WICKED STEPS DANCE STUDIO.

Basha Raks is proud to present the Wicked Steps Dance Studio!

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Upcoming Performances and Events

Basha Raks participates in Girls Night Out being held on Friday, April 8 from 7-9pm at Tranquil Garden Retreat, Oshawa


Belly Dance for Every Body

Belly dance is one of the oldest dance forms dating back to the 11th century. It is, primarily, a celebratory dance performed for women by women. It has evolved over the years to include such variety and style to suit every dancer.From the earthy "Tribal" dance to the classical "Egyptian" and even 'Gothic" and "Fusion" there is genre for everyone.

Belly dance allows women to express themselves through movement and to reclaim their identities and a sense of inner power. It teaches women to love the body they are in and encourages and promotes self-esteem within a supportive, social enviroment.

Sadly during world wars women in the oringinating middle eastern countries, working to feed thier families, brought the dance out of their women only enviroments and before foreign men. Eventually the movie industry used the dance but altered the costumes and sexualized belly dance. This existing sexual taboo of a folk dance still prevails today in the general public despite nearly a century's passing. Once experienced however, myths disolve and the true healing, empowering, joyous and communicative nature of the dance prevails.

Basha Raks hold the utmost respect for the dance, each other and the audiences we perform for. We never promte belly dance as a dance of enticement but a dance of celebration and joy!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

My Name: Tabia


Unlike my fellow Basha Raks.....my name came to me after quite extensive, and time consuming, searching. (To everyone else's chagrin hehe)


My sisters in this dance all have beautiful names, that I really feel suit their individual personas in this dance. However, they had found, or perhaps felt/demonstrated within themselves, their dance names, early on. I, on the other hand, only realized after a few performances, of being given a 'name' last minute, that I'd better find something. Surprisingly, it wasn't so simple.


I am a dancer, yes, but I am also many other things......very busy to say the least. I didn't feel compelled by any of the Egyptian or Arabic names I originally encountered. There were many things I liked, but none that encompassed all the things I do daily.........not that I should expect one little word to do all that, eh?.........and then it came to me! Like many other women in this world, I do a lot of juggling. I work, am married, have a little one, dance, scrapbook, cook, garden, and a lot of people depend on me every day...............AAAAHHHAAAA! I had it, I'm very good at being a multi-tasker.......but that doesn't have an exact translation in arabic or egyptian.....so Tabia , Many Talents, was born. I hope I live up to my name as my sisters do. I do enjoy dancing with them.......they Rak!


Written by Tabia
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