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School of Dance
10082 San Pablo Ave.
El Cerrito, CA
(510) 527-2400
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Salimpour Format Belly Dance, Jamila Salimpour Format Belly Dance,
Jazz, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Adults, teens and kids!
Classes
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The Salimpour Technique
taught by Rashid
Located at Studio Gracia
19 Heron (off of 8th St.)
San Francisco, CA
Between Folsom and Harrison St.
(415) 307-4782
Level 1/2 combination classes are offered on Wednesday from 6:00pm-7:30pm
$12.00 Drop-In (class cards available)
For complete information, contact Rashid at:
raksrashid@aol.com
(415) 621-0669 (415) 596-0990
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First Sunday of every month
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1106 Solano Ave., Albany, CA
(510) 524-1270
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My First Trip to Egypt
-by Isabella Antoinette Salimpour Khoury
I went to Egypt and it was a really BIG experience. I was the first kid to dance at Raqia’s Festival. I was in the newspapers. My greatest experience I loved was being on the camels, because I went around the pyramids. Then I saw King Tut on a statue. His place was the best experience I’ve ever had in my whole life. And it’s weird because we travel all over the world and I remember everything in Asia, Europe and Africa. Dancing in Egypt was really hard, not for me to dance, but it was hard to get in because I was a kid. But once I danced I felt that I got more dance in my heart than I normally do because I was trying to dance the best I could.
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~Check Out the New Suhaila~ Website!!!
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This last month was so full of inspiration. The studio was filled with two weeklong workshops and the first level 3 in years. It was fantastic! I congratulate all the students in level 3 for the commitment and dedication during this week. You survived! It is because of all of you that I am now having two level 3 weeklong workshops a year. Now the work gets really fun. And people think I’m only good for a few glute squeezes…hah!
The new web site is finally done and we are very excited to finally have the finished product of years of planning and designing. Andre and I want to thank the whole team; Tiffany, Chris, Kevin, and each and every one of you that helped to put together this new direction in our business. It is exciting to see the every growing and changing face of Suhaila Productions.
So now with this new school year we are planning a new series of productions and the already full calendar for 2007. I hope to see you in a workshop soon in the future.
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Editorial
by Suhaila®
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As our plane landed in Egypt I felt nervous. I didn’t know why, but my heart was pounding. I guess I felt worried that my family would be unhappy and not let me forget the fact that I dragged them to Egypt when they really didn’t want to go at this time. It was my selfish desire to bring my format to Egypt and to see first hand the festival that Raqia Hassan has built. At least in Paris Andre could go out for beer and hang out. What would he do in Egypt? Being an Arab American himself made it even worse since he would know what each man was thinking. But being the wonderful husband that he is we landed in Egypt with nothing expected but diarrhea.
After a smooth clearance and luggage pick up (which was our fist shocker) we headed outside to the van that was ready to pick us up from “Lady Egypt Travel Agency”. Lady Egypt Travel Agency is the company that Raqia uses along with her festival just in case the attendees want to go site seeing outside of the hotel and festival venue. We were so grateful to have them assist us in any way we needed. They would even assist us in ways we didn’t know we needed. As the doors to the airport opened I felt the hot breeze that I remember from years ago followed by the “call to prayer”. I closed my eyes and listened to the beautiful sounds that filled the city. I felt like crying and as each “call to prayer” came through echoing one after the other. I just stood unable to move. As my eyes were closed I felt my father. He had died when I was 9 years old, but until the day he passed every Friday he would play the sounds of the Koran though the house. Somehow it was soothing to me and I felt helpless and missed my father more than I have in years. I lost time and it wasn’t until I opened my eyes to see Andre looking in a trance as well did I realize that we were truly Arab/Americans coming home.
