A Belly Dance Diary 2012
Zorba dancing at Carnival of Stars 2011 (08/06/11).
Photo by Carl Sermon
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.
27 January 2012
The first picture for 2012 is in the new 2012 Gallery, all by its little lonesome right now!
7 January 2012
First performance of the new year! This was at Santa Cruz's
Back Stage Lounge. I opened the show with an old chestnut, "Routine-2 Uber short", with my trusty "Dragon's Blood" 4 yard veil and Zildjian Zills. I kept my Zills on while doing the veil portion - using what Cory Zamora showed me last November when I went to visit her.
Although the veil portion wasn't perfect, it was my best experience trying Zills-with-veil thanx to Cory. Its been a long time since I've even tried this, much less had much luck with it.
Anyway, this venue is a tiny, tiny, Cabaret. Probably about 3/4 the size of the old Kalisa's, with a stage to match (The picture on their website shows about 1/2 the total space!)! The place was packed to the point of having people waiting to get in watching through the windows. The energy was fantastic, even as an opening act. This is the first true Cabaret setting I've danced in since Kalisa's closed - and I sure do miss it, although a couple of other venues have come close!
Both Janette (who complimented me on my Zill playing) and Janelle were present in the audience - no pressure or anything!
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