Arielle Juliette

They told me to tell you this dance would have gone very differently without the lyrics 😂 I developed this method of singing choreographies for my neurodivergent students. As an autistic person, counts and right and left were confusing and made dance feel inaccessible to me. This is the only way I can remember sequences! Turns out, it works pretty well for so-called normies, too 😂🥰 My singing may prove that I’m a great dancer, but it’s helped thousands of students, many of whom thought dance would never be for them, to find their footing. Pun intended BA DUM TISH If you’d like to join our weirdo empire, I’ve got in person classes in Madison WI, livestream classes at 6p central, and a recorded class library for $15usd/mo that you can access anytime from around the world. DM me for links! #bellydance #fusiondance #fusion #raqssharki #cabaret #raqssharqi #transculturalfusion #bodypositive #fatpositive #bodyconfidence #confidence #plussize #plussizedancer #bodyimage #neurodivergent #autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd #adhdwomen ##selfesteem #empowerment #community #lgbtcommunity #madisonwi #wisconsin #bodyliberation #bodyacceptance #selfacceptance #selflove

Hearing “okaaay!” while I dance will forever make me break into the biggest of grins 😃 Has accepting your body been hard lately? Has it changed in ways you haven’t caught up with? Or maybe it’s always been a source of anxiety/ shame? I see you ❤️ You see me too ❤️ You can tell I’ve been where you are. It can get better, and I’m throwing you the lifesaver of body acceptance. #1 tip? Learn how fatphobia is oppression. Understand how it originates from ræcism. It WILL change how you look at your and others’ bodies. ~~~ Belly Dance Level Up starts the routine you see pictured on Wed, 3/13 at 6p CST. Join in person, livestream, or catch the recording anytime. DM me for details! #bellydance #fusion #dance #plussize #plussizebellydance #plussizedancer #bodypositive #fatpositive #fatphobia #bodyconfidence #bodyacceptance #bodyimage #selfimage #selfesteem #selfconfidence #confidence #empowerment

Decolonizing as much as we can 🫡 Text reads: if you’re having fun, you’re doing it right. This song, Sahhed Dahhen Bou, is a sha’abi classic in Egypt. It’s meant to be done with joy for the music! Focusing on perfect technique takes away from the spirit, and the spirit is FAR more important. In this art form, perfection and uniformity are constructs of colonization, which also leads us to BS like, “you need X body to belly dance”. You can be an expression of joy in ANY body, and doing so is an act of rebellion, *especially* in a marginalized body. ~~~~~ Learn this routine, and many others, with me on my recorded class library on Teachable. $15/mo USD, available anytime, anywhere. Keep Dance Life in your pocket! DM me for a link. #bellydance #shaabi #elsaheldahembo #raksbaladi #raqsbaladi #baladi #beginner #egyptiandance #bodypositive #fatpositive #bodyacceptance #bodyimage #selfesteem #dance #learntodance #lgbt #lgbtcommunity #neurodivergent #madisonwi #wisconsin

We’re flipping this table like Jesus and making a new one if this current table isn’t big enough for us to sit at 😤 —— Text reads: thank you so much for being awesome. Your videos helped me gain the confidence to do my second belly dance solo back in October. My reply: There won’t be more plus size belly dancers unless we decide we’re worth being seen. Hate comments don’t matter when we’ve already decided this is our right. “Fake it til you make it” does work here! Hearing crowds cheer for you like this ⬆️ will banish Chads in your head, promise. Get out there and show them what we can do! ~~~~ Join me to learn beginning belly dance, my recorded class library is available on Teachable for only $15USD/mo. Equity discounts available for dancers on disability! DM me for details. #bellydance #raqssharki #rakssharki #orientaldance #egyptiandance #plussizedancer #plussize #fatpositive #bodypositive #fatphobia #fatliberation #confidence #bodyconfidence #bodyacceptance #selfacceptance #selflove #selfesteem #bodyliberation #effyourbeautystandards #empowerment #bodyimage

Sometimes the hips are codependent and jump in to help out in a shoulder shimmy, even when we don’t want them to 😂 — Even if you couldn’t learn to dance in the past, I got you! Come try my beginner class, Belly Dance Fundamentals. $12.50 per livestream, or $15USD/mo for access to my recorded class library. DM me for links! #bellydance #howto #howtobellydance #bellydancetutorial #tutorial #dancetutorial #plussizedancer #plussize #bodypositive #fatpositive #bodyimage #selfimage #empowerment #selfesteem #confidence #selfconfidence #bodyconfidence #bodyacceptance #learntodance #howtodance #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autisticadults #adhd #adhdwomen

