INBC Services and Resources
As a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting belly dance, the Indiana Belly Dance Collective (INBC) provides a variety of educational services to community event organizers. These include performances, presentations, and an educational booth.
We also offer our members and non-members an array of services and resources including:
- Belly dance and music teacher directory
- Performer directory
- Vendor and professional services directory
- Belly dance events (including Event Partnership Program)
- Educational services for community event organizers
- Scholarship and grant program
- Library of digitized belly dance costume patterns
If you’d like to request an INBC educational booth at your upcoming event, please contact us.
INBC’s Service Provider Directories
Via our directories, members and non-members have access to belly-dance-related service providers located in Indiana, the Midwest and all across the U.S. Search for a teacher, performer, vendor or other professional service provider in your area! Our teachers are experts in many belly dance styles and you can even find musical instrument instruction. Our performers include dancers and musicians who are waiting to make your next event extra special. And our vendors and professional service providers offer: event vending, videography, photography, studio rental, and much more.
Click the buttons below to view our directories!
Events and Event Partnership Program
INBC typically hosts two main events each year: The Bazaar and Summer’s End (or Fall Carnival). Please see descriptions below:
The Annual Bazaar is INBC’s flagship event. Typically held in March, the Bazaar features:
- Workshops from some of Indiana’s finest professional dancers
- Shopping galore, including a large swap ‘n’ shop area
- A nationally-known headliner presenting workshops and performing in the gala show
- Networking opportunities
- The biggest and best belly dance show of the year
Learn more about the our events.
Typically held in August or September, Summer’s End is hosted by area dance troupes on a rotating basis. One goal is to increase inclusion by holding an event OUTSIDE of the Indianapolis area. Like the Bazaar, Summer’s End typically includes workshops, shopping, swap ‘n’ shop, networking, and a fabulous gala show, but presented in a more intimate setting.
Learn more about our events.
We also offer assistance to members who are presenting belly-dance-related events through our Event Partnership Program.
Services for Community Event Organizers
- Perform various dance and music styles/cultures on a stage or on site at your upcoming event
- Appear at your school, university, community center, or other educational venue to discuss various cultures of dance and music
- Interact with students/guests and allow attendees to play instruments and learn basic dance fundamentals
- INBC officers and members interact with guests and audience at your upcoming event
- Discuss various cultures, influences in the dance, fashion, and music
INBC’s Members-Only Services & Resources
The following services and resources are only available to our active individual and professional level members. If you would like to take advantage of some our members-only perks, please sign up to become an INBC member.
Scholarship & Grant Program
INBC maintains a scholarship and grant program to give individual and professional level members a little extra help in their craft to stay focused/regain focus, increase networking, training, and learning opportunities. When we invest in our members, they share what they learn with other members and the general public, which aligns with our focus and mission here at INBC; to provide the community with resources and education pertaining to dance and music.
If you are interested in applying for the Scholarship & Grant Program, please visit the Scholarship & Grant Program page, where you can learn more about the program and fill out an application.
Digital Pattern Library
Our individual and professional level members have exclusive access to our library of digitized belly dance costume patterns. These electronic patterns were created from our collection of rare, out-of-print physical patterns. Members can also make arrangements to peruse and borrow from our entire library of physical patterns.
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