Making a cake and what this has to do with Belly Dance?

This past week as I was working with one of my students during her private lesson we were  discussing choreography and how to try and make sense of it all.  For beginners it is not an easy thing and it can actually be quite frightening at first.  As we talked we discussed where to start and how to add movements; this is where making a cake came into play.  We talked about how when we make a cake we first have to make sure we add all the ingredients, mix it together, preparing and then waiting for the end result when it is done baking.  When we choreograph we can think about it in the same way.  First we must decide what the ingredients or moves are to make a delicious choreography?  It is important to put your moves down on a piece of paper these are moves that you do well and ones that you enjoy.  Once you have gathered all you ingredients and have picked you music which is another blog in itself is when the mixing and preparing starts.  Once it is mixed and prepared you continually work at the choreography leaving you with a finished project or cake but when it is done baking it does not stop there.  We must ice our cake and our choreography adding layers and layers of sweet gooey icing and moves and accents!  This is what adds to you cake and choreography and makes it not only complete but delicious!