State College Bellydance local dance events

Arabian Splendor Middle Eastern Dance Show
starring Angela Prato, the Pearls of the Valley, and other local dancers was a hugely entertaining evening. See some photos from the performances below -- the pictures are in the order of the performances.
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Pearls performance: On Saturday, October 9th, 2004, The Pearls of the Valley debuted a new performance suite at Rakkasah East, in Somerset, N.J.. Rakkasah East is an annual festival and the largest gathering of Middle Eastern dancers on the East Coast.
Randah workshop review: September 11th, 2004, Ileena and Adrianna sponsored a workshop in Johnstown, featuring Randa Rahbar. Raihana, of Pittsburgh, PA, led a dance meditation warm-up. Randa taught an exciting cabaret style choreography that was so much fun to do, that we hardly knew we were working so hard! Randa also opened the afternoon session with a Pilates warm-up, explaining how strengthening the core back and abdominal muscles is a key part of belly dance. After lunch we started the afternoon session with a stage make-up lesson with Angela Prato (who will be coming to State College in December for a workshop and show), which gave us some great tips. An extra-fun time was had by all as this was Ileena's 25th anniversary of her involvement in bellydance, and we celebrated with a cake, and raffle give-aways of Ileena's famous home-made wine, and gift baskets of body-care products. Ileena is sponsoring another workshop in April 2005, featuring Jasmin Jahal of Ohio.

Check out Middle Eastern Dance in Central Pennsylvania for a fantastic local dance events calendar, as well as a place to swap, buy and sell bellydance CD's and costuming.

State College Bellydance with Tammie Rea presents Fall classes in Belly Dance and Middle Eastern Dance!