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12-8-10 Cecilia of the Bellydance Superstars, Gigbag Check #25
Cecilia of Argentina shows us her makeup kits and talks about how dancing with BDSS is fulfilling her dream. Brief glimpses of Cecilia dancing with the company. Filmed February 2009 at Marin Civic Auditorium.
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12-7-10 Photos from the 20th Annual BDUC 2010 Saturday Night's Judges Celebrity Show, Photos by Carl Sermon
This is the 20th year and was held in the Long Beach Convention Center. Saturday night’s show featured all the workshop teachers and the judges for the many competions. More of Carl’s lovely photos from the competitions are yet to come!
- 12-6-10 Moria of BDSS and her Silver Jewelry, Gigbag Video
Moria the dancing nomad, shows us her precious silver bracelets that she handpicked in India herself. She tells of almost losing them at the airport because they counted them as weapons! Zoe and Samantha also visible in this collage. Also included are parts of Moria's drum solo with Hassam. Filmed February 2009 at Marin Civic Auditorium
- 12-5-10 Colleen of BDSS- Backstage at Marin Civic Auitorium, Feb 2009 Gigbag Video
Colleen talks about her 5-6 years of of touring with BDSS 7 months out of the year, including her slipped disks from riding the bus.
Colleen is from Marin County, CA. She wraps up her borrowed curling iron that has plastic burned onto it. We see her Polynesian skirt. A short clip of the BDSS Polynesian fusion dance is included.
- 12-3-10 Magana Baptiste, Dancing for a Queen by Amina Goodyear
I became a "Princess" from Siam. None of my classmates knew anything about Siam except that it was exotic; so I was accepted because I was "exotic".
- 12-2-10 Long Distance Bellydance Relationship by Dahab
I am very grateful technology allowed us to have this very special kind of troupe, one whose members live thousand of miles away.
- 12-1-10 Practice Makes Perfect, or Does it? by Adriane
It is because mediocre or non-existent practice makes for a mediocre performer and perfectly consistent practice makes for a perfect performer.
- 11-30-10 More is More, Mohamed El Hosseny by Thalia
Some might find El Hosseny’s creations busy. The popular approach is to slow down to interpret the music whereas El Hosseny’s approach is just the opposite.
- 11-27-10 A Dancer's Dancer in 1980s Hollywood, Interview with Yasmin by Kamala
L.A. was heaven for fabrics though. You could find anything you wanted, and if they didn’t have it, you could have it made, like the beautiful gold lame’ sunburst skirt and veil I had pressed for a costume.
- 11-26-10 Struggle for Legitimacy, History of Belly Dance in Quebec, an Overview by Marthyna
They were not always accepted by the general public because of the revealing costumes but also because sometimes dancers performed between two strippers. This created a taboo around bellydancing. No one wanted to be caught learning it or performing on stage.
- 11-22-10 Part 5: The Dinner Shows, More Photos from the New York Theatrical Belly Dance Conference 2010, Photos by Photos by Sal Romano, Stacey and Clement Lespinasse, Eric Troudt
We held the dinner shows at two of the most supportive environments in New York for bellydance: Je’bon Noodle House on St. Marks Place in the East Village and the Lafayette Grill in Tribeca. We made it our goal to give every conference participant the chance to perform, either to recorded or live music from one of our great local bands.
- 11-21-10 Part 4: More Photos from the New York Theatrical Belly Dance Conference 2010, Workshops, Garmet District Shopping Tour Photos by Lena Helt, Smita Kadam, and Eric Troudt
Offstage, we browsed the fabric-and-accessory mecca that is Manhattan’s garment district; embodied animals, clowns, and archetypes; learned to enhance our stage presence; shared experiences in panel discussions; and much more.
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- 12-8-10 Cecilia of the Bellydance Superstars, Gigbag Check #25
Cecilia of Argentina shows us her makeup kits and talks about how dancing with BDSS is fulfilling her dream. Brief glimpses of Cecilia dancing with the company. Filmed February 2009 at Marin Civic Auditorium.
- 12-6-10 Moria of BDSS and her Silver Jewelry, Gigbag Video
Moria the dancing nomad, shows us her precious silver bracelets that she handpicked in India herself. She tells of almost losing them at the airport because they counted them as weapons! Zoe and Samantha also visible in this collage. Also included are parts of Moria's drum solo with Hassam. Filmed February 2009 at Marin Civic Auditorium
- 12-5-10 Colleen of BDSS- Backstage at Marin Civic Auitorium, Feb 2009 Gigbag Video
Colleen talks about her 5-6 years of of touring with BDSS 7 months out of the year, including her slipped disks from riding the bus.
Colleen is from Marin County, CA. She wraps up her borrowed curling iron that has plastic burned onto it. We see her Polynesian skirt. A short clip of the BDSS Polynesian fusion dance is included.
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Community Kaleidoscope
SFBA MECDA event- GS gets award!
Martha Duran's students dance at expo in Mexicali,
Photographer Michael Baxter dances for baby shower,
New Letters
Strange note from Irv Robbins
Cory Zamora happy with her Gigbag Check video
Beautiful letter of suppport from Barbara Sellers-Young
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