Politics in a Profession

I have always felt that in order to expand your knowledge and become more proficient in a field in which you work, there is no such thing as 'I know it all'. You can never possibly know everything there is to know about belly dancing as it is a dance form that many have created into a art form and have formed many new aspects and their own style into the dance.

So my question is: Why do belly dance teachers (not all but some) feel threatened by you when they find out you are a teacher yourself and don't feel that they want to share their knowledge with you in a class environment?

And it not only happens within your area in which you live but everywhere.

I am not downing any one in any way but I feel in order to learn, you must be able to feel free to go and attend classes from another professional teacher and not feel you have to hide the fact that you teach.

Yes, stick to teacher confidentiality and don't go out your way to try take her students away and go for the intention you have persued, to learn...

I have had many teachers come to me to learn new things to add into their cirriculum and have found myself happy to share this knowledge with them so that they may grow as well...

Tina Kapp from http://www.orientalfire.blogspot.com/ had an interesting blog post on networking amongst belly dancers which I found to be very insightful and agree with it 100%.

Have a sister network going and help grow yourself with others in the same field as you. It can only show how professional belly dancing as a dance form, not how catty the industry can be.



                                     "Just savor the moment and dance like no one is watching"