December Belly Dance Show

The North Star Cabaret, Fusion and Folkloric Venue!

Featuring Belly(Balady) Dances of the Pioneer Valley and beyond.

December Dancers are Marishka, Almasa Durriyah, Donna Mejia and her dance company from Smith College, Attar, Mahasti Dance Company, Tegan, Crystal, Shandra, Asia, and Elise. More to be added as we approach the date.

Henna provided by Lauren Grover - www.hennadancer.com

DATES & ADMISSION
Upcoming Dates: December 12th 2009 at 7pm.
Sliding scale admission 0f $5 to $15 at the door.
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Directions: 135 Russell Street, Hadley MA

Contact: Whitney Suter 413-367-2036
Coming from Amherst

Take Route 9 west into Hadley past the malls. Proceed through the lights at East St. to the next lights at the intersection of Route 47 (Middle St.) North Star is at that intersection on the left, across from the Hadley Town Hall and Donut Man.

Coming from Northampton

Take Route 9 east over the Coolidge Bridge. Proceed approximately 1.5 miles. North Star is on your right at the intersection of Rt. 9 and Rt. 47 (Middle St.), across from the Hadley Town Hall and Donut Man.

Coming from Springfield/Holyoke

Take Route 91 north to exit 19. Go east on Route 9 over the Coolidge Bridge. Proceed approximately 1.5 miles. North Star is on your right at the intersection of Rt. 9 and Rt. 47 (Middle St.), across from the Hadley Town Hall and Donut Man.

Coming from Greenfield

Take Route 91 south to exit 20 in Northampton. Off the ramp at the light, turn left on to Damon Road. Go about 1 mile on Damon Road until it ends at Route 9. Turn left on to Route 9 and go over the Coolidge Bridge. Proceed approximately 1.5 miles. North Star is on your right at the intersection of Rt. 9 and Rt. 47 (Middle St.), across from the Hadley Town Hall and Donut Man.



Almasa Durriyah is performing in December 2009

'Having trianed with highly experienced and knowledgable teachers; such as Najmat of Boston (Almasa's mentor, teacher and dear friend), Ranya Renee, Nourhan Sharif, Pheadra, Jehan, Momo, Karim, Tempest and many others she is gaining the experience it takes to be a humble, successful, and knowledgeable bellydancer herself. Always willing to learn new styles techniques and forms of the dance, she is growing into her own style which consist of Modern Egyptian and Classical Egyptian Style bellydance.

JOIN US!

Dancers & musicians who would like to perform at an upcoming show are encouraged to email zhagareeter@yahoo.com- Biographies and photos are welcome and encouraged and will be posted on this website or included in any press releases to announce the events.

Information for performers:
This is a monthly venue open to all dance styles and experience levels. This is intended to be a community represented venue, open to all local dancers. Let's create an environment that is nurturing to both our art and our selves, as we work to co-create and uplift one another in a professional and respectful way.

Saturday Classes, Hadley MA

October 3rd at 2:30 pm is the beginning of a month of Saturday belly dance classes in Hadley!
Open to all levels, more information is at www.attarbellydance.yolasite.com or email zhagareteeter@yahoo.com.
We will be at North Star on Rt 9 in Hadley MA, more contact information is listed on my website.

New website

I made my new website
If any of my students on tribe would like their pic up there or see one already up that you would like removed, please email me at zhagareeter@yahoo.com. www.attarbellydance.yolasite.com

Woooo Hooooo Bellydancing!

Just a heads up.... Ive been receiving quite a few inquiries as to when/where Im teaching.
I 'll be teaching again in the fall for about 2 months (most I could squeeze into my schedule).
The class sizes will be pretty small (no more than 10 students at most).
Classes will be held in the Amherst/Northampton MA areas.
Also, Im looking into offering a few workshops this year in New England and will post more info as I get things scheduled.
If you have questions you can email me at zhagareeter@yahoo.com.

Next show May 15th

We will be performing bellydance at a benefit show for North Star Self-Directed Learning Center for Teens on May 15 at 7:30 We will have an open hafla at the beginning (anyone interested in dancing, please contact us before May 8) followed by Tiamat's performance . At the end we will open the dance floor to all and offer free bellydance lessons. This will be a fun, family-friendly show and the proceeds will go to support an incredibly valuable resource in our community. Admission will be $8-adult, $5-children 12 and under and a $20 max per family and will happen at the North Star building, rte 9 in Hadley, MA.

Hope to see you there!
ps please forward this to friends who may be interested in supporting North Star.

Bellydance RAKS! Raks Sharki Show- March 26

March 26th, at the Northampton Center for the Arts.
www.nohoarts.org
An evening of performance as well as hafla style open stage time.
Email Attarmellea@gmail.com for more information or contact the Northampton Center for the Arts.

Our Next Show is New Years Eve

www.gazettenet.com/firstnig...ances.cfm

Alnilam bellydancers, with choreography by Attar Mellea, is a cooperatively directed group of local artists who come together tonight to bring on the New Year. They are Elise Haden-Ferdman, Kristy Speck, Rachel Zuckerman, Tegan Mannino, Joyce Joseph, Jennifer Lisa-Kass and Whitney Suter.

Interested? Drum/Dance We are meeting weekly.

Want to dance with some cooperatively minded people? Want to drum along?
We are splitting rent and meeting weekly and at least 4 of us have been teaching for some time. We are mixed levels and varied experiences. We are currently working on choreographies by Kristie Speck and Attar.
This is a cooperatively directed group of local artists - Cooperatively co-directed by Elise Haden-Ferdman, Kristy Speck, Rachel Zuckerman, Tegan Mannino, Joyce Joseph, Jennifer Lisa-Kass, Jennifer, and Whitney Suter.

If you would like to join us please email me- we are meeting in western MA (not far from Amherst, Northampton, and Greenfield).

Playing with 9 yards of silk

Peaceful Palm Workshop

Looking forward to seeing those of you who registered for the workshop tomorow at the Peaceful Palm.
If you need more information visit thepeacefulpalm.com
Bring a veil if you have one, I also have some for borrow.