There will be fantastic performances from dancers of all ages and experience levels (please register ASAP if you would like to perform!), all-day vending, and wonderful workshops featuring Petite Jamilla, Kami Liddle, Cassandra, Sabah, Moria Chappell, Dalia Carella, Amaya, Meera, April Rose, and more (to be announced soon).
During the weekend’s workshops and open stage performances, the Bellydance Superstars will be on the look out for exciting new talent. Auditions will take place on Saturday, April 16th at 6:00 p.m. Sign-ups will take place at reception (registration area) on site.
Also, we’re looking for street team members for this big shindig! If you would like to help us out by promoting the festival, send us a message – info@bellydancesuperstars.com It’s free to join, plus you get some awesome goodies!
Glendale Civic Auditorium
1401 N. Verdugo Rd.
Glendale, CA
April 16 and 17, 2011
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Time
Sunday, January 16, 2011 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location Art Of Bellydance Studio
1431 Alton Road, 2nd Floor
Miami Beach, FL
Be part of this amazing milestone by experiencing the unique opportunity of having some of the legendary “Golden Age Era” Bellydancers of the
Mid Eastern Dance Exchange under one roof!
We will celebrate this anniversary with a panel discussion moderated by the current Director, Hanan and with tribute performances in honor of
TAMALYN DALLAL.
The panelist and performers of this incredible event will include:
Aireen, Amar Gamal, Bozenka, Hanan, Samay ,Virginia !!!
Art of Bellydance Studio
305-695-8720 & 305-525-0074
$20 in advance, $25 at the door (limited tickets)
Mid Eastern Dance Exchange 21st Anniversary Special Fund Raiser
Time
Wednesday, November 24 · 8:30pm – 11:00pm
Location Labia Theatre
Orange Street
Cape Town, South Africa
SOMA is very proud to be hosting Samantha Emanuel Hasthorpe in South Africa. Cape town will be fortunate to have the chance to watch this phenominal Tribal Fusion Bellydancer in action at the Labia Theatre in November.
featuring:
Samantha Emanuel
Soma Fusion Bellydancers
Beverley from London
Justine Whyte
Julia from Alive Dance Stuio
Duo Morphire
James van Minnen on percussion
Ingrid Salzman on accordian
Full visual themed show
more special suprise guests!
…. keep watching this space…
Come and support the growing art of Tribal Fusion bellydance in South Africa, and we will be able to then host more of these events in future!
Show starts 8.30pm
Tickets: R110
Book through info@soma.co.za
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Sunday, November 7 at 1:00pm – November 28 at 2:00pm
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7909 Pines Blvd
Pembroke Pines, FL
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Ansuya and her Gypsy Sugar Dance Company are just back from performing for the Entrepreneur’s Organization at the Playboy Mansion in Hollywood!
Learn the hot choreographies that they performed there – directly from Ansuya!
Edgy Tribal Fusion Choreography November 7th From 12-2pm
Sassy Tribal Fusion Choreography November 21st from 12-2pm
Flirty Indian Fusion Choreography November 28th from 12-2pm
Pre-Register and SAVE!!
$65.00 IN ADVANCED
$175.00 IN ADVANCED FOR THE THREE CHOREOGRAPHY SERIES!
$75.00 At the door per Choreography!!
CALL US TO REGISTER (954)600-4478
Dreamsbellydance Academy
7909 Pines Blvd, Pembroke Pines FL 33024
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Aubre (California), Sherry (California) and Ansuya (Florida)!
AUBRE BIOGRAPHY.
Aubre has been studying dance since she was a child growing up in Seattle. Her dance background includes classical ballet, jazz, hiphop, tap, and her main passion, Middle Eastern bellydance. Studying with such esteemed talents as Suhaila Salimpour, Samara, Jamila Salimpour, Tamra-henna, Zahra Zuhair, Sahira (WA), Sahra Saeeda,
and many others, Aubre has developed her own beautiful and elegant style. She has shared stages with Cirque du Soleil and the Blue Man Group. Aubre performed with the BDSS as well as served as Assistant Director while touring extensively through Europe and North America and can be seen on the “Bellydance Superstars: Live at the Folies Bergere” dvd. Aubre is also the winner of the IBDC Professional competition and Fusion division for 2007. She is now the Artistic Director of the Lumina Bellydance Company.
Aubre teaches numerous workshops around the world, as well as classes in Los Angeles, where she resides. Her teaching style is known for its strong emphasis on technique, clear explanations, and a warm nurturing approach. She blends dance movement, pilates, and yoga for a full body workout specifically designed for bellydancers. She is also a certified classical pilates instructor. Aubre is on faculty at California State University, Los Angeles, teaching accredited bellydance and pilates classes and she teaches a full bellydance program at The Center of Worldance in Alhambra, CA.
Armed with exquisite technique and a pure soul, her dancing mesmerizes audiences everywhere.
SHERRY BIOGRAPHY.
Sherri – Tribal Fusion Bellydancer
Sherri has been a student of dance since the age of five with diverse experience ranging from ballet to gymnastics, jazz to modern and a large does of hip hop. Her passion for tribal bellydance began in 1999 when she began studying with the internationally celebrated Heather Stants, director of the influential Urban Tribal Dance Company. She soon became a full member performing with the company regularly at private events and dance festivals across the US.
