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Belly Horror 2009

anaar — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:25:31 GMT

I am very pleased to announce that I will be dancing and teaching at this year's Belly Horror! These gals have cooked up a whole weekend of fun and mayhem! Much too much for my lazy typing fingers to put down, just go to their web site: www.bellyhorror.com

Check out the great art. It would make a killer poster!

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Pagan Pages feature

anaar — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:48:26 GMT

A short bio and intro into my work is posted on Pagan Pages. Here's the link:
http://paganpages.org/content/2009/09/dark-imaginations/

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

meddevi — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:03:40 GMT

I hope you have a lovely birthday today, filled with shiny things :) Thanks for being a great friend, fabulous dance partner, and all around witchy-woman :)

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The Web of Wyrd

anaar — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:27:41 GMT

Anaid and I would officially like to invite everyone to the Mystic Dream store, in Walnut Creek, September 27th. Workshops will be held from 1-2:30p and 3-4:30pm , each $20. A hafla is scheduled in the evening from 7:30-9:00pm. We will have a tarot reader, vending by the Mystic Dream, and the lovely Geisha Moth!

For more info please see our flyer. More information will be posted tonight on my website.

Here are the workshops descriptions:

Tribal Style Basics: This workshop is designed for those will little to no knowledge of Tribal Style Belly Dance. We will cover four movements that are fundamental to this style of dance. Slow, medium and fast paced rhythms will be used to demonstrate and practice these movements.

Ritual In Belly Dance:
Using her experience as a priest in the Feri Tradition of Witchcraft, we will cover the basics of ritual theory and how this theory applies to dance. First we will begin with welcoming gestures. Then we will learn to set the space as sacred and make invocatory gestures to call in a force of power. By the end of the workshop you will have enough concepts and practices to develop your own ritualized performance. This workshop is suitable for the beginning level dancer but advanced dancers new to ritual will certainly gain from this.

If you are interested in dancing please contact anaidbellydance@hotmail.com

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Dark Arts Festival

anaar — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:06:46 GMT

Is this weekend in SLC!!!!

Tombo Studio is participating in the Fashion Show Friday night.

I am performing on Sunday night at 8:50

Art show, bands, djs and performance. There really is a lot going on at this festival and it's one of my favorites. For more info go to:
http://www.darkartsfestival.com/

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My new tanks!

anaar — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:01:11 GMT

Check out the pics of my new tank tops. They come in S-XL. Interested? PM me here and I'll give you all the info you need.

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Tribal Fest Revelations

anaar — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:26:07 GMT

Mystery, Power, Ritual. Revelations onstage Saturday 2:13-2:19.

The Priest awaits your presence.

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This weekend - Portland!

anaar — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:11:19 GMT

I will be at the Vampire Masquerade Ball this Sat! I will be performing that evening as well as vending a limited amount of goodies from Tombo Studio. I'll also have plenty of my new DVDs and some of my tops as well. Hope to see you there!

Check out this web site to see what other killer acts will be performing:
http://www.vampireballpdx.com/

Check out this web site to see what killer designs I didn't bring:
http://www.tombostudio.com/

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Gothla!! This weekend!

anaar — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:16:43 GMT

Gothla @ Cal Poly in Pomona this weekend! It's really going to be something else. It's going to be a lot of work, but I am really looking forward to it.

I will be performing at the Gala show Sat. evening along with other fantastic dancers. And I will be teaching Ritual Theory (in dance) the next day. Not to mention vending. And taking a look at the vendor list, I think I should definitely hit the bank before I leave!

Yup, this will be fun! Check it out:
http://www. gothla. com/

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Anaar at Gothla US!

meddevi — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:50:44 GMT

Don't miss a fabulous opportunity to study with our "Ritual Scientist" Anaar at Gothla US!

Sunday, March 8th
Using her experience as a priest in the Feri Tradition of Witchcraft, we will cover the basics of ritual theory and how this theory applies to dance. First we will begin with welcoming gestures. Then we will learn to set the space as sacred and make invocatory gestures to call in a force of power. This workshop will delve deeper into ritual than Anaar's dvd by focusing on movements around the concept of spellwork. Some floorwork will be involved. By the end of the workshop you will have enough concepts and practices to develop your own ritualized performance. This workshop is suitable for the beginning level dancer but advanced dancers new to ritual will certainly gain from this.

