DANCE!

DANCE!
photoshoot with Jess Gelber

Friday, February 25, 2011

BANDS & BELLIES 6

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Bands and Bellies Peace Concerts: Professional dancers, live music, food, and drinks!


Sunday March 6, 2011, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

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At Green Earth Coffee

20025 Lake Forest, Unit 101

Lake Forest, CA 92630

(949) 305-2800/ http://greenearthcoffee.org


FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT---BRING THE KIDS!


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OUR PERFORMERS:


Bellydance by: * EMILY*LULU LEVONA*VERONIKA* PERIZAD*GLOBAL GROOVE*ONYX*

Live music by:*ALYSIA MICHELLE JAMES*THE DAVID HILAL PROJECT*DEEP STIRRINGS*

Special appearances by: *SAKUNTALA* LULUHOOP (Glow Hoop dance)* the POIFESSIONALS (Glow Poi spinning)*

Also featuring, for your enjoyment: *DJ Onyx* face painting by EVA*Henna by Debra Reiser "the HENNA CRONE"*VENDING and even more special treats!



A percentage of admission goes to support local animal rights activism



Admission: $10 per adult (suggested donation)

No one turned away!

Contact: Alec Marken (949.370.0523) Sarah al Nour (714.351.0636)

bandsandbellies@gmail.com

*Bands and Bellies Peace Concerts, a HyRev Production*

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Monday, April 5, 2010

DEEP STIRRINGS AT EARTH FAIRE 2010!

The band (in which I sing) is playing at EarthFair 2010!
This San Diego Earth Day celebration goes from 10am - 5pm om Sunday, April 18 in Balboa Park!
http://www.earthdayweb.org/EarthFair.html

Earth Day 2010 is going to be the BIGGEST Earth Day celebration in the country and Deep Stirrings is very excited to participate! It will most likely be a smaller version of us there, though :) EarthFair will feature three stages (The Children’s Stage, The Moon Stage-contemporary music- and The Folk Music Stage) which will have shows throughout the day. Alec is running sound for the event, and he and Sarah will be performing as well, both dancing and singing. The schedule for the day is still being adjusted, but Alec and Sarah will be performing in the afternoon, both as Deep Stirrings and as "Global Groove" (see the Global Groove fanpage for more info on this fun drum/dance collaboration!)
Visitors can discover organizations, exhibitions, art, shopping, food, programs, goods and services that all address our environment and quality of life. There will be special events for kids, and the day will begin with a parade in the morning (in which Sarah will walk), so feel free to arrive at opening time and spend all day exploring! The schedule for the day is full of education and entertainment!! For more information, go to http://www.earthdayweb.org/EarthFair.html

Friday, March 26, 2010

Inspiration

Series of Inspirational Quotes - some are dance-specific....
I have a quote addiction, so be ready for this page to get longer!

"Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery--
what it all means." --MARTHA GRAHAM

When you’re through changing, you’re through! ~John Maxwell
No man need stay the way he is. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick


More often than not, when something looks like it’s the absolute end, it is really the beginning. ~Charles Swindoll

"To get what you've never had, you must do what you've never done."

Thomas Huxley's success principle :
“Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
" 'Reality' should always be in quotes. " R. Buckminster Fuller
"If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it." --Isadora Duncan
""Great artists are people who find ways to be themselves in their art.Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike." --Margot Fonteyn



"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle".
Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. --Mata Hari

Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward."
~Soren Kierkegaard

"Of all days, the day on which one has not laughed is the one most surely wasted!!" - Nicolas-Sébastien Roch

"Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. "
source unknown to me, though I have uttered similar phrases myself...
"...success or failure, the truth of a life really has little to do with its quality. The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight...the gift of paying attention." -Julia Cameron
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."--Mikhail Baryshnikov

"Life expands or contracts in proportion to one's courage." Anaiis Nin (French writer)

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."
Anatole France

"A goal is a dream with a deadline." - Leo B. Helzel

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."--Mark Twain


"When everything has been explained, nothing is known." Unknown (rather appropriate...)

"Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing." Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918~) Russian Novelist

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. - Henry Ford

Fall down seven times, stand up eight. - Japanese Proverb

Life is the universe's gift to you, the way you live it is your gift to the universe. - ca

The artist should be present everywhere and visible nowhere. - Flaubert (approximately)

What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough. - Eugene Delacroix

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however. - Richard Bach, from The Messiah's Handbook (Illusions)

Be what you want, rather than get what you want. - ca

As an artist, it is central to be unsatisfied! This isn't greed, though it may be appetite. - Lawrence Calcagno

Play by standard rules, and you get standard results. - ca
Just because everyone's looking doesn't mean anything's happening. - Pat Emerton

One should live one's life in a regular, orderly fashion - like a bourgeois - so that one may be violent and original in one's work. - Flaubert (approximately)

Love is respect for, and joy in, the dynamic evolution of energy. - ca

Life is short, but it is wide. - Ya-ya?

Ultimate Truth is Infinite Possibility. - ca

The greatest sin is to speak when there is nothing to say, and to remain silent when there is something to be said. - unknown

Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein

I'd rather regret something I did do, than something I didn't do. - ca

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. - David Viscott

Beauty is graceful power. - ca

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. - Reggie Leach

If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing. - Zimbabwe Proverb

You never really know what your dreams are until they come true. - ca

Let the beauty we love be what we do. - Jalal Uddin Rumi

We see what it is time to see. - ca
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost

There is no such thing beneath the heavens as conditions favourable to art. Art must crash through or perish. - Sylvia Ashton-Warner

Every moment of your life is an event. - Tony Caruto

Life is not about accomplishment but about experience. - ca

We shall not cease from exploration * And the end of all our exploring * Will be to arrive where we started * And to know the place for the first time. - T.S. Eliot

Always advance. Never dig in. - General Patton

Things you are proud of you'll more than likely lose. Things you are grateful for, you'll keep. - Leo Simone, Laguna Beach, 1988

Contentment is allowing your entire being to flow with the rhythms and harmonies of the universe. - ca

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. - Joseph Chilton Pearce

To achieve results never before accomplished, we must employ methods never before attempted. - Sir Francis Bacon

Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers. - Richard Bach, The Messiah's Handbook (Illusions)


"Dance, when you're broken open.

Dance, if you've torn the bandage off.

Dance in the middle of the fighting.

Dance in your blood.

Dance, when you're perfectly free. "

-- Jelaluddin Rumi (13th century)

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigour, the mystery, the humour, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance. - Martha Graham


" Life is usually about what you didn't expect!" me :)

"To dance is to be out of yourself, larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking." Agnes De Mille

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair" - Kahlil Gibran

Dance, when you're broken open.

Dance, if you've torn the bandage off.

Dance in the middle of the fighting.

Dance in your blood.

Dance, when you're perfectly free.

-- Jelaluddin Rumi (13th century)

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love." Jane Austen

"Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion". ---Martha Graham

" If you never put yourself in a box, you never have to figure out how to get out of one." Wise dancer at Mendocino dance camp

"Any problem in the world can be solved by dancing.” -- James Brown


Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own. - Erica Mann Jong


Life's a dance you learn as you go, Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow, Don't worry 'bout what you don't know, Life's a dance you learn as you go. - John Michael Montgomery


Work like you don't need the money. Dance like no one is watching. And love like you've never been hurt. - Mark Twain ( or so I have heard- I am not sure this is correct)



The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. - Mata Hari


Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle. - Martha Graham

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigour, the mystery, the humour, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance. - Martha Graham

"To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe. "
Anatole France

"Strange travel suggestions are merely dancing lessons from god." Kurt Vonnegut


“Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.” - Shakespeare (1564-1616)


"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
Michael Jordan

When everything has been explained, nothing is known.

Oliver's Law of Public Speaking: A closed mouth gathers no feet.

"Procrastinators: Leaders of Tomorrow! "


"It is kind of fun to do the impossible" –Walt Disney

Todos estamos aqui con un solo proposito: para crecer con sabidur y aprender a querer mejor. (We are all here for a single purpose: to grow in wisdom and learn to love better.)
---Rachel Naomi Remen MD from her book Kitchen Table Wisdom (Thanks, Vernon!)

"If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." - Bob Hope (1903-2003)

Frank (Tribal Dancer extraordinaire) "Tribal style bellydancers are the love children of Martha Stewart and McGyver!"

