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In Tuesday’s posting I talked about finding the music for Baba Mama on a cd that I purchased at a workshop. What joy! And more joy – the music for Habibity was on the same CD. Again, the artist was not listed. When I heard this music I was instantly transported away into movement. Sometimes you… Continue reading Rockin’ the Casbah Notes: habibity

In some ways this dance came together very easily and in other ways it was very difficult. The basic bones of the dance came out early on and made a consistent solid spine to build the dance on. Fleshing it out took a little more effort. Sometimes I have a choreography finished and then only… Continue reading Rockin’ the Casbah Notes: women’s gulf dance

I thought it would be fun to write about some of the pieces that you saw in Rockin the Casbah last week. I haven’t been able to say much about them for fear of spoiling the surprise. But now I have lots of material for lots of posts! yay! Every choreography has a story. Here… Continue reading Rockin’ the Casbah Notes: Baba Mama

I walked onto the stage yesterday afternoon. Instead of bare risers where we had been using our imaginations to fill with musicians, there were chairs and muisc stands, mics and cords. The boom was down and William (sound tech) was stringing the mics that will fly over the band. The set was dressed – the… Continue reading Tech Rehearsal

The initial idea for Rockin’ the Casbah came out of the challenge to create a new piece for the SYIDA show last June.  I have been fascinated by kitchen dances for a long time. You know…when you are by yourself and the music comes on, prompting you to stop emptying the dishwasher and just dance? Some of my best work… Continue reading Choroegrapher’s Notes – the SYIDA connection