Anaar will also be vending on Saturday, March 7th, during our Festival, and performing that evening in the Gala show!

Complete info at http://www.gothla.us

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Don't miss this one!

anaar — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:29:08 GMT

It's being billed as the Triple Goddess of the Feri Tradition. *blush* Thorn Coyle will be there to give readings and sign her book. Sharon Knight of Pandemonaeon will share her sacred chants with us. And I will be there to dance and sign my dvd. Here's the link: http://www.themysticdream.com/classes.htm#0228

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DVD: love it!

Nierika — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:42:40 GMT

Just a quick note to say thank you for this lovely DVD!
I have been trying to combine the energetic work I do with my coven , solo & in yoga with bellydance. Your DVD helps tremendously!
Absolutely love it! Thank you and blessed be!

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The new schedule

anaar — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:02:44 GMT

To inquire about workshops or book Anaar inquire here: anaar@whitewand.com

PantheaCon
Dark Imaginations workshop
Look for a performance with Pandemonaeon. http://www.pandemonaeon.net/
Feb. 13-16
San Jose, CA
http://pantheacon.com/09/index.php

Gothla
Workshop and gala performance
March 6-8
Pomona, CA
http://www.gothla.com/

Vampire Masquerade Ball
Evening performance
March 28
Portland, OR
http://www.vampireballpdx.com/

Tribal Fest
May 13-17
Sebastopol, CA
http://www.blacksheepbellydance.com/tf9/index.html

Feri Camp
Workshops focusing on sacred dance and ritual theory
July 16-19
San Diego, CA
http://www.faerystar.org/Events.html

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Announcing Pre-Orders For Anaar’s Dark Imaginations

anaar — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:16:32 GMT

I am excited to announce that I’m now taking pre-orders for my new dvd Dark Imaginations!

This dvd is designed for those individuals who want to bring a sense of sacred mystery to their work. It runs the gamut from beginning concepts to intermediate and advanced technique. Beginners will find that this is a useful tool that can be used as your dance grows. Advanced dancers interested in incorporating ritualistic style into their art will certainly gain from this.

Included in the dvd:

Mirror Work meditations for increasing confidence and improving posture.

Ritual Theory in which techniques designed to draw out the numinous in a ritualistic fashion are demonstrated:
Welcoming Gesture
Setting Sacred Space
Invocatory Gesture
The Working
Grounding

Technical Practice section demonstrating techniques to enhance your dark persona:
The Slide
The Bobble Head
The Spider
Hand Vibratos

Two performances with new music specially written for Anaar by Pandemonaeon are included.

A resource section is included for the curious.

$20 + $3 shipping and handling

To order visit: http://www.anaar.info/events.html

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Dark Arts + Witchcraft = Sin

anaar — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:22:47 GMT

I may have, at least in part, caused an incident in Salt Lake City.

I was on the cover of Salt Lake City Weekly, their weekly entertainment magazine. Wha?! Bib Fortuna's husband found out because there were a number of Christian's, of the evangelical sort, in front of Area 51, a local goth club. Being an atheist, he went to speak to them and they told him about the article. They had read about me in this tiny little article in the paper.

Apparently dark arts + witchcraft = sin. So they came out to save us. Bugging the hell out of everyone in the process of course. The club put a stop to it pretty quickly. They were largely dispersed by the time I became aware of them. I had to pass them by to put my costume in the car, but at that time I didn't know why they were out there. I was tempted to give them a dollar. But I ignored them instead. Had I known why they were out there, I might have been a bit more aggressive with them.

I kept trying to stay centered the whole time but I couldn't help laughing all weekend about how I nearly started a Christian riot in front of a Goth club in Salt Lake City!!!!!! Yeah, my head is pretty large right now, I'm probably pretty unbearable. If you want to see what the fuss is all about go here:

http://www.slweekly.com/index.cfm?do=article.details&id=545BE673-14D1-13A2-9F09470BF229A4DA

It's really just a small blurb, but it's my first review in a city weekly. And it's pretty positive, though it looks like it's largely ganked from my web site.

