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:
- Directories of area teachers, performers and vendors
- Belly dance events (including Event Partnership Program*)
- Learning center library of educational videos*
- Online streaming classes*
- Library of digitized belly dance costume patterns*
- Scholarship and grant program*
- Dancer safety page
- Educational services for community event organizers
Resources marked with a * are available to individual and professional members only.
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). Read all about our events here.
We also offer assistance to members who are presenting belly-dance-related events through our Event Partnership Program.
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.
Learning Center
Our individual and professional level members have access to our online library of educational content. Here you will find many belly dance instructional videos prepared by some of the most accomplished and experienced teachers in the state. Watch in any order you want, watch as often as you like!Â
Online Streaming Workshops
INBC is pleased to offer occasional live streamed belly dance and/or music workshops taught by volunteer instructors. These virtual events are free for individual and professional members! Â
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.Â
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.
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
