, Solenzara

Album: Middle-Earth Ensemble - Amazon or
Artist: Middle-Earth Ensemble
Songs: Enta Omri, Ya Gameel, Shaskin

Additional Music:

Artist: Mohamed Ali Ensemble - Amazon or
Album: The Masters of Bellydance Music
Song: Enta Omri

Artist: Yo-Yo Ma - Amazon or
Album: The Essential Yo-Yo Ma
Song: Mido Mountain (Chinese Traditional)

Episode 46: Jeremiah Soto

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:14:00 -0400

After a long break from posting - sorry about that! - YIP is back with a episode featuring an interview with Jeremiah Soto of Solace! The super chill Soto talked to YIP about his music, past and present, creating his own record label and artist rights. Mary shares some of what she's listening to right now, Tammy does the Around Town thing, and both of them act rather silly. It's nice to be back! :-)

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On This Episode:
World Dance New York
Tribal Revival DVD
Mimi Fontana and Manhattan Tribal
Hipmix.net - "Are You On The Belly Dance Bandwagon?"
Shimmies, Sequins and Slippers (Blog by Foxy) - "Fun Friday: Fabulous Fans"
Yallar veil fan dance
Fire Dancers Fan Veil
Beledi Beach Bash (A full weekend of UNMATA awesomeness!!!)
Project Belly Dance - Reality show and competition
Cheeky Girls Productions
The Belly Whisperer (Blog by RetroKali) - One of her Cheeky Girls Happy Drunk reviews!
Michelle Joyce
Ziah and Awalim
Megha Gavin and Devyani
My new favorite "Southern Girl" song!
NAFOURA (Online Bellydance magazine) - Karim Nagi issue
Mahin and the Daily Dance Quickies
The Music Maze - Find new music!
"Create a Combo" bellydance card deck (by Gia)
Solace and Eventide Music Productions
Darbuka Dave Machek
"Tribal fusion" via Wikipedia
Maduro
Ruben van Rompaey
Beats Antique
Knossos
Deftones
Depeche Mode
Tool
Bodhrán - Irish frame drum
Magnatune
Stellar Advantage - Bellydance Masters 2011
Jeremiah Soto's Linkin Park remix (left column, about 5/6 of the way down the page...it's groooovy....)
Linkin Park remix contest winner (just in case you were curious and - gah! - I've gotta agree with Jeremiah on this one...I couldn't listen to it all the way through. Mess! :-P)
Phil Meadley's Blog - His music reviews (of other people) - (This is the co-conspirator on Soto's top secret project!!! I like Meadley's stuff; I hope the project comes to fruition! Woot!)
Radiohead
Al Cofrin
Ganga Giri
What's a didgeridoo?
Didgeridoo Down Under

Around Town:
June 17-19 (Penbroke Pines, FL) Lotus Dance Studio presents Tribal Solstice V. Workshops with Alicia, Anasma, Bozenka, and Daniela.
June 23-26 (Orlando, FL) Stellar Advantage presents Bellydance Masters. Workshops with Mia Sha’uri, Karen Barbee, Silvia Salamanca, and Mohamed Kazafy. Also featuring Jeremiah Soto!
June 25-26 (Orlando, FL) Bellywood Studios presents Bellywood Extravaganza Variety Show. Workshops with Ansuya.
July 9-10 (Orlando, FL)YIP Podcast is proud to present Propapalooza: A YIP Anniversary Affair! This will include a hafla (made for our local listeners as those... well... not so local!) AND 2 workshops with DeAnna Freeman and Phoenicia! Mary says, "OMG!! You should all come to our event!!! YIP!!!"

Featured Artists:

Artist: Solace - Amazon or
Album: Gorgon Days
Songs: A Beautiful Death, Contemplative Invalid, Full Blown Stutter

Artist: Ganga Giri - Amazon or
Album: Tribe Vibe
Songs: Nungabunda, Carawonga, The Crow

Additional Music:

Album: Flamenco Arabe - Amazon or
Artist: Hossam Ramzy & Rafa El Tachuela
Songs: Silk Route Suite - Egyptian, Zambra Por Nadejda, Rafaga De Viento, Ahlam Ghernatah, Men Ele Belad, El Amor Perdido, Kebrieaa Samet

Propapalooza Promo!!

email@yippodcast.com (email@yippodcast.com) — Wed, 4 May 2011 21:42:00 -0400

YIP Podcast is officially hosting an event this year! Interested in learning ATS sword work or how to use double fan veils? Come to Propapalooza! For all the details click the purple "Propapalooza" link at the top of the left side bar! Or clickity click right HERE!

Download the Promo

Or Listen Here:

On This Brief Promo:
Lots of shameless self-promotion!!! (Not actually a link...)
Email the YIP Crew if you'd like to donate something to the auction!

(Music by Solace)