Fabulous Fall Festival November 9, 2019 Los Altos, CA

The Annual Fabulous Fall Festival

Saturday, November 9, 2019

NEW VENUE!
Grant Park & Community Center
1575 Holt Ave. Los Altos 94024
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9TH, 11AM – 8PM

• FESTIVAL DANCING
• LIVE MUSIC SEGMENT BY AL ‘AZIFOON
• FEATURED DANCER EVENING SHOWCASE
• VENDORS FOR ALL DAY SHOPPING
• REFRESHMENTS

Event information found here: https://babdama.org/events/

CASH ONLY ON THE DAY!

WANT TO PAY FOR ADMISSION AHEAD OF TIME?
WANT TO PAY ONLINE?
WANT TO  PAY BY CC?
That’s OK – use Brown Paper Tickets link

Bay Area Belly Festival May 19, 2019 Redwood City CA

I'm really looking forward to the Bay Area Belly Festival on Sunday May 19, 2019! Amazing how time flies, this year is the 9th year of Bay Area Belly!!

I highly recommend you go to this show if you can. It's in Redwood City, CA and includes performances, vending and Angelica's offers wonderful food and drinks.

Here's the website to check out the information including the performance schedule and list of vendors: Bay Area Belly

During the day you will find me just inside the venue door at the Vending space with my co-author Dawn Devine. www.davina.us

Also I'll be performing around 12.30pm.


Angelicas in Redwood City is the venue.
Sunday, May 19th, 2019
Doors open at 11:00 am
Dancing from Noon to 2:30 pm.
Live Music & Dancing 3:00-4:30pm Tahneen Live Band plays for dancers
Dancing continues from 5pm – 6:30PM

Hi! I wanted to take a moment to talk about my current project, the upcoming book “Pose: A Dancer’s Guide to Making the Most of their Photos.” 

For this publication, I’m joined by my collaborators, Costume Designer and Historian Dawn Devine, Author and Instructor Sara Shrapnell, and international professional belly dancer, Poppy Maya. If you haven’t gotten a copy of “Becoming a Belly Dancer: From Student to Stage,” you can pick up a signed copy here: https://etsy.me/2WmK0to

Over the years, we’ve been really fortunate to work with a lot of amazing Bay Area belly dancers and have amassed a vast collection of photos. In “Pose” we’re sharing the tips and techniques we’ve used to create the photos that appear in our publications, on websites, and across the web. We are in the content editing stage of the book writing process. And though we have a few more photoshoots scheduled to take some very specific images, we can see the end of the in site and anticipate release on digital this fall! It will be the next title added to my Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/2JGymbm

For more details about the content, visit the Pose information page on Davina’s website - https://www.davina.us/blog/pose-book/

Be sure to check out my co-author Sara Shrapnell’s website - http://letsbellydanceusa.weebly.com/

Upcoming 2019 Bay Area Belly Dance Events

Happy 2019!

I hope that everyone is having a good year so far. Now that March has begun so have some of this years Belly Dance events here in the Bay Area, so I thought I'd put together a post with some of the upcoming events that I'm looking forward to.

Clockwork Alchemy is a convention that celebrates all things Steampunk, and they also invite Belly Dancers to perform in the Carousel Club room on Saturday and Sunday. The performances are listed as the Caravan Tent in the Carousel Club. I will be dancing on Sunday and I'm looking forward to wandering around the event in the afternoon. You can check out the website to see the schedule, buy tickets, etc.:
 https://www.clockworkalchemy.com

Clockwork Alchemy

Hyatt Regency SFO

Burlingame, CA 

March 22 - 24, 2019

Also in March, March Hafla Madness is on Sunday March 31 in Redwood City, CA. This is hosted by Redwood City Raks and BAB and is a wonderful community event. The event page is here:
https://bayareabelly.info/march-hafla/

