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An audience member at Bobbye Dee's Seminar with Suzanna Del
Vechio caught me just after a Turkish drop. Or am I just laying there checking
out my nails? Photo: Unknown |
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A moment caught in time -- total immersion in the driving passionate
violin music played by Doug Adams of Light Rain. Lucila Velez was kind
enough to bring him to the Austin scene several times and I was fortunate
enough to dance among the lights of his melodies. Photo: Unknown
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Who's says sword has to be serious? Just don't look too closely
at my dirty feet! Photo: Unknown photographer, background manipulation by
Elan Deese. |
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Here are the Bogart Girls! Dejah of San Antonio invited me
along with her and another dancer to work on a stage presentation call "Marrakech
Street Scene." It was for an annual management conference for Budweiser.
After two days of intense rehearsal we pulled off a flawless performance.
My favorite memory of it is when the director took a look at us and then
asked, "Where is your hair?" I guess he thought we should all
be dark headed with olive skin (they took care of the olive skin by adding
a liberal amount of makeup all over us that took three showers to remove!). |
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The cast of "Marrakech Street Scene" with the director. |
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Dancing to "Nour el Ain" played by
a band out of Houston at one of Bahaia's HOT Seminars in Austin, Texas.
Photo: Unknown |
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This fun duet with Michael Beach of The Beledi
Brothers was part of the seminar show sponsored by Bobbye Dee. As a lover
of drum solos, this opportunity to dance one-on-one with a master drummer
in a historic theater was a memory of a lifetime. Thanks to Shariah for
catching it on film for me! |
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Melissa-Amera's Carousel dance venue has a special
charm that brings out the star in all of us. With all my friends in the
audience it's hard not to smile! Photo: Jeanne Godbout |
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Mirage's stage at the University of Texas's Student
Union is home to many a dancer's first start to that jittery feeling of
stage nerves and the exhilaration of a performance done well. I name my
student groups Crescent Moon when they perform and this group was one of
the first. Many of these dancers are now professional dancers in their own
right. The students are: (bottom left, up and around) Jeanne, Johari, Anastasia,
Tina, Chrissa, Dragona and Linda. Photo: Unknown |
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Another Crescent Moon group performing my cane
choreography to "Shashkin" by Faruk Tekbelek. The students are:
(bottom left, up and around) Twyla, Dana, Deborah, Natasha and Casey. Photo:
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These divine beauties, dancing as Crescent Moon,
performed my zil choreography to the ethnic version of "Ala Nar."
The students are: (bottom left, up and around) Dana, Stephanie, Sharon,
Natasha, Liza, Sharon, Deborah and Hafsa in the bottom center. Photo: Unknown |