Heads up Mesmera Students:
NOVEMBER11/1 – Thursday LACC 5pm + 6pm with Ava
NO 11/2 – Friday 10am
NO 11/3 – Saturday 1pm
11/3 – Saturday LACC 10am + 11am with Anna
11/5 CLASSES resume as normal until Winter Holidays
Mesmera Class Updates September 22, 2007
New IAMED Video Release September 20, 2007
Okay, this will look a bit like a Tamra-henna love fest with the class change post below, and of course I will admit, I’m a big fan and devoted student of hers so bias noted.
That said – excellent new DVD release from IAMED. Run, don’t walk to buy. Link for the IAMED store is here.
Class Updates September 18, 2007
Tamra-henna Advanced Classes Update:
I will be combining my Monday night Intermediate and Advanced
classes. My current schedule is below. This is a reminder to the
Advanced students. It begins this evening. All classes are taught
through the Pacific Arts Center. For those of you who have classes
left on your card, bring your cards to class and sign in at the front
desk. You will not lose your classes!
Mondays:
6:00 pm- 7:00 pm Beginning
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Intermediate/Advanced
Wednesdays:
10:00 am – 11:00 am Beginning/Intermediate
TimeOut Showcase Date Change September 17, 2007
September showcase will be Wednesday the 19th instead of the 12th.
Check out the Showcase tab up there in the right corner for more info and contact details.
Silver Lake Showcase September 17, 2007
A new showcase on the east side.
Meryem Vani’s Bellydance Showcase, a celebration of bellydance and bellydancers. September 27th 7:30 – 9:30. More information from Meryem Vani at MeryemVani@aol.com or calling her (323) 819-1948. Tsunami Cafe at 4019 Sunset Boulevard (five blocks east of the Vista Theater in Los Feliz) in Silverlake. The phone number is (323) 661-7771. Parking in on the street, but this is a Thursday so that shouldn’t be a problem. The theatre is downstairs to the right as you step inside the cafe (which serves a variety of coffees, teas and pastries). For more information please check out http://www.sunsetjunction.org/ (payment for the venue has gone to the Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance).
1st Annual Beirut Nights Belly Dance Competition September 17, 2007
6 SPECTACULAR NIGHTS OF PURE BELLYDANCE GLAMOUR
September 19th
Performances by favorite belly dancers and up and coming talent.
Followed by a special guest appearance.
Program concludes with Live Band led by Percussion Master Gamal Gomaa playing top Arabic hits with crazy Gamal beats and dancing all night. (more…)
Zahra’s Idyllwild Dance Camp – 10/11-14/07 September 17, 2007
Don’t miss out – ZZ’s dance camp in beautiful Idyllwild. Buckhorn Camp.Weekend Dance Intensive with Zahra Zuhair. Zahra will teach technique, combinations, new choreographies. Zahra provides campers with no-frills video of choreographies. (more…)
Shows around town September 17, 2007
Just a little reminder about various shows and regular featured dancers around town:
Wahibs in Alhambra. Fri and Sat night
shows: Sahlala dancers 10ish, Tamra-henna around midnight.
Dinner (food is amazing) about $45; Show only – cover is about $25. (626) 281-1006
Cayenne Mediterannean Cafe, Los Angeles, 7169 Beverly Blvd.,
(323) 857-1252; Friday night show, 8:30 and 9:30 featuring Aubre. (more…)
Event Heads Up for 07-08 September 16, 2007
2007
- Leela’s Arabia Exotica with Bellyqueen, October 6-7, 2007
with workshops by Bellyqueen on Saturday
- Zahra’s Idyllwild Dance Camp, October11-14, 2007
- Heather Stants Workshop – October 20, 2007 – 1252 N. Monte
Vista, #11 in Upland, CA. 91786.
- Sohaila’s fabulous Belly Dance Cruise to the Mexican
Riviera, March 21st-29th, 2008.
2008
- Leila Haddad at UCLA Live, March ‘08
- The EDA Annual Weeklong Summer Intensive 2008 - San Diego,
CA – Sunday, July 6, 2008
Leila Cairo Workshop Date Change September 16, 2007
DATE CHANGE: October 27th and 28th are the dates
SATURDAY, 2:30 – 6 pm
Saidi and Nubian for the Oriental Dancer
Technique and Improvisation and Drum solo technique improvisation
SUNDAY, 2:30 – 6pm
Classical Egyptian Music with Contemporary Dance Technique & Choreography (more…)
