24 January 2010 - 3-5 pm Sunday in Parkville, Missouri
(L-R) Nicole English, Jaime, Ellen, Melody Gabrielle
Belly Dance Coalition Opening
24 January 2010 - 3-5 pm Sunday in Parkville, Missouri
(L-R) Nicole English, Jaime, Ellen, Melody Gabrielle
Sunday the 24th saw belly dancers from around the area (some as far as Wichita and Topeka) converge on Cafe Cedar in Parkville Missouri. Organized by Nicole English (Nikoria Dance Troupe), this is designed to promote Middle Eastern dance and dancers and to offer a place for beginners to experienced performers to show off and to gather with mutual interests.
This was the first of four belly dance coalition events by Nikoria dancers (Nicole English) and Cafe Cedar in Parkville, MO (Jehad Saleh) Sunday afternoon 24 January 2010 (just north of Kansas City). This event, a meeting/exhibition featured bellydancers from the greater Kansas City area and even Topeka, KS and Wichita, KS.
This is a family friendly event, note the kids with their folks and the casual restaurant environment. The video is a short version, excerpts, from the hour and four minute original edit of the full show. I used the render from the original edit (1 hr 4 min) and trimmed it down to the 8 min 34 sec piece here.
These dancers range from seasoned pros to enthusiastic new amateurs with various levels of experience from professional ballet to ballroom and stage to cafe and event performance. Some of the pros have been training the newbies for years. Some of the dancers were also vendors selling jewelry and costuming.
Siham is one of the principal trainers and promoters over the last few decades and has a regular series of area workshops and showcases for middle eastern dancers. Note: In this video you will hear gypsy music as well, which is also popular in belly dance circles. At this writing (feb 2010) three more of these are planned for