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Current Mood: curious

I am going to be teaching an introductory bellydance workshop at the end of May.  I plan on billing the workshop as Tribal Fusion Basics.  My background is in cabaret, and then more time with tribal fusion, and ATS inspired movements and techniques.  I know this is a complicated issue, and I have been out of the loop for a while - so I am deferring to this community for advice.

What are the legal/ethical issues around teaching ATS movements and cues without having been certified in the tradition?  When teaching a specifically ATS-derived movement, must I credit Carolena and FCBD every time - or is it sufficient to explain my background and that some of the movements I teach are Carolena's work?  Besides for the legal issues, I would be mortified to learn that I had disrespected anyone after the fact or in any future classes that I teach.

To save time for concerned onlookers - while I am not certified to teach Bellydance specifically, I am a certified and insured yoga teacher, and I am in the process of continuing on with a certification in yoga as therapy.  Just so that's out of the way ;D

Thanks very much in advance for any advice you can offer me!