Dancing the Middle East – 2018
Dance like there is no tomorrow
Funkadelic Turkish Lounge 2014
Another amazing Turkish Lounge at The Abbey in Cumberland! Saturday Oct. 25, 7:30 pm This time there will be just a few performances (including me, Edith Jacob and our host Cathy Stoyko), plus lots of music and dancing for everyone, with a funkadelic dance set by DJ StIzmir Smyrna and live music jamming to wrap… Read more…
Fall 2013 workshops with Lynette
Belly dance! in downtown Nanaimo Basics Thursdays Sept. 26, Oct. 3 & 10 * Moves, music & dances of Egypt, Lebanon & Turkey. For beginners & a refresher for more experienced dancers Art & artistry Thursdays starting October 17 * All experience levels welcome – contemporary dance from the Middle East and exciting fusions.… Read more…
Dance Vallarta 2013
Five days of dance and sun in the Yoga Vallarta studio of Puerto Vallarta, February 5 – 9 2013. Thanks to my co-instructor Debra Shields of Saidi Sisters, the beautiful dancers who attended, Alma our studio host, and the restaurants that welcomed our evening dance parties! See our Facebook site Dance Vallarta 2013 for… Read more…
Turkish Roman music/video
Music from my past workshops All cd’s listed here are available on Amazon.com, some through Chapters Indigo, and one from iTunes. All of them are terrific! Performed by Turkish Roman (gypsy) musicians: Selim Sesler – Road to Kesan: Turkish ROM & Regional Music Thrace track: Tulum 5:01 Selim Sesler and Brenda MacCrimmon – Karsılama… Read more…
Vancouver Island Bellydance Showcase
Saturday September 22, 2012 – Victoria-based OPA society celebrated the very best in our Island bellydance community! Among the 6 mini-workshops, I taught a session on Turkish Roman dance. I’ve listed some of my music resources and video inspirations in the Resources page “Turkish Roman workshop music and videos” Workshop Descriptions: 10am -‘Layering Drills for… Read more…
Penceresi yola karsi
Her window faces the street”, presented in Belly for the Beast, Malaspina Theatre, Nanaimo BC. This structured improvisation explores the public and private feelings of a Turkish girl, set to the Turkish Roman music of Karsilama (with Selim Sesler & Brenda MacCrimmon). Read more…
Red Apple
Excerpt from Red Apple, presented in Errington, BC. This choreography was inspired by the resilience of Afghani village women. The structured improvisation blends eastern and western traditions and contemporary dance styles to music by Ashkabad and Yuldiz Usmanova. Read more…
Turkish music for dancers
Gypsies of Turkey with Ahmet Kusgoz Ve Arkadaslari Karsilema until you drop! This album is chock full of 9/8 rhythms played at different tempos (mostly fast), alternating with ciftitelli and other regional instrumentals. I regularly recommend this energetic and passionate album for dancers who want “real Turkish Rom” music, as it is readily available from… Read more…
Turkish dance workshops
Turkish Roma (gypsy) dance Celebrate the passionate and dynamic rhythms, movements, and spontaneity of Turkish Roman/Gypsy dance. Distinctive steps and sinuous movements will provide a base for exploring ornamentation, layering, and expression. Learn the meanings and role of gestures, experiment with a wide range of musical moods, and develop some powerful gypsy “attitude”. Teaching level:… Read more…
Romani dance workshops
Ghawazee Sparkle & Turkish Soul A short introduction to movement in two distinctive Roma styles. Strengthen your dance vocabulary, skills, and knowledge in a session contrasting the sinuous embellishments of Turkish dance styles with the quivers, shimmies and “earthquake tremors” of Egyptian Ghawazee dance. Read review. Teaching level: Multilevel (beginner through advanced) Length: 1 1/2 hours Read more…
Lynette Harper Workshop Review
OPA! News, Victoria Spring 2008 by BOBBIE BARRY Lynette is the quintessential teacher. After 30 years of teaching and performing this art form, she knows her stuff! My first meeting and experience of Lynette Harper as a teacher was back in July 2003. At that point I had been studying Middle Eastern belly dance… Read more…
Interview with Lynette Harper
Sahda, June 2007 By NILA What attracted you to bellydance, and made you stick to it? Dance is life! Returning home from a Middle East journey in 1976, I discovered the bellydance craze had hit Vancouver – and knew I’d become part of it. Sometimes I wonder if I would have stuck to Middle Eastern… Read more…