August Competition of The Month

Belly dancers, we have a great event happening in our area - Kedah and it is coming up very soon. The 2^nd North Malaysia and South Thailand Dancesport Championship 2010 is coming your way. 14 August 2010, Saturday. Venue : Sekolah Menengah Keat Hwa (Private) Alor Setar, Kedah. Further detail contact : Mr Ooi 012-4777635.

Want to experience something new and eventful? If your answer is YES, then mark your calendars for another belly dance Talent !!! The competition schedule is as follows:

28 August 2010, Saturday

2^nd Malaysia Open Dance Fest 2010

Venue : Olympic Council of Malaysia Sport Complex, Kuala Lumpur

Further detail click : www.worlddanceacademy.com.my

19 September 2010, Sunday

Taiping Open Dance Championships

Venue : Persatuan Ong Si Thye Guan Tong , Taiping Perak

Further detail click : www.worlddanceacademy.com.my

When there is belly dance competition, I need brain competition to create choreography. The choreography is already stored in my body, putting it on the page is just mental repetition. Sigh…a little ‘brain sucking’ if student depend heavily on me when performing the movement.

The 2^nd Malaysia Open Dance Fest 2010 is challenging as the contester need to dance to the live music in advance category. In Malaysia, live music is not always available, and we, belly dancers usually choreograph our belly dance to recorded music. The organiser will be giving drum demonstrations lesson in August. Hey, what a good opportunity to learn to the live ‘dum’ and ‘tek’! Don’t miss it! I love good challenge! I am waiting for demonstrations lesson……not only for belly dance, but will also improve my leading and dancing skills.

Workshop & Farewell Hafla on 10 & 11 July 2010

I just got back from Paola Blanton workshop! Another holiday weekend caught up with everyone I know on workshop and hafla! Some of the dancers I hadn't seen in ages, I am thankful finally get to dance together with my friends.

I performed my solo shaabi dance - liked the round of applause at the end of the performance. It was warm and heartfelt…I liked it because it told me that the audience got what the piece was about, that they appreciated the performance and that they’d enjoyed my dance.

Well... I’ve enjoyed the new experiment. Hang on, before I go on I need to say; Paola is amaaaazing! Each workshop had been packed with fun even though without choreography. It really inspired me. I can now appreciate the amount of effort Paola put in to made it so memorable and I’ve learning some useful information and gaining experience from the workshop – definitely it will enrich my dancing. I'll explain it later. now get back to work!

Well, I am not going to upload all the photos here, hmmm….as I'm mostly upload on facebook now. Do click (http://www.facebook.com/?tid=415578703723&sk=messages#!/annie.arbq) to find the photos. Thanks !

Performance at Safari Country Club

Sunday night we drove to Sumy’s hafla at Safari Country Club. It is located in the heart of Seberang Jaya, Penang. Sumy graciously invited us, and we gladly accept. This was 1^st time we participated in Sumy’s hafla, a lot of her supporters have shown up, most of them were all unfamiliar faces for us. We watch Sumy’s student performances, and there is a nice variety in costuming, they are all good and beautiful performers in their own right, the evening is deemed a success.

Grace did a solo performance to "Shaabi" with a very chicky and playful move. Unfortunately, she paused for a second when she forgot the choreography.... she laughs at me saying she didnt mean it that way. Hohoho...she improvised a bit and get some nice move reactions. It comes out nicely and she get audience applause! My mom told me she enjoyed her dance with such a fun music! I'm happy!

We didn’t take a lot of pictures, the quality of the photo is poor when the position in the audience with non-zoom lens. But Grace/Joey performances and some of our nice shots at the back stage came out well. See some selected picture upload here.