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!
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