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Desert Dance Festival - Saturday, September 24, 2011
At the S.E.S. Hall 1375 Lafayette St., Santa Clara , California, Indigenous performed at DDF's 26th annual two-day festival featuring all day performances of belly dance, live music, dance classes, vendors of treasures and fantastic Middle East food from Kabully Foods. The Saturday evening showcase "Belly Laugh" had everyone rolling in the aisles. Indigenous featured its new Far Eastern themed Mytho-Poetic performance piece on Saturday afternoon and got many favorable comments on the set! Special thanks to Carl Sermon for the following photos:
Thanks, Carl! You're a Raq Star too!
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Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival - September 17, 2011
Indigenous debuted its newest Mytho-Poetic performance piece to an appreciative crowd at the Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival. For the fifth year in a row Indigenous has enjoyed performing at this most excellent of the local Festivals. The artists are talented, the entertainment is top notch and the food (& wine!) scrumptious. Thanks for coming out for the fresh air, sunshine and dancing!
All is peaceful in the Village until a messenger comes bearing news of War!
The Bushi women march to battle and practice their fighting skills.
Enter the Warriors:
Their Spirits merge to defeat their Enemy:
Once the Battle is over, the Bushi women put down their weapons and return home to honor their ancestors through dancing at Obon.....
....And joyfully dancing with wagasa (parasol), sensu (fan) and silk:
See you next year at Santa Clara Art and Wine 2012!
Second Annual Breast Cancer Belly Dance Benefit
Indigenous with Saiqa and her Sisters of the Temple Moon and with (lucky) San Jose Police 911 Angels supporter, Alex
Sisters of the Temple Moon .....and Saiqa
Saiqa, shakin' up the room!
Indigenous was delighted to perform with a sparkling line-up of performers for Saiqa and Farouche's Second Annual Breast Cancer Belly Dance Benefit on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at the perfectly intimate stage of the Willow Glen United Methodist Church, 1420 Newport Avenue in San Jose, California. Over 100 guests showed up to watch, buy raffle tickets and enjoy a fantastic spread of good eats, all for a good cause. The generous donations collected by the 911 Angels of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer organization totaled $3684, 100% of which goes directly to Breast Cancer Research.
Thanks to everyone: volunteers, dancers, raffle donators and especially the audience who made this a success!
More information on the good cause can be found at In It To End It
Private Party - June 11, 2011
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Boogie on the Bayou - May 22, 2011
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Private Party - May 21, 2011
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Private Party - February 26, 2011
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Thai Lovers Restaurant - January 8, 2011
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Haunted Hafla Adira (Including Thrill The World) - October 23, 2010
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Halloween Bean Scream - October 29, 2010
Desert Dance Festival 2010 - September 25, 2010
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Santa Clara Art & Wine - September 19, 2010
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Santa Clara Art & Wine - September 18, 2010
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Hafla Adira - September 11, 2010
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"Mystery Unveiled - Masters of Belly Dance" Visalia - August 14, 2010
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Dancin' On The Avenue in Willow Glen - June 26, 2010
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Boogie on the Bayou - May 23, 2010
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Private performance "Mediterranean Nights" dinner party - May 8, 2010
Ashley Lopez's Danse du Ventre - April 23, 2010
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PAMF 2010 Gala Dinner - January 30, 2010
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Halloween Bean Scream - October 30, 2009
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Haunted HaflAdira - October 24, 2009
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Private Party - Mediterranean Nights Dinner in Santa Clara - August 1, 2009
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Danse Du Ventre at Splash Nightclub - July 30, 2009
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Dancin’ on the Avenue in Willow Glen, Ca - June 20, 2009
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Rakkasah West Festival 2009 - March 14, 2009
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San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions - January 17, 2009
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Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival - September 13, 2008
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Desert Dance Festival - September 13, 2008
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Tatseena's Belly Dance Fantasy Festival 2008 - August 3, 2008
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Goddess Fest 2008, Boise, Idaho - July 25-27, 2008
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Private Party: Mediterranean Feast - May 16, 2008
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Private Wedding, Joliet Illinois - December 29, 2007
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Desert Dance Festival, San Jose, California - September 23, 2007
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Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival - September 15, 2007
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Private Party: Mediterranean Feast - June 2, 2007
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Rakkasah West 2007 - March 18, 2007
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Menara Moroccan Restaurant - Friday, January 27, 2007
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Halloween 2006 - Friday October 27 & Sunday 29, 2006
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Bennuvian Bash at Menara, San Jose, Sunday May 7, 2006
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Menara Performance, San Jose, Friday, April 7, 2006
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Menara Performance, San Jose, Friday, March 31, 2006
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Visions of Spring Bellydance Gala, San Jose, Sunday, March 12, 2006
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February 3, 2006: At the 2006 Belly Dance Superstars & Desert Roses Performance in San Rafael, California
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January 14, 2006: At the Bay Area MECDA Gala featuring Judeen "Passages - A Journey Through Dance"
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Opening Night at Menara, San Jose, Friday December 30, 2005
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November 10, 2005: At the Nigerian Famine Relief Benefit: Don't Let My People Die" - American Tribal Dancers Support African Tribal Families in San Francisco
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