From alia at earth-goddess.com Wed Aug 6 07:43:40 2008 From: alia at earth-goddess.com (Alia Thabit) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:43:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Dancenews] Dunya in VT this weekend! last minute discount Message-ID: <34362.71.80.42.3.1218023020.squirrel@webmail9.pair.com> Dunya of NYC Workshops and Performance Saturday & Sunday, August 9-10 All participants welcome to dance in the show.Interim advance discount (for those who spaced the deadline ;-}Both days: In advance, $115. Door $130. One day: In advance, $68. Door $75Paypal or cash in advance only. Please email for a paypal invoice, or pay with paypal to alia at earth-goddess.com. You must register by August 8 (Friday), to get this price. Heart Space Yoga Center 452 Railroad Street, St. Johnsbury, VT (above Kingdom Outdoors) Dunya Dianne McPherson is a Juilliard graduate, Sufi adept, and originator of the healing movement system, Dancemeditation (http://dancemeditation.org). She specializes in techniques that open the wonderment of deep, subtle, peaceful self-perception. Her approach to dance as a mystical communion opens doorways into the soul. Most workshops feel like a hard day of shopping, desperately searching for something to make you look beautiful. Dunya?s are like a day at the spa: you feel relaxed, refreshed, and perfectly beautiful, just naked in your own skin. Workshops Suitable for all dancers and movement artists seeking to enhance improvisation ability, feel the music, stop thinking on stage, or dance their true selves. Saturday, Dancemeditation: 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM Dancemeditation is a unique, integrated movement meditation system for healing self discovery. It approaches dance as a meditation and meditation as a dance. Both are an entwined opportunity to explore the relationships between self-&-other, self-&-cosmos, self-with-Self and self-to-the Divine Eternal. By encouraging receptivity, creativity and present-ness, Dancemeditation cultivates our inherent ability to heal and self-regulate. Sunday, Spiritual Bellydance: 11AM - 5 PM Explore this versatile, ancient, evolving, nature-connected dance as meditation and self restoration. Experience the beauty and mysticism in the dance by pursuing a somatic interior root of the form?s subtle isolations and trance-y rhythmic substrata. Bring a veil (extras will be on hand). Performance: Sat, 8/9 7:30 PM Dance performance and readings form her new work, Skin of Glass, plus performances by workshop participants Both days: In advance, $115. Door $130. One day: In advance, $68. Door $75 Show only: $10 at the door, space permitting. Space for the workshop is limited; please register early. No refunds except in case of event cancellation. To register, or for more information, please Call Alia at 802 324 0564, or email alia at earth-goddess.com. Thanks! AliaAlia Thabit Middle Eastern Dance Artist alia at earth-goddess.com; http://www.earth-goddess.com Vermont Arts Council Juried Artist; NEST Roster Artist -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alia at earth-goddess.com Thu Aug 14 10:58:23 2008 From: alia at earth-goddess.com (Alia Thabit) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:58:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Dancenews] Alia in Lebanon, NH this Saturday! (8/16), & upcoming classes... Message-ID: <38565.71.80.42.3.1218725903.squirrel@webmail2.pair.com> Sat August?16th: Potluck Workshops with Alia! Technique, combinations, structure, improvisation & fun with the fantabulous Alia Thabit! (www.earth-goddess.com). Bring fan, veil, and zills (extras available to borrow). This will be FUN! 10:30-12:00, Open to all levels - beginners welcome, upper levels challenged as well. 12:15-1:45, Intermediate/Advanced - previous dance experience highly recommended. $20 each, or take both for $35. Registration at the door. Workshop is at CCB, 1 Campbell St, Lebanon, NH. Map is here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+Campbell+Street+Lebanon,+NH&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title Upcoming Classes: One more Wednesday class in West Burke, Weds 8/20, 6-7:30 PM. $15 drop in, $12:50 for those who paid for the session. Then we take? break until... Alia'a Fall classes start Weds, Sept 24 at Catamount Arts NEW Theater, 6-7:30 PM. $15 drop-in; session prices TBA. Dance Experience highly recommended. A roller coaster of dance magic! