Amity Alize

Amity Alize Amity is a Dancer, teacher, and event organizer in Central NH/VT. FMI visit raq-on.net

My challenge for teachers: do group pieces that are not drum solos, modern remixes, or include props. This will make you...
06/07/2026

My challenge for teachers: do group pieces that are not drum solos, modern remixes, or include props.

This will make your students grow so much. Show them the rich music and nuances. True technique and musicality vs just the easy stuff that looks flashy onstage. Choreographies without chest pops and shimmies that make them take the music and let it melt in their mouth like a good chocolate.

Yes, you may lose students. The ones who stay are some of the most amazing people you'll have the honor of working with

06/04/2026

Fall sneak peak:
August 30th: 4 hour deep dive into entrance songs Mergences and Choreography. Noon to 5pm with one hour break/mingle cost: $75 in person or zoom.

September 13th: 4 hour deep dive into Saidi and Tahtib Choreography. Noon to 5pm with one hour break/mingle cost: $75 in person or zoom

Sept-Nov: Performance intensive: one on one and group solo creation with a focus on performing either a 10-15 minute show of your choice or let Amity put one together that will force you to grow out of your comfort zone :) 8 weekly Thursday night zoom meetings at 7pm Eastern time plus four 30 minute private lessons. In person or zoom Cost: $275

Sept 10-Oct 29th Amity's fun facts and History of Belly Dance online lecture series. 8 weeks Thursdays 7 to 8pm est. Cost: $80

Nov 5th to 19th: Musicality online lecture series for dancers. Dive into rhythms, maqams, and feeling the music for improvisation. 3 weeks Thursdays 7 to 8pm Cost: $30

Do all the things package: $500

You have to create your own hype.No one is going to make your dance career but you.Performing in public is a stepping st...
06/02/2026

You have to create your own hype.

No one is going to make your dance career but you.

Performing in public is a stepping stone. When your mentors say you're ready as a student, go for it! Putting yourself out too early will limit your opportunities. They're not gatekeeping or holding you back, most of us are absolutely estatic when students want to go further. Listen. You usually only get a few chances. That's unfortunately showbiz.

You perform in public. You get invited to other events. Then asked to teach.

You have a couple classes then more. Then you end up with a school. Recitals. Troupe.

Your dance life becomes bigger than yours. You often have to choose between giving your all back to the community you create or your own solo career often, although there are many paths. We all have limited energy.

Sometimes you start running or teaching workshops and events and festivals.

You do this until your heart and art needs a break or your body gives out, or you decide that you haven't seen friends or family or you'd like nights and weekends back.Then you encourage the next generation through mentorship. The average dance career lasts 10 years. Enjoy it.

Social media. Business. Taxes. Registrations. Licenses. Insurance. Editing videos. Emails and schedules. Manging people skills.

Most people don't realize for every minute onstage, there is 10 hours of rehearsal time. When it comes a career, plan on another 10 hours of admin.

Think about what you want to do with the time given. Do it fully and enjoy the process

I've been thinking about a fundraiser for this year as I've tried to do one every year since Raq-On Dance opened in 2006...
05/27/2026

I've been thinking about a fundraiser for this year as I've tried to do one every year since Raq-On Dance opened in 2006.

This year, I'd like to give the two books I wrote for dancers to folks who make contributions.

Donate $20 to any relief effort charity in Lebanon, Congo, Sudan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Iran, or Palestine and I'll send you one of my two books! Donations can be to a charity or a gofundme page for a family directly. If you need suggestions just let me know.

Email [email protected] your receipt and let me know if you would like:

-Business 101 for dance and fitness teachers (shoutout to publisher Lauren Zehara Haas for partnering on this!)
Or
-Dance studio startup kit: for those looking to open a brick and mortar dance studio.

I'm also a CPA that has helped over 100 others start their dance businesses. I hope these books get you started on the right foot while also helping those in need

Meaning of my last post: people are always going to find something to complain about. There are people who are always go...
05/25/2026

Meaning of my last post: people are always going to find something to complain about. There are people who are always going to not like what you do because it upsets something unhealed in them. Dance is part of art, and everyone is always going to have an opinion. If you stop doing what you love because what others think, you're going to miss out. Study hard, dance your heart out, listen to the music, and you will find something way more fulfilling than internet trolls who hide behind a screen. I shared my experience in hopes that others will keep going.

