Category: Bellydance

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

We’re getting some good press with this show – yay! Tomorrow morning I go down to the CBC for a radio interview (live – yikes!), and Friday an article will be out in the Whitehorse Star. And today, What’s Up Yukon published a fabulous article on me and Rockin the Casbah. Here’s the link: Check… Continue reading media coverage

 Now I don’t want anyone to take this the wrong way – especially any of my troupe – because I know how hard they work and how much they want this. ..and because I want them to feel a tremendous sense of ownership in it. But here is a selfish thing I am going to… Continue reading Show update #2