Wednesday night in the Level 4 class, Sabine and Kathryn were talking about a performance they'd seen at Tribal Fest that they thought was terrible. I don't think they were meaning to snark... well, Kathryn made a reference to it that was a little snarky, and then people were confused so Sabine had to explain and describe it to provide context. ( Read more... )

I just signed up to perform a solo number at a bellydance event on June 11... lo, my Oregon debut! Also, yikes, I need to remember how that particular solo goes. (It's a fusion event with an emphasis on tango, flamenco, and other Latin fusions with bellydance, so I was planning to do my flamenco-tribal fusion solo to "El Tango de Roxanne." Which ( 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... )

This is really weird, and yet awesome.

Go here, click to play the "Parade" commercial, and watch closely. Okay, pop quiz: identify the black blur behind the Chinese Dragon. Ready? Go!

My copy of the Gothic Belly Dance dvd arrived yesterday, woot! I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but I got all kinds of giddy when I noticed that meddevi had ( Read more... )

Wow, where to even start? This was an awesome weekend, packed with much good stuff and good people.

( Friday )