Elevation Video

I've posted my video from Elevation, 2009.
www.youtube.com/watch

Check it out!

Tribal Circus Style Workshop in Rome!

I am teaching a Circus inspired concepts and combinations workshop in Rome, Italy next Sunday and participating in a small performance afterward. This is a big step out of my comfort zone, as I know no Italian, and will be new to Rome, but I am very excited! The lady who is hosting me seems really nice, and one of her dancers even does fire performance. It will be great to get out there and see what is going on in the belly dance world of Italy. I am curious to see how the language barrier and comprehension goes. Wish me luck!

New Class Session begins April 6th, AND class time change!

Hi All!
A new session of Tribal Belly Dance classes will begin April 6th at Dance Works Studio. Classes are designed to help dancers develop the strength and technique necessary for Tribal Style Belly Dance.

Tribal Belly Dance Drills: Mondays, 6:30pm – 7:30pm
A beginning level class designed to provide students with a thorough understanding of the stylistic differences of Tribal Style Belly Dance, as well as helping them develop proper posture and a library of dance moves. This includes Level 1 ATS basics and tribal fusion choreography. The class will focus on learning and drilling ATS moves, working in a group, and tribal format basics, as well as learning a tribal fusion choreography. This is an excellent opportunity for students at all levels to refine their skills and have fun in a supportive, all women environment!

Intermediate Tribal/ATS: Mondays, 7:30 – 8:30pm
Our intermediate Tribal Style Belly Dance class takes all of the skills learned in Tribal Style and pushes them to the next level. Both Tribal Fusion and ATS are explored more in depth, including moving through ATS Level 2 and 3 moves. Each month, a new concept will be introduced and explored, along with learning new choreographies and refining group improvisational dance. This class expects dancers to have mastered the ATS Level 1 vocabulary. Expect to be challenged!

More info at www.bellarougetribal.com
or register today: danceworksgj.com/

Vegas video finally here!

www.youtube.com/watch
Satya performing in the Zoe Jakes Showcase Hafla
Las Vegas, Nevada
January, 2009

This is encouraging to me... wanted to share with you all something I received at work.

The new culture of generosity

Generosity is becoming a leading societal and business mindset. As consumers are disgusted with greed and its current dire consequences for the economy -- and while that same upheaval has them longing more than ever for institutions that care -- the need for more generosity beautifully coincides with the ongoing (and pre-recession) emergence of an online-fueled culture of individuals who share, give, engage, create and collaborate in large numbers.

For many, sharing a passion and receiving recognition have replaced "taking" as the new status symbol. Businesses should follow this societal/behavioral shift, however much it may oppose the decades-old devotion to self-interest.

This movement has unlocked in entirely new ways the perennial need of individuals to be appreciated and to feel part of the greater good. They are finding status and gratification in something other than consuming the most or the best. Companies need to mirror this societal shift if they want to regain their relevancy. You don't have to give it all away; simply strive to become a caring brand -- one that is generous to customers, employees, social causes and so on.

Source: TrendWatching.com, February 2009

Dancing, desires and time constraints

I've got about a billion things stirring in my head, but prioritizing is not coming easy. Where to start? How to narrow it down and focus? Eek! Maybe it's time for another list of goals... Nothing like some concrete goals to help you focus.

What do you all do when the list of desires is bigger than the time allotted to work on them?

Favorite Road Snacks?

I'd love to get some new ideas for snacks to bring on a road trip, and also snacks to bring to all day dance workshops. Generally I am into fruits and veggies, low salt/refined sugar options, and I do eat meat. Anyone have any good suggestions?

New Fire Fusion Video!

I've posted video from (r)+Evolve last night, a fire fusion belly dance number I choreographed for the Sideshow Circus last year in Golden, Colorado.

Go check it out to see what I've been up to...
www.youtube.com/watch

I've done it!

...finished a whole dance in one week! Not just any dance, a good one (well, I like to think that it is...) The number is for an upcoming performance in Vegas in January, something new for me. For the last year or so, I've been wanting to dance to a violin piece, but hadn't found the right song until just recently when perusing myspace. I've taken many different approaches to choreography, this time I just danced, and danced and danced and danced until all the pieces fit together.

Giving many thanks to creative inspiration, beautiful music that moves our souls to dance, and cold weather that forces me to stay inside and work on something.

In honoring the season

I look out over the snow-covered ground and remember. Winter is a time for turning inward, pulling oneself back inside and feeding the roots. Keep your warm glow within, appreciate the sun when she is out, and appreciate the cold wind for what it brings. It is all a part of the cycle. All equal in importance.

As I reflect on winter, I also notice how my practice has also turned inward, a time of study, building, working. I began a new solo choreography last night to some music that moves my soul in entirely new ways. Jo and I finished blocking a cabaret/tribal duet Sunday. Laura and I have been putting together a fire fusion show for January that is going to be f*ng HOT. I am finding more and more reasons to just practice, create, keep learning.

January is bringing new classes, and also bringing me to Vegas to study more intensely with Zoe Jakes. What an amazingly timely opportunity. Many thanks, much love, joy and happiness out to the universe.

(...and spring is just around the corner!)