Gilded
Serpent presents...
Belly
Dancer
of the Year
2006
Danville, Ca
Sunday May 28, 2006
BD of the Year - Finals
Photos
by
Susie
Poulelis
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Nadirah
of Seattle Wins
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Nathalie |
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Cris! |
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Aneena |
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Last
Year's Troupe Category winners entertain while
scores are tabulated- Ooh La La |
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Last
Night's winner of the Grand Dancer Category, Thia,
continues
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Last
year's winner Shabnam presents this
years award to Nadira. Sandra
recieves 1st runner up, Ahava is
2nd, Namira is 3rd runner up (also
won the congeniality award) and Cris! was 4th runner
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More
photography of the Bellydancer of the Year Pageant coming soon
from
Michael
Baxter and Denise of Pangia!
Yes, they include the duets, troupes, etc.
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Ready
for more?
6-2-06 Tribal Fest
2006, May 19 in Sebastopol photos by Susie Poulelis
Performances from Saturday late afternoon including:
BlackSheep, Sashi, InFusion...
5-21-06
The Photos of Susie Poulelis,
March 2006, Rakkasah Festival, Richmond, Ca
Shoppers
were treated to an improvised drum solo by Shoshanna in the foyer
6-9-06
Weird Rituals and Beyond: Exploring
Current Controversies in Middle Eastern Dance by Barbara Grant
If you are like me, (I know that many are not) you first
responded viscerally and negatively to both situations. Then,
as the shock wore off, perhaps you tried to make sense of it all.
6-6-06
The Bellydance Scene in Taiwan Toss
Hair Dance by Eugenia
The women were much more skillful than I expected: just
3 years ago, nobody in Taiwan really knew anything about Bellydance.
6-5-06
Rhythm and Reason Series, Article 12
Moved by the Music by Mary Ellen Donald
I did all this because those sudden shifts in rhythm
and tempo and the abrupt breaks in the music that were unfamiliar
to me could have made me look like a fool...
5-30-06
Fresh Old Sounds by Charmaine
Ortega Getz
Seeking fresh sounds in belly dance music? Consider a
trip back to the 1950s up to the groovy ‘70s when a new
style of music was bringing the East to the West.
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