Since then, Sherri has had the honor of working with many influential and critically acclaimed professional dance companies and performance groups. Among them are Desert Sin as a principal dancer and as a frequent featured guest performer with Atash Maya of San Diego, Lucent Dossier of Los Angeles and Lucha Va Voom also of Los Angeles.
Primarily a tribal fusion dancer, Sherri is distinguishable in her unique serpentine stylization, an interpretation that embodies something close to bellydance infused with contortionism. She is also an extremely versatile dancer and can morph from one extreme physical state to the next in an instant. As a very diverse performer who enjoys continually challenging herself, Sherri finds that dance theatre, a place where choreography, music, staging and costuming come together to form something much greater than the sum of their parts, is where she derives the most professional satisfaction.
Prior to her (now healed) back injury, Sherri’s latest professional coup was a coveted position as the newest tribal member of an internationally touring bellydance company. Sidelined from the tour in recovery, Sherri decided to start her own performance company and costuming line (coming soon), Cherchez La Femme (literal translation: “look to the woman” though the phrase is usually used in an infamous sense), a nickname given to her as a child by her late father.
Having relocated to Los Angeles in 2005, Sherri continues to study dance in various incarnations and teaches weekly tribal fusion dance classes at EION 2013 in Venice Beach. Sherri teaches and performs internationally.
ANSUYA BIOGRAPHY.
Ansuya is considered one of the most talented and accomplished performers, choreographers, instructors, and entrepreneurs in the Bellydance world today.
With thousands of students across the globe, numerous television appearances, an IAMED Best Cabaret Dancer of the year award and three Golden Belly Awards, Ansuya is a superstar in her field.
WHAT ARE ANSUYA’S LATEST PROJECTS?
Online Bellydance Classes with Ansuya at www.ansuya.com, has her reaching her worldwide fan base on a weekly basis providing them with top of the line Bellydance training with a fun TV show feel. With top selling instructional DVD’s on the market, acting experience including roles on Judging Amy and Days of Our Lives, and countless on camera press interviews, this was a natural progression for Ansuya. Her brand new dance company “Gypsy Sugar” showcases her unique style which she calls “Cabaribalusion”. This eclectic name blends Cabaret, Tribal and Fusion techniques (including Indian, Spanish, African, Gypsy, and Modern Egyptian) with her own innovations to create an extensive and impressive vocabulary that she uses in her choreographies. With an IAMED Best Troupe of the Year nomination for directing respected company “Yaliel”, inherited from her renowned mother and Bellydance teacher, Jenaeni, this troupe is already on the map with all eyes expecting more cutting edge material. Teaming up with new talent, Ozzy, on stage as her drummer and off stage as her boyfriend has fans eager to see their chemistry in live performances. Performing with the Bellydance Superstars at the Raks Brittania, Raks America and Raks LA festivals continues her pioneering work with this pivotal company, headed by legendary record producer Miles Copeland who named her a Bellydance Superstar when he invited her along with four other top Bellydancers to perform at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA and The Roxy in Hollywood, CA to kick off a Bellydance compilation CD. This was followed by a performance at the World Peace Music Awards in Bali, which was telecast live to millions. They then went on tour with the Lollapalooza rock festival, which garnered them the Rolling Stone magazine quote: “Must see of the second stage”. This was followed by their own touring with several trips across the U.S., Canada, and Europe gathering up press including the Jimmy Kimmel Live show, the John Mackenroe show, Otro Rollo, the Regis and Kelly Live Show, the Huell Howser show and MTV. They also did several press junkets in Borders Book Stores and Virgin Record Stores across the nation. With performances at the Victoria Theatre in Barcelona, Spain and the Folies Bergere theatre in Paris, France, the Bellydance Superstars are breaking ground in the world of dance. There are two documentaries about their journey – “Behind the Shimmy”, directed by Jordan Copeland and “American Bellydancer”, directed by John Brandise. “American Bellydancer” played at the Tiburon Film Festival in Northern California and has shown on PBS.
WHERE DID ANSUYA COME FROM?
Growing up in a small town called Ojai in California, as the daughter of renowned Bellydancer, Jenaeni, Ansuya’s first shining moments included being crowned “Miss Teen Ojai” and appearing as the little star of her mother’s annual Bellydance concerts. Her father, being of royal Indian descent, added mystique and legend to her artsy and somewhat hippy upbringing. Becoming a model for several local print jobs lead to an invitation to model in Tokyo, Japan. Moving to Hollywood became the next logical step where Ansuya appeared on television shows such as Jack and Jill, The Nanny, VIP, Weird Science, and the Jim Jay and Ann show, music videos for artists such as Beck and Sons of Funk and commercials for Fox and Toshiba. She can also be seen in the title sequence of the DVD version of the Bond film classic, Octopussy. Studying with leading acting coaches, such as Lynn Redgrave, Ansuya developed her additional talent as an actress and has had a recurring role on the daytime drama Days of our Lives and a guest spot on primetime series, Judging Amy.
To book Ansuya for a show or a seminar email ansuya@ansuya.com
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