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KHELASHI CALENDAR 2008
Thanks to many wonderful people who, in one way or another, contrubuted to this project:
A calendar full of beautiful pictures from the last Khelashi Show, enhanced with a nice flowery design, moon phases included.
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS CALENDAR WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE WEXFORD WOMEN'S REFUGE CENTRE!
Tamalyn Dallal
"The student phase is like childhood. It is beautiful, and if you don't have a childhood, adulthood can be pretty messed up. I have seen people jump into the professional arena too fast. They get jaded and look for the attention and money more than the art and enjoyment. Art is a gift, and when you open it, you need to share it. Do so with heart, for people who appreciate you and give you energy. ...Be a child in this dance for a long time and savor it. Don't think that because someone else is doing something, you have to do it. You have to be seasoned and thick skinned as a professional, so don't rush to get that way. Also, learn, learn, learn..Not just new steps, but how these dances came about and where they are from. Learn about the world."
by: Tamalyn Dallal
Delicious Bahklava!!
Ingredients:
500gms. filo pastry sheets
500 gms. Rendered butter (ghee) melted
500gms. walnuts or pistachios powdered coarsely
200 gms. sugar powdered
1/4 tsp. allspice freshly powdered
1/4 tsp. cinnamon powdered
For Syrup:
300 gms. sugar,
3/4 cup water
1 tbsp. milk
few drops orange blossom essence
Method:
Mix together, sugar, spices and nuts.
Use a flat-bottomed baking tray, into which size of pastry sheet will fit.
Place one sheet in tray, brush with ghee.
Repeat for half the sheet, piling up.
Spread out nut mixture all evenly over piled sheets.
Repeat procedure of sheet and ghee alternating, till all sheets are used.
Brush uppermost sheet with remaining ghee.
Cut in squares or diamonds, using pizza cutter.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes at 180oC, or till sheets are crisp and light.
Keep aside to become cold if using hot syrup.
Alternatively, use hot if using cold syrup.
Do not heat both, else dish will get all soggy.
To Proceed:
Use milk to clarify syrup.
Make syrup of sugar and water, till just under one thread consistency. (Refer feature for detail on syrup making)
Add essence, stir.
Strain, pour over cold bahklawa or cool and pour over hot bahklawa.
Making time: 1-1/2 hours
Makes: 20-24 pieces approx.
Shelflife: After syrup is poured, best fresh Separately, 3 weeks or more, refrigerated.
Golden Camel Award 2007
hosted by Karen Mallon in Holywood/Belfast
http://www.isis-events.com
Dearbhla and Siobhan won!!! YAY!!!!
They WON!! MY students!!!
With their OWN choreography, a tribal fusion piece to Madonna ("Music" - from "sounds of istanbul)
Well done!!! Congratulations!!!
And thanks a million to Karen for putting up this extra special event! (More info on her site - see above).
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Dance, Lalla, with nothing on
but air. Sing, Lalla,
wearing the sky.
Look at this glowing day! What clothes
could be so beautiful, or
more sacred?
(Lalla Ded)
Lalla was an indian Poet who lived in the 14. Century. Her live was devoted to her spiritual believes and during her pilgrimages she performed her poetry singing and dancing.
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How to make a tribal costume:
What you need:
A very well fitting padded bra, with solid cups to hold the weight of the decoration.
Lots of (preferably indian) coins.
Indian Border or other nice fabric.
Coin necklaces or other jewellery.
A tribal belt - mirror or coin. (In the picture I am wearing a coin belt but mirror belts are also very pretty and much easier to get!)
Base fabric for the belt.
Lots of wool or long fringes.
Any other decoration you might like as long as it looks authentic.
(To find out where to get all these things please look through the links below)
Coin Bra:
The easiest thing is to get a ready made coin necklace or other jewelry and sew it onto the bra. You can also get indian border or bracelets with beads or shells and sew them on, it looks great and is so easy to make! If you like, you can get some nice fabric and make a cover to hide the bra straps if you are wearing it without a waistcoat, otherwise wear the bra straps across your back or as a halterneck.
Belt:
Get a piece of fabric that you like to fit like a belt covering all of your bottom (black velvet fabric in the picture)with straps to tie in the front. Sew a ready made tribal belt (coin or mirror) onto the top edge and decorate it with strings of coins, beads, shells, etc. On the bottom edge, sew long fringes either ready made with border or made of long pieces of wool or thick string.
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LINKS:
http://www.jiveinferno.com/index.php Salsa Jive all over the South East! Prepare for a great night out!
http://www.somacork.com/ Beautiful Indian Shop in Cork - you can order a lot of your tribal costume supply here. He also does some beautiful belly dance costumes!
http://www.tribalatty.com (Belly dancer and tribal costumer in Ennis, Co. Clare)
http://www.freewebs.com/yasminadance/index.html (Bellydancer in Dublin, very good dancer in egyptian and bollywood style)
http://www.isis-events.com (Karen Mallon, Bellydancer in Belfast - try to catch one of her Hafla's, they are great!)
http://www.geocities.com/flamencoymas/ ( Flamenco in Dublin)
http://www.iol.ie/~flamenco/home.html (Flamenco in Dublin)
http://www.bellydancelimerick.com (Shannon Veils, Belly dance in Limerick)
http://www.rashanitribal.com/ Wendy Marlatt is a great dancer and teacher and the best source for fcbd style Tribal dance in Dublin
www.ameltafsout.com (the "tribal godmother" from Algeria. A fantastic woman!!
www.rachelbrice.com
(Incredibly snaky mover, tribal fusion style and yoga)
www.orientaldancer.net (big network with lots of information)
http://www.galbeno.co.yu/ (great site about romany culture, a summer school in Serbia and some romany songs to download)
http://www.mosaicdance.org ( UK belly dance network & magazine)
http://www.shira.net (one of my favourite sites, very informative!!)
http://www.divine-sound.com Branko Isakovich & Divine Sound (Some of our tribal choreographies in class)
www.sumu.info is a unique fusion of rhythmic world music, combining African, jazz, funk and folk based in Cork.
Khelashi Photography:
Thorsten Merz http://www.pbase.com/tmerz or http://www.thorstenmerz.com
Stas Bernasinski http://www.pbase.com/stasber
Some books about belly dance:
Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance: Awakening Spirituality
Through Movement & Ritual - By: Iris J. Stewart
Great pictures and information on sacred dance in general
Belly Dancing - By: Rosina Fawzia Al-Rawi
Good source of historical information
The Tribal Bible, Exploring The Phenomenon That Is American Tribal Style Bellydance
by Kajira Djoumahna
Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World
By: Wendy Buonaventura
beautiful pictures!
Zaida: Belly Dancing for Older Women
By: Phoebe Carter
Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and
Healing Power of Belly Dancing - By: Rosina-Fawzia
Ancient Egyptian Dances - By: Irena Lexova