As we enter the hottest days of summer, the weather has given us a reprieve here in South Carolina with a series of spectacular thunderstorms… but that doesn’t stop me from dancing.
The circus, Columbia Alternacirque, is gearing up to put on a reprise of our summer production, A Midsummer Night’s Cirque, on July 23rd… and on the morning of the 24th, Natalie Brown and I head to Atlanta, Georgia, to teach the first running of our joint intensive, The Devil in the Details. On Saturday we are teaching two low-key workshops: Mine, a workshop on hair and makeup for dark fusion dance, and Natalie’s a workshop on flattering and appropriate costuming for fusion performance. Then, we get all dolled up and perform along side some of the Southeast’s best belly dancers. Then, on Sunday, we teach our pairing of my “Pops, Locks, and Tick Tocks” and Natalie’s “Elegant Extension and Poses.” To register for this weekend of dancing, head on over to Beledi Boutique.
Weekly classes are ongoing: Wednesday nights I’m teaching Suhaila Salimpour format bellydance at the Old Mill in Lexington, and on Thursdays I’m teaching my mash-up of old and new belly dance at Gyrotonic Vista in downtown Columbia. More information on my classes page.
And during the days, working on new solos, preparing for the Level 3 weeklong workshop in Berkeley, California, with Suhaila, and trying to keep cool in the summer heat…
Ahh… yes… It’s all confirmed. My regular weekly classes in Columbia, SC, start NEXT WEEK! Both classes are open to ALL LEVELS, and we begin on May 12, 2010. All levels really means all levels: I challenge those who need to be challenged, and give material to less-experienced dancers so that they can build a strong foundation for safe and life-long movement.
I just have to preface this post with a thought: I’m a California girl. And by California, I don’t mean Southern California. I mean Northern California: cold Pacific Ocean waters, the fog rolling in over the hills in the evening, the San Francisco skyline at night, Yosemite National Park, redwood forests, vineyards, forward-thinking creative type people everywhere, beautiful hot Mediterranean summers, snowy white Sierra Nevada winters….
