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Dancing Tiger Birthday Bash

2008-07-15T22:51:56Z

HEY GOTHBOSS;

Thanks for inviting your Sisters of Ishtar to share the stage with you on Sunday. It was a good experience for all of us, and I felt very comfortable up there with my sibling Gothlings! I'm sure that over time we'll all become very close, as I love their company, and that we'll end up being a very tight and supportive troupe for you. PS; many thanks to dear RON who sacrificed a great day of V8 action to be there for us. Much appreciated.

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Orange Jaipur Skirt for sale

2008-06-30T01:34:42Z

http://people.tribe.net/7e6e2f5a-833a-4c4e-9aad-22b76ba4d3f6/photos/d0d54caf-f497-4aba-8836-ebbf0f72d4b1

Skirt is in well cared for condition. would suit Medium size tall lady. $50 ono.
Sadly selling because I am 5 foot nothing and its just too long.

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July workshops

2008-06-29T23:35:08Z

Those of you who are auditioning for the troupe, here is your opportunity to learn some tips. If you cant make it I am available for private tuiton at a crazy $24 hour.

Gothic Fusion with Saahirah Rayvn
20th July 2008 Workshops

10:00 – 1:00pm
Building a Gothic Choreography

We will cover all aspects of building choreography from a half-conceived idea through to performance.
Students will have the opportunity to learn hands on, contributing to putting together simple class choreography, using Saahirah Rayvns method.
Aspect covered will be:
Music selection, Mapping, record and note taking, Gothic Music interpretation and rhythms, Laying the ground work, Fleshing out the choreography skeleton, Gothing up with creativity, Polishing, rehearsing , presentation, Costuming, first time nerves and how to manage them, Protecting your work from thieves and much more.
At the completion of this workshop, participants will have the tools to be able to put together heir own Gothic Bellydance routine with confidence – then perform it.

Places are limited so pre – redgeristing is a necessity.
$30 paid on the day.

2:30 – 4:00pm
Gothic Costuming, makeup and styling

By request I am re – running this workshop.
We will explore Gothic Subculture styling and how to apply this to Gothic Bellydance costuming. We will explore Cyber, Baby doll, Classical Goth, Victorian, Punk, Medieval, and Gothic Burlesque. Stage makeup and how to apply Classic Gothic makeup. The best brands of Gothic makeup and where to buy. Option s for Gothic hair styling when you are blond or brunette – without dyeing it Black, Blue or Blood red. Shoes and Boots – styles best suited to Bellydance without spraining ankles.

This workshop is subject to numbers

$15 paid on the day – please register before the day to secure your place.

Both workshops $40

Where:
Soul Dance Studio in the Blue Medical Centre
1372 Anzac Ave
Kallangur
Brisbane QLD

To register for your place:

Saahirah.rayvn@yahoo.com

0738055322 or 0401292226

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Melusina Wkshops

2008-06-12T05:57:03Z

Hello everyone.

I have just had the absolute privilege of attending one of the wkshops organised by Eleni of Araby BD Academy on the Gold Coast, featuring Melusina of 'Underbelly' from Melbourne.

I could only afford the time, focus & $$s to do the 'Tribal Fusion' wkshop, but there were also 'Intro to Sword' & 'Contemporary Veil'.

Yes, it was a choreo wkshop, but a fun, (often hilarious) sequence that linked original moves & combinations & made you think totally differently about your dance & dramatic expression.

Melusina was clear, thorough & did not expect to drill everyone into perfecting a whole choreo in one session...it was more about 'thinking outside the box'! which was certainly happening when you turned around & saw a whole room of (usually spangly cabaret type women) pretending to be spiders to the tune of 'Lullaby' by The Cure! :-)

If you didn't come away from the wkshop actually learning some new moves (tho I'm sure many did), you certainly came away thinking differently about what can be done under the banner of 'Belly Dance'!
I have now learnt a move called 'The Jellyfish!' :-)

The two performances by Melusina at the concert that night left the audience actually speechless with her dramatic imagination & grace. Yes, I am gushing, but I have just had the very rare experience of witnessing a truly rare talent, who is happily & with absolute technical quality, pushing the boundaries of the whole dance form, from 'Traditional Cabaret' thru the Fusion & Gothic forms.

