"Shimmy By The Sea"

"Shimmy By The Sea", Corpus Christi, TX was my first bellydance workshop and it was awesome!!! My friend / BD Instructor "Elda" had been bugging me to attend a workshop, any workshop so I could see the other side of the "bellydance world". Boy is there a "bellydance world" out there, BEAUTIFUL women of all ages and sizes who LOVE bellydancing. We had three full days of exercising, dance and entertainment. The Shows were awesome. I got to see bellydancers from all over Texas perform ~ 2 1/2 hours long..... I loved it!!! We had three BEAUTIFUL Instructors Viviane, Karen Barbee and Dilek:

Friday ~ Day 1: "Viviane" gosh, what can I say about her.... she is just sooooooooooo BEAUTIFUL in every way. The way she dances, her looks, her character, EVERYTHING!!! Here's a little info of her background: she is a passionate multi award winning professional dancer and accomplished instructor. She dedicates her life to pursue the traditional Egyptian belly dance style or "Raks Sharq", while incorporating Brazilian flavor, without distancing herself from the dance origins. Saturday ~ Day 2: "Karen Barbee". I loved the way she taught class. She made it fun and easy. She would crack jokes and do funny moves. Here's a little info on her: she trained in Cairo, Egypt, with some of the most accomplished dancers in the world and has participated in major symposiums. She has taught and performed in workshops, clubs, restaurants in cities all over the U.S. She also taught in the Caribbean and Brazel.

Sunday ~ Day 3:"Dilek". Her class was interesting. We played with zills and our gypsy skirts. Here's a little info on her too: she was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. She trained with many well known dance instructors. Growing up in Istanbul, Dilek was lucky to watch and study dancers perform to complicated Turkish 9/8 rhythms and Oriental style Turkish dance.

Here are pics from from the shows (the ones above are from the evening shows). I wish I could put the videos but I can't ~ its a rule thing, but I can show you if you want!!!

Oh, there were three little girls that performed. They were AMAZING!!! I also recorded them, sneakily... hee... hee... The shouldn't of made Still/Video cameras!!!

Here are a couple of slide shows. The first slide is of all the dancers, the second one is just of the Instructors performances! Enjoy, I did!