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Through their participation in dance festivals, collaborative productions with other artists, and benefit shows for community events, as well as private performances, FCBD has established a strong professional reputation in and out of the Bay Area for performing as well. http://www.fcbd.com |
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In 2008, Colette established Scarlet Thistle Studio in Hood River, OR as her home base for teaching. The following year she founded Scarlet Thistle Belly Dance, a performance troupe that performs at festivals and shows throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 2011, Colette became the resident American Tribal Style (ATS) instructor at Datura, Rachel Brice’s studio in Portland. She brings nearly a decade of belly dance teaching experience to both studios and to workshops throughout the area. Her goal is to continue to develop as a dancer and to inspire others to discover how dance and creativity can drastically improve their life. http://youtu.be/asmNbgGZqHw |
Most of all, Kajira is the original Creator and “Chief Imagineer” of the Kajira Djoumahna/BlackSheep BellyDance (KD/BSBD) Format and is the Founder and Teacher of BSBD and its earlier incarnations, as well as hundreds of other individuals and troupes around the world. Kajira and BlackSheep BD feel technique is necessary only to facilitate the experience of the loftier goal of complete and total JOY while in the moment with others! We feel this format and the way it is taught is a vehicle for healing on so many levels. It is much more than a series of steps... She is author of the famous Tribal Bible (currently sold out of its 6th printing), which has become known as “a rich and incredibly well-researched and documented resource for dancers of all styles”. Kajira’s most influential teachers in her dance life include Carolena Nericcio of FCBD, with whom she spent 8 years as a student and as a member of her various student performance troupes, Elizabeth Artemis Mourat, Delilah, Suhaila & Jamila Salimpour, TerriAnne, Deanne Adams, Tempest, Rachel Brice, Laurel Victoria Gray, Morocco and Sarala Dandekar. |
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Kami has studied various dance styles throughout her life, but found her true passion, Belly Dance, when she was 18 years old. She began to study cabaret style belly dance until she found Fat Chance Belly Dance and began to study their videos religiously. Today Kami refers to her style as a modern fusion of an ancient dance. As she began to perform as a soloist she began to incorporate other styles into her ATS repertoire such as modern, hip hop jazz and bhangra dance. Kami has earned a degree in Art with a Minor in Dance from the University of Nevada, Reno and has been nominated for 'Best Interpretive Artist" for 2005 and 2007 by Zaghareet Magazine. She joined Bellydance Superstars in 2005 and is a contributing choreographer as well as the director of the Tribal Superstars. Kami recently relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area. |
With over 13years experience in bellydance and classical dance Lacey has an exciting,energetic and informative style of teaching that every student young and old, new and seasoned can benefit from. Find more information about Lacey Florida Tribal Dance and all it’s events and classes at: www.FloridaTribalDance.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjv473XA5pM&feature=related |
Lava - a Vancouver performer, bellydance instructor, as well as director and choreographer of Tribal Fusion bellydance troupe “Sisters of Alchemy”. Lava has taught bellydance for over 10 years, and nationally and internationally since 2007. Lava produces her dance company "Sisters of Alchemy", which she has developed (SOA)'s style into its "rockin-lockin", "smooth-groove", "grounded-beauty" & "Kick up Your Heels-nonstop-Rock n Roll ride"! She also produces her ATS dance nights "Sisters of Alchemy's Tribal Soiree" - Lava's Student Dance night & Tribal Mixer!, and SOA's full length show "Dark Arts & Parlour Tricks" - a tribal fusion bellydance revue, a mixed media fusion show, with a definite Vaudevillian flavour. (Lava is currently producing new works for "Dark Arts & Parlour Tricks" - 2011 version) In addition to her dance career, Lava is also working on her clothing/costume design project "Sideshow Frock n Roll Collection", that was first introduced this summer at her Open Trunk Vintage Jam Night - the premier event for the Arist Collective - Open Trunk Vintage. www.opentrunkvintage.ca - coming soon www.sistersofalchemy.com |