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Dark Imaginations

anaar — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:26:45 GMT

The upcoming dvd, Dark Imaginations, is still in post production, but the rough cut looks pretty good. I was really worried about one portion and I'm relieved to say that it doesn't suck. There are still a number of things to do, but I am still gunning for a mid-Nov. release. All that is left is final edits, dvd cover and of course printing them all up. Let's hope for the best.

In the meanies, I really loved one of the still images and asked for a copy. I decided it would make a really nice post card, posted here. I'll order them tomorrow, I'll need them for Shadow Dance.

Another image will be used for the cover, something more belly dancey and less performance artsy. Expect massive posts about this when I get back from Romania.

Oh yeah, I'm leaving for Romania this Friday. This Halloween is our 20th wedding anniversary and we are going on the cheesy Dracula tour. I am very excited about both of these things and it's really hard for me to be present for anything else these days.

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BIG NEWS!!!!

anaar — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:19:47 GMT

Huge killer news!

I'm pretty excited to announce that this weekend I will be shooting my first dance dvd!!! It will be shot at El Mundo Bueno Studios. http://www.embstudios.com/
I am also very honored, grateful and a bit humbled by the fact that Pandemonaeon wrote two songs especially for this project. http://www.myspace.com/pandemonaeon

Here's a little blurb taken from the intro I wrote for the dvd:

"This dvd is designed for those individuals who want to bring a sense of sacred mystery to their work. It runs the gamut from beginning concepts to intermediate and advanced technique. Beginners will find that this is a useful tool that can be used as your dance grows. Advanced dancers interested in incorporating ritualistic style into their art will certainly gain from this.

First we will begin with Mirror Work; then on to ritual theory in which we will discuss, demonstrate and practice this theory. Moving on to advanced technical practice, we will again discuss, demonstrate and practice techniques designed to enhance your dark persona. Included are two performances that illustrate the concepts and practices in this dvd. Finally there is a resource section."  

I am also really thrilled that Tempest will be doing the graphics. http://www.meddevi.com/

The release date is tentatively scheduled for mid-Nov.

In other news, I have been given the new title of ritual scientist. http://www.gothla.us/workshops.html

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Stone City Benefit

anaar — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:48:16 GMT

STONE CITY FOUNDATION
Benefit Show & Charity Auction

Saturday, September 6 2008, 6-11 PM
El Mundo Bueno Studios
5427 Telegraph Ave, Suite M, Oakland CA

Tickets are $10.00 at the door - but feel free to donate a higher amount.
Doors will open around 5:30, and we encourage you to arrive by 6 so you don't miss any of the gorgeous performances we have lined up starting around 6:15.

Charity Auction
In addition to the performances, we'll also be holding a silent auction to raise funds for Stone City. If you have items to donate into the charity auction, please email Morpheus and give us a few details on what you plan to donate: a) description of the item; b) its dollar value; and c) your preferred starting bid and reserve price (if any). You can bring items the day of the auction but do please let us know in advance what you plan to donate.

Other delights...
Henna body art designs will be on offer to raise funds, as well as some delicious edibles and handcrafted brews for your pleasure.

Performers:
Sharon Knight & Winter - www.sharonknight.net
Acoustic Celtic and original Pagan-inspired music. With a special screening of the "Song of the Sea" music video which features Stone City's Henge as one of its locations!

Anaar - www.anaar.info
Gothic belly dance

Polly Moller & Co. - www.myspace.com/pollymoller
Unique electroacoustic sound, music and spoken word

Amelia Hogan - www.myspace.com/ameliaisaverb
Celtic songstress in the traditional Sean Nos a capella style

DJ Speakeasy aka Kenneth Winter - www.myspace.com/dj_ire
Blending electronica, house and world beat rhythms

Morpheus Anima - ecstatic belly dance

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Tomorrow!

anaar — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:32:16 GMT

BELLY DANCE FANTASY FESTIVAL

Saturday, August 2nd 12:00-9:00pm
Sunday, August 3rd 12:00-8:00pm

$15.00 adults, $10.00 seniors and children (5-17), under 5 free for live music performances and shopping!
The outside stage is free, although it only showcases performers to prerecorded music.

