joined on 02/05/06
last updated 07/23/08
July 11, 2007
Kitiera has been an amazing source of information, support and encouragement for me since the moment she approached me and introduced herself ("hi, i'm kitiera. i noticed you had a hard time with that cymbal pattern jamila just went over. would you like me to write it down for you?"). She is an unbelievably kind, friendly, organized and motivated person. Plus she's hot, a great dancer and she's good at sharing.
February 24, 2007
Beautiful artist. Kitiera has an incredible soul and it has been a pleasure to get to know her over the years. An honor........
December 11, 2006
J.U.I.C.Y.
February 11, 2006
Wise, kind, and intelligent.
Beautiful inside and out.
A dancer, a dreamweaver,
a shining star here on earth.
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June 14, 2008 Sacramento, CA: Unmata's Second Saturday
June 21-22, 2008 Santa Cruz, CA: Hafla Santa Cruz www.bellydanceodyssey.com
July 26, 2008 Lexington, KY: Phyllidia's Desert Dancers present Morocco and guests.
August 1, 2008 Mountain View, CA: Club Spice
August 2, 2008 San Leandro, CA: Fantasy Festival www.tatseena.com
August 3, 2008 Albany, CA: Monteros www.therealsuhaila.com
August 30-31, 2008 TBA
September 7, 2008 Albany, CA: Monteros www.therealsuhaila.com
September 13-14, 2008 TBA
October 4, 2008 TBA
October 5, 2008 Albany, CA: Monteros www.therealsuhaila.com
October 11, 2008 Newark, NJ: Rakkasah East (appearing with the Repertoire Ensemble) www.rakkasah.com
November 1-2, 2008 Utrecht, NEDERLANDS: www.arya.nu
November 22, 2008 Albany, CA: Modrom Choreography Workshop! www.therealsuhaila.com
December 6-7, 2008 Las Vegas, NV:
December 7, 2008 Albany, CA: Monteros www.therealsuhaila.com
December TBA 2008 Lexington, KY
MONDAYS 6:00- 7:30p Fremont, CA
Modrom Belly Dance
Steps, Styles, and Spotlights Dance Studio
40983 Encyclopedia Circle, Fremont 510 402- 4246
(This location is next to Phoenix University)
MONDAYS, 8:30- 9:30p Fremont, CA JULY 14- AUG 18
Suhaila Technique, Level I
Mission Dance and Performing Arts
42068 Osgood Rd, Fremont 510 651-2783
GENERAL CLASS INFO
Cost: $15 drop in, or 10 classes for $120
What to wear: Comfortable clothing that faciltates movement. (yoga or jazz pants, tank top, light hip scarf with NO coins or beads)
Recommended footwear: bare feet or Dance Paws
What to bring: Yoga Mat, Water bottle, Cymbals
CLASSES AT THE SALIMPOUR STUDIO
www.therealsuhaila.com
Kitiera also teaches at Suhaila Salimpour's studio in Albany, CA. Check Suhaila's website for current class schedule and prices.
Modrom is short for Modern/Romani. The name reflects its true nature: a “gypsy” dance; meaning a dance that absorbs elements from different forms, melding them together into a unique concoction that is completely its own nature. The name also reflects the emotionally charged aspect of the form, where musicality and theatrical delivery are as important as any other component of technique.
Modrom fuses Egyptian, Jazz, and Romani dance. It can also include Indian and/ or Spanish elements.
Kitiera created Modrom as she consistently ran into the challenge of classifying her dance style in the American belly dance community. She didn’t fit neatly into any label, as she constantly studied and performed different styles and methodologies in dance. Of the available labels, she most identified with the “gypsy fusion” category, but felt uncomfortable using the word “gypsy” which can be construed as offensive to the Roma people--her inspiration. She also felt that her interpretations were too broadly fusion to identify herself as a “Romani” dancer. So she set out to define and publicize her life’s work, naming it Modrom.
When creating Modrom, Kitiera was inspired by dance pioneers Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Dennis, Martha Graham, Jamila Salimpour, Suhaila Salimpour, Dalia Carella, Carolena Nericcio and Paulette Rees-Denis.
On watery wings I fly home
My fragile body, my torn soul
I lay at your feet
My gray Goddess
My fountain of hope
Queen of mists
Sirens' call
Floating at the edge of the world
Gazing west
Spent and Broken and Yours
Every breath
Every drop of my blood
Resonates
What would I give...
To remain in your immortal embrace
To return to my isle of dreams
On watery wings
-K
Inside a perfect dream
I stand on these quiet shores
Held by wind and water.
Hypnotized
My eyes ever gazing toward
These tall towers
Bastions
Beacons to this city of everlasting hope.
Shining,
Eternally gray.
Shrouded in mist...
Perpetually crying
My heart weeps for home.
My loneliness finds comfort only here,
Amongst the raindrops.
In your embrace I remain eternal
Always silent, always cold
With my face to the wet sky.
I breathe from my latte
Dreaming of lost cloudy days.
-K
Destiny crushes me to your breast,
Your heartbeat calls me.
Moving as you command,
This long journey
Stretches endless.
I fall towards painful ecstacy,
Toward what lies within.
Naked
Breathless
Trembling
I tear my dreams through flesh.
I stare into the crowd
Blind
Through a thousand lifetimes of tears,
Searching for a glimpse of your eyes.
Kneeling here in a sea of bloody memories,
Pleading
Screaming
Drowning in sweat
I am broken.
In this moment between worlds,
My soul returns home.
So close at last-
You whisper our name.
-K
The Pacific Northwest
(Blatantly stolen form another friend's blog!!)
You might be from the Pacific Northwest if:
1. You know the state flower (Mildew)
2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
3. Use the statement “sun break” and know what it means.
4. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.
5. You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.
6. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
7. You stand on a deserte...
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The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immutable law; it is driven by its sense of it knows not what to impale itself, and die singing. At the very instant the thorn enters, there is no awareness in it of the dying to come; it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note. But we, when we put the thorns in our breast, we know. We understand. And still we do it. Still we do it.
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