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September 8-10, El Cerrito, CA
Level I 3-Day Workshop
Suhaila Salimpour Technique
*Optional Level I Certification Testing
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344, suhaila@suhaila.com
Register Online
September 25-29, El Cerrito, CA
Level II Weeklong Workshop
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Technique
*Optional Level II Certification Testing
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344, suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
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2006 Workshops:
September 8-10, El Cerrito, CA
Level I 3-Day Workshop
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Technique
*Optional Level I Certification Testing Sept 10
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Location: 10082 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344, suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
Register Online
September 16-17, Ann Arbor, MI
2-Day Workshop
Location: One-on-One Athletic Club
2875 Boardwalk St. Ann Arbor MI 48104
Contact: Crystal Dunlap dunlapcrystal@gmail.com 734-330-8976
Register Online
September 17 , Portland, OR
Master Class
*Taught By Tiffany Bisconer or Kendra Katz (Authorized Instructor from the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance)
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Format
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm (Level I Format)
2:00pm-5:00pm (Level II Format)
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344, suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
Register Online
September 23-24 , Albuquerque, NM
Master Class
*Taught By Tiffany Bisconer (Authorized Instructor from the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance)
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Format
Time: TBA
Contact: Amaya mamaya1@comcast.net (505) 281-4492
September 25-29, El Cerrito, CA
Level II Weeklong Workshop
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Technique
**Must be Level I Certified to attend
*Optional Level II Certification Testing Sept 29
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Location: 10082 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344, suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
Register Online
October 8, Seattle, WA
Master Class
*Taught By Tiffany Bisconer (Authorized Instructor from the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance)
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Format
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm (Level I Format)
2:00pm-5:00pm (Level II Format)
Contact: Nadira: nadira@nadira.com
(206) 920-0422
October 20-22, Munich, Germany
3-Day Workshop
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Technique, Drum Solo Chorography, Layering, Folkloric Fusion, Jamila Salimpour Format, Finger Cymbals
Time & Location: TBA
Contact: Monika 0049-8072-98477; Momo 0049-6162-915999, mobile 0160-640-8281, monika@werksper.de www.tanz-zentrum.de
October 27-29, Frankfurt, Germany
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Technique
Time & Location: TBA
Contact: Momo Kadous
momo.kadous@gmx.de
Tel 49 6162 942755
Nov 4-6, Hannover, Germany
Content: Friday: 6pm-9pm Folkloric Fusion/Tribal Style
Saturday: 10am-1pm Technique & Combinations
Saturday: 2pm-5pm Suhaila Layering Technique
Sunday: 11am-4pm Drum Solo Choreography
Contact: Sina Bremer sina.b@t-online.de
Nov 9-12 Toronto, Canada
4-Day Workshop
Content: TBA
Time: TBA
Performance: TBA
Location: TBA
Sponsor: Audra Simmons (800) 431-0418 audra@cleopatrasbazaar.com
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Nov 18-19 Vancouver, Canada
2-Day Workshop
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Format
Time: Saturday 9:30am - 2:30pm
* Including 1hr Catered lunch
Sunday 9:30am - 2:30pm
* Including 1hr Catered lunch
Performance: Saturday November 18th
Performance/Workshop Location: The Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St., Vancouver
Sponsor: Martina 604-241-4371 martina@bellyfringe.ca
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December 10, Seattle, WA
Master Class
*Taught By Tiffany Bisconer (Authorized Instructor from the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance)
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Format
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm (Level I Format)
2:00pm-5:00pm (Level II Format)
Contact: Nadira: nadira@nadira.com
(206) 920-0422
2007 Workshops:
January 22-26 , El Cerrito, CA
Weeklong Workshop
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Technique
*Optional Level I and II Certification Testing Jan. 26
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Location: 10082 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344, suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
February 17-18, Austin, TX
2-Day Workshop