All I can say is that anyone, ANYONE who wants to improve as a dancer, learn to involve expression, passion & drama in their dance, & witness a truly unique & emotive performer, should try their utmost to attend any wkshop or performance by this beautiful & gifted dancer.

Thankyou Mel :-)

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Sword workshop this weekend

2008-06-08T06:51:26Z

We are learning a correography to get an idea of how to string the different sword moves and balances into a smooth dance routine.
Where - Soul Dance Studio Kallangur
When - Saturday 7th June 10:30 - 1:30
Price is $20 with a light lunch provided. $5 dvds with the dance and breakdown are available to take home and proactice and the music is availalble for $2.
To redgister contact Rayvn saahirah.rayvn@yahoo.com

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Sisters of Ishtar Auditions comming soon

2008-05-28T23:38:31Z

I am going to create my gothic bellydance troupe after much thought and planning. Auditions will be held around September /October at a venue to be confimed. For those interested in joining I am looking for 5 dedicated ladies who will practise practise at home. You dont have to be the bestest dancer - just dance from the heart and able to add drama and emotion into their dance. Mastery over basic bellydance moves is needed as well.
I would prefer it if you weren't part of a troupe already, however if you think you can handle the double commitment - please discuss your plans with your teacher first before auditioning. Participants must be able to attend either or both weekly classes ( Bethania)
or monthly training ( Kallangur or Narangbar). Some paid work will be available and we already have bookings for various haflas.
At the audition you will have the opportunity to perform your own Gothic Choreography. Please be in costume as I want a feel for you own signature gothic look. The will be no unified look in the troupe as I want a troupe of individual styles and personas. A stage name that matches your look is needed too to help you get into character in performances.
There will be room within the troupe for both solos and group dances.
I will advise dates and venues shortly.

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Cannaxe Music Video

2008-05-28T23:22:14Z

Some of you might remember I was asked to be a lead dancer in a music video awhile back? In addition to this I had to collect some Goths as my entourage and also took two of my Goth bellydance students. We the Video is finished and here is the link -

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=33814642

The raver and hiphop artists were wonderful to watch - and they look good on the film but even better in real life.
A big thankyou is extended to Tyrone, my students, the crew, the artist and the goths :)

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Introductions

2008-05-28T14:21:16Z

Now that we have some bodies. How about everyone post a short introduction and what drew them to Gothic Bellydance.
x

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Gothic Makeup Resources

2008-04-17T22:38:50Z

Here are two links for Gothic Stage makeup I swear by

http://www.manicpanic.com/

http://www.dearbloodymary.com/makeup_products.html

Professional Makeup used by Hollywood makeup artists. These products are also available through ebay.

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Some Gothic Bellydance resources

2008-03-30T22:52:18Z

One of the best resources on Gothic Bellydance
http://gothicbellydance.com/gothicbellydance/

Ariellah's Website
http://www.ariellah.com/

Sa Elayssa
http://www.elayssa.com/

The gothmother Tempest
http://www.darklydramatic.com/tempest/

Artical Writeen by Tempest
http://gildedserpent.com/articles27/tempestdancedarkly.htm

Couple of other articals
http://www.thehipcircle.com/article/display.asp?ArticleID=125

http://www.thehipcircle.com/article/display.asp?ArticleID=123

And Gothla ( Id like to organise something similar to this yearly
http://www.gothla.com/

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Gotta love Purists

2008-03-14T01:27:30Z

Recently gothic bellydance and myself came under fire on yahoo group Bellydance Australia. Here is my response which you may find interesting as an overveiw of Gothic bellydance.

