Links to friends, favorites, & inspiration
- Datura Online – classes anytime, anywhere, 24.7. Online instruction with some of the best belly dance instructors
- Gather At The Delta Initiative – A global conversation for Transcultural Fusion Dance.
- Terms & Labels Used In Our Dance: discussion with Nawarra & Karim Nagi – an enlightening conversation about the impact of terminology
- Rachel Brice – Little Scarab – Studio Datura: my home away from home
- Ebony Qualls – The Bellydance Wildcard! A gorgeous performer – love her Shimmy HIIT classes!
- Mira Betz – wonderful dancer and teacher….a Scarlet Thistle favorite
- Troupe Kif-Kif Bledi – Alternative dances of North Africa and the Middle East – offering informative seminars and workshops.
- The Pop-Up Project – performance art that explores movement and music while addressing social issues and site-specific themes
- Pomegranate Garden Dance – An online platform for Persian and Central Asian dance classes.
- Karim Nagi – an artist and educator offering Arab Music & Dance, and speaking about diversity and how the arts can fight xenophobia
- JamBallah Northwest – Portland’s premier belly dance and fusion festival!
- Asmara Bellydance Initiative – belly dancers of color working to celebrate dancers from the diaspora, hosting stage shows, teaching opportunities, and discussions
Testimonials
“In the same way the gentle rays of sun wake the blossoms and encourage them to unfold blooming to their full potential, Colette awakens the dancer inside each individual. Gently, warmly, and intuitively embracing their needs to nurture the dancer inside…she is uber cool and amazing and helped make me what I am today”
Kristine Adams, FatChanceBellyDance®
“to all my fellow dancers…If you have not taken Colette’s workshop yet, make a point to attend in the future. I am so amazed at how much I learned in two 2-hour workshops. She is thorough and detailed and the energy she fills the room with makes one want to dance their heart out. And, for the love of all that is Holy, watch her perform in person! She filled the room with magic. Yep, she is my new dance hero.”
Genee Jo Baker, Dancer & Artist
“Colette was my first ATS® teacher at the FatChanceBellyDance® studio. At the time, she was several months pregnant, and seeing her dance so artfully and pwerfully was a stunning illustration of the grace, beauty, and history of belly dance…Not only is Colette patient, caring, and specific in her teaching, but her confidence, elegance, and warmth fully demonstrate the cooperative beauty of ATS®, and her artistry infuses lift into improvisation as well as choreography.”
Leigh Anne, Al-hambra Tribal Dance
“To warm you up, Colette has you do slow, deliberate high steps…The real goodness is in the ab exercises. I looooved this bit. It’s short and sweet, but involves doing four different kinds of pilates ab exercises…It targeted the obliques and the lower abs too…fun to do, and easy to work into a bellydance practice.”
Atisheh: Dance and Fitness News and Reviews, on Colette’s DaturaOnline Warm Up.
“If you need to balance out a tight back or want to increase core strength and endurance all over, do this: Datura Online – Ab Warm Up + Conditioning: #1 by Colette. It’s a genius warm up. No lie. Quick, easy and on fire.”
Julie Watters, Artist & Trainer