Belly Dance Podcast A Little Lighter

Recent Episodes

Expanding our Audience: A Conversation with Zoe Jakes, Dalia Carella & Kaeshi Chai

Posted February 25, 2025 • 00:51:47

It has been a while friends! I started producing this podcast back in 2018, and by 2023 I had recorded 75 incredible episodes that are all still very...

Fusion Dance Icon Rachel Brice – 075

Posted June 30, 2023 • 01:17:55

This interview with Rachel Brice dives deep into recent American belly dance fusion history and fashion. Rachel reminisces about her influencers Suhaila...

Kierra on Ecstatic Dance, Liberation and the 5Rhythms® – 074

Posted May 18, 2023 • 01:19:28

Most dance in our era is performative, but dance can do so much more. Harlem High School Assistant Principle and dance teacher

Why Salit Stopped Saying “Oriental Dance” – 073

Posted March 31, 2023 • 00:41:48

Salit of NYC on the sisterhood of belly dancers, the politics that divide our community of Arabic music lovers, and how focusing on our belly dance...

Nefertiti on Soul Ties and Ecstasy – 072

Posted December 13, 2022 • 00:40:08

Dr. Valerie Poppel, aka Nefertiti of Delaware, is a Clinical Sexologist and belly dancer who lived in Cairo. Find out what Nef warned about Soul Ties...