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Format
Time: TBA
Location: Diva Dance Studio, 11940 Manchaca Rd., Austin, TX 78748
Sponsor: Stacey Wuest (512) 924-7257 stacey@staceylizette.net
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February 26- March 2, El Cerrito, CA
Weeklong Workshop
Content: Level III of the Suhaila Salimpour Format
Time: 9:30am-5:30pm (1 hour break)
Location: Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344, suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
Register Online
March 16-18, 2007, Richmond, CA
Rakkasah West
Workshop/Performance/Festival
Contact: Phone: 510-724-0214
Fax: 510-724-4367
Email: rakkasah@att.net www.rakkasah.com
April 7-8, 2007
2-DAY WORKSHOP
Content: TBA
Performance: TBA
Contact: Lois Marshall salwaabd@aol.com (314) 961-3790,
(314) 956-9725
May 2-6, 2007, Somerset, NJ
Spring Caravan
Workshop/Performance/Festival
Contact: Phone: 510-724-0214
Fax: 510-724-4367
Email: rakkasah@att.net www.rakkasah.com
June 14-17, 2007, Paris, France
Workshop/Performance/Festival
Contact: Amana amana@club.fr
June 22-24, 2007, Milan, Italy **TENTATIVE**
Workshop/Performance
Contact: Olivia olivia@rosedeldeserto.it
June 27-July 3, 2007, Cairo, Egypt
Ahlan Wa Sahlan in Egypt
Workshop/Performance/Festival
Contact: Raqia Hassan 2027482338, 20123292386, raqiahassan@hotmail.com
July 21-22, Somerville, NJ
2-Day Workshop
Times: Saturday, 2:00pm - 8:00pm (with a 1 hour break)
Sunday, 11:00am - 5:00pm (with a 1 hour break
Location: Indigo Ballroom, 17 Division St, Somerville, NJ
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344, suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
Register Online
August 6-10, El Cerrito, CA
Weeklong Workshop
Content: Suhaila Salimpour Technique
*Optional Level I and II Certification Testing Aug. 10
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Location: 10082 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344, suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
Register Online
August 20-24, El Cerrito, CA
Weeklong Workshop
Content: Level III of the Suhaila Salimpour Format
Time: 9:30am-5:30pm (1 hour break)
Location: Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344,
suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
Register Online
September 7-9, El Cerrito, CA
3-Day Workshop
Content: Level I of the Suhaila Salimpour Format
Location: Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510 526-4344,
suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
Register Online
October 22-26, El Cerrito, CA
Weeklong Workshop
Content: Level II of the Suhaila Salimpour Format
Time: 9:30am-5:30pm (1 hour break)
Location: Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance
Contact: Suhaila Productions, LLC (510) 526-4344,
suhaila@suhaila.com www.suhailainternational.com
Send Checks/MO to: PO Box 8612, Landscape Station, Berkeley, CA 94707
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-Roselee Kislowski
Bristow, VA
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Level III
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Tiffany Bisconer
The night before the Level III Workshop this past August I could barely sleep. Half of my brain was mulling over last minute organizational things that need to be set up before every workshop and the other half was personally excited, nervous and giddy to dive into a full week of being a student…..my favorite role to be in. What excited me was knowing not only would I be able to take a workshop with Suhaila, but that I would be with other dancers that have a similar drive, focus and desire within this art form. To have an interest in Level III and higher of Suhaila’s Format and vision, there has to be a passion that leads a dancer towards an artistic path. Not only to be a performer, but to be an artist with a personal point of view and message that is burning to come across through dance. In the level III workshop this is what Suhaila successfully milks out of each individual. For me this week was a time for me to reconnect with my artistic goals and the work that I was handed to dive into created a bridge for me to walk into the next stage of growth of my personal voice. It’s hard to explain the impact it has to be in a completely safe artistic environment where you can feel completely estranged from a practical sense of “reality” but what you’re in is an even higher place of consciousness and awareness….even more real.
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Who I am
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Trish Morehead (Kitiera) currently lives near Seattle, WA. She has been belly dancing since childhood, and recently became level 2 certified in the Suhaila Salimpour format. She performs and teaches several styles of Middle Eastern and World dance. She is currently promoting her Modrom dance project and is planning for a 2007 tour. Visit her at www.kitiera.net
Who am I?
