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Ariellah
Ariellah performs belly dance all over the world.
She studied classical ballet with the Royal Academy of Dance of London
for twelve years and has studied and performed belly dance for the past
six years, both with Janine Ryle of Danse Mahgreb and as a founding member
of The Indigo with Rachel Brice.
Her style infuses traditional Middle Eastern dance
with a modern, very dark flavour, that is uniquely her own.
She was most recently featured on the first of
its kind “Gothic Belly Dance” DVD and also has her own instructional
DVD and currently has other DVD projects in the works.
Ariellah will be teaching her YOGA INFUSED BELLY DANCE workshop on Sunday.
See Workshops link above.
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SooozhyQ
Susanna Goldenstein, otherwise known as “SooozhyQ”
started studying Middle Eastern percussion in 1994 and performing regularly
in 1997. Based in SF, she has also performed in L.A, San Diego, Portland
and Eugene OR, and New York City. She loves working with belly dancers,
having played for 9 years at Amira Restaurant in San Francisco for amazing
soloists Nanna Candelaria, Aliena, Jill Parker, Elizabeth Strong, Zoe
Jakes, and Rachel Brice. At Amira she has accompanied many talented musicians
such as Mary Ellen Donald (her first Middle Eastern percussion instructor),
Mimi Spencer, Nazir Latouf, Susu Pampanin, Faisal Zedan, Reda Darwish
and Vince Delgado.
She has a strong passion for blending traditional
Middle Eastern rhythms with electronic dance music/culture. She collaborates
regularly with Amar, a vibrant member of San Francisco’s world influenced
DJ culture and co-founder of Electric Vardo, and is a resident of fantastically
fun Triple Power monthly party with co-founders Giamma and Shanti.
SooozhyQ is also a former member of the Strong
Current Dance Company, an all woman modern dance company performing works
that comment on women’s roles through a feminist perspective, and
has performed with Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, also a modern dance
company, committed to cross-cultural collaboration and to creating dance
that is women identified, spiritual, passionate, and inclusive of all
its member voices.
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Freyja
Freyja began her study of dance in early childhood.
Her mother studied Flamenco Dance in Spain and performed it on tour across
Europe. Freyja’s dance background includes ballet, jazz, hip hop,
ballroom, salsa, club dancing, flamenco and Indian dance.
She has developed her own unique style drawing
from many of these sources. Freyja has studied American Cabaret, Turkish
and Egyptian styles of belly dance, as well as American Tribal style,
which later led to Tribal Fusion. Most recently she has taken up Indonesian
dance which she is performing with the San Francisco based group Harsanari.
Freyja has performed all over California , including
the Staples Center (home of the LA Lakers), The Ford Ampitheatre and various
restaurants and nightclubs. She has also performed extensively in the
North East and Europe.
FREYJA will be teaching her POPS AND LOCKS workshop on Sunday. See Workshops
link above.
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Amar
Amar is amongst a handful of local DJs whose taste
cuts a path through an abundance of musical selectionsand leads dancefloors
into a hypnotic sway like snakesbefore the charmer. In this instance the
muse is a masala that brews sounds from the Middle East and Balkans with
rhythms of the Asian underground and electric Brazilian vibes. Whether
its breaks, bhangra, house, drum & bass or downtempo the global nature
of Amar’s sets bridge a multi-culti span from the world to the Bay
Area.
As a DJ and promoter, he has collaborated and shared
the bill with some of the Bay Area's & world's most innovative Musicians,
DJs and dancers including DJ Dragonfly DJ Sep, Dhamaal, Cheb i Sabbah,
Soulsalaam, Ultra Gypsy, Urban Tribal, Dhol Rhythms, Nitin Sawhney, Lorin,
Nader, Unmata, Midival Punditz, Sila and the Afrofunk Experience, SooozhyQ,
Beats Without Borders, State of Bengal, Karsh Kale, Sub Swara, Frederique,
Ariellah, Freyja, Zoe, Rachel Brice and others.
Producer and resident of the bay area's Global
Gypsy night ELECTRIC VARDO, Amar regularly performs at SFs hottest venues
including Club Six, DNA Lounge, Nickie's, 1015 Folsom, 111 Minna, Mighty,
El Rio, Underground SF, Rickshaw Stop & Elbo Room with Dhamaal, Nonstop
Bhangra, Triple Power, Worldly, & the Groove Garden, plus other ongoing
and special events & festivals in CA, Oregon, Hawaii, Canada &
beyond.
