{"id":1326,"date":"2010-03-25T12:48:44","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T19:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2010-03-25T12:49:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T19:49:21","slug":"carl-rakkasah-east-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/25\/carl-rakkasah-east-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"<h3 align=\"center\">Rakkasah East Festival 2009<\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 align=\"center\"> A Selection of Photos, Page 1: A-C<\/h2>\n<h3 align=\"center\"> Photographs by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/aboutuspages\/carlsermon.htm\">Carl  Sermon<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<h5 align=\"center\">Event held in October, 2009, in Somerset, New Jersey<br \/>\nPosted March 25, 2010<\/h5>\n<p align=\"center\"><span class=\"whitetext\"><a href=\"mailto:editor@gildedserpent.com\">Help with additional names of dancers, musicians and hometowns, are always apreciated!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"80%\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AlanahNY.jpg\" alt=\"Alanah of New York\" width=\"402\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Alanah of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AlchemyDTheaterNTribalCollective.jpg\" alt=\"Alchemy Dance Theatre\" width=\"500\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Alchemy Dace Theatre and Tribal Collective of New Jersey<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AlexKing.jpg\" alt=\"Alexandra King of Santa Barbara, CA\" width=\"367\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art33\/Spokane1stfest.htm\">Alexandra King<\/a> of Santa Barbara, CA<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/Alia.jpg\" alt=\"Alia\" width=\"423\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Alia<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AlranaCT.jpg\" alt=\"Alrana of Conneticut\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Alrana of Conneticut<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AmaliaPAscottW.jpg\" alt=\"Amalia of Pennsylvania with Scott Wilson of New York\" width=\"486\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Amalia of Pennsylvania with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art28\/Dhyreviewscottwilsoncd.htm\">Scott Wilson<\/a> of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AmyNY.jpg\" alt=\"Amy of New York\" width=\"459\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Amy of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AnasmaNY.jpg\" alt=\"Anasma of New York\" width=\"442\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Anasma of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/Aneena.jpg\" alt=\"Aneena of Novato, CA\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Aneena of Novato, CA<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AngeliqueBDCollectiveNY.jpg\" alt=\"Angelique\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Angelique and the Belly Dance Collective of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AnkaKusuNJ.jpg\" alt=\"Anka Kusu of New Jersey\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Anka Kusu of New Jersey<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AnkaKusuNJ12inch.jpg\">(click for enlargement)<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/ArtemisDC.jpg\" alt=\"Artemis Mourat of Washington DC\" width=\"489\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><a href=\"..\/aboutuspages\/artemismourat.htm\">Artemis Mourat<\/a> of Washington DC<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AthalliaNY.jpg\" alt=\"Athalia of New York\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Athalia of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/Attiya.jpg\" alt=\"Attiya\" width=\"500\" height=\"412\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Attiya<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AvivahPA.jpg\" alt=\"Avivah of Pennsylvania\" width=\"396\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Avivah of Pennsylvania<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">i<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AysheCultIsis.jpg\" alt=\"Ayshe and the Cult of Isis of New York\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art30\/maraayshewings.htm\">Ayshe<\/a> and the Cult of Isis of New York<\/h5>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AysheCultIsis2.jpg\" alt=\"Aysha and the Cult of Isis of New York\" width=\"500\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/AysheCultIsis3.jpg\" alt=\"Aysha and the Cult of Isis of New York\" width=\"500\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/BeatBoxOpenFloor.jpg\" alt=\"Beat Box open Floor\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Musicians &quot;beat box&quot; for open floor dancing.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/BlancadancersAnatasiaBrennaGiselleNY.jpg\" alt=\"Blanca of New York\" width=\"500\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2009\/05\/03\/tracevreviewsensualdvds\/\">Blanca<\/a> of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/BlancadancersAnatasiaBrennaGiselleNY2.jpg\" alt=\"Blanca with dancers, Anastasia, Brenna, and Giselle\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Blanca with Anastasia, Brenna, and Giselle<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/Bliss.jpg\" alt=\"Bliss\" width=\"478\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Bliss<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/BloomingRoseJapan.jpg\" alt=\"Blooming Rose of Japan\" width=\"463\" height=\"441\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Blooming Rose of Japan<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/ChellcyFringeBenefitsIL2.jpg\" alt=\"Chellcy with Fringe Benefits\" width=\"477\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Chellcy with Fringe Benefits International Dance Company of Illinois<\/h5>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/ChellcyFringeBenefitsIL.jpg\" alt=\"Fringe Benefits\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3 align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3 align=\"center\">\n<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/graphics\/acommentbox.jpg\" alt=\"use the comment box\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ready4more\">\n<p>Have a comment? Use or comment section at the bottom of this page or<a href=\"mailto:editor@gildedserpent.com\">Send us a letter!