A Belly Dance Diary 2010
Zorba dancing for Bibi and a pair of dance
sisters at theHaute Enchilada. (08/01/09)
2001-2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Herein is chronicled Zorba's on-going voyage of discovery into the magical realm of Belly Dancing. Sometimes major events, more often just baby steps along the way. Presented here in reverse chronological order.
9 March 2010
My long anticipated consult with Teresa of
5 March 2010
Performance at Mariama's quarterly showcase at the "Cherry Bean" coffee house in Salinas. Did a short, but new solo, "Solo-14/Raks Abdo" with my Grecian Zills. Cory Zamora had us dance to "Raks Abdo" in her workshop last month - it had been quite a few years since I'd thought of this classic piece, and I realized that I now have the skills to dance to music like this - so I did! Lots of shimmies in it, even layered a "camel" over a shimmy, a first in performance for me!
Went quite well - received several compliments, including yet another one from a guy! This venue seems to have more guys that are secure enough in themselves than I've seen anywhere else. People liked my costume, which consisted of my very first Belly Dance vest that was made for me by the late, great costumer, Mary Jane Skopos. Added to that was a brand new pair of ruffled leg "Tribal" pants, that I made "Cabaret" by wearing a sparkly panel skirt that was once owned by Lana; who just happened to be in attendance tonite and danced as well. Yes, she recognized it.
Later, I danced with Mirage - this time to do our Tribal number "Shiraz" where I lost the skirt, changed my jewelry and hairflower, and added a few other Tribal bits. This dance went VERY well!
My fave 4 Tribal gals from San Francisco came down again, and did their usual spectacular job - since I'm now learning Tribal from Didi, it was even more interesting to watch them and try to figure out how they were cueing each other.
A picture from the 20 February performance (by Sharif!)
21 February 2010
Cory Zamora's workshop. As always, a wonderful experience. Learned yet another of her veil "ties", a rather simple one this time that seems to work well. I really love her style. Also came home with a coin scarf/skirt "thing" with "evil eyes" all over it, purchased from Cory. Very cool...
20 February 2010
The annual Cory Zamora show, in anticipation of tomorrow's workshop! I danced "Solo-6/Shemadan with short finale" as I'd never done it in Santa Cruz, nor at the Cypress, before. It was a smash hit! Several people tipped me, including Cory herself! Fun, fun, fun!
3 February 2010
A new teacher, sort of. I have occasion to be in the "Space Coast" area of Florida about twice each year, so I figured I'd drop in on a local class. After an email exchange, I gave Mindy a try. I like her. I like her a lot, I wish she was in California where I could take from her more often - she has beautiful arms which I could learn a lot from by emulation! Her combos were a nice challenge, a slightly different emphasis than I'm used to. I'll be back!
10 January 2010
A performance at an old folk's home, both with Mirage (we did our skirt dance, and Shiraz, the extent of our repertoire as yet) and as a soloist ("Routine-1, short version" with Saffron chiffon veil and "King-Tut" Zills). The Mighty Siwa graced us with her presence and danced two sets, my lovely wife Zarah opened, and Sapphira also did two sets, including her fan-veil dance. The old folks loved us, we went around afterward and talked to each and every one of them.
Thus a new year opens. Last year was both a triumph in that I grew substantially as a dancer, and a tragedy as we lost Kalisa, I lost my Mother, and the world lost Henry Z. Steinway.
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