Ahem.... I have read through these posts and quite frankly most of you have the wrong end of the stick. Belyssa I am greatly offended by some of your comments and tone. I can tell you are looking down your nose at me and my dance form and can only suggest you research before you misjudge my danceform which I hold dear.
Firstly Gothic bellydance is a fusion of bellydance - whether that is oriental or tribal - fused with elements from the gothic subculture. No we are not freaks! and the dvd you are refering too - Bellydance for beautiful freaks - is a tongue in cheek humerous title. It reflects that most of the bellydance community veiw tattooed and pierced gothic girls as freaks - especially when we start dancing "darkly". No we dont dance with "chicken arms" or not smiling! You will find lots of youtube videos of what is tagged - gothic bellydance- fall short of what the dance form actually is. Most are an attempt from main stream bellydancers with little or no understanding of the gothic subculture - to gothic bellydance. I humourlessly dub them doom cookies.
You see some of this Doom cookie dance on the Gothic dvds. Sadly only a handful of the girls on these dvds are actually goth, so there is maybe only 3 -4 (if that) dances on there I would label as true gothic bellydance.
No, a good gothic dancer does not always dance with a scowl. This is most likely a doom cookies misguided perception of the gothic subculture. Gothic bellydance is extremely theatrical and dramatic - My dances range from passionate gothic Victorian, to impish double sword through to eartly goddess and temple dance .. and then there is the strength of Animae, the silver screen style of Gothic Nuveou and the pop and locking of cyber goth. Then theres the cheeky gothic Belly Burlesque ( before you all get your bloomers in a twist over Burlesque, I suggest you research the history of that too - wikipedia is a great resource for burlesque history)
We take inspiration from gothic literature such as Mary Shelly, Edgar Allen Poe, Anne Rice - from artists such as Salvadore Dali, Van gogh - from gothic music ( no not always heavy metal either) - From classic gothic silver screen films. A side note you may find interesting on the music front, there is alot of gothic middle eastern music being released I suggest you check out Strange flesh or Serpent Rouge.
I also suggest you check out my videos on my website or youtube for a clearer picture.
Bellydance is not a launching pad for anything and everything. And dark does not equate to evil or santanic. I suggest those of you with little understanding of the term "dark" to reserch gothic history. Take a look at gothic architecture and the thinking behind it. Research gothic artists and writers and read about their lives not just look at their art or read their poetry or stories. One turn of the century poet - Edith Sitwell - insisted on wearing black permanently because she was in mourning for the world. Read about the Visigoths of the 3rd century who did not want to become apart of the Roman political Structure and so lived on the fringes of society and were dubbed as heathens because of their pagan practises and seemingly "uncivilised" lifestyle.
Throughout history til todays gothic subculture - we are fringe dwellers because we do not wish to be apart of mainstream society which tends to be shallow and materialistic. We are not always accepted because of our alternate way of thinking and lifestyle. The gothic subculture is multidimensional, with many layers. We are very deep, intelligent, educated thinkers and artists with a fascination for the darker genres of literature, music, art, film and dance. Gothic is not the shallow thinking of teenage "kinder goths" experiementing with lifestyles and fashion - its is far deeper than that.
The way gothic bellydance came about is typical of subcultures - it started when the first little goth girl turned up to bellydance class. More and more gothic girls took lessons in bellydance and because they were different, creative and artistic. began to experiment. The term " Gothic Bellydance" came about quite recently because mainstream thinking needs to box things neatly and give it a name. And again Gothic bellydance true to the subculture is multi dimensional and layered.
The reason behind my workshops is not to use bellydance as a launching pad for a shallow halloween style tacky fusion. It is to create an awareness so those non goths wanting to dabble with the artform because it attracts them. Within Brisbane there is a huge interest in Gothic Fusion and on many occasion I have been asked to teach my style of gothic fusion. I am aiming to give interested dancers the tools and knowledge so that they understand what gothic bellydance is and is not, so they do not create a montrous traversty that only serves to inflame incorrect preconceived ideas. I see some appalling attempts at gothic fusion on youtube and so I have decided to educate other dancers. For the record, my last workshop uncovered some beautiful emotive dancing that I never see onstage.
Might I also add too that in order for dance to grow throughout history in all genres it has taken experiementation of ideas and a tolerance towards other artists for dance to become what it is today. I must also add that I am very passionate about keeping dance forms pure but that there is room for creativity and fusions.
Regards
Rayvn

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FILM CLIP

2008-02-21T22:43:25Z

HEY GOTHBOSS;

Just wanna thank you most sincerely for inviting me to contribute to the Music Film Clip we performed in Brissy. I loved every minute of the experience and more importantly I loved being in the company of the Gothic clan. A virgin no more - I want more !!!

Are you going to post Photos on this site? Also, I think you said we'd all be getting a copy of the DVD? Can't wait to see it.

Once again, it was a privilege to be in Goth company for 11 hours.

Looking forward to your Workshops coming up soon.

Kuv
KAZ

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