An incredible mix of technique, stage presence, artistry, choreography, professionalism, costuming and star quality make up the dynamic performances of belly dancer Jillina. Jillina Carlano is the choreographer and artistic director of the Bellydance Superstars and Sahlala Dancers.

Jillina was a jazz and hip-hop dancer for most of her dance career, but one day she signed up for a belly dance class with Diane Webber and fell in love with the music, the movements, and the self-expression.  Jillina decided to concentrate in this dance and she began training more seriously in Oriental dance to further her career as a belly dancer. She studied with Oriental dance masters like Hallah Moustafa, Zahra Zuhair, Sahra, Feiruz, Angelika and at home she practice with instructional videotapes.

While performing her solos, Jillina becomes completely mesmerizing and you cannot take your eyes from her because you are fixating on each movement. Each hip shimmy, each torso contraction, each twirl and pirouette is worth individual attention. And Jillina is just so sexy!  With her beautiful, soulful, and passionate style, her dance becomes remarkable, soulful and absolutely dynamic.

Jillina Bellydance Superstar will be performing for one night only in Panama City, Panama, at the Ascanio Arosemena Theater on Sunday April 5, 2009.  Jillina will be teaching two workshops during the day: Oriental Fusion and Drum Solo at the Hotel El Panama.  I had the pleasure to enjoy her performances twice before, and all I can say is you cannot let the opportunity pass to watch on scene the most complete belly dancer of the 21 century.

For more information visit: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=48392513425 or www.jillina.com.

A nice surprise for your lover and for you to express your inner self can be a lap dance. Not only you can keep your clothes on (or not) and enjoy some extra closeness with your man, but a lap dance can also boost the level of confidence you have in yourself.   Lap dances can be a fun way to spice up the bedroom life while you can control how much or how little you show of your body and, at the same time, you bring another aspect of yourself that has been hidden in self doubts.

First, think about the music you want to use. Do you preferred something soft and romantic? Or maybe you like something more sensual? Music is an important thing to create a good atmosphere for the lap dance and give you some extra confidence when you strip. Some choices in music can be: Let’s get it on by Marvin Gaye,I touch myself by The Divinyls, Promiscuous girl by Nelly Furtado, Wicked Games by Chris Isaak, Baila pa mi by Wisin & Yandel.  Second, create a sexy and inviting atmosphere. You can do the lap dance on a chair, couch, or bed. But, choose a place where you are going to feel secure and comfortable. I recommend the bedroom or living room. You can set candles around the room and turn off the lights. You can place a mirror and see how you move. And if you are going to be using a chair, try to get one without arm rests, it’ll give you more space to move around.

Third, you need to dress for success. Depending if you are dancing with your clothes on or if you are preparing to strip, you need to choose something appropriate for the lap dance. For a striptease you need to layer into several pieces of sexy clothing to pump the experience. Lingerie always works well. If you are going to do the lap dance fully clothed, you can dance wearing a sensual dress and end in your underwear. Fourth, review your moves. You can get some lap dances videos on the internet or buy an instructional DVD. Remember you need to feel sexy; you need to feel the dance. Practice in front of a mirror and watch how you dance.

All it takes to give a lap dance to your man is the will to do it. Practice being and feeling sexy and the rest would come along naturally. Remember you don’t need to have the perfect body. There is nothing to be ashamed of. Go wild and enjoy your lap dance tonight.

Being a stripper may look like a fun way to feel sexy while bringing in the big bucks, but there’s a lot about the profession that you may not know about. When you enter a strip club, you walk straight to a front row sit and sit back to enjoy the show.  All you want is a lusty few hours to relax and forget any problems.  But, aren’t you a bit curious about the private life of erotic dancers?  What is underneath all the make-up and the sexy outfits? Are they really confident women in charge of their life?  How do they behave when customers are not around?  Let me help you think about it.

A few weeks ago, I went with my chicks group to a strip club.  We got to talk to some of the strippers and we learn a lot about “the business”.  And I learn something very important, than not many people takes in consideration, Strippers are smarter than what you think.  They do a version of what many girls do on Friday night when they go to a bar and get drunk and dance nasty to the guys, but strippers do it with one end: make money.  Many of them come from foreign countries searching for a better life.  As Melissa told me, it is not something they want to do forever, but for a few years to help them spring their life into a better one.

As for looking hot and sexy they required to take good care of their bodies.  Who want to pay to see a girl with cellulite and fat jiggling from their arms?  Strippers workout for long hours on the pole,  giving them a lot of strength and an excellent aerobic exercise, to be able to dance sexy in front of a bunch of strangers.  As for the clothes, well, they are like any other dancers who know how important the whole presentation package is.  Erotic dancers need the right clothes to take off and the shoes to complement their outfit.  And you have seen those heels; they are not a piece of cake!

When the dancers are away from home, they worry all the time about their love one.  No everyone knows what they do for a living.  The family may think they are away studying or even working in some conventional job.  Many of the girls have kids that they need to live behind to be able to give them a better future.  Would you be able to do anything like this to feed your child?
It takes a lot of guts to walk in a room full of people watching you take your clothes, looking confident and beautiful while wearing sexy lingerie. Definitely not a glamorous lives as you may think.

Reggaeton is a type of urban music very well known in Latin Countries and has started to be known in the music business.  Reggaeton is a blend of Jamaican reggae and dancehall with Hispanic rhythms and hip hop.

There is a controversy of whether this rhythm is originally from Panama or Puerto Rico. We are not sure where it actually originated, but we can say that it all started in Panama when Jamaicans were brought to Panama to collaborate in the construction of the Panama Canal around the early 20th century. The Panamanians adapted the Jamaican music styles and created the Spanish version of reggae. The first Spanish Reggae was recorded around 1970 by Panamanian artists that later introduced this gender to Puerto Rico.

The first popular Spanish Reggae song was “Son Bow” or “Dembaw” (They Bow) recorder by Panamanian artist El General in 1991. El General is known as the Father of Reggaeton. Though he didn’t get the respect he deserved among the audiences, he made a tremendous contribution to this gender that is very well recognize among his fellow singers.

Meanwhile in Puerto Rico, hip hop was already in the streets and Spanish Reggae was started to become popular. This combination of these two styles and the inclusion of few other musical genres made the perfect blend to create a new style of Spanish Reggae that we know as Reggaeton. 

Reggaeton started to become popular during the mid 90’s in all Latin Countries, specially Puerto Rico and Panama. But it wasn’t until 2003-2004 that it made an impact in the Latin youth in the United States. It was then that this genre exploded and started expanding around the world.

Nowadays being very popular, Reggaeton is a genre of its own and is played everywhere you go from night clubs to bars to strip clubs and many other places of relaxation and fun.

The combination of the rhythms in Reggaeton makes this a very sexy and erotic dance. Women all over the world like to dance to this genre because of the freedom and sensuality that they can use to dance to it. From booty shaking to hip movements and the sexiness of its steps, Reggaeton has become very popular. You can let your imagination flow as you get involve with the beat and very contagious rhythm of this genre. A lot of women like to touch their bodies and their partners’ bodies while dancing to this kind of music. Many men like women to place their bottoms right on top of their private parts so they can feel the heat and sexuality of this dance; some women love to feel men getting excited, which will usually happen if you let yourself go with the music. You can even perform striptease or pole dance with this genre!

Whether they are dancing or singing the songs, Reggaeton has become a form of expression for young people around the world. No matter where or when it all started, Reggaeton is not going anywhere!

RESPECT!