Lost in Dance

I have taken the plunge.

I'm about to do something that I've been psyching myself up for for the last year or two - pretty much since my first Hafla.

I'm doing my first ever solo bellydance performance next month at our class' Performance Platform.

I haven't yet decided on my music, but it's likely to be Persephone, Queen of the Underworld by Unto Ashes or something by Maduro - or even have a stab at Evil Night Together by Jill Tracy (as done by the eminently fabulous Tempest. I want to do something a bit darker & more Gothic than is usually chosen by the folks in my classes. I do a fab routine to a Nine Inch Nails track (Closer), but that might have some of the older members of the audience reaching for their smelling salts - it's so very different to the Egyptian poppy stuff we dance to in class!

I've been inspired by a recent Tribal workshop I did with Chris Ogden in Leeds (where I finally got to meet one of my Faceboook/Myspace friends, Nerissa/Yorkshire Rose). I also want to prepare for the Bellydance Weekend I'm going on next Spring, where I'll be expected to perform, so getting some prior experience would be useful!

All of my MySpace and Facebook dancer friends, as well as the ladies from my class have been immensely supportive and encouraging, so I'm going to do it.

More details coming soon.