Archive for March, 2009
Memorial to Bert Balladine
Photos from GS Files and Your Comments
December 22, 1927 to March 14, 2009
Bert was very special to many of us. Gilded Serpent would like to provide a space for us to remember him and collect our memories. Below you will find a few photos from our files. We will add more photos as we get them prepped. Some of you have seen these photos again and again over the years and other may be new to you. If you would like to send a photo to add to this collection, it would be much appreciated. At the bottom of the page is a comment section for you to add your thoughts that will become a permanent part of our community’s tribute to Bert, always available, stored here and listed in our archives. As we have word of any other memorials or services we will list those here also. Bert’s bio page on Gilded Serpent lists his articles on this site as well as lists of his books and films he was a part of, as well as other articles in other magazines.
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So, If You Cut up a Rose, is it still a Flower?
Fusing Bellydance With Other Dance Forms
by Rebecca Firestone
posted March 14, 2009
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The page title on their web site says “Breakthrough Fusion Competition”, and a subtitle adds, “Who’s changing the face of dance?”
Billed as “the first-ever competition of its kind in the bellydance community”, the event was created by local San Francisco dancer Cera Byer, who has come up with a new kind of bellydance competition that WANTS people to break the rules, and that consciously avoids a purely “Middle Eastern” focus.
“This is a FUSION-ONLY competition – That’s right… No traditional Middle Eastern categories. No traditional music. No ATS! This is about innovation and the future of the art… Competitors will be critiqued “American Idol Style” … with live feedback from the judges.”