It all began with a question that had been frantically burning in the back of my mind since I committed to the Suhaila technique...
Should I drop my stage name?
Not hard to notice-- no other dancers in Suhaila's school take stage names. Suhaila, Tiffany, Kendra, Crystal, Renee, they all use their given names. And I knew the answer in my heart before I asked her why.
I asked anyway, and Suhaila reminded me that as an artist, it makes no sense to distance yourself from your identity. You lose authenticity. She suggested I adopt Kitiera into my legal name (which I plan to do very soon), but also, that I ask myself.... "Why isn't Trish good enough?"
Ouch. Since I didn't think I had any serious self esteem issues, that remark cut me to the very core of my being. And here I am, wondering... who am I?
Certainly, name changes are not new for me. In my life I have been Patricia, Tricia, Trish, Reine, Niara, Kitiera Niare, Kitiera. I was relieved to drop my surname, which I never identified with, when I married my husband. I also have 2 Native American names. I even invented a 2nd mid dle name for myself, Katrina, just for fun, when I was in middle school. So why am I struggling with the issues surrounding changing my dance name to my real name?
I took the dance name Kitiera Niare when I was 15 years old. It was custom in my troupe to adopt a stage character, and it definitely helped me perform. It allowed me to distance myself from my stage fright and to dance more theatrically and emotionally than I would have, otherwise. In a way, I was allowing myself to build Kitiera's stage character, her personality, her identity, into my ideal image. As her, I could explore feelings Trish may never have had the courage to share with her audience, like fear, sadness, diva-hood, sensuality, surrender, and vulnerability.
When I moved to Charleston I dropped the "Niare" from the end of my stage name to be just Kitiera. It resonated better, rolled off the tongue easily like other dancers' names: Jillina, Suhaila, Aziza, Fatima, Farhana, Amira, Saida, etc, etc. I notice that in this list of names off the top of my head, only Suhaila's name is her given name. Kitiera is not Arabic, although in slang Egyptian it sounds like the adjective to describe "a lot" of something. I picked the name Kitiera from a popular series of science fiction novels, because I didn't want to be like every other dancer on the planet. It's definitely unique!
But as I ponder the identity I have fashioned for myself, I know that I also (at long last!) yearn to just be ... me. Emotionally naked in front of my audience, I long to speak to them from my heart, the heart of a woman who is struggling to find herself. I long to dance with roots, with history. Instead of mystery and drama, I long to dance as a woman who has embraced her birth and her destiny.
Yet, in my dreams I see Kitiera with tear-filled eyes, staring at my dream-self, and I am overwhelmed by feelings of guilt and abandonment. She is my creation, born of not only my flesh but also of my spirit. I cannot throw her aside to embrace a new life. I must somehow retrieve that half of my soul that I gave to her without destroying her or me in the process.
Who am I?
In Twyla Tharp's book, "The Creative Habit," she talks about the zen masters who change their name (just once) when they feel that they at last have achieved mastery. I feel rather backwards, having used a stage name as a crutch until now I am feeling like perhaps I am ready to try to perform without it. But I am so afraid.
For 15 years I have a built a reputation and an image as Kitiera. People won't recognize my given name, and I'll have to start completely anew.
Who am I?
Her or me? More her than me? I carved her image, creating a character which was all the things I longed to be, then worked so hard to be like her in all aspects of life. Maybe I am Kitiera now, but I want deeper roots. I want to stand on that stage and be able to acc ess the emotions I felt as a small child in rural Kentucky. As a teenager who saw the ocean at age 16, and felt the pull west ever since. As a very, very lucky woman who met her soul mate at age 18. Who followed her destiny west and embraced it, and stands here today.
Who am I?
I am: Patricia Kitiera Marie Morehead.
The truth is, no matter which part of my name I wear today, the strength of the part that remains unsaid surrounds and supports me, allowing me to step forward in the world and live up to my potential as an artist, as an American woman, and as a human being.
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