Mimi Fontana is a driving force in the rapid growth of New York City’s Tribal Belly Dance community. After years in competitive ice skating and a decade as a professional touring and studio musician (bass guitar), Mimi Fontana turned her prodigious artistic attention toward ethnic dance – primarily American Tribal Style (ATS) belly dance. In 2006, she founded Manhattan Tribal, New York City's first ATS dance company. Studying with Carolena Nericcio, creator of ATS and Director of Fat Chance Belly Dance (FCBD) in San Francisco, Mimi received multiple certifications in the FCBD format, and was granted Sister Studio status in 2008. In addition to regularly teaching multiple ATS classes in NYC, and the workshops she is invited to conduct nationally and overseas, Mimi is an AFAA group fitness instructor specializing in Pilates, Boot Camp and Older Adult Movement. While preserving ATS belly dance in its true form, Mimi and Manhattan Tribal add their own brand of NYC flavor, infusing their performances with high energy and exciting combinations that have become their signature style. In 2011, World Dance New York released “Tribal Revival: American Tribal Style Bellydance Variations and Combinations with Mimi Fontana”. Mimi's goal is to spread awareness of the beauty and complexity of American Tribal Style Belly Dance. For more information please visit: www.ManhattanTribal.com |
Molly co-formed TribalTique in the summer of 2004 with Julia DiVerdi in an effort to further explore and create a new vision of Tribal Style Belly Dance in Northern Colorado. TribalTique’s unique style combines classic American Tribal Style posture, vocabulary, and improvisational cue dancing with polished technique and cutting edge Tribal Fusion. TribalTique currently teaches and performs both Tribal Improvisational and Tribal Fusion styles. In addition to continued study with teachers across the nation, Molly completed the General Skills Certification in ATS with Carolena Nericcio in 2007, and in 2008, she became a certified and registered yoga instructor. Youtube links from previous Cues and Tattoo’s performances: |
 SAMANTHA RIGGS OF PORTICO:Samantha Riggs is the Founder, Director and Choreographer for Portico Dance Company - http://www.facebook.com/porticodanceco - which is based in Bellingham, WA where she lives and teaches weekly classes. Her past directorial projects include Boom Boom Bollywood, The Sexy Scallywags Dance Circus and Fyrae fire arts troupe. She is a core performer with Jamila Lotus Renaissance bellydance troupe and was the assistant director as well as a core dancer, teacher, musician and choreographer for Domba Tribal Fusion Dance Troupe (winners of the 2006 Zaghareet “Best Troupe” award) from 1996 until their peaceful dissolution in late 2006. Samantha has traveled the world teaching Bollywood Style Dance, Bhangra, Tribal Style Bellydance, Tribal Fusion, Fire Arts and Fight Choreography for Dancers. She specializes in Bollywood and Bhangra dance and has taught and performed both traditional and original choreographies in those forms, as well as developing a vocabulary of improvisational “Bollywood Tribal” combinations. Her latest obsessions are with “Golden Age” Bollywood and folk style bhangra, as well as getting back to the roots of bellydance in America and incorporating good ol' fashioned cabaret style into Portico's repertoire using Laz, Aksak and Sama'i rhythms. Her innovative “Minnat Kare” choreography won Boom Boom Bollywood first place in the Aashiyana All-Indus Dance Competition in 2007. Recently she has taught classes and performed in England, Scotland, California, Texas, Washington, Oregon and Chicago. For Samantha, Art is really all about saving the World through an unadulterated, fearless and unapologetic expression of Love and belief in the benevolence of others. Samantha is also a tall ship sailor and gunner. She can often be found somewhere off the west coast of the United States or Canada, 70-90 feet in the air in the rigging, hauling like mad on a halyard, happily covered in pine tar or firing the black powder deck and swivel guns of the c.1750-replica brig Lady Washington. Samantha has moved to the Pacific Northwest in order to build or renovate a ship and begin a life of seasteading (also involving lots of dance, of course!). YouTube vids - |
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His passion and confidence made him a perfect match for Atash Maya when he moved to San Diego in 2005. Here he has mastered brilliant fire performance, American Tribal Style, and fusing Tribal with dance forms as varied as Indian Classical, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Breakdance, Salsa, Modern, and Pop Locking. In 2007 he won 1st place in the Arabesque belly dancing competition. Steven is especially intuitive about connecting with students in classes and workshops, making sure they really grasp each lesson. His unconventional thinking shines through in his teaching, encouraging everyone to try a new perspective. Whether you study with him or see him perform, you will agree with those who have dubbed him otherworldly and “the most beautiful boy in bellydance”. |
