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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! Download Episode 62 Or Listen Here: 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

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!!!) Download Episode 61 Or Listen Here: 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. :-)

Welcome to YIP Snip! This week's topic is Dance - Life Balance! Download YIP Snip Ep 6 Or Listen Here: 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 

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 Download Episode 60 Or Listen Here: 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

Welcome to YIP Snip! This week's topic is Improv! (Pre apology for Mary being sick this week!) Download YIP Snip Ep 5 Or Listen Here: 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)

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!). Download Episode 59 Or Listen Here: 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