NOMADITUDE

We love taking to the stage to entertain our audiences, sharing the joy and personal empowerment this dance brings us, but the members of Nomaditude believe the real reason to dance is with and for one another. We vow to always make that our focus, regardless of the circumstances, and we know it will always bring us our greatest joy so long as we do. We are a tribe, above all... So what we mean when we say the concepts of tribal belly dance have gone back so far is drawing on the fact that tribal peoples used to dance much in this manner--hence the appropriateness of the name "tribal belly dance". These people grew up learning the dances of their ancestors, and as they grew, they had the chance to gather with others who also knew those dances. At family celebrations, they would come together and take to the floor together. No choreography. No planning. Just pure dancing. They expressed their joys and sorrows through the sway of theirs hips or the flip if their hair. Their hands would..