"If the mysterious complexity of women doesn't prove the existence of God, I don't know what does!" Timothy Bayer (my brother-in-law)


The answer is 42. - Deep Thought

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

ASTRA VON BERLIFITZING!!!!!!

Our premier run of ASTRA von Berlifitzing ended (April 7, 2009), and what an experience it was! A whirlwind of passionate storytelling through dance which has left me itching for more...pictures from this round will be going up on facebook... and trust me, if you missed this show....you missed OUT! So stay posted and don't miss the next run! We are looking for a new venue to keep telling our tale. Check back frequently for more teasers and tidbits!
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Very soon, The ASTRA VON BERLIFITZING DANCE COMPANY will be gearing up for the next incarnation of this passionate, edgy dance theatrical. After our spring production of ASTRA, the dance company decided to rework the show, and after recasting a few roles, tightening some of the choreography and another round of rehearsals, we will be ready to reveal the new version. Stay tuned for dates! Pictures and video from April's show are now available at www.astradance.com
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www.astradance.com http://SarahalNour.fanbridge.com

Thursday, December 17, 2009

nEWSFLASH!

December 17, 2009

Hi everyone!
Well, I am just teaching up a storm these days, so if you have been thinking about trying out a bellydance class, this could be the chance for which you have been waiting!
For those of you who have expressed a desire to try out my class but needed a different location- guess what!? I have TWO new locations for this season!
Now, since we all know we are going to be going 100 miles an hour this holiday season, why not unwind and refresh yourselves through dance? PLUS you can burn off any guilty calories you may pick up along the way....
I hope to see you soon!



Bellydance with Sarah al Nour

Winter 2009-Spring 2010 Classes
Monday 8:30 pm-9:30 pm Beginning Bellydance Ekta Studio
2691 Richter Ave., Ste 105, Irvine, CA. 92606 Starts December 21, 2009

Tuesday 6:00 pm-7:00 PM American Cabaret Bellydance with Zills Homeland 1321 E Anaheim St.,
Long Beach, CA 90813 ( Btwn Mahanna Ave and Warren Ave) This class is already in session, and is normally taught by the marvelous Tehani (www.dancingtehani.com) but I will take over on Jan 29, 2010 and teach there until she returns from her travels.

Wednesday 7:00 Pm- 8:00 PM Basic Bellydance
Anaheim Family YMCA 240 S. Euclid St. Anaheim, CA 92802 Class starts Jan 6th- we will be adding to our previous choreography- using VEILS!

Thursday No classes (Hey, I gotta sleep sometime!)

Friday 6:00 PM-7:15 PM Tribal Fusion Progressive Class Stiletto Shimmy (FKA Fit4U) 1779 Newport Blvd (Upstairs) Costa Mesa . Class began last week, but it is not too late to sign up!

Saturday WORKSHOPS (upon request and subject to availability) PERFORMANCES (ongoing at several locations)

You can stay posted on my website: www.bellyssimadancer.com or my FB events page: search for Sarah al Nour


I also update occasionally via MySpace, twitter and
bellydancingdiva.com :) http://bellydancingdiva.co m/findaclass/orangecounty/ sarah-al-nour/

Friday, December 11, 2009

NEWSFLASH!

Fri, December 11, 2009 - 4:26 PM
hey gang- quick update:
~I HAVE TO GET RID OF A TRIBAL FUSION FAIRE WORKSHOP I CAN'T USE: for this Sunday, 11:00AM-12:30AM: Rose Harden $30.00!!!! PM me if you can use it!

~My NEW TRIBAL CLASS Session starts TONIGHT, 6 pm at Stiletto Shimmy; "Empowering Women through Dance, Fitness and Health".
Stiletto Shimmy
1779 Newport Blvd 2nd FLOOR
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
714-966-2676
The class is an 8 week series that takes students from the basics to performance!

~ALSO I have a new TRIAL class that starts Monday at Ekta studios (2691 Richter Ave. Ste 105,Irvine) 8.30-9.30 pm. call: 949-362-0149 to enroll. The fees are $15 for one 1 hr. class OR $150.00 for 3 month package (1 class/ wk) Please email me with any questions!


OK that is it for now!