Butterfly hafla

I performed with Shikidim at a hafla organised by Katherine Souter-Caddick last night.  We decided to step outside our comfort zone and perform El Gourya for the first time.  It went OK but we could have done better.  Fortunately we also performed Last Kiss which I felt went down really well - the group are very together for that dance and we received a lot of positive comments afterwards.

There were some very lovely performances, my favourites being Holly who performed a fun Reggaeton dance - she really is a joy to watch.  Pauline Qu did a very impressive sword dance (which reminds me  I have to get a sword).  Nancy did a very beautiful wing dance to the music from the nutcracker suite.  Katherines baladi dance was great and I also enjoyed The Bollywood dance by Ottoman delights.  It was nice hanging out with the Shikidim girlies - wearing our new purple costumes and lovely to see other friends in the Belly Dance community.

My only criticism of the night is that some of the dances went on too long - my motto is less is more.