BELLY DANCE CLASSES

Jan 08 (Thu) INTRODUCTORY FREE BELLY DANCE CLASS with Sarah Skinner Get the New Year started right: take Sarah Skinner's free introductory class on Jan 8 2009!

Every thurs night Sarah Skinner will be teaching a beginner belly dance class. We Click Studios, 20 West 20th Street, Suite 602, NYC NY 10011

Learn to belly dance in a a friendly environment with Sarah Skinner. Shimmy, shake and undulate your way to fitness and self confidence while allowing yourself to be captivated by the graceful, sensual and celebratory aspects of exotic music and belly dancing.

We will focus on muscle isolation, increasing flexibility and building core strength. While getting a great workout you will be enhancing your personal grace by learning movements and choreography combinations.

Learn more: shakemyday.com/site/

Cleopatra and temple dancers

These costumes were created for the Venus Uprising show : Tarot Nov 2008 and for the World Dance New York upcoming DVD release.
I had 24 performers in the number. I created the costumes. Some parts were purchased. Read all about it!!!
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Dipped to perfection

I have been working on my performance for the upcoming <a href="www.venusuprising.com/events/...t;>Venus Uprising show: Cult of Myth</a> April 25-26. I love participating in big theater shows like this one. It provides a play space to create something really special. I jumped into this show with both feet in - lots of big exciting ideas. I remind myself that with all the effort and creative ideas, granted, there is no guarantee that it will be a “hit”. That is the risk any artist takes. That risk opens the door for a flop and for unequaled greatness to occur. I am happy to take that challenge.

I acquired white veils. Seeing the white white next to the opalescent color of the rich creamy pearls of my Salome costume, I could not bare it. I became determined that I needed off white veils. I went on the message boards and sent emails to dye companies asking how does one dye off white. Many responded by saying I needed to do a complicated mix of different dye color chemicals that would then vary on how much I was dying to achieve an off white color. Some how, I got the idea to use tea. What better way to bring my costume back in time by using a natural old school way of dyeing. I spent the other day dyeing my veils as well as another skirt option for the costume. As I sat there for hours steeping and dipping my silk to just the right color I questioned my sanity. Who cares what color white my veil is? Is it really worth hours and hours of my time? And I suppose if I purely looked at the project as cost and effect, the hours devoted to the perfect shade of silk would not be economical. But as an artist, the perfect candle light cream veil will compliment the glory of my pearl encrusted costume.

The next day I drove for miles to meet up with Pete Asland who is a sound engineer for many famous stars. He had just completed a 52 hour hellish work binder yet opened his door to me with a smile. I plopped down my little pieces of music from here and there and he chopped and hacked away with the ease of an ice skater. I wanted a knock at the door and was stressed about how to achieve that. As the words of what I wanted came out of my mouth, he pulled out a microphone and put it next to a door and said "knock". And moments later, my piece had a knock at the door added on. I also needed to add on a percussion piece of music that Kazuki created just for this piece among other things.

<img src="www.shakemyday.com/shop/pro...jpg" alt="Pulse CD cover" />I had always known that Kazuki was a talented drummer. I worked on her new CD cover with her. I was so excited by her music and enthusiasm for recording that I asked her if she would work on this project with me. I learned that among her many positive attributes she is also an absolute joy to work on a project with.

As I work on this Salome project, fussing with perfection, I realize once again, how much time everything takes. And that big things can never get done alone. Being that things take so much- it is amazing that anything gets off the ground. But I suppose that once it goes gloriously live, that all the exhaustion of creating it will pale away and be forgotten. And the next project will be begun before the realization that once again there is a pile of things to be dipped to perfection before one can go to sleep for the night.

Send luck to complete the remaining details for the show next week.

Finished filming

We just finished filming the "Luscious: The Belly Dance Workout" with Neon Blanca and myself. It was so much fun. It was a total workout. I slept for 2 days after it was all done. I loved getting to wear my new costume that I designed- and it made the cover! Neon posted more photos from the photoshoot on our Venus Uprising blog: venusuprising.typepad.com/venus...e.html

Costumes (and more) for sale

Just got back from three weeks of spending. SO!!! Things for sale:
www.weclick.net/gallery/37...6#226064628

Costumes, zills, coin belt, fringe, skirts, DVDs.

Comfortable and beautiful photoshoot

Here is a video clip of Athena Najat having a photoshoot with me.

www.shakemyday.com/photo/index.html

Just in time for a photoshoot SALE! Take your new costumes from RAK and get them photographed for the new year! Get $30 off Nov and Dec 2007.

Sep 15 (Sat): WeClick Photography studio party

08:00pm Kevin and Sarah Skinner started are celebrating our 1800sq ft studio. Please come and check out our work and listen to Live music by Kevin Fox, Scott Wakefeild and friends. We Click LLC Studio, 20 West 20th street, Suite 602, New York NY 10011

New costume, new video clip

I just learned how to use youtube and tried my first video clip.

www.youtube.com/watch

blog post about the performance:
blog.shakemyday.com/

I am working on the write up about the Bella costume :)

In Tronto Aug 6-12

I am heading up to Tronto on vacation and I am looking for bellydance stuff to do and meet fellow dancers. If anyone one has ideas for me - lemme know!

I was cleaning out my computer and came across this photo I did when I did a shoot in DC. I thought I would share befor she goes off to the archives.

The ME and the WE

I wrote a blog post about an ongoing struggle. And though the thoughts about the topic are not finished I submitted it as an article. Please read and help me explore this concept:

www.thehipcircle.com/article/display.asp