The Gilded Serpent presents... Photos from "Rockin' the Casbah" Photography by Keith Weng, Kathrine Tessier. Text and additional photos provided by Suzy Evan of IAMED This event was produced by The International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance, and held at the Performing Arts Center at California State University, Northridge, California, on September 28, 2002. Please click on photos below for a larger view.
Marguerite	Desert Orchid Dance Company led by Zahirah from Salt Lake City
Aziza	Sa'Elayssa
Jindra	Katia
Atlantis	Flowers of the Desert
Angelika's Dance Ensemble Persian Bandari dance	Angelika
Shannelle	Dalia Carella performed 2 numbers, gypsy and oriental
Video of performance now available at http://www.bellydance.org/videos/video_rtc.html the photographers - Keith Weng http://asiaconduit.com/kwphoto/ Katherine Tessier http://www.ktessier.com/ Have a comment? Send us a letter! Ready for more? 1-1-03! “My Adventures in the Big Apple”by Nisima So there was really a “mystique”in the 1980’s about dancing styles in other parts of the US, and especially about the New York style, so different from what we were used to in the Bay Area. 12-29-02 Dance/Poetry Festival, Reported by Kalifa The Dance/Poetry Festival was a blend of different kinds of dance, but Middle Eastern was in the vanguard of many of the performances. 12-20-02 “Kayla, the Beach Girl, Tree Dweller”, Kalbak Beach by Kayla Summers ...picture yourself on a guru orange air mattress, ever so gently floating atop a crystal clear turquoise ocean ... 12-14-02 Welcome, Dance Students by Layla Katrina If you don’t feel the music and the dance, and don’t have a love for it that is a connection in your heart and your soul, you will have a much harder time learning this love than learning technique.

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