Welcome Aboard!
--"Izzy, how did you start dancing?"
--"What got you into martial arts?"
--"What kind of dancer/martial artist/writer are you?
--"How do you deal with brain damage, bodily injury and
C-PTSD, yet still dance, write, train, live the way you do?"
--"How do you still find joy and beauty amidst pain and loss?"
--"Wow, you should write your memoirs!"
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Bella Dancer
- Jan 31
- 15 min
THE GREAT "WHITE BELLY DANCER" WAR OF 2014 - And How It Finished Off My Career
410
Bella Dancer
- Dec 21, 2020
- 8 min
ON THIS DAY 20 YEARS AGO - Nadhra Rising, a Blossoming Belly-Nerd in Home-Sewn Spangles
170
Bella Dancer
- Dec 20, 2020
- 9 min
ON THIS DAY 20 YEARS AGO: Chakras and Pages and Most Welcome Changes
220
Bella Dancer
- Nov 10, 2020
- 6 min
THERE’S STILL-LIFE IN THE OLE GIRL YET - The Day I Stalked Death: with my camera
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Bella Dancer
- Oct 1, 2020
- 8 min
UGLY DUCKLINGS, SWANS & BIRDS OF DIFFERENT FEATHERS: Pt. 4 - BellaDancer Takes Ballet
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Bella Dancer
- Oct 1, 2020
- 8 min
*ALSO* A BELLY DANCER: Part 2 - The Making of BellaDancer & the 'Beast
230
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