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alia at earth-goddess.com Thu Aug 14 11:17:38 2008 From: alia at earth-goddess.com (Alia Thabit) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:17:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Dancenews] Mosaic Ensemble Sat, 9/20-21, ST Johnsbury, VT Message-ID: <38613.71.80.42.3.1218727058.squirrel@webmail2.pair.com> Hi folks, Please pass this on, esp to any musicians or music teachers you know. Thanks! Middle Eastern Nights Presented by Earth-Goddess Productions, in association with Catamount Arts, 115 Eastern Ave, St. Johnsbury, VT. First event in the NEW Catamount Theatre. Woo-hoo! Mosaic Ensemble from Boston, w/ Fred Elias: 9/20-21: Middle Eastern Music Theory and Performance Workshops, Master Classes & Evening ConcertSaturday, Sept. 20, 7:30 PM: Evening Concert w/ Dance performance by Alia Thabit. Recital with workshop participants. Open Floor Dance Party.? Dance till you drop! Concert: Advance Tickets: $10. Catamount members, $8. Kids, $5. Door: $12. Catamount members, $10. Kids, $5 Tickets available at Catamount Arts, (802) 748-2600, M-F, 1-6 PM Arabic Music & Dance Workshops Saturday, Sept 20 2-3:30 Principles of Middle Eastern Music (Freddy & Mike): Maqam, Taqsim (improvisation), Rhythms (suitable for dancers as well as musicians) 2-3:30 Dancing to Live Music (optional dancer class w/Alia) 4-5:30 Dancer- Musician Interaction for Live Performance (Freddy, Mike, & Alia) Sunday, Sept 21 11 :30AM - 1 :30 PM. Semi-private Arabic Music Master Classes (Freddy & Mike) Violin, Hand Drum, Sax/Clarinet, Oud, or adapt your own. **Musicians must be proficient on their instruments.** Space very limited. Please call Alia for availability (802) 324 0564 Advance purchase: Saturday, $60. Sunday Master Class, $50. Full Weekend, $100 (includes Concert). Must purchase by September 4. Door purchase (space permitting): $70/$60/$120 All events at Catamount Arts 115 Eastern Ave, St. Johnsbury, VT. Send Checks to Alia Thabit, 16 North Ridge Road, West Burke, VT 05871. For Credit Card payment, please call Catamount Arts, (802) 748-2600, M-F, 1-6 PM, or email Alia at earth-goddess.com to request paypal invoice. The Mosaic Ensemble performs Arabic, Turkish, Greek, & Armenian music at festivals, concerts, nightclubs, etc. Frederick Elias, virtuoso violinist, is of Lebanese heritage. Trained at the Boston Conservatory of Music, he combines his knowledge of Western classical and popular music with his love for Arabic, Greek and Armenian music. Freddy has pleased audiences for almost six decades. He has appeared at Lincoln Center in New York and the Chicago Opera House, enjoyed a two-year stint in Las Vegas, and performed for King Saud and Prince Khalid of Saudi Arabia. Mike Gregian is a master musician with 35 years of professional experience, performing at belly dance hot spots, including the Averof, the Athenian Corner and the Middle East Restaurant. He?s a drummer (Middle Eastern, Greek and Armenian) as well as clarinetist and saxophonist. Costa Maniatakos has played oud with the Ensemble for over a decade. Alia Thabit Middle Eastern Dance Artist alia at earth-goddess.com; http://www.earth-goddess.com Vermont Arts Council Juried Artist; NEST Roster Artist -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alia at earth-goddess.com Sun Aug 17 10:21:38 2008 From: alia at earth-goddess.com (Alia Thabit) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:21:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Dancenews] Bellyqueen is coming to VT! Message-ID: <45333.71.80.42.3.1218982898.squirrel@webmail6.pair.com> Please spread the word! (to unsub, just ask) Bellyqueen is coming to VT! http://www.bellyqueen.com/bq_mov2006_lg.html Sunday, October 5, 2008 13 dancers! Bellyqueen? Dance Theater is a professional world dance company based in New York city directed by Kaeshi Chai, and co-founded by Amar Gamal. The Bellyqueen dance repertoire encompasses bellydancing in it's traditional "Raks Sharqi" format, as well as Middle-Eastern dance blended with other dance forms such as popping, hip-hop, modern, jazz, ballet, gypsy, flamenco, chinese and afro-haitian. http://www.bellyqueen.com From alia at earth-goddess.com Mon Aug 18 15:29:24 2008 From: alia at earth-goddess.com (Alia Thabit) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:29:24 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Dancenews] Where will Bellyqueen be in VT? Message-ID: <49045.71.80.42.3.1219087764.squirrel@webmail6.pair.com> Hi everyone Where will Bellyqueen be in VT? Good question! I am looking into an appropriate venue. It will probably be over here near St. Johnsbury (though I haven't ruled out another part of the state). Due to the tour schedule, they will be no workshops :-{ (though we may have them back later for that). Mark your calendars for Sunday, October 5! love, Alia Alia Thabit Middle Eastern Dance Artist alia at earth-goddess.com; http://www.earth-goddess.com Vermont Arts Council Juried Artist; NEST Roster Artist