DIRECTIONS:

San Leandro Marina Community Center, 15301 Wicks Blvd., San Leandro CA 94579

Take 880 (North or South) toward San Leandro
Exit West on Marina Blvd
Left on Merced St at 1st signal
Bear Right at the Y onto Wicks Blvd
Stay on Wicks past the industrial area
Turn Right into Marina Center (15301 Wicks)
There is also extra Parking across street in the ball field parking lot

I will be performing at 1:55 tomorrow!

For more information: http://tatseena.com/Festival.htm

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costuming

Swan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:34:07 GMT

Anaar,

Do you have pictures of your current costuming stock anywhere? I'm eager as hell to buy a top from you... but don't know where to look!

Swan

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TF 08 Performances

anaar — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:49:38 GMT

Looks like a great lineup folks! Doors open this Friday at 5:00 and the evening looks great!

Tempest and I will open the gig with a special invocatory duet. I am performing a solo ritualized act based on old school Craft magic at 6:55. and there are tons of killer artists that night. Like Ashara, Sashi, Mishaal, and of course Black Lambs, BSBD student troupe. So many others, there's just not enough time to name them!

But check out Michelle at 10:26, she'll be wearing a bra I designed for her, can't wait!

See you there!

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Tribal Fest Workshop

anaar — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:04:19 GMT

Pimping my workshop for Tribal Fest. It's not too late to sign up, but workshops are selling out fast!

Date: Sunday, May 18
Time: 1:30 - 3:30
Instructor: Anaar
Location: Sebastopol, CA
Class Title: Dance and the New Expressionism
Skill Level: See Description
Type of Class: World / Fusion Belly Dance

CLASS DESCRIPTION
In this workshop, we will push the boundaries of common belly dance movements in a highly unusual fashion. Learn to combine undulations with locking movements and sliding footwork to give your performance a sense of mystery, power and presence. Although I do not strictly choreograph, we will cover many of the movements in my popular Obake Odori performance. Also included in this workshop are source materials for my many strange inspirations. If time allows, extreme balancing movements will also be covered. This workshop is designed for the intermediate to advanced level students, but advanced beginners will be able to take something home with them. Please bring leather soled shoes, not rubber soled ones. For more info on Tribal Fest please visit: http://www.blacksheepbellydance.com/tf8/

ANAAR'S BIO
Anaar is a long time practicing witch in the Feri Tradition and brings to her performances a large body of dark lore and ritual. Her body of work focuses on sensual ecstasy and expressionistic storytelling. She walks between the worlds, dancing between technique and passion. Every performance is an homage to her Triple Muse; Mystery, Power and Ritual. Fear not to step into the circle, Fear not to dance with the Fey. For more info: http://www.anaar.info/

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Face Veil?

Koreen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:16:15 GMT

I was looking for a face veil anyone know where I can aquire one?

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P-Con!

anaar — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:21:24 GMT

Soooooo, my workshop is early Sat. evening and the Feri ritual is Sunday night. Other than that, I'm mainly stuck at my booth. But I have some volunteers this year. Yay!!!

BTW, I'm relaunching the White Wand web site that Fri. Not without some glitches, I'm sure. But there will be a big surprise!

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Gothla US

anaar — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:02:31 GMT

Next weekend! I am performing at the Gala, vending all day, and teaching a workshop on ritual and dance. Come early for the opening ritual, guess who's dancing?

http://www.gothla.com/

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Tribal Fest

anaar — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:32:44 GMT

http://www.blacksheepbellydance.com/tf8/

So workshops are up at Tribal Fest 8, but no descriptions yet. So I thought to post it here.

Dance and the New Expressionism
In this workshop, we will push the boundaries of common belly dance movements in a highly unusual fashion. Learn to combine undulations with locking movements and sliding footwork to give your performance a sense of mystery, power and presence. Although I do not strictly choreograph, we will cover many of the movements in my popular Obake Odori performance. Also included in this workshop are source materials for my many strange inspirations. If time allows, extreme balancing movements will also be covered. This workshop is designed for the intermediate to advanced level students, but advanced beginners will be able to take something home with them. Please bring leather soled shoes, not rubber soled ones.

I know that all the workshops at this festival fill up fast, so wait no longer my dread friends.