March Madness Community Hafla

Sunday, March 31st, 2019

3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

$5.00 per person

Napa Dance Studio

560 El Camino Real

Redwood City, CA 94063

Adira Dance & Costume hosts a free Hafla during the year on select Sundays that is always a lot of fun! The first event this year is on Sunday, May 3, 2019. Currently I'm on the schedule to perform at the August HaflAdira show, but it's possible that I may be performing with Swirl on another date TBD. If you are interested in signing up to dance or want to see the event schedule go to the web page here: http://adiradance.com/events/

Adira Dance & Costume

2038 Lincoln Avenue

San Jose, CA 95125

The 9th Annual Bay Area Belly is happening on Sunday May 19, 2019 in Redwood City, CA. This is an independent Belly Dance show that's open to the general public, dancers and dance enthusiasts that would like to experience the enchanting atmosphere of dance and live music from the Middle East. I will be there enjoying the performances, the local vendors in the Bazar, as well as delicious food and drink sold at Angelica's. Information about the event can be found at their website: https://bayareabelly.info/

Angelica's in Redwood City is the event venue

836 Main Street

Redwood City, CA 94063

Sunday May 19, 2019

General Admission is $20.00 per person or in advance at the Angelica's website here 

There is another Fall event that I always look forward  but the date hasn't yet been announced. The Bay Area Dance & Music Association regarding their Fabulous Fall Festival which is usually in the month of November. You can sign up for their newsletter and announcements on their website: https://babdama.org/about-babdama/

BABDAMA’S FABULOUS FALL FESTIVAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Zemira will be performing on Saturday November 10, 2018

BABDAMA’S FABULOUS FALL FESTIVAL

HILLVIEW COMMUNITY CENTER, MULTI PURPOSE ROOM

97 HILLVIEW AVENUE, LOS ALTOS, CA

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10TH, 11AM – 8PM

PAY FOR ADMISSION AT THE DOOR Cash
$15.00 General  * $5.00 Performers * $7.00 Children * $10.00 Seniors

• FESTIVAL DANCING
• LIVE MUSIC SEGMENT By TAHNEEN
• FEATURED DANCER SHOWCASE
• VENDORS FOR ALL DAY SHOPPING
• REFRESHMENTS

If you are interested in Volunteering - Email for information or to volunteer at info.babdama@gmail.com

Performance on Saturday November 11, 2017 - Los Altos, CA

I'll be performing at BABDAMA’s Fabulous Fall Festival, on Saturday, November 11, 2017

HILLVIEW COMMUNITY CENTER, MULTI PURPOSE ROOM

97 HILLVIEW AVENUE, LOS ALTOS, CA

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11TH, 11AM – 8PM

My performance is scheduled between 12.30pm & 1pm. 

PAY FOR ADMISSION AT THE DOOR (OR AHEAD OF TIME ONLINE Brown Paper Bag Tickets – TBA)

• FESTIVAL DANCING
• FEATURED DANCER SHOWCASE
• LIVE MUSIC BY PANGIA
• VENDORS FOR ALL DAY SHOPPING
• REFRESHMENTS

Here is a website link to the event information. 

Your admission includes the all day Festival Dancing & Shopping well as the Dancer Showcase which starts at 6.30pm. 

Hope to see you there!

** If you would like to volunteer at this event, send email to  info.babdama@gmail.com with "Volunteer" in the subject line. Volunteers receive FREE ADMISSION to an all-day show. **

Swirls 'Halloween performance at Haunted Hafla Adira in San Jose, CA

Here's a clip from a recent performance with Swirl at Haunted Hafla Adira on October 22, 2017 in San Jose, CA. 

Click here for Swirl performance clip on Instagram

For this Swirl troupe performance we were all adorned in Assiut robes and headdresses. Davina is in Royal Blue, Velinda is in Black and Gold, redvelvet is in a lovely Rust colored robe, and I am in Purple.

I always enjoy attending the Haunted Hafla Adira and it was so much fun to be a part of the show. 


Adira Dance & Costume store is located at  2038 Lincoln Ave San Jose CA 95125. Here is the link to the website for your dance needs.