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Unmata
UNMATA is a professional, multi-award-winning,
bellydance fusion troupe based in Sacramento, CA .Formed
in 2003 by Hot Pot Studio’s artistic director Amy Sigil, UNMATA’s
current members are Shelly DeCant, Luna Taylor, Casey Staub, and Kari
VanderZwaag.
The high-energy teamforce of UNMATA is known for
extreme choreography, inventive Tribal improvisation, and for tapping
into an unmistakable divine inebriation on and off stage.
UNMATA’s 2007 agenda includes teaching and
performing their distinct “Tough Love” style nationally and
internationally, tri-hosting the first annual Tribal Throwdown in March,
and producing the Seventh Annual Blood Moon Regale in Sacramento on Halloween
weekend.
UNMATA holds the 2007 title “Tribal Fusion
Group of the Universe.”
Amy Sigil will be teaching her UNMATA 110% workshop on Sunday. See Workshops
link above.
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Romka . . . Mavi &
Belladonna
Washington DC's premier tribal fusion duo Romka
mingles the ancient and modern to create a new and captivating performance
experience. Romka dances along the edge of tribal and fusion belly dance
through skilled fusion of global dance forms and cultural elements.
Mavi
Mavi is a Washington, DC-based belly dance artist
known for sensual grace and compelling presence. She
has shared the stage with national and international acts, including the
Peter Murphy, the Dresden Dolls, and Corvus Corax.
With her partner Belladonna, she performs and teaches
with the tribal fusion dance company Romka. Mavi
is also a member of DCTribal, a collective of tribal belly dancers.
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Serpentine
Serpentine is Portlands Premiere Theatrical Fire
Fusion Bellydance Troupe created by Aradia and Lucretia Renee.
This innovative duet explores the ancient art of
storytelling through spectacle and ritual using eclectic musical influences
from Arabic, Indian, Goth, Experimental, and more.
Along with creating our own costumes, stage props,
and fire dancing equipment, Serpentine collaborates with various performers
and musicians always resulting in a unique experience.
Serpentine honors, borrows, and blends old myths
entrancing audiences everywhere. Sets are either improvisational, elaborately
choreographed, or both. Ignite and share in the unveiling process of reclaiming
the dark and spinning back into the light.
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Sashi
Sashi is an internationally recognized performer,
instructor and choreographer based in Orange County, California. Sashi
has been a student of dance for nineteen years and began studying African
Haitian and West African dance while a student at San Francisco State
University.
In the years following, Sashi found Middle Eastern
dance to be the style she was most drawn to as it spoke to her Semitic
roots and aesthetic interests. She has studied many forms of Middle Eastern
dance including American Tribal Style Bellydance, Tribal Fusion Bellydance,
Gothic Bellydance, Egyptian and Lebanese Cabaret Bellydance, Israeli and
Turkish Debke, Saidi, and Nubian Folkloric dances.
She is most recognized for her alluring and dynamic
performances of Gothic Tribal Fusion Bellydance and Improvisational Tribal
Fusion Bellydance.
Inspired by the “Spirit of the Dance”,
Sashi views bellydance as the honoring of the divine feminine by creating
spiritual and physical unions through movement.
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Lapsus
Lapsus. creepy. experimental. the sensual succubi
of intoxicating night terrors. exploring the darkness of the mind's eye.
She that challenges. She that places fear in the hearts of the weak.
Part of the ever-changing and rapidly-evolving
American belly dance revolution, Lapsus performs American Tribal Fusion
Bellydance incorporating fire, theatrics, evocative music, and other dark
delights. Lapsus places no limits on the collective creative output, nor
can define what it may or may not become.
Based in the SF Bay Area and on/off since 2000,
Lapsus is a bellydance collective currently consisting of founding members
Keri Langwell and Meliza Wells, and newest members Erin Harper, Andrea
Costantino, and Tanja Odzak. Lapsus's long and vivid history, boasts the
priviledge to have danced with many notable, talented and beautiful performers.
Past members: Shawna Rai, Sharon Kihara, Jo Dankosky, Carrie Arata, Deb
Campbell. Guest Performers: Ariellah
~ In our arms, you are safe... probably...
