No really. Who is your bellydance mama? The one who birthed you into this crazy world? Whether you like 'em, love 'em, or run quickly the other way from 'em, you do have to acknowledge that they helped you find this amaing place.
My mama: Cory Zamora
My mama: Cory Zamora
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Fri, August 10, 2007 - 9:07 AMthe person I think of as my dance mama (even though I did take lessons from someone prior) is Cynthia Todd of Tribal Feat.
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Fri, August 10, 2007 - 10:20 AMKrisha is mine, too!
Krisha is like the Belly Dance Godfather...she created SO MANY belly dancers. She is also in my Top Five Women Who Influenced Who I Am Today. -
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Fri, August 10, 2007 - 4:12 PMFAIZEH & KRISHA are my BD mamas! I love them both so much!!
www.faizeh.com
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Mon, August 13, 2007 - 11:52 PMFaizeh is my mama, too! She amazes and inspires me.
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Wed, August 15, 2007 - 8:50 AMI would also like to add that Carolena Nericcio is my Pimp Mama....
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Sat, September 1, 2007 - 7:57 PMMy bd mama is Krisha too!! Looks like there are a lot of us! That's RAD that we are all friends now!! -
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Sun, September 2, 2007 - 12:34 AMIt's good that you and I are friends, because I spend more time with you than my husband. :) -
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Tue, September 4, 2007 - 8:14 AMlol! We're friends?? ;) -
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Wed, September 5, 2007 - 10:44 PMYOU said it in your last post! :P
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Tue, September 4, 2007 - 8:54 AMBack off girl... that's my wifey you are spending time with....
Heh
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Fri, August 10, 2007 - 9:29 AMUNMATA, especially Shelly who is ultrasupportive.
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Fri, August 10, 2007 - 11:36 AMHeather Stants www.urbantribaldance.com/ whom I had the great pleasure of performing with last night! Really, I can't say how cool that was! And then we boogied the night away for the second time in a week. Yip!
Seriously, I did A LOT of research before I took my first dance class. When I decide to do something (and it always takes me awhile to make up my mind) I do it all the way. And I want to learn it right the first time. And her style and grace and funkiness where just what I was looking for. I did not make my decision casually (for any of my teachers). It was definately the right decision for me!
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Tue, August 14, 2007 - 12:17 PMI should add that my improv mama is Julie Lively of Urban Tribal formerly of Rakadu Gypsy Dance www.meccadance.com/rakadu.html
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Wed, August 15, 2007 - 12:48 PMI should add my ATS mamas eh? That would be Politti and Rachel!!!!!!! www.bluedamsel.org/bluedams...utBD.html
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Fri, August 10, 2007 - 2:50 PMMy first bellydance teacher was Celeste "Cella" Miller in Santa Cruz, I doubt she even remembers me it was so long ago. Then into tribal my mamas were Jenn Osborne & Ayse Cerami -
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Fri, August 10, 2007 - 4:43 PMFahtiem was my first teacher but Rachel Lazarus Soto was my tribal mama and is still my mama in so many ways (even tho I'm way older than her). She also was my troupe director in Devadasi & Blue Damsel, created the craziness that is Solace Live, and taught me so much more than the dance; she gave me life lessons. I love my Mama Rach!
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Fri, August 10, 2007 - 7:49 PMShirley Thompson of "Jewels of the Desert" birthed me and I owe so much to this lady. Sooz talks about life lessons, ya Shirley gave me some of those too. Love you Shirley! -
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Sun, August 12, 2007 - 8:09 AMMy first teacher was Sarah Chebaro (Belgium). She was a friend of my sister and the first time I saw her perform I was stunned. She has a lot of stagepresence and is a great (Egyptian and bellybreaks) dancer: www.sarahchebaro.be -
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Mon, August 13, 2007 - 2:31 PMWhat a fabulous thread! :)
When I danced Cabaret, my momma was Petitie Jamila.
Then I took a tribal workshop with Rachel Soto and SOOZ, they are the ones that turned me on to tribal. The next week I was in Megha Gavin's class and have been there ever since. Sooz totally inspired me to go tribal, such beauty and sweetness and I fell in love with the idea of improv after I watched Devadasi perform together. I thank her often for that :)
I call Megha my tribal mommy, SOOZ "birthed me" and Megha is raising me :) heehee
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Mon, August 13, 2007 - 3:48 PMMy first Belly dance teacher was Cabaret beauty Zaheea of Sactown, for a whole six weeks, but she cultured the desire. After filting about for a year, not understanding why I wanted to bellydance I was captured in Amy Sigil's Fairy net, and she's been my Earthly dance godmother ever since!