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Events update

anaar — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:47:03 GMT

All events on my dance web page have been updated. There are a couple of workshops in the negotiation stage, so keep checking! If you are interested in hosting a workshop, now is the time to contact me. I expect to be pretty busy this year!

http://www.anaar.info

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Spamorama!

anaar — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:45:37 GMT

Hey all, just letting you know what's up with me lately. I just haven't had time to update my web sites, so here's the news in quickie fashion.

Tonight: Vending and dancing at Cafe Bellie: http://www.amyluna.com/bellie.html

This coming weekend I will be vending with Meddevi Ink and also dancing at Tribal Fusion Faire: http://meddevi.com/tribalfusionfaire/

Also in Feb., I will be at Gothla US, again vending and dancing, oh! and teaching, yay!: http://www.gothla.com/
Also in Feb., PantheaCon!: http://www.pantheacon.com/08/index.php

For something new I'm vending at the Vampire Masquerade Ball in March: http://www.vampireballpdx.com/

More scheduling to be determined, but be sure to check out Tribal Fest 8 in May! Again, teaching, vending and performing, whew!: http://www.blacksheepbellydance.com/tf8/

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SHADOWDANCE 2007

anaar — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:53:33 GMT

Electric Vardo and Darker Still Productions present SHADOWDANCE 2007, a
darkly intense, heart-pounding journey into the silhouette of night with
some of the most amazing Dancers, Musicians and DJs from SF, Oakland,
Sacramento, Washington D.C., Southern California, and Portland, OR.

A night of Gothic and Tribal Belly Dance, Global Gypsy Beats, Live Eastern
Percussion and DJs featuring
UNMATA (Sacramento, CA), ROMKA (Washington DC), SERPENTINE (Portland, OR),
ARIELLAH (Darker Still), FREYJA (Electric Vardo), SASHI (Ascend),
SOOOZHYQ (Triple Power), AMAR (Electric Vardo),
LAPSUS, MITARA, AIXELA, ANAAR, EREBUS,
DJ DECAY (Death Guild), DAN CANTREL (The Toids),
and Electric Vardo Live with CERA, HAVEN, AUBERON, plus SURPRISE guests

This year’s show and workshops will also feature a Gothic Marketplace with
vendors: ShahlahCraft Designs . Katherine Summer Designs . Black Lotus
Clothing . Fool Proof . Geisha Moth + more

The event will be followed on SUNDAY, November 11, with WORKSHOPS
featuring ARIELLAH (yoga-infused belly dance)
AMY SIGIL (Unmata 110%)
FREYJA (pops and locks)
Workshops are on Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm at East Bay Dance Center
Workshops are $30 each with a limited special discount package for all 3
workshops which includes free show entry. See website for details.

Show: Saturday, November 10, 2007
Doors 8pm . Oakland Metro- 201 Broadway (at 2nd) - Oakland, CA
$20 advance . All Ages (parental discretion advised) . Full Bar . vendors

Workshops: Sunday, November 11
11am-6pm . 1318 Glenfield Avenue in Oakland.

Info/Tix: www.darkerstill.com

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X-Posted all over hell

anaar — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:54:33 GMT

Because I feel like I'm in hell.

I've been having massive and unresolved issues with all of my web sites. I get so frustrated I cannot deal with it. To top it off, 2 of my sites are apparently very easy to hack.

So, we are moving all of my sites to a new US based company. It may take up to 5 days. I may or may not be able to receive email. If you need to email me, send me a message to my tribe. Sorry if this causes any inconvenience. At least I'm not currently working on commissions.

But it certainly is annoying.

Hopefully once everything is transferred, I can finally update my links and show schedule. For those of you wondering why I haven't posted a link to your show, this is why.

Sucks!!!

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Yeesh!

anaar — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:44:32 GMT

Well, here I am, one more web thingy, and I swore I wouldn't do this. But well, what can one do? Getting the newest news is actually much easier and I'm finding way faster on tribe than browsing tons of web sites. I sent a bunch of invites. Did I shamefully forget someone? Let me know!

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Whooo Hoooooo I get to post first!!!!

ChuckTheDJ — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:43:47 GMT

LOL,,, see what happens when you spend to much time on Tribe? You get to do things first!!!

My name is Chuck, and I'm a bellyhubby...........

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