When taking holidays -- is it worth squeezing dance classes into your schedule? With flights accommodation and organising what sights to see, does adding dance classes to your itinerary just slow you down? Recently I had the good fortune of travelling over to Bali with a friend. It was a short trip for leisure, sightseeing and shopping. I briefly toyed with the idea of offering my skills as a belly dance teacher for a workshop or 2 but decided against it. It would have been good to do for promotion etc. but one has to have some down time! I wanted to refill my cup and return refreshed. That's not to say I had a trip devoid of dance -- of course not!!! I love dance! A belly dance show at a resort -- kuta beach, bali. When asked what was the highlight of my trip -- it was the dance classes I took and the shows I saw. It might be easy to think of this as a crazy response -- e.g. the temples are incredible, the climate was perfect, the food inexpensive but I found dance as a way to experience the culture a little better. I took private classes in Balinese dance and even got invited back stage to a performance as a result. I took a great "Shakti" dance class (it's a derivative of belly dance more on that in a post to come) and managed to catch both belly dance and Balinese performances. I was