Finger cymbals or zills, a tradititional musical instrument for Oriental dancers to play whilst dancing, can be used to accompany the music or accentuate your movements. Playing cymbals will also help improve your coordination and give your brain a good work out!

Dancing with zills adds a new element to your dance and helps your understanding of arabic rhythms….but how do you begin?

NICOLE MCLAREN, holder of the Guinness World Record for the "most Sufi whirls in one hour" (performed at ZeoT Zurich in 2015, with 3,552 rotations) kindly offered to give ZeoT students some great tips!

Wise words from SHARON KIHARA!

ts as easy as....... How often have you heard this? It may be true but when it comes to dancing, sometimes the simplest things become complicated! Like breathing for instance! We are so concentrated on getting the steps right, keeping our posture, moving in time with the music that we forget to breathe! Ok, not entirely, but we don't always breathe 'consciously' with all the benefits that this would bring.