It's so refreshing to hear someone with so much forethought! To know which parts of the dance world will continue to fulfill you and which would begin to wear down your passion, and to choose the lover's path before you become tattered... Bravo!!

try axis
its a movement deprogramming healing system based on anatomy
www.artychaud.com/AxysSyllabus.html

Like how does Morocco do it?? I don't know!! She's totally amazing. And there's other 60+ dancers out there, and many in their 50's still dancing & teaching & traveling to do workshops.
One of my friends has now totatly sworn off teaching on concrete, and says her body feels soooo much better. So WHERE you dance regularly probably has a lot to do with your longetivity.

I think you're on the right track.
It's funny, I have been going through a similar process for some time now.....have been bellydancing for over a decade, but got burned out and took a break. Then I discovered Tribal as it became popular here (Seattle) and jumped on the ATS bandwagon...enjoyed that for a couple of years and got burned out again....then I started college and took some more time off, but missed the dance.
After thinking long and hard, I realized that I have certain limitations and dislikes that were holding me back- namely, I do not like to improv. I need choreography, because I have terrible stage fright and need the "comfort" of knowing what is coming next as I dance.
I also realized that "forcing" myself to accept the definitions of bellydance that my instructors believed in was also holding me back, because I wanted to be more free to explore my own style. This actually means practicing on my own for the time being.
Realizing those things has breathed new energy into my dancing, and given me more of a direction to follow, instead of drifting from one instructor/student troupe to the next.

In terms of longevity, I found that keeping up my momentum is easier when I set specific goals. For example, signing up for Darshan's class at Tribal Quest NW. I know I will be dancing then, so I want to practice between now and then so that I can benefit as much as possible from her class.
I sign up whenever I hear about a great workshop, and prepay to make sure I won't "flake out". I also put haflas and dance events on my calendar so that I am out and about in the dance community regularly. I am not ready to perform yet, but when the time comes, I will sign up to dance at events well in advance, so that I am always being "pulled forward" by the prospect of a new event or venue looming on the calendar.
As far as fame and fortune go, I am not concerned with that so much as working on becoming a better dancer constantly, and also keeping my interest in bellydance fresh by exploring new styles and discarding the aspects that no longer hold my interest.
You could definitely say I am not a "purist" when it comes to bellydance styles, but I have discovered that this is what works for me!

Hi Chirsty,

Any chance you'd be interested to work on producing New York's second annual dance parade? This past May we had 4000 dancers from 50 genres, many of whom were bellydancers, dance down Broadway and Fifth Ave and then end in WSP where we had a 4 hour dance festival.

We're looking for passionate dancers who have an interest to join our leadership team in business planning, marketing, outreach and production.

Greg Miller
Founding Director
Dance Parade New York
www.danceparade.org
(646) 386-7036

There is a book called "How to dance forever" by Daniel Nagrin.