I'm tired of debating and defending and arguing and considering and tempering and...I'm tired. Today. Tomorrow I may catch a 35th wind. But for today, I am tired.I feel like I have to defend tribal on two fronts sometimes. From the "outside" with people who would say that tribal isn't even bellydance, and from the "inside" for those would would make it anything and everything you feel on a whim an...
I just got an e-mail from an online friend who lives in Belgium--I know her from Bhuz and tribe. She was apparently vacationing in Iceland this week...and ran into one of my students! Joy has been taking with me for about a year, and was taking a two week vacation in Iceland to attend the Sugar Cubes reunion tour there. They happened to run into one another in a shop someplace, got to talking, an...
Poll #861265 Tribal Fusion Hula HoopOpen to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 23Do you consider the hula hoop...View Answersbellydance0(0.0%)tribal0(0.0%)tribal fusion1(4.3%)none of the above22(95.7%)I'm just putting it right up front: I consider it not at all bellydance, tribal, or tribal fusion. I consider it a fusion dance of sorts (more modern or interpretive), but not be...
So I am ruminating on a new workshop title/subject. Essentially, the workshop would revolve around the idea that you don't have to be serious to have ATTITUDE in tribal! I want to teach a workshop on how to inject sass and moxie and power in your performances WITHOUT pasting on a serious mug. How to be upbeat and positive, accessible and even playful, and still exude control and strength. How to ...
Been a busy time lately, but really good.Last night was the first class of the "fall" season, and BOOM. I had over 40 students show up. I had to turn people away, and I felt awful about it. :( They were really nice about it, but it just kills me to have people show up and for me to say, "Thanks for coming all this way, but...". They stayed to try the class, and said they would sign up for a futur...
Camp was a blast.I am so awful at writing about fun and wonderful things. They feel so big and important to remember that I feel daunted at the prospect of trying to capture it in words. Oftentimes, I feel like I write very dry, play-by-play accounts, lacking any "storytelling" qualities. I am guessing that is how this post is gonna go...The short start to this story is that Oasis West was in dan...
So the funny thing about my life is that *part* of the reason I started my own business was to be able to work on my own time--not tied to the 8-5 schedule, so to speak. And for a few years, it worked that way.Now that I teach so much more, and do so little work at home these days, I am feeling a bit tied down again. Every night at 8pm I have commitments. During the day I am lesson planning, updat...
Sorry I have been so out of touch, dear friends. I just have not had time or inclination to write. Feels like a ton has happened, but *shrug*This past weekend Chris and I attended his little sister's wedding. I am sure most of you know what I am talking about when I say that there are a handful of weddings you attend in your life that feel...perfectly...right. Where the couple is so obviously righ...
From the Domba! Tribe:Hello everyone!This is a difficult letter to write and I’m not even sure where to start, but wanted to let you all know the changes happening with Domba.It’s been a year of lots of changes for myself personally and a year of reflection on where to direct my energies and time. My entire year has been one of endings and beginnings in nearly every aspect of my life. Earlier this...
I am enjoying the evolution of Me.Seems every year I get closer and closer to Myself. In little steps. I have always been on pretty good terms with Me, throughout my life, but oftentimes without knowing Why. That is, I didn't really know who I was, but I felt pretty good about whoever I was...As I grow older, I am coming into my own in a way that I Know Who I Am better than ever before. It's kind ...
Lookie! Me in my 1950's git-up, next to the beautiful Amy, my co-hostess in crime!I made that dress in one day. Bought the fabric 24 hours before, and whipped it up the very first day I felt better from my strep...which was the day before the party. I found those snazzy shoes at Payless that same day I made the dress. Too bad it hurts me feets soooo bad, I had to take them off after less than an ...
Some of you know I have had mysterious foot pain for several weeks now. When I thought it was improving, it flared up again when I taught the Kamloops workshops (duh, 8 hours of workshops, plus performing and general ambling about socially).Today I finally saw the doctor, and she seems to not have a clue. She suggested three *possible* things, one of which was a stress fracture, another was a kin...
I have to say that aside from love, my second favorite thing to witness is seeing someone do what they are born to do (which is a lot like love, I think).Chris and I are watching "America's Got Talent", which is surprisingly entertaining, to be honest. But the biggest treat and surprise tonight was a guest artist who played on the results show tonight: Teddy Geiger. As Chris put it, he is kind of...
Spent the weekend in Kamloops, BC teaching four workshops on tribal and tribal fusion. I was hosted by Bonnie (Shaherezade), and had Gen in tow as my faithful assistant and constant companion. We laughed pretty much the entire weekend, and I had a complete blast with her along. :) This is my third weekend of workshops I have taught in Canada, and I have to say that I find Canadians to be far more ...
So yesterday I started to have a strained muscle feeling in my shoulder and neck on my left side, and didn't really do anything about it. When I tried to sleep, it was miserable. It was miserably painful all night, making my rest fitful at best (rest, not sleep...). At about 5am I got up to try and find some Advil, and my stomach lurched, and I spent about a half hour in the bathroom feeling like ...
So in my recent readings into Buddhism, there is one concept that has been resonating with me. And that is the idea of not being attached to the outcome of any situation. The concept that you put things out there into the universe, and then realize that after that, you can't be responsible for it any more. Where it goes, what someone does with it, how it is perceived... In simple terms, you do wha...
I don't remember seeing ads for this movie back when it came out (1998), but caught a moment when it was on TV, and had Tivo grab it. I really enjoyed it! Eddie Murphy is really at his peak when he is not doing uber slapstick--I like his gentler roles very very much. Jeff Goldblum is always remarkable to me--how can such a goofy lookin' man be so sexy? X-Factor at its finest.Not surprisingly good-...
While I did get to spend some time with my honey, it was all very scattered--broken up by responsibilities, running around and working, et al. So I really miss him today, feeling like I didn't get my fill of my best friend's company. *sigh*Friday night we had dinner, I tagged merchandise and did some packing for my vending, picked up some games at GameStop for the PS2, played some, watched TV, and...
Long weekend. The added Friday was rough. But the days themselves were less draining. I am CERTAIN part of it was the cooler weather and rain--made it much less sicky and exhausting to deal with the sweaty heat in the main hall. Part of it is also just building greater tolerance over the years to vending long weekends. And having Renee (and sometimes Sarah, and the occasional drop-by visitors) to ...
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