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Woodrow

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The Cold Six Thousand.

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Having is Not the Same as...Wanting.


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My Testimonials

December 5, 2003
Woodrow Hill is a kind impassioned man that is also compassionate.
I think these are all very important features.
Peace be with him.
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Watch My Flow.

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...but who do YOU think I am?

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Nobody Smilin'.

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APOSTATE: Or, Why I'm a Bastard.

I was just re-directed to an intriguing article on Gilded Serpent (not mine, of which more later), where the dancer Leila tries to lay out what she feels Middle Eastern audiences expect from a dancer.  What I wanted to do,...
Wed, December 5, 2007 - 3:38 AM permalink
I'm so excited!  I finally got around to dropping a line to Professor Amnon Shiloah, writer of Music in the World of Islam, a critical work in doing my period raqs research. In question was a reference to period works...
Wed, October 31, 2007 - 4:17 AM permalink
Swiped ruthlessly from a post I made on Tribe on this subject. I made some minor edits, and re-post for posterity (or, at least as long as I pay the bills). Notes on developing into a Raqs teacher: Focus, for...
Tue, July 24, 2007 - 6:31 AM permalink
This'll be brief. Years ago, I got a wonderful little dance mag out of Florida, that was amazingly full of excellent and well-researched articles on the dance; sort of a thinned-down and refocused ARABESQUE, for those who recall that mag....
Mon, July 23, 2007 - 9:29 AM permalink
I promise to get back to Bedlah soon, FYI. In the meantime, from recent doings at Bhuz.com, two online services of dubious legality, and one article: Mazikana : Downloadable MP3s of current Arabic music Karima.ru : Some of the galleries...
Mon, July 16, 2007 - 4:00 AM permalink
originally published at Apostate
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My Recent Activity

Re: Acceptable documentation for Turkish and Roma? (in SCA Middle Eastern Dance) Hi, I'm the aforementioned Master Asim!

I'm going to focus you on one work, specifically, from the just-departed Prof. And -- PICTORIAL HISTORY OF TURKISH DANCING. Despite the title, it has a couple of written, SCA-period ref. to dance in Turke... read more
discussion post on Mon, November 9, 2009 - 4:04 PM
Raquy and the Cavemen with Delirium Tribal ( events » live music ) Raquy and the Cavemen in Concert!

With Special Guest Delirium Tribal

Thursday, Nov. 20th, 8PM at 701 Whaley in Columbia, SC

Raquy and the Cavemen bring their unique, hard-rockin' take on Middle Eastern music to the Carolinas! They've thri... read more
event starts Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 8:00 PM
Where I'm at (online) (blog entry) An update of the online services I use. PLEASE, if you want to keep in touch, add me on as many as you wish!

APOSTATE: apostate.raqsstorm.org
My (mostly) dance blog. Kinda on hiatus at the moment.

LiveJournal: asim.livejou... read more
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Friend my Brother (blog entry) Marcus, my one and only brother, finally joined Tribe:

people.tribe.net/bba37caa-...db43cbdae7

Feel free to friend him. Among other things, he's a pretty kick-ass drummer. :)
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Dance class followup (blog entry) Who says I don't listen to my friends? :)

So, the decision's made -- once I get out of my current project set, I'm going to teach dance, once again. And, and I just posted on APOSTATE about, I will charge:

apostate.raqsstorm.org/the... read more
blog entry posted Tue, March 11, 2008 - 5:56 AM permalink - 4 comments
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My Blog

An update of the online services I use. PLEASE, if you want to keep in touch, add me on as many as you wish!

APOSTATE: apostate.raqsstorm.org
My (mostly) dance blog. Kinda on hiatus at the moment.

LiveJournal: asim.livejournal.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/wjhill
Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/wjhill
Twitter: twitter.com/raqsasim
LibraryThing: www.librarything.com/profi... read more
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Marcus, my one and only brother, finally joined Tribe:

people.tribe.net/bba37caa-...db43cbdae7

Feel free to friend him. Among other things, he's a pretty kick-ass drummer. :)
Sun, July 13, 2008 - 7:03 AM permalink - 2 comments
 
Who says I don't listen to my friends? :)

So, the decision's made -- once I get out of my current project set, I'm going to teach dance, once again. And, and I just posted on APOSTATE about, I will charge:

apostate.raqsstorm.org/the-pr...ee.html

I also have developed details that some of you have seen, but I'm not quite willing to make public, yet. Suffice to say I'm putting a lot of time and effort into making this class not just effective, but _different_. I want d... read more
Tue, March 11, 2008 - 5:56 AM permalink - 4 comments
 
Hey folks,

Sorry if you see this in more than one place, but I know some of you read me, and not the tribes I'll be posting this to. I've been asked, once again, to teach bellydance for local Scaidans. The issue at hand is, of course, how to keep them "on the farm" -- that is to say, active and interested.

I'm not interested in teaching for a lark, or for something to fill a hour timeslot It'll be an "intensive", with homework, and lots of practice, and drills -- the whole nine yea... read more
Thu, January 24, 2008 - 8:06 AM permalink - 11 comments
 
I'll say this, and I say it as someone who's been on the net for *mumbly mumble* years now, and works on systems for a living.

Don't get off Tribe. But DO expand your connections. You'll notice I recently posted for RealSpace contact info:

people.tribe.net/asim/blog...31f8a71313

As much as that was about my lost phone, it's also about the simple fact that you want to have ways to communicate. I'll confess that I've always despised the small-minded la... read more
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