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{Down East Bellydance and Drum Festival- Part 1}

admin — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:47:42 +0000

So excited to head on down to New Bern this weekend for the 2nd annual Down East Bellydance and Drum fest!!! A weekend full of workshops, shows, shopping and all around fun! Looking forward to 6 tiring hours worth of instruction by some wonderful dancers and dancing in the Saturday night show dancing improv to the wonderful live music by all the musicians. I can’ wait!!

{Arabian Nights fun}

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:54:25 +0000

So last night was my last ‘official’ class with the cast of Arabian Nights. I will really miss them . We started with a brief warm up with everyone, even the guys! Matt was my back up dance teacher. LOL!! They really seem to enjoy the bellydance lessons!! Then we broke up into groups and I worked on the girls dances along with Naji and Daniel playing live music. This was the first time we practiced with live, so we had to work out the dances again. But it came together and the girls did a GREAT job! I am very proud of them and everyones hard work. I got to watch the whole first set of the show last night, and it is going to be fun. They really are a great group of hardworking actors/actresses and I feel so honored to be a part of the team!! A big Thanks to Allison Bergman, the Assistant Director of University Theatre. She is such a nice person and does a great job!! Check out the show: Arabian Nights

The whole Cast of Arabian Nights

Dancers: Allison, Diana, Destiny, Katisha, Ifyeani, Erica, Leanna

Dance Scenes:

shenanigans!!

{Private Lessons}

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:51:09 +0000

For Spring and Summer, I plan to do primarily private or group lessons. Please contact me for availability and schedule your class today! I have a spacious private studio with large mirrors and will customize your lesson to your needs.

{Bozenka}

admin — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:07:12 +0000

This weekend is “Mirage of the Oasis” with Bozenka! She is one of my favorite dancers and we all had great fun with her today! She taught us a fabulous Oriental Choreography to a song called ‘Makally We Koltelo’, which sounds just like ‘Leyla’, with some added variations. It is off a CD called Issam Houshan and the Damascus Bellydance Orchestra. The choreography she taught was just under 5 minutes and we did it in 4 hours. With alot of sweat, water, and dedication, we made it through. She is an amazing dance artist and her personality is equally amazing. I highly recommend anyone who hasn’t already done so, to study with here. It is a great choreography that was actually choreographed for the Bellydance Superstars.