Friday, 15 April 2011
Karennshikidims thoughts: April events
Karennshikidims thoughts: April events: "Its been a busy few weeks in the Belly Dance world - all on our doorstep for once. I attended 2 workshops with Manca Pavli - the first..."
April events
Its been a busy few weeks in the Belly Dance world - all on our doorstep for once. I attended 2 workshops with Manca Pavli - the first workshop I have to confess was beyond my capabilites - lots of ticking and layering and all very fast. I love to see others do this but I just feel that I look like the village idiot when I do it. However the 2nd workshop that I did with the lovely Manca was fabulous. It was much more up my street and I learnt a lovely kicking combination which will fit very nicely into the tango fusion piece that I am working on.
The Vaudeville show that Alexis put on was excellent. Very professionally done and nearly all the acts were draw droppingly brilliant. I especially loved Bedouin Shiver as they did a cheeky Charleston dance - god I love dancers who are not afraid to mix it up a little. Bex was also awesome - she really amazes me every time she performs and having attended her class this term I know that she is not the fearsome goth person we see on stage. I should mention all the other performers as they were all awesom but I do not want to drone on for hours and bore you all to death.
Last weekend I attended the Belly Dance Superstars show in Birmingham. I had reservations about the show before I went as they had messed everyone about with the tickets and the show they put on in Birmingham was not the full Bombay Bellywood show. I have seen the BDSS many times now and last year I was disappointed and I expected to be again. However this show really was good. I never tire of seeing Petite Jamilla do her spinning dance because each time she does something different which makes my mouth drop open - this time a dancer ran accross the stage a 'left' a silk veil floating in mid air and PJ caught it as she spun - wow. They have added a new dancer called Samir - I had to do a double take when I saw him as he is the most gorgeous man I have seen. He really has that superstar quality and boy can he do weird things with his arms and fingers - very entertaining. I don't know the names of the two new tribal dancers but I tought they were fabulous. I have been a tad disappointed with the tribal line up ever since Rachel Brice left, I did adore Sharon Kihara but she has long since gone too and I have felt that nobody has quite lived up to those fabulous women - the two new girls I thought were just lovely to watch and I found myself mesmerised by them.
Last week I danced at an event in wolverhampton. It was for people with depression and it was great to see those ladies and gent get involved and obviously enjoy it - it reminded me of why I started to Belly Dance and I felt personally proud of all I have achieved in the last 7 years and how my life has changed because of Belly Dance.
I have a quiet time Belly Dance wise now - no money for all the tempting workshops but I keep looking as there some good events over the summer and I seem to have the workshop bug at the moment. The plans for the show I am organising are coming along nicely and I have sold all the workshop tickets...I don't know why I worried about it as the places got snapped up very quickly - but well we are talking about Ozgen here and everyone wants to experience him!
The Vaudeville show that Alexis put on was excellent. Very professionally done and nearly all the acts were draw droppingly brilliant. I especially loved Bedouin Shiver as they did a cheeky Charleston dance - god I love dancers who are not afraid to mix it up a little. Bex was also awesome - she really amazes me every time she performs and having attended her class this term I know that she is not the fearsome goth person we see on stage. I should mention all the other performers as they were all awesom but I do not want to drone on for hours and bore you all to death.
Last weekend I attended the Belly Dance Superstars show in Birmingham. I had reservations about the show before I went as they had messed everyone about with the tickets and the show they put on in Birmingham was not the full Bombay Bellywood show. I have seen the BDSS many times now and last year I was disappointed and I expected to be again. However this show really was good. I never tire of seeing Petite Jamilla do her spinning dance because each time she does something different which makes my mouth drop open - this time a dancer ran accross the stage a 'left' a silk veil floating in mid air and PJ caught it as she spun - wow. They have added a new dancer called Samir - I had to do a double take when I saw him as he is the most gorgeous man I have seen. He really has that superstar quality and boy can he do weird things with his arms and fingers - very entertaining. I don't know the names of the two new tribal dancers but I tought they were fabulous. I have been a tad disappointed with the tribal line up ever since Rachel Brice left, I did adore Sharon Kihara but she has long since gone too and I have felt that nobody has quite lived up to those fabulous women - the two new girls I thought were just lovely to watch and I found myself mesmerised by them.
Last week I danced at an event in wolverhampton. It was for people with depression and it was great to see those ladies and gent get involved and obviously enjoy it - it reminded me of why I started to Belly Dance and I felt personally proud of all I have achieved in the last 7 years and how my life has changed because of Belly Dance.
I have a quiet time Belly Dance wise now - no money for all the tempting workshops but I keep looking as there some good events over the summer and I seem to have the workshop bug at the moment. The plans for the show I am organising are coming along nicely and I have sold all the workshop tickets...I don't know why I worried about it as the places got snapped up very quickly - but well we are talking about Ozgen here and everyone wants to experience him!
Friday, 1 April 2011
The Sirocco Festival
Last week I attended a the Sirocco Festival for the first time. I very much enjoyed the event although the show on the Friday night was a bit hit and miss. There were some fabulous performances, Hilde being my favourite, I really enjoyed both of her dances. I loved watching Karim Nagi throw himself around the stage whilst drumming but did not enjoy his finger cymbal thing and was disappointed that he did not do more drumming as I know he is an awesome drummer. I enjoyed Julian Brustick, a very elegant dancer but was not overly impressed with Anasma. I have to say Anasma is a fab dancer but what she did bore no resemblance to Belly Dance - it was gymnastics/mime. I know the art form has moved on and I am all for fusing different dance styles but I do think we should keep some elements of Belly Dance in our performance if we are perfoming in a Belly Dance show.
I enjoyed the workshops I did - Newarra totally exhausted me with her energy but I loved learning both Shaabi and Khaleegy with her. My favourite workshop though was with juliana Brustick - she taught Baladi veil and I was totally inspired to incorporate this into my own repertoire soon - such a graceful way to dance and I hope I can do it with the same elegance and poise which she has.
I enjoyed the workshops I did - Newarra totally exhausted me with her energy but I loved learning both Shaabi and Khaleegy with her. My favourite workshop though was with juliana Brustick - she taught Baladi veil and I was totally inspired to incorporate this into my own repertoire soon - such a graceful way to dance and I hope I can do it with the same elegance and poise which she has.
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