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Jennifer
Faust
-- NOTE: Due to family medical circumstances, Jennifer will be
out of town and will not be performing this year at Shadowdance. She will
join us Next Year for sure --
Jennifer Faust began dancing at the age of three
and trained in classical and contemporary ballet for 16 years before discovering
bellydance.
She fell in love with the art form after seeing
Ultra Gypsy's first Undulation and began immediate study with Jill Parker.
Jennifer was then asked to join the Suhaila Dance Company and was a member
from 2005-2006. Jennifer then sought out
and trained with Ariellah Aflalo and is currently an honored member of
Ariellah's bellydance troupe.
Jennifer also collaborates with good friend Freyja
and while pursuing a solo career. In her 'spare time' Jennifer is a Registered
Nurse and trains in Muay Thai Kickboxing.
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Aixela
Opium's Queen at the threshold of aggression. The
bondage of flesh, and temptation of mind. Anathematic hands cross boundaries
of ritual and divinity.
AIXELA is choreographed by Zaskia (The Black Sun,
Headless Lizzy & Her Icebox Pussy) and Syrai (VIAL Magazine, Orbis
Nex).
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Mitara
Mitara is a belly dance performer,who just migrated
from the east coast,
Boston, MA, to the west, Oakland, Ca.
Beginning her dance career in the southeastern
United States, her dance studies include Tango, Flamenco, Egyptian, American
cabaret, tribal fusion, and ATS tribal styles.
She is known for her unique stage presence, world
fusion themed pieces, and spellbinding double sword routines. Her love
of dance has taken her all over the US and the World.
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Anaar
Anaar is a long time practicing witch in the Feri
Tradition and brings to her performances a large body of dark lore and
ritual.
Her body of work focus on sensual ecstasy and expressionistic
storytelling. She walks between the worlds, dancing between technique
and passion. Every performance is an homage to her Triple Muse; Mystery,
Power and Ritual.
Fear not to step into the circle, Fear not to dance
with the Fey.
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DJ Decay
His focus has always about the feelings evoked
by the music and the community it creates.
He's always approached this responsibility exactly
the same way. He never plans a set. He's never routine or predictable.
. He never just 'settles' for what's current or being played by every
other DJ. He puts on a track and goes from there and gladly takes you
with him. His versatility enables him to adapt to any crowd or environment.
His style ranges from standard gothic and industrial, with some strange
tendencies, to synth-pop and eighties but he might surprise you with some
dark, dirty secrets, too. DJing has enabled him to get closer to the music
and has given him the first opportunity to express all that he has to
offer.
David, "Decay" has accumulated a variety
of credits and has been promoting a weekly club every Monday for the last
fourteen years. He has also has played with and for some of the top bands
in this genre, old and new.
Decay currently holds a weekly residency at Death
Guild, in San Francisco, (one of the longest running clubs in the world).
He also has multiple guest spots all over the bay area and country.
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Erebus Lavoie:
Erebus performs tribal fusion and gothic belly
dance in the bay area. She is
also the Co-director of the Solano county based tribal fusion dance troupe,
Syrinx.
A life long obsession with all things dark she
embraces the opportunity to entertain fusing her gothic repertoire with
belly dance. Her inspirations include vampires Tim Burton and other things
that go bump in the night.
Early in her career she studied traditional Egyptian
cabaret under the direction of Solano County belly dancer, Jenia. Today
she studies gothic belly dance under the direction of the dark goddess
herself, Ariellah. Erebus had also has studied with dancers Rachel Brice
and Jill Parker.
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Cera
Bio coming soon
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Haven
Bio coming soon
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Auberon
Currently residing in San Francisco, Auberon is
a master of American Tribal style dance, Afro Cuban dance, a Yoga and
Martial arts, Modern dance and Spanish forms of dance from Flamenco to
Salsa.
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Surprise Guest (s)
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MC BaDgeR
- Mistress of Ceremonies
our MC for the night
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Little
Boy Blue
- Stage Manager
After almost a lifetime of working as a desposable
cigarette lighter repairman in Europe, Bruce now lives as a hobo in the
United States, traveling from state to state, juggling rats, birds and
insects for food, and sometimes he can be seen doing cartwheels behind
hot dog vendors.
During his off season, he enjoys needlepoint work
and stage managing.
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Cliff
- Visuals
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Tom & Mia
- Oakland Metro venue managers
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