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Monthly Archives: September 2005
baltimore city paper is bored with bellydance
from the baltimore city paper, we get this small item, quoted in its entirety:
Best Trend We’d Like to Throw a Robe On
Belly DancingIt’s not that we’re inherently anti-belly dancing. We love that you don’t need to be a waif to dress like Barbara Eden and undulate. It’s just that it feels like wherever we go, from rock shows and art openings to fundraisers and corporate cocktail parties, the night is not complete until a couple of barefoot chicks with bells on their fingers have writhed for a while. At first we oohed and ahhed along, but at this point we’ve reached our belly-dancing limit. Are we really so incapable of being entertained by the shaking of our own and our fellow partiers’ asses that our hosts have to hire people to do it? Well, as people who never get tired of our own ass shakings, we say no.
now it’s time for me to editorialize a bit… and i am inherently pro-bellydancing.
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BDSS resident company
looks like the bellydance superstars have landed themselves a resident gig at the monte carlo resort (see “monte carlo resort” then “nightlife” then “le cabaret”).
the site claims:
Sixteen gorgeous dancers will perform to tribal, techno, rock and oriental rhythms reminiscent of the poetic and bewitching world of the Arabian Nights.
Open from Wednesday to Saturday. Bar/Restaurant open from 8:30 pm, with the show beginning at 10:30 pm.
sixteen is an expanded company (i think the superstars have been touring with twelve), and the show opened last week (september 14).
haven’t seen any reviews yet…
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BDSS United States winter 2006 tour
the itinerary for the first few months of 2006 is now posted, so here are a few minutes’ thoughts on the superstars as they kick off 2006…
the first thing i need to say is that this tour is a lot less rock-and-roll and a lot more dancer-compatible. the average leg is a little more than 200 miles, which is actually a bit longer than the fall 2005 schedule (before it was cancelled), but more importantly, the long legs are matched to dark days more consistently than anything the superstars have done in the past. the short version is that this means a better show, for many inter-related reasons.
the other general note is that the venues seem to be up a notch or two – bigger and more formal presentation space. this also means a better show.
here’s the information i have. many venues are not announced yet, so there’s not much i can do with that. venues i’m familiar with in some manner have capacity in parens. total, with this plan is 67 days covering 14652 miles, which works out to 219 miles/day.
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congratulations pure dc adventures
just a quick note to thank all the “foreign” pure dancers for stopping by dc and doing what they do…. i hope the city treated you well, and i hope you had a wonderful visit.
thanks to the local pure contingent for putting together a very busy weekend.
and congratulations to all of pure for expanding their ritual. Continue reading →