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Andrés Rábago García alias OPS or El Roto (Spanish painter, illustrator, and cartoonist).
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What a way to start!
Whoaaaawww…what a way to start 2012! I was one of the lucky ones to dance on the “Orientale” dance festival hosted by the tanzhaus nrw in mid-February. And my goodness, THAT’s what I’m calling a BIG stage! It was a great and precious experience that I’m very grateful for.
The tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf is one of the most important centres of international contemporary dance in Germany and is also pretty renowned throughout Europe. It’s an amazing place and there’s going on sooo much. It’s definitely worth keeping an eye on their program :) you can find it here: http://tanzhaus-nrw.de/
It also was great pleasure to meet again old dancing friends and get to know new ones – Iike many times before I realized how freaking great this community is!!
A huge thank you to this bunch of lovely ladies for making it a blast; to Marcel and Konstanze of the hagalla magazine for their kind support and confidence; and especially to Manis, Dorothee and the whole tanzhaus nrw-team for making it all possible and giving me this wonderful chance!
**xoxo
p.s. not that you think my year only starts with dancing and on mid-February, at the moment my university studies are pretty much taking up my time. on the brink of graduating…. ;)
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Tagged düsseldorf, orientale, performance, show, tanzhaus nrw
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Üdvözöljük Budapesten
Now, time for reviewing my trip to Budapest! Also while corresponding with dear Judit and Yvette ahead of the Tribal Fest I already felt warmly welcome!
BUT I have to tell you guys about one thing in particular that made my heart flutter:
Arriving in the city of Budapest on Friday morning I was overwhelmed by our hostel (and speaking of “our”, to my great pleasure my father accompanied me :-)).
We definitely stayed in the most wonderful hostel I ever did so far, and I stayed in LOTS of different places all over the world!
Never seen anything as lovingly set up before as this place. The common room was comfortable, warm and inviting with the utmost love for detail. The perfect oasis of gathering the strange & beautiful. This charm spelled all over the place! Because my description wouldn’t do justice to it all, I posted a picture that will do for the right impression of lovely “Lavender Circus” :o)) thank you for making this trip charmingly wonderful…
It really fits the appearance and pizzaz of the city. All full of monuments and great antique buildings and streets, bearing witness of the past sparkle. Now, almost at the edge of disintegrating I guess it bears even more sparkle to me :-) it’s a fascinatingly beautiful city for this very reason that gives it so much strength of character!
As for the Tribal Fest, it was a nice experience. What I noticed in particular was that the social gathering and the community itself was much more central than I was used to of other festivals. Which was a BLAST and made for the festival’s superb spirit! :-) I was happy to see some dancing friends again and meet new ones… of course, seeing my dearest and most admired Sam again made me even happier! She even watched my performance yayyyy! :-))
Finally on Monday, we have earned a day to relax. What is there more perfect than floating around in a over-100-year-old thermal bath that looks like a vintage palace, followed by a massage and ending with a visit of the zoo right next to the bath (which by the way is amazing, because wherever possible they allow you to go inside the animals cage!! 0.o)
All in all, anytime again! :-)
cheers n’ xoxoooo
Posted in Beauties of Life, Events
Tagged budapest, hungary, martina crowe-hewitt, samantha emanuel, tribal fest, viràg judit
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Black Forest Rocked!
Hey fellows,
The past weekend I spent in the very idyllic little town of Offenburg. It’s located in Southern Germany in the Black Forest area, an impressively extensive forest. Enjoyed staring out of the window of the train with goggle eyes for two hours xD
Going well with the Black Forest and Halloween weekend, I had classes with Aepril Schaile who actually missed out on this year’s beloved Halloween celebration in her hometown Salem for us…thank you, dear :)
I also took classes with Olivia Kissel and Christine Andrews from Zafira Dance Company. They’re so kind and attentive teachers and natural personalities!
I had the honor of dancing in the evening show on Friday night. To my great delight, my parents accompanied me to Offenburg and watched the show, too! It was the first time for them seeing me dancing on a real show stage. They liked my dancing and the festival so much, which made me so happy and a little proud too… :)
Backstage I met some great ladies again that I already knew from other festivals and it was great fun! they all did so well in the show and are great dancers! Claudia the host and her team were so sweet and cared well for us dancers!
The next day after dance class I treated myself delicious schnitzel with fries and an even more delicious apple strudel :D
The gala show on Saturday night was a BLAST! Sarina and Giuliana Angelini (first and second place of Hannover’s contest this year) impressive not only in their solos but also together in their first performance as a duo!
All in all, a successful festival that I’d love to revisit in 12 months ;-)
xoxo & cheers
Time For RB-Update
Amsterdam was wonderful…Rachel definitely IS a wonderful person, kind teacher and genius! Her teaching methods are so effective and encouraging. We got some exciting and simply astonishing concepts to work and play with! And then, of course, there’s the viniyoga…huhhh LOVE it!
You really feel and benefit from her huuuuuugeee experience. Nevertheless she’s down to earth, sympathetic and cheerful. I want mooooooreeeee…. :o) now I’m REALLY fancy about her 8 Elements™ intensives. Someday someday….and I can’t wait! ;-)
Beside all that I had the chance to meet a lovely bunch of ass-kicking dancers from all over! Thank you ladies!
Enjoyed the city, food and my cozzzzzy hotel, too. Was nice to visit picturesque Amsterdam again!
cheers n’ xoxo
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Tagged 8 elements, Amsterdam, dance, Intensive, Rachel Brice, Tribal Fusion
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Good morning, Amsterdam!
I’m off to Amsterdam this week for the…”drum-roll”….RACHEL BRICE “Exploration of the 8 Elements” 5-day intensive! So, I’m up to dancin’ with this goddess of a dancer for 5 days, 20 hours in total YAYY!
In the mornings, I have time to explore Amsterdam. It’s a beautiful city with a lot of canals, old naaarrroooow houses with pulleys on top, flowers, shady districts ;-) and more bicycles than people
By the way, stayin’ in a squiggly cute and cozy little place called Bema Hotel. You get your breakfast to your room o.o yummy…
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Tagged 8 elements, Amsterdam, dance, Intensive, Rachel Brice, Tribal Fusion
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Tribal Fusion Certification Course
I just wanna call your attention to these wonderful Certification Course and its Workshops organized by Amira of the Berne Bellydance School Taksim! This year I’m participating in the TFCC Level II…excellent teacher line-up, hard training, courses brimming with inspiration, lots of fun with great dancers & friends! Smashing!
Thank you Amira for organising everything! Thank you Jill, Sharon, Samantha and Amy for rockin’ it! looking forward to seeing you soon Elizabeth :)
Posted in Dance Training
Tagged Amy Sigil, Elizabeth Strong, Jill Parker, Samanta Emanuel, Sharon Kihara, Taksim, Tribal Fusion
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The site is awakening, unlike me!
huh…finally I’m “on-site”!
now, my head is spinning from all that editing 8-)
hope you like it!
cheers
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