I use Instagram a lot. I do have a specific dance related account, which is very sadly neglected, I'm afraid. BUT this isn't about me, it's about a good hashtag/account for you to follow.
Every year, a US dancer called Tiffany runs an Instagram challenge #21daysofbellydance. It's a load of teachers from all around the world, providing an exercise, or step combination, or something to try out. It's basically 21 days of mini tutorials.
It's all to promote Tiffany's deal - the bellydance bundle, and given that hashtags aren't the best way to keep tabs on this, you might want to follow the Bellydance Bundle account, to be sure of seeing all the 21 days of BD entries, and joining all her giveaways. There's a free download to help you with working out what you want to practise, for example. And there's some free zills (finger cymbals) on offer.
The Bundle is a brilliant idea, I've bought it myself a couple of times, and I'd happily recommend it to others. It's basically a package of online dance courses, some live, so you can interact with the teacher, some of them recorded. Some of them are time limited, but a lot of them are lifetime access, so you can go back to them time & time again. It seems like... it IS a big chunk of money to lay down, but even if you only do half the courses it's money well spent. I don't want to bang on about it, or make it seem like I'm promoting it myself, but I just wanted to explain what she's promoting with all of this.
Anyway, just a heads up that today is Day 1, and we have a lovely Veil tutorial from Aziza, yes The Aziza of Montreal I always talk about! She's giving us a Veil combo that you can try out. And for those who don't have a veil, you can use it as an Arms exercise.
Those who did the course last summer may remember the Kiss Kiss Veil Move!
If you follow the hashtag, you'll see other dancers posting videos of their practice of the various tutorials, so you can see that they work for dancers of all different skill and experience levels.
Tiffany also did a podcast for a couple of the bundle years, talking with all the different teachers. So there are quite a few archive episodes, if you're into Podcasts. It's called Yallah Raqs, and it's a really good one for dancers.
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