Last night Bassnectar and Beats Antique played in Charleston! And the lovely Zoe Jakes was there too! First rate AWESOME, people! I was so inspired to see bellydance in that type of context! I'm also realizing that the bar is set pretty high in terms of athleticism and the level of dedication I need to have to pull this off. So, I am educated enough about bellydance that I can do practise drills on my own, I know that I need to do yoga for my problem body parts (shoulders and hips), and I kno... read more

item 1 - Qabeelah is now performing as part of Rogue Dynamic Productions, local charleston alternative performance group
item 2 - Article published in the front of the Arts section in the local paper (link below)
item 3 - kinda bricking it about one of our choreos tomorrow. As long as I don't fall off the stage I'll be happy. Yikes!

Read this and learn about all the Awesomeness:
www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyro...ntent

A leetil bellydancing hiatus is occurring. I have the opportunity to go excavate at an anglo saxon monastery south of Canterbury this summer, so I am out of here in a couple weeks. I am also in the process of moving house (by myself for the most part since most of my friends here are either dealing with moving house themselves or more the arms length sort of friends) -- so things are not too conducive to me actually paying attention to any kind of bellydance related thing. It looks like Q is ... read more

well I just thought of this in the middle of everything, that I have been reinspired by british folk music of the 60's and 70's. I grew up with it as my dad played the guitar and was a fan of Sandy Denny and John Renbourn, etc. In particular I rediscovered the track called Sidi Brahim on the album Enchanted Garden. I believe is the John Renbourn Group, but a lot of the same people were in Pentangle. Anyways, it's sort of a cool track because it's really sort of a Western tradition looking sli... read more