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YouTube has been one of the biggest learning tools outside of the classroom for me in dance. I used to spend hours scouring the site to watch other dancers. It helped me tremendously with getting down a solid understanding of the different styles, costumes, music, and moves. The one thing I love about the internet is how close together it brings people from other countries. I can't read Arabic in the slightest. But it is amazing to actually watch dancers from Egypt, Turkey, Russia, and other places perform their own ethnic routines.
This is one of the very first videos I saw of a bellydancer on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVwEztD9xnU
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I don't have my headphones on me right now, but I would like to check out that podcast website that was mentioned. I saw they have sections on horror and yoga. Two of my favorite things in the world! :) I've listened to one of two podcasts before. I think on my iTunes I'm currently subscribed to two or three. One of them is an anime podcast, where two younger guys talk about different shows and whatever they happened to find interesting about them. It's comforting to hear other people geek out on it. The other podcast is on dance improv, though I haven't really sat down to listen much to it. Honestly, I'd rather listen to music than people talking if I'm going to be playing anything. If I start to play anything on my computer or stereo, I need to be able to tune in and out when I want because I'm generally multi-tasking during those times, and so it's hard to give any narration my full attention. I am subscribed to Japan-a-Radio on my computer, which has little interruption with people talking, so I can handle that. It's not a bad channel. You can go to their website (just google it) and then download the link into your music player. They play J-pop and music from anime soundtracks. Love it! I put it on when in the middle of cleaning or doing laundry.
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