The Gilded Serpent presents...
Mish Mish
Mish will send her official biography soon. Here are a few hints:
As well as an extensive career performing solo she also danced along with Gypsy Moor Dancers, Pitu Ghuli/Babaganoush, and Jamila's Bal Anat. She danced in many of the clubs in Los Angeles and in the North Beach scene of San Francisco.
Articles on Gilded Serpent by or about Mish Mish
- 3-3-06 How MECDA Began Part II, To Whom It May Concern
I was very curious to hear what Fairuz had to say about how M.E.C.D.A. began, as I was one of the original dancers to organize it. - 1-2-10 The Original Mish Mish, The Golden Age of Tinseltown
I was working one evening at Khyams and still doing my old style of dance. I came out for my entrance covered with a veil and right at the beginning of my show, she came up on stage and started peeling my veil off me and threw it on the floor. She shook her finger at me and said in broken English "Lah, this isn’t Egyptian!" I was so embarrassed and humiliated I could barely finish. Talk about being intimidated! - 6-10-03 North Beach and Mark Bell
A lot of my getting the jobs was because I was there available when the opportunity arose. - John Compton on Broadway
- 2-12-02 What's in a Name
We lived and breathed the dance and its ethnic beauty.