<\/a> <br \/>\nCheck the &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/let2ed.htm\">Letters to the Editor<\/a>&quot; for other possible viewpoints!<\/p>\n<p>Ready for more?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end ready4more --><\/p>\n<div class=\"articlelist\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">2-9-10<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/02\/09\/carltatfest09\/\">Carl&#8217;s Camera Captures Dancers from Z to A, Tatseena&#8217;s Fantasy Festival 2009<\/a>, <span class=\"articleauthor\">photos by Carl, introduction by Ma*Shuqa<\/span><br \/>\nThis festival was a festive day of good vibrations with dancers sharing their talents on the raised stage, and on the beautiful wood dance floor.  The day was replendent with beautiful dancing, beautiful costumes, and wonderful music &#8211; with the bands: Al Azifoon and Light Rain.  This is a favorite festival for dancers in the East Bay area. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">1-11-10<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/01\/11\/carlsbejillina\/\">Carl&#8217;s Camera Captures Jillina&#8217;s Bellydance Evolution<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\">, photos by Carl, introduction by Ma*Shuqa<\/span><br \/>\nJillina Carlano\u2019s Bellydance Evolution marked the beginning of an era in which bellydance moves beyond dance Oriental imported from Egypt and performed in clubs. <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">11-26-08<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art45\/carlBDUC08photos.htm\">Bellydancer of the Universe Competition 2008,<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> photos by Carl Sermon<\/span><br \/>\nheld in Long Beach, California, on February 18 &amp; 19, 2008, produced by Tonya and Atlantis <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articleauthor\">3-18-10<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/18\/brigid-saiidi-new-zealand\/\">Not Last Year&#8217;s Saiidi<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Brigid Kelly \/ Zumarrad<\/span><br \/>\nRecently, a belly dance community newsletter here in New Zealand ran an editorial in which the author remarked that the current generation of dancers still perform \u201ctraditional styles \u2013 Ghwazee, Khaleegy, Saiidi\u201d but innovate with poi, fan veils and Isis wings in a sort of dance evolution that retains respect for the value of the old.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articleauthor\">3-16-10 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/16\/barbara-sellers-young-serena-wilson-part3\/\">Serena Wilson (1933-2007) A Student of Ruth St Denis, Part 3: Serena&#8217;s Books<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Barbara Sellers-Young<\/span><br \/>\nSerena\u2019s approach saw women as joyful, soft, and feminine. They were responsible for and in control of their sensuality and by extension their sexuality. The dancers were not encouraged to challenge men by their physical presence, but neither was their physical presence and personal desire controlled by men.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">3-12-10<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/12\/leilacampnegum\"> Creating Camp Negum<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Leila of Cairo<\/span><br \/>\nThe idea came to us as we laid on the beach at Ras Sidr, a resort town near Suez on the west coast of the Sinai Peninsula. It was one of those rare times when my husband, Safaa Farid, and I could slip away from work for two days. We were watching the wind surfers and listening to Om Kalthoum on the clubhouse speakers when the question just popped out.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articleauthor\">3-10-10<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/10\/yasmina-kids-undercutting-kalthoum\">Ask Yasmina #12: The Importance of Oum Kalthoum, Undercutting, and Kid Bellydancers<\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\">by Yasmina Ramzy<\/span><br \/>\nWhen a client hiring a performer or a student looking for a teacher is at a point where they want quality, they know they have to pay a fair price.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articleauthor\">3-3-10 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/03\/zorbasenseofhumor\/\">A Sense of Humor: It can Help! Quest for Beauty, Part 3<\/a> by Zorba<\/span><br \/>\nWhat follows here are several humorous anecdotes. Some of them are about being a male in a female dominated field while some are merely about being a Bellydancer in the first place. My first rule concerning being weird (&quot;weird&quot; as evidenced by some reactions to my previous articles) is to have a good sense of humor!<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articleauthor\">3-2-10 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/02\/hadia-egyptian-oriental-dance\/\">Latest Craze- Egyptian Oriental Dance, The Fitness Benefits of Our Dance<\/a> by Hadia<\/span><br \/>\nThis is a fabulous idea, except for the very important and primary fact that the majority of efforts in this direction have attempted to fit this archetype of feminine activity into the current prevailing masculine model of linear strengthening and tightening, complete with fitness speak, crunches, squats and sweat!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Selection of Photos, Page 1: A-C Photographs by Carl Sermon Event held in October, 2009, in Somerset, New Jersey Posted March 25, 2010 Help with additional names of dancers, musicians and hometowns, are always apreciated! &nbsp; Alanah of New York Alchemy Dace Theatre and Tribal Collective of New Jersey Alexandra King of Santa Barbara, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}