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WELCOME TO THE ARTIST CIRCLE
SPONSORING EVENTS AND DIALOGUE THAT PROMOTE ARTISTRY IN BELLY DANCE
Artist Circle is an ever expanding collective that aims to nurture, validate, and exalt the creative essence of the dance artist through both experimental means, and tried and true methods.
If you would like to be a part of the Artist Circle collective, send an email to: vlnhappy@hotmail.com.
Want to hear some of the results we have discovered in our Artist Circle?
Visit:ARTIST CIRCLE BLOG!
How did Artist Circle begin?
At the beginning of January 2008, a woman who is a belly dance acquaintance called me and asked if I would consider getting together and just brainstorming about dance. Why not? So she came over, and we did just that: my turn, your turn, what inspires your movement? What do you think about when dancing? When practicing? What do you yearn for? Though we come from different dance backgrounds and styles, it was a wonderful collaboration, and I felt again that wonderful spark of friendship and community that comes out of women dancing for women.
I have done this many times now- I think of it as getting in the Artist Circle (and that is a term that came from the beautiful dancer, Manon ). It is a time to leave the stagename persona behind, and just communicate and explore together. It is not a lesson, no exchanging of money for ideas. We learn together. There is rarely an itinerary for the trip, and there is always the possibility that the session will fizzle and that will be that. But, so far, it has yielded nothing but friendship and epiphanies.
In my blog are some of the ideas that have come out of these fruitful sessions. I invite you to try them out, and, if you like, email me ideas that have come out of your own Artist Circle endeavors. I will post them, along with a link to your website. It would be wonderful to extend the Artist Circle to all dancers who are moved to explore and share the beauty and artistry of Middle Eastern Dance.
If you are in the Seattle area, be sure to come and visit!
Emails may be sent to: vlnhappy@hotmail.com Enjoy!
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