If we all do this regardless of ageism, sexism, size bias (big or small), imagine how much we can reclaim for ourselves and community. If we all sit down for the haters, we would lose so much. We already have and need to continue show the next generations that we can dance for much longer. Eff the unrealistic beauty standards of looking like a 20 year old women forever. Let our bodies morph and change as we age and appreciate all life cycles.

All the mean comments come from people's pages where they have expressed white supremacy, racisim, no picture profiles showing themselves but when you look them up you can see they hate everything and are just bots or keyboard warriors. Look at my review ratings. I said no to genocide and war and other dancers wrote negative reviews trying to tear me down. I'm still standing and it has had zero impact. Keep dancing.

Keep your head held up and your eyes on the prize loves.

I recently read a post from a dancer that there are other women in her dms fat shaming her. Wtf.As a 200+ pd dancer most...
05/24/2026

I recently read a post from a dancer that there are other women in her dms fat shaming her. Wtf.

As a 200+ pd dancer most of my career, I've never once been fat shamed to my face in 2 decades. Not hired? I'm sure some highly commercial spaces never wanted me. I know I was not called back once to a restaurant. They're not my market if they don't want me.

Have I been insecure? Sure.

But you know what? My shimmies are juicy. I get to order custom costumes because off the rack can't hold me. When I dance, audience has to enjoy my musicality and dancing more than commercialized beauty or I won't get asked back. Other women come up and say thank you for dancing in public because they never thought it was an option for them.

People pay $300 to watch my fat jiggle to music. Best job ever? I think so. Darlings, my hips have grossed over $1m. Those haters can't compare.

There are more luscious dancers than I and they too deserve space and recognition too.

It's 2026. We don't make time for this bs anymore. Dance because we get to. Life and the music is too short.

This will be an amazing event! Soumaya MaRose's group will be featured to live music and a full Choir!
05/22/2026

This will be an amazing event! Soumaya MaRose's group will be featured to live music and a full Choir!

05/18/2026

You know what I love?

I love seeing the dancers who we grew up together and catching up. I love seeing all the teachers and mentors who have retired or semitretired in the audience. I love the people who tirelessly show up to support the next generation of dancers.

I hope newer dancers get to have the same experience of leaving their normal groups and just getting in a car and driving all over or splitting a hotel or dancing and meeting new people. My experience is that you're never a stranger in the dance world. I have sofa surfed all over the world and met amazing people and heard amazing life stories. I have just as many fond memories of this as a stage.

100% reccomend. Just showing up to dance is just the iceberg. That connection to the community translates so much in your dancing. You have people to smile at. Less fear or divide between you and the audience, less worry about flash, more connection.

So much of "success" in dance is comraderie; not competition or isolation.

Studio is nice and clean for the 4 hour drum solo class tomorrow! See you soon!
05/03/2026

Studio is nice and clean for the 4 hour drum solo class tomorrow! See you soon!

04/26/2026

Fall class sneak peak:

August 30th: 4 hour deep dive into entrance songs Mergences and Choreography. Noon to 5pm with one hour break/mingle cost: $75 in person or zoom

September 13th: 4 hour deep dive into Saidi and Tahtib Choreography. Noon to 5pm with one hour break/mingle cost: $75 in person or zoom

Sept-Nov: Performance intensive: one on one and group solo creation with a focus on performing either a 10-15 minute show of your choice or let Amity put one together that will force you to grow out of your comfort zone :) 8 weekly Thursday night zoom meetings at 7pm Eastern time plus four 30 minute private lessons. In person or zoom Cost: $275

Sept 10-Oct 29th Amity's fun facts and History of Belly Dance online lecture series. 8 weeks Thursdays 7 to 8pm est. Cost: $80

Nov 5th to 19th: Musicality online lecture series for dancers. Dive into rhythms, maqams, and feeling the music for improvisation. 3 weeks Thursdays 7 to 8pm Cost: $30

Do all the things package: $500

To register, email [email protected]

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Tuesday 3pm - 8pm
Wednesday 3pm - 7pm
Thursday 4pm - 8pm
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