Memoir Table of Contents
DANCE
THE MAKING OF BELLA & THE BEAST
Baby BellaDancer:
THE BASE: SOLID GOLD REBEL - How I Started Dancing
*ALSO* A BELLY DANCER - The Making of BellaDancer & the 'Beast
IZZY & ISADORA - DUNCAN THAT IS - My First Modern Dance Muse
UGLY DUCKLINGS, SWANS & BIRDS OF OTHER FEATHERS - Ballet & Loie Fuller
DYE JOB - How a Coin & Fringe Bra Literally Saved My Life
BABY BELLY DANCER - My First Belly Dance Class
MAKING OF AN 8-WEEK WONDER - My Transition to Kismet
BEAUTIFUL, SEXY, SILLY, SAVVY - Unearthing Missing Black Muses & Founders
CHAIN BREAKER, TREND MAKER, MIND WAKER - Falling in Love With La Baker
FROM SHIM-SHAM TO SHIMMY - The Threads of Tap in Belly Dance
ORIENTALIST DREAMS: Following in the Footsteps of Ruth St. Denis
YOUR RESTAURANT IS STALKING YOU - So Are Your Costumes
AN EXPRESSION...A SPEAKING OUT - Mary Wigman & Expressionist Dance
SECRETS THAT LIE HIDDEN - Mary Wigman & Expressionist Dance 2
LETTING THE RIVER FLOW - Mary Wigman & Expressionist Dance 3
STORYTELLING IN DANCE
DRAMA QUEEN - My Days of Theater & Dance in College
TOMORROW...MAYBE... - Annie, Acting, Singing & Dance
DANCE WITH THE RED DRAGON - And the Phoenix
--SEE WRITING: SHE-ROES, VILLAINS & SIDECHICKS - The Characters That Made Me
DANCE & HEALING
DRAWING ROOM - The Healing Power of Dance
SISTARS - Ode to My Sisters
SHHHH... - The Body Knows When and Where To Go
FISH SLAP - The First Time I Tore My Meniscus
EQUINOX: FAILURE TO LAUNCH - Adventures in Making an Online School
EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AT THE BALLET - I Mean Belly - No, Bella
PHOENIXING - When I REALLY Tore My Meniscus
THE KNEE INCIDENT - A Vloggy Adventure
WHAT CAN I DO WHEN I CAN'T DANCE? - Ummm...Dance, Of Course!
KARATE KIDS - How Body Painting Gone Wrong Led Me To Martial Arts
SURFACING - The Hidden Injury in a Career That is All About *Show*
DEC 19: ON THIS DAY 20 YEARS AGO: Chakras and Pages and Most Welcome Changes
DEC 20: ON THIS DAY 20 YEARS AGO: Nadhra Rising, a Belly-Nerd in Home-Sewn Spangles
MY RAWR-ING 2020 IN REVIEW - and a Shameless Request for Patronage
RAWRRRR! AHHHH... A Sidestep into Snark to Set off Some Steam
THE GREAT "WHITE BELLY DANCER" WAR OF 2014 - And How It Finished Off My Career
WELL, CRAP, NOW I'M TOO WHITE - Part 3: My CON-Fusing Search for Home
JOY AS A WEED - A Winter to Spring Persephone Dance, "Blossom"
AFFIRMATIONS - Linking Thought to Movement
DANCE, ARTISTRY & INNOVATION
HIGH ON CRAIC - Dancing Like I Do
THE DAY I PICKED PICTUS - Beyond Belly Dance
MUTTS, HACKS & BASTARDS - The Creative Brain
A MULTIPOTENTIALITE HSP - I am NOT a Specializer - In Anything
A SENSITIVE ORCHID IN A DANDELION WORLD - HSP, PTSD & TBI
CONFINED CREATIVITY - A Peek into My Home Dance Studio