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Tue, August 14, 2007 - 7:21 AMMy folkloric mama is Lucy Smith (Scheherazade). And my tribal mama (even though I only see her a coupla times a year) is Megha Gavin. Which makes Carolena my gramma. Squee!
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Tue, August 14, 2007 - 10:48 AMHands down, Sabrina Fox. She is why I dance this crazy wonderful dance. She is the bestest mama evar!
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Tue, August 14, 2007 - 10:29 PMMy belly dancin' mama was a woman named Tahari from Reno, Nevada. It took me about 6 weeks to understand what in the world she was saying (her accent was so thick) but after that I was hooked and took classes from her for 4 years. She was positively wonderful and just sparkled with personality. She originally was a Polynesian dancer who took up belly dancing. While she loved ME dance, her heart belonged to Polynesian Dance. Unfortunately, she collapsed right after a performance in Reno, slipping into a coma and passed away a few days later in May 2003 from a brain aneurysm. Her husband had a website dedicated to her but a few years after her death he remarried and took the site down. *heavy sigh* I miss her.
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Tue, August 14, 2007 - 11:40 PMWhat a wonderful way to honor her memory is to honor her and what she gave you that you could not have bought at a store. That's all any of us would want, is that we helped brighten up someones life by knowing us. Thanks for sharing Minya! -
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Wed, September 5, 2007 - 10:16 PMNo, thank you for giving me a place to share with all of you. She was truly amazing.
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Thu, August 16, 2007 - 7:18 PMdance mama is Deborah of las vegas
tribal fusion mama is Ariellah i love them both!!!
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Sun, August 19, 2007 - 9:04 PMAnthea/ Kawakib (www.kawakib.com) from Fredericksburg, Virginia.
I've been a student of hers for going on 4 years now, plus she introduced me to Pennsic!!
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Wed, August 22, 2007 - 2:04 PMJill Parker.
Interestingly, someone (I think it was Shay Moore) said I was "definitely 'Jill's daughter'" in response to a youtube post of my latest solo. I certainly take that as a compliment!
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Sat, August 25, 2007 - 11:32 AMMy mama is actually a Daddy!
John Compton and Habi Ru. We worked the Ren Faire circuit up north at the same time. I literally stalked this man during every performance . . . Technically he was also my first teacher because I started taking notes on the moves and staging of the troupe and musicians.
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Sat, August 25, 2007 - 12:52 PMPolitti and the rest of the ladies from Yogini Kundalini. I wanted to be like THAT. Politti was da bomb....still is. I didn't ever actually get to take lessons from Politti...but I did get to dance with her briefly. First real lessons came from Judy who taught me the basics, pushed for me to get out there and dance.
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Sat, August 25, 2007 - 10:28 PMMy mama is Layla Haddad.. No.. not the famous one... That was the name of my friends mother who took me into her home and taught me the dance... okay.. her and her mother and her sisters and her in-laws... It was a family affair... with the men completely banished from the room and loads of language barriers.
After that, I have had several mentors and real classes with other teachers.
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Sun, September 2, 2007 - 8:40 PMMaybe I should say mamas--Feiruz was Desiree's teacher also so it really was one link. they were fabulous! -
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Sun, September 2, 2007 - 9:58 PMI owe my mama a lot, she has been ultra supportive always, Shoshanna brought me into the bd world. -
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Wed, April 9, 2008 - 3:12 PMShoshanna is my mama too! (that rhymed...)
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Fri, September 7, 2007 - 12:09 PMAmy Sigil. The very first time I set foot in Hot Pot studio, she ran up to me and gave me a hug.
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Mon, September 10, 2007 - 9:17 AMFirst Feiruz 30 years ago, for one short year. then I forgot about it and started up with Fahtiem just 2 years ago. I finanlly found my nitch and Tribal mama which is Katarina, She has enlightened me to the idea of tribal. Thank you Katarina. It is funny how we don't know what we are missing till we find it. That was truely a birth for me the tribal style. I love it.
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Mon, September 10, 2007 - 9:19 AMWhat a great question. It is interesting to see all the familiar names. And know we had the same beginning. What a great sisterhood.
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Sun, September 16, 2007 - 8:07 AMSashi of Ascend. I get to go back to class in Nov.!!!!! -
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Tue, September 18, 2007 - 1:32 PMFahtiem.....she is my mama......and even thou my heart and soul belong to Tribal now, I will always hold a special part in my heart for her....she makes me smile!!
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Sat, September 22, 2007 - 12:56 AMMy Bellydance mama is Zahreen,
I started taking classes with her August 06. its been a year of awesomeness wow what a year. I never thought I was going to perform. many thanks to her for helping me become the dancer I am :0)
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Tue, October 9, 2007 - 1:08 AMMy sister in dance Jeri introduced me to the dance at an SCA event and then the SCA ladies gave me FCBD. The rest is history.
