Cammi Vance's Super Fan Club!public - created 01/13/06 |
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Known to the Egyptian dance world as Darshan.... and to the Fusion dance world as Cammi Vance. Her split personality is nothing to call the doctor about!
This is a space to chat about and to Darsh-ammi? Camm-shan?
Ask questions, talk about events, workshops, music... what eva'h.
A lifetime student and lover of dance, Darshan has been a bellydance performer since 1991. She began studying American Cabaret Style with Aurelia, and added Tribal Style to her repertoire starting in 1993 when she found Gypsy Caravan. She joined the Caravan in 1995 and traveled to perform in WA, CA, AZ, LA, FL, including Peter Gabriel's WOMAD and the Bumbershoot and Folklife festivals in Seattle.
www.gypsycaravan.us
Meanwhile she continued to hone her solo dance skills in bellydance, exploring Egyptian and Turkish Cabaret and many folkloric and 'Gypsy' styles, also adding studies in Flamenco, Samba, Salsa, Capoeira, aerial dance, modern, and quite a bit of yoga to her movement vocabulary. www.bikramyoganyc.com
In 1997 she earned her massage license in Oregon, and by 2000 an Associate of Science in premed. Studies in anatomy as well as further studies in fitness and movement design deepened her understanding of movement and stillness in the body. This awareness of the sense of the body adds depth to Darshan's teaching style.
In 2003, after a trip to Morocco where she danced in the village and learned from the Gnawa how to play qarqaba, Darshan moved to New York to join the Dalia Carella Dance Collective for the off-Broadway Production "In Search of a Goddess" at the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street, and for ensuing adventures. Darshan has performed with the Collective at the Alvin Ailey Theater and other NY locations, as well as touring to Miami and Virginia. She also had the pleasure of traveling to Barcelona in November 2005 with Dalia to teach her own distinct Tribal Fusion style and assist Ms. Carella with Dunyavi Rom workshops, culminating in a performance of solos by the two dancers. www.daliacarella.com
While in NY, Darshan has had the pleasure of studying with masters of dance such as Elena Lentini, Yousry Sharif, Najma Ayashah, and of course Dalia Carella. She also teamed together with Kaeshi of Bellyqueen for several projects including co-founding PURE (Public Urban Ritual Experiment) , a dance community dedicated to peace & healing and local & global action. PURE now has branches around the US and soon overseas. www.puredance.org
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