Hips of Fury is a Belly Dance competition located in Palmdale (not too far from Los Angeles). It is billed as an alternative Belly Dance competition for Tribal and Fusion style dancers. It sounded like a fun event so I went. I like going to events where creativity and fusion is encouraged, and I especially like to be as flashy as I want to be and not have to worry about compromising my style. Which brought me to think about how to categorize my style. I generally just call it modern cabaret style, but I've been thinking if I should just label it. Kinda hard. Flashy, athletic Cabaret? ... Maybe it's best I don't label it.

The competition had a nice warm vibe and everyone was friendly and supportive. Much kudos to Faizeh for creating this event and having a venue for all of us Fusion people to express ourselves. I placed first in the Tribaret category and first place in the Ultimate Soloist. I have to admit that having a title such as Ultimate Soloist is pretty rad, and I will wear it proudly. My biggest regret is not being able to watch many of my fabulous fellow competitors, their costumes alone were amazing. Hoping they will consider selling a video of the whole competition, would love to see everyone.

I had to dance in the evening show since I won the Ultimate category, but I was just about spent from dancing 3 times earlier that day. My legs and arms were fatigued and felt like lead performing for the 4th time that day. Hopefully I looked ok, or else everyone in the audience were wondering why the heck I won. I think they will be selling a DVD of the show - It was a great line up of dancers.

Please visit www.hipsoffury.net for more info.