Welcome to the roast of William 🔥😂😈 Text reads: lefthandwill- honestly the rotund belly is off-putting. It’s not just curvy. It’s fat. My reply- yeah, and??? I don’t need to be your version of beautiful OR healthy to do the thing I love. You know who doesn’t have time to criticize people’s bodies? Williams who are busy WRITING PLAYS or BEING PRINCES or STARTING MICROSOFTS. “William” used to be a name of *greatness*, now you’re here getting mad at my belleh. GO DO SOMETHING GREAT, WILLIAM, I’LL DO THE SAME 😃 —— My confidence is contagious 🔥 learn with me in Belly Dance Fundamentals; a new session starts Mon, 4/22 at 6p CST in person and livestream, or on demand anytime. DM me for details! #bellydance #bellydancer #plussizedancer #raqssharki #rakssharki #plussize #confidence #confident #bodyconfidence #clapback #bodyacceptance #empowerment #womenempowerment #selfesteem #selflove #selfconfidence #bodypositive #bodypositivity #fatpositive #fatacceptance #antidiet #dance #bodyimage

I love Egyptian pop music almost as much as I love my wife 😫 Learn a dance that will be way easier than the one you see here in Belly Dance Fundamentals! Begins Monday 4/22 at 6p CST in person and livestream, or recorded on demand anytime. DM me for details! #bellydance #raqssharqi #egyptiandance #plussizedancer #plussize #bodypositive #fatpositive #bellydancer #bodyconfidence #joyfulmovement #confidence #empowerment #bodyimage #selflove #selfesteem #confidenceboost #fatandfabulous #fatandhappy #antidiet #bodyacceptance #bellydancing

My new FREE mini library includes videos on how to turn any standing dance routine into a seated one! Enroll in my school on Teachable (free, natch) and get access to adaptation videos, plus all my drills, tutorials and combos from social media in the “Extras” course. If you decide you like my teaching and want more, over 200 of my weekly 45 min classes are posted in the full library, available for $15/mo. Dance should be accessible, affordable and inclusive. Like singing, dance is in the human spirit and we all deserve to access it if we want to. DM me if you want a link to my library, I also offer equity discounts for dancers on disability! #bellydance #raqssharqi #drumsolo #accessibility #accessible #mobility #disabilty #seated #dance #plussize #plussizedancer #disableddancer #fibromyalgia #chronicpain #ehlersdanlossyndrome #weightneutral #confidence #selfconfidence #selfesteem #selflove

✨Works every single time✨ It’s pointless to try to talk sense to someone who insists on reinforcing hegemonic beliefs around body size. Give ‘em what they give to you- a heaping pile of nonsense. I’m bouncing on a trampoline bc I can’t talk to the camera like a normal person 😂 gotta stim real hard to make it happen! #actuallyautistic #autisticadults —— Belly Dance Fundamentals begins a new session 4/22. Soak up some wackiness in our weekly anti-sermon 😍 offered Mondays at 6p CST in person in Madison WI and on livestream, or recorded on demand anytime. DM me for details! #bodyshaming #weightstigma #fatphobia #clapback #bodyconfidence #confidence #comedy #funny #bodyimage #selfesteem #selflove #bodypositive #bodypositivity #fatpositive #fatliberation #bodyliberation #antidiet #effyourbeautystandards #plussize #plussizeedition #plussizedancer #plussizefashion

The first routine I performed, I wrote out 17 times before I danced it for my senior year Spanish class 😂 (they hated it, btw). If remembering sequences is hard for you too, let me teach you my absolutely-not-patented method: sing words that match the “syllables” of the music in a way you can never unhear 😀 I have a library of recorded classes on Teachable you can access for $15USD a month from anywhere in the world. Learn the dance you see above, plus 50 more! DM me for details 🥰 #bellydance #raqssharki #orientaldance #orientaldancer #bellydancer #plussizedancer #plussize #dance #rakssharki #egyptiandance #entaomri #bodypositive #fatpositive #joyfulmovement #belly #curvy #fatandhappy #fatandfree #bodyliberation #neurodivergent #autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurospicy #autisticadults #adhdwomen #bodyacceptance #selfimage #bodyconfidence #selfacceptance