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I'm going through changes!!!
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November has been a big month of change for me. After one year making my living from dance, and dancing 5 nights a week, a few things happened that caused me to re-evaluate my plan of action. Although I made a steady living dancing, saving was...
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I am going to meet Gene Simmons of KISS fame
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Its not that I am dying to meet the man, but when such an opportunity falls into ones lap, how can one resist?
Matt is the Marketing Coordinator (and also an audio editer) for a company called Radio Tag. You know all those Musician and Star pr...
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Raqs Sharqi v. Goddess Archetypes
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To me, Egyptian dance (raqs sharqi) in the present day has NOTHING to do with archetypes, goddess worship, etc. Although I see that for some of my friends, channelling archetypes in the dance has been very powerful for them, I dont relate at all....
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Videos!!!!!! YEAH!!!! Gigs at HORUS, YEAH!!!
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Look! and OLD dance picture. Its fun to find those.
Ok, so I have finally put a video of myself up on both youtube.com (user name ArielRaqs, youtube.com/profile ) and on myspace (again, username arielraqs).
Its the sa...
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The job hunt...
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I have two major interviews this week.
First, the one I really want - marketing position with a major international chocolatier. Second, a position as Personal Assistant and occasional cook for a small boutique caterer that works with TV and mo...
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about me
I have been dancing for five years, studying primarily under Tarik Sultan and Morocco. I love the styles of Fifi Abdou, Dandash, and Samia Gamal. I currently make my living dancing, working for a chocolate company, and and slowly working towards owning my own wedding cake business.
November has been a big month of change for me. After one year making my living from dance, and dancing 5 nights a week, a few things happened that caused me to re-evaluate my plan of action. Although I made a steady living dancing, saving was difficult, and insurance was out of the question. Not being married anymore, and nowhere near my family in NYC puts me in a somewhat stereotypical new york spot - but I am so proud of myself for living solely off of dance.
I have learned so much...
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Sun, November 18, 2007 - 4:29 PM
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Its not that I am dying to meet the man, but when such an opportunity falls into ones lap, how can one resist?
Matt is the Marketing Coordinator (and also an audio editer) for a company called Radio Tag. You know all those Musician and Star promos you hear on the air? Well, Radio Tag does ALL of them.
Anyway, they are having a "meeting" at the Kiss concert here. And there is an extra ticket. So I get to go and sit in on this nice little meeting with Gene Simmons. I am too curious...
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To me, Egyptian dance (raqs sharqi) in the present day has NOTHING to do with archetypes, goddess worship, etc. Although I see that for some of my friends, channelling archetypes in the dance has been very powerful for them, I dont relate at all. I have seen some beautiful "goddess" performances, but mostly, I have seen performances that use the goddess imagery as a smokescreen for over the top sexuality, and on occaission, fusion that isnt labled as such (which can leave an audience confus...
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Look! and OLD dance picture. Its fun to find those.
Ok, so I have finally put a video of myself up on both youtube.com (user name ArielRaqs, youtube.com/profile ) and on myspace (again, username arielraqs).
Its the same video, and its hardly my favorite clip, BUT, it was easy to edit, is a nice length, and just so happens to be documentary footage of a sort - this is me testing out the choreo I taught in a Nashville workshop this past spring.
Its a little hard...
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I have two major interviews this week.
First, the one I really want - marketing position with a major international chocolatier. Second, a position as Personal Assistant and occasional cook for a small boutique caterer that works with TV and movie sets. Either would make me happy, and both are mon-wed gigs.
So what does that mean?
I gotta put my money where my mouth is, and start shaking my booty - in other words, really really (instead of sorta doing it) begin my dance career here i...
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