Welcome to our new home.

Welcome!

Here is a tiny hope that this blog will be updated semi-frequently. At the very least you will find new information on the Portland and travel schedule pages, as well as a new home for Le Serpent Rouge’s tour information. I’ve got big hopes for a semi-interactive Tribal Fusion Belly Dance page, and new bootlegs from recent performances will be uploaded frequently, whether I like it or not. Please feel free to click on the rss feed icon in the upper left-hand corner to receive updates in your iGoogle, Google reader, or any of the other gazillion options now available.

Now current info: Tribal Fest blew my mind, my pocket book, and my nervous system. Thank goodness I had a week to recover. I spoke with people again and again who felt that our dance form is growing up! No two groups were alike, the bar has been raised yet again (ahem… Zoe, Frank, Unmata, Tribaltique, Ariellah, too many to mention!), and everyone was feeling positive and supportive. We’ve had our growing pains, but right now I feel like our community is supportive and excited. I’m so happy to see it grow in this direction. More “we” and less “I” makes a happy, healthy heart.

Now cometh the big gear up for June: Fat Chance Belly Dance’s Devotion, The Carnal Cabaret on the Queen Mary (gulp!), and an attempt at a lightning-fast, shredder-style solo with Fishtank Ensemble in SF. Visit the travel schedule for details.

Thanks!

Rachel