So, I'm the featured soloist in the MEDGE show on Friday. (You should come!) As is typical, I am feeling under-rehearsed, sleep-deprived, am wavering between thinking everything I do is too boring and fearing that everything I'm attempting is too ambitious, am frantically sewing a new costume that may or may not turn out, and I'm about to start ( Read more... )

Tonight is the monthly MEDGE show at Cozmic Pizza. I'm dancing in it, which is not a first, but what and how are: for the first time, I won't be performing as a soloist. More than that, I really get to test the limits of my capacity for compartmentalization, because I'm performing with two different troupes, Azhaar (Sabine/Tribalation's student ( Read more... )

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with special guests DARK SIDE TRIBAL and QUIXOTE


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Dark Side Tribal is pleased to take part in the Healing Sounds Concert at the 3rd Annual Simply Living Fair and Wellness Expo this Saturday, November 15th. Along with Dark Side, the concert with also feature performances by Native American flute player Bil Whitefeather, Kirtan chanters BARAKA, jazz vocalist Janiece Jaffe, and other talented ( Read more... )

This is just a reminder that Dark Side Tribal will be performing tomorrow at the Dark Carnival Film Festival at the Starlite Drive-In south of town. The event starts at 6 pm. We'll be performing at about 7:30 pm. This is our most epic set to date, and we're really excited about it-- lots of surprises, a little humor, and plenty of sideshow ( Read more... )

Back to school time also means back to bellydance time! In a few weeks, I'll be starting up a 10-week autumn session of American Tribal Style bellydance classes, so get your hips ready! Classes will still be on Thursday nights at the Dance Center, but we're starting an hour later this time. Level 1 will continue to focus on drilling fundamental ( Read more... )

Dark Side Tribal will be performing this Saturday night, August 16, up in Muncie, IN at a benefit hafla for the Autism Research Institute. This show is in memory of Jo Smith, a dancer from Indy who passed away earlier this year-- a member of her family is autistic and the ARI was an organization they supported. It's hosted by the Ancient Arts ( Read more... )

Dark Side's workshops with sahirazedare went really well yesterday. Sahira's a fantastic teacher who always seems to be having such a good time that it's impossible not to enjoy her classes-- and all the popping, locking, leaping, and spinning we did was such fun that both workshops flew by. The show last night was a little small (both in lineup and audience ( Read more... )

The IU International Services department is hosting International Education Week, starting tomorrow and going through Saturday, November 18th. (That's... a long week.)

In connection with International Education Week, I'll be performing with ¡Baila! ¡Baila! Flamenco this Saturday, November 10th at 3 pm at the Monroe County Public Library. The ( Read more... )