Belly Dance Boot Camp, hosted by Ivy in Wheeeeeeeville (All week), 4:00 and Venus.. (what time my dear Ivy?)

Don your fatigues and lace up your combat boots! Belly Dance Boot Camp wants you to participate!

Black Rock City suffers from a lack of belly dancing. Our prime directive this year is to bring belly dancing to people and camps in need of some serious shimmying.

Our operation is multifold:

We will undergo extensive training in dance moves and styles, music, and costuming.
We will perform, at random, subversive pre-emptive strike force operations throughout the city
We will coordinate with the Burning Bellies at large for the annual invasion of Center Camp and the Man
Recruits of any size, shape, style, or sex are welcome. We are also looking for a few good officers to lead groups and/or teach classes/workshops. Apply online here or on the playa. Base Camp will be located within the village of Wheee!ville, with a secondary operations base at the Pyramid Scheme. Please note: Belly Dance Boot Camp is only a location from which to conduct our missions. You must barrack elsewhere!


Glow Invasion,Tuesday, 9pm.
Don your finest black-light reactive belly dance gear and head with us over to the greeters station where we will shimmy for all the new arrivals! Good blacklight reactive costumes include white and flourescent colors. More black lights are still needed.

Costume Exchange, Time: Friday, Mid-afternoon (3:00 or so, you can donate stuff anytime), just before Center Camp / Man Invasion
Location: Inside the Pyramid (Pyramid Scheme 8:30 and Mercury)
Are you tired of the costumes you have? Are you lacking a piece of costuming that would complete your outfit for the Burning Bellies invasion? Do you have extra costuming you would be willing to let someone borrow for the invasion? Are you a new dancer who has not been able to put together a costume just yet, but want to dress up anyway? Did you just buy a costuming piece that made you scratch your head in wonderment at why you bought it?

If the answer is yes to any of the above questions then we may have the solution for you.


Welcome to the first annual Burning Bellies Costume Exchange (and possibly, a workshop). Do you have any costume bits you no longer want or need? Then donate them to the costume exchange! Come by, drop something off, and pick up something new. If you need a costume, come to the exchange - we’ll piece together something for you. If you are borrowing something from someone, make sure to find out where they are camped so you can return it to them after the invasion. This will go on until all costumes items are accounted for or the Center Café/Man invasion starts so come in your make up and costuming if you have any.



Center Camp/ Man Invasion, Friday 5:00 pm, meet at Pyramid Scheme at 8:30 and Mercury be there early for pictures and other fun stuff or stay from the costume exchange :).

3rd annual belly dance Cafe invasion and 2nd annual trek to the man and more!
Friday, approx 5pm.
Hordes of belly dancers, drummers and musicians will descend upon the cafe and take it over in an undulating mass before swarming out to the man and on to Andie grace (actiongrrl)'s wedding.
We generally meet up at a few differnt camps around the city (to be posted when we know locations) then meet at the cafe and BAM! take over with shimmies!
There are absoultely no requirements to participate in this, just a desire to show up and have fun. Butt shaking encouraged!

This event is how the burning bellies group got started and we encourage everyone to participate, the more the merrier!