Where my belly dancers at?
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:39 pm
Hello burning brethren,
My camp is starting to talk about its interactivity for this year, and one of the things I've always wanted to do in the seven years of burning is to host a hafla. A hafla, for those that don't belly dance or don't know, is a gathering of belly dancers where they dance for each other (and close friends who love belly dance). It's more like a party than a formal performance and comes from the arabic word Khafla which essentially means get together or party.
I envision a bunch of belly dancers from all over the playa coming to our camp to boogie, improv dance or maybe even send me a song title beforehand so I can upload it and bring it to playa to play on our sound system so they can perform inside our big 14' dome. I might also have some treats like turkish coffee, hookah, and some nom noms to share. I'm a fusion tribal style belly dancer, but I started out in cabaret so I love and accept all styles!!!
If you're a belly dancer or know belly dancers (all levels WELCOME!) and this sounds interesting/fun/exciting to you, let me know below! We can exchange emails/playa addresses and get our shimmy on together in the desert!
(Also if anyone knows of an event or events similar to this idea this is already in existence - please let me know - I'd love to join forces! I did an eplaya search and didn't find anything but that doesn't mean it isn't already happening!)
Dusty love & shimmies to you all!
My camp is starting to talk about its interactivity for this year, and one of the things I've always wanted to do in the seven years of burning is to host a hafla. A hafla, for those that don't belly dance or don't know, is a gathering of belly dancers where they dance for each other (and close friends who love belly dance). It's more like a party than a formal performance and comes from the arabic word Khafla which essentially means get together or party.
I envision a bunch of belly dancers from all over the playa coming to our camp to boogie, improv dance or maybe even send me a song title beforehand so I can upload it and bring it to playa to play on our sound system so they can perform inside our big 14' dome. I might also have some treats like turkish coffee, hookah, and some nom noms to share. I'm a fusion tribal style belly dancer, but I started out in cabaret so I love and accept all styles!!!
If you're a belly dancer or know belly dancers (all levels WELCOME!) and this sounds interesting/fun/exciting to you, let me know below! We can exchange emails/playa addresses and get our shimmy on together in the desert!
(Also if anyone knows of an event or events similar to this idea this is already in existence - please let me know - I'd love to join forces! I did an eplaya search and didn't find anything but that doesn't mean it isn't already happening!)
Dusty love & shimmies to you all!
