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Frank

Each one... Teach one...

About Me

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My Interests

Bellydance (ALL STYLES) dance, music, costuming, choreographing, improving, teaching, learning, & all things dance related!!!

Music:

Everything, but for now, I'm big on Beirut, Squarepusher, Amon Tobin, Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Pentaphobe, M.I.A., Bjork, Issam Houshan, Oojami, Feist, Solace, Shakira, Les Nubians, Joni Mitchell, Macy Gray, Res, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu, Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos, Nikka Costa, Astrud Gilberto, & too many others to name!

Movies:

Bellydance Superstars, Bellydance Superstars Live in Paris at Follies Bergere, American Bellydancer, Bellydance Superstars Solos from Monte Carlo, The Cure, Mask, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Frida, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels Full Throttle, Spirited Away, Camp, Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurection, The Hours, Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, Waterworld, The Craft, Dancer in the Dark, Dance with Me, Newsies, The Opposite of Sex, The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, The Machinist, Amores Perros, Amelie, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, Hero, 300, Alexander, A Home at the End of the World, Kids, Abre los Ojos, Vanilla Sky, Don't Tempt Me, Eden's Curve, Groove, Princess Mononoke, Latter Days, The Motorcycle Diaries, Fried Green Tomatoes, History Boys, Babel, So Close, Unfaithfull, Under the Tuscan Sun, Contact, Mean Girls, Eating Out, Crooklyn, Soul Food, Napolean Dynamite, Boogie Nights, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon, Hannibal Rising, Dreamcatcher, Radio Flyer, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Femme Fatale, Double Jeopardy, & too many others to list, but mostly Indy & Foreign.

Television:

Not too big on tv, but I do like fashion & food shows like Everyday Italian, 30 Minute Meals, Top Chef, Lidia's Italian-American Table, America's Test Kitchen, Mexico One Plate at a Time, America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, & So You Think You Can Dance.

Books:

Where the Heart is by Billie Letts & anything by Stephen King.

Heroes:

Donna Mejia, Rachel Brice, Sharon Kihara, Jilina Dinletir, Ansuya Rathor, Colleen Anderson, Issam Houshan, Miles Copeland, Gael Garcia Bernal, Shakira Isabel Meberak Rippol, Suhaila Salimpour, Carolena Nericcio & many others!

My Blog

When Do You Perform & When Do You Teach?

So you take your classes, your workshops, your dvd tutorials, do your research, etc., but when do you start to perform?  How do you know when you are ready?   If you are taking classes at a ...
Posted by Frank on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:47:00 PST

Giving Back & Paying It Forward.

I think it is a true blessing when an opportunity becomes available , not just to achieve some form of personal gain, but also to give back.  We are often told that it is better to give than to r...
Posted by Frank on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:27:00 PST

The Etiquette of Fusion, Gendering the Dance, & Creating a Style

 I find that there are so many fusion styles of bellydance these days.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with fusion.  I am a fusionist myself.  I feel that fusion isn't just a pa...
Posted by Frank on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:07:00 PST

Open-Mindedness, Sexuality, Platonic Intimacy, & Professionalism.

Ok... this blog is gonna cover a lot of topics, but I promise that they all tie in together...:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   Having an open mind is one ...
Posted by Frank on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:36:00 PST

Diet & Excercise of Mind & Body

When I have a big show &/or audition coming up, this is how I get into top shape. 2 months before: *Start a once-a-day multi-vitamin regimine (Airborne, prenatal  &/or Centrum ...
Posted by Frank on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:29:00 PST

Knowing your worth & not looking at your goals with tunnel-vision

So... here is a HUGE chunk of advice from my experience in bellydance that can be applied to the life of any dancer out there...:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:off...
Posted by Frank on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:18:00 PST

Love from Texas...

I recentley wrote a letter to the editor of www.gildedserpent.com saying this: 5-11-08 re: Valizan Interviews Ozgen for the Gilded Serpent Dear Gilded Serpent,My name is Frank Farinaro, & I am Col...
Posted by Frank on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:30:00 PST

Your hair was long when we first met...

"I love you." ----- I wasn't the first one to say it, but I guess I was the last one to mean it.  For those of you who don't know who this is, it shall remain a mystery.  For those of you w...
Posted by Frank on Mon, 26 May 2008 12:47:00 PST

Every argument...

It's like I can play every argument out in my head.  I've stopped talking about it, because there are never any results... only the same scripting, so I no longer waste my time.  Even after ...
Posted by Frank on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:03:00 PST

A Lesson in Love/Knowing when to leave

(I'm telling this story indirectly to protect the identities of the parties involved& other than myself) ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />  Sometimes we fa...
Posted by Frank on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:19:00 PST