marle777
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forgot to mention this free series currently available too: http://www.hulu.com/yoga-zone
I haven't watched it yet but I suggest checking it out before Hulu takes it out of rotation as they often do.
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I just want to second Angel's vote for Shiva Rea, when I first looked at her Yoga Shakti video a few years ago I was intimidated and turned away by her under stated style of teaching. But now that I am more familiar with the poses and different styles of yoga, etc., I watched her again last week and was enthralled. She's into dancing and surfing so yeah, she know's what's good. For beginners to yoga in general, I would also like to recommend Baron Baptiste. He's a great instructer and has a very well balanced practice.
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course I used the wrong math symbol but you get the picture..
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Jivite, I am of the exact same disposition as you towards dancing style preferences.
hoop > poi > bellydance but I also love liquid-pop style too so I mix things together a lot.
Actually, even more strangely, the first fire spinning buddies that inspired me to really get into it were from MO too. They were from Joplin though.
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Now that is just uncanny, I just found that website yesterday when I was looking up carnival/mardi gras (for artistic inspiration) and found these on google images to drool over http://www.amiclubwear.com/shoes-boots-funt-arena-2012blackmicfib.html
Sorry, no idea if they're reputable to shop from though…
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I'm not sure what the debate is because it's obvious this sort of thing does go on all the time. You can copyright a pattern, yes. You cannot copyright a style of clothing or garment itself. I know it sounds odd, but that's the law for you. If you take a Disney character and change it's eye color and hair color and call it something slightly different they can't do anything about it. It's not the same thing but you get the picture. Draft your own pattern and you win. You would have to somehow get to a designer's copy of the pattern itself to literally steal their design. Anyway, most designers do not wish to go around stealing other's exact designs because then they wouldn't be designers. Just imitators. That's not art, it's boring and lame (if that's your profession).
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Oh and Amy – don't you know that if you tell someone NOT to click something that's just begging them to take a peek!? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif Those are seriously hot undies, thank goodness for knockoffs!
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Nope, there is no such thing as copyright infringement on a clothing design unless the clothing has some type of new utilitarian functionality. You can copyright a pattern design however, so don't buy a pattern and then try to sell what you make from that unless it has been significantly altered. I know that for illustration copyright the difference has to be at least 25% but for patterns I'm not sure. It is fine to draft your own pattern from pre-exsisting clothes though. My mother went to fashion design school for a time and I learned from her and lots of books so I've researched this specific. I am planning to open an Etsy shop eventually myself but dance clothes will not be my only focus.
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I have long eyebrows too — really long! and what I do is pretty much what Glitter suggested:
First I brush them all straight upwards and then starting at the tapered end, using cuticle scissors, I keep the bent part of the scissor pressed against the brow bone for stability and carefully trim the excess. For me, as I get closer to the beginning of the brow, the less I have to trim to keep it looking natural. If I am in a rush and they are looking like a shaggy dog's brow, my savior is the brow brush and eyebrow wax. I brush them straight up and then carefully skim the top of the brows with the brush across the top of the line. Sometimes I have to do this a couple times to get it in place properly. If you can't find color matched brow wax, I have found that a very tiny amount of hair gel, pomade or wax works very well too.
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Love falsies, but I suck at putting them on too! I have something like five different styles in my train case but I never wear them because I always botch it. The only time I ever got it right was YEARS ago for Halloween once and they were big metallic rainbow ones; it must have just been luck! Oh, and thanks for the blog link, zsah, I hadn't seen that one before and I thought I had seen all the good stripper blogs by now.
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I'm thinking Pantera is another great show performer with her crazy character and outfits sometimes too.
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Well I had no idea they had new ones out, so thanks! Now I can drool too…
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Ditto horsecrazy, her Club Style Floor & Pole vid is a great summation of it’s own title. I’ve had her on my sub list for a while, but probably mostly because the studio where she’s located (Esteem Fitness) is right near where I grew up so she really stood out to me.
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Mora, until then, I suggest checking out http://www.worlddancenewyork.com and http://www.cheekygirlsproductions.com for inexpensive but comprehensive bellydance lessons. The issue with bellydance is that there are many styles that originated in different parts of the world, each with their own cultural history. The dance itself can be very complex while appearing to be simple and some students take it quite seriously – so if you ever come across a snobby bellydancer, just ignore it, and know that it’s just that they take pride in the culture that goes along with it. I am self taught through mostly World Dance New York productions which are amazingly full of information for the price. There is also IAMED productions at http://www.bellydance.org but they are pricier, though their teacher’s dance styles (Sadie, Kaya, Ansuya) may also suit you if you intend to mix bellydance with poledance.
In addition, I and many others first started out with the Bellytwins, Veena and Neena who have a three dvd set out and their style is a basic Egyptian-American blend which has been referred to by some as ‘Disney-esque.’
I hope this helps you in the meantime and sorry if I inundated you with information! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_bounce.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_study.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_bounce.gif
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Hard to find new ones, you guys hit so many of them already. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
You might be a pole dancer if:
your guy friend tells you that you’re welcome to bring your pole over because he knows why you’re staring slack-jawed at the ceilings in his new place
your guy friends ask you for workout, flexibility and tree climbing(!) tips
your guy friends are jealous/dumbfounded as to why you have more upper body strength than they do even though they still find you feminine and attractive
you turned down every rental apt. you looked at last summer because they didn’t have a proper floor/ceiling/space accommodations for a pole
your friends introduce you and the pole in your living room to new people when you’re out. "This is so and so; she has a pole in her living room!"
you’ve learned to descend gracefully from almost anything so you don’t squish your cats who like to pace around the pole.
you use doorways to align your back and hips to get the front split stretch even further
you’ve made your boyfriend’s family holidays uncomfortable because during the "lets look at funny youtube videos" time you showed the ‘Another Homemade Poling Accident’ vid and everyone got up in arms about it — AND you still thought it was funny anyway regardless of what the parent(s) covering the 10 year old daughters eyes thought. I mean, after all, I only spelled out the title to them as they typed it! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_twisted.gif
you consider dreaming about doing a pole move you can’t currently do a divine prophecy that you will eventually master it
you got all the patrons of the local strip club cheering and saying you outdanced the other girls there and you don’t even work there (or any club), you only got on stage at last call because the staff encourages it as a sly way to audition new girls – and you were offered a contract afterwards!
you share more personal trials and life achievements with online poling friends than your ‘real’ friends because the poling friends are overall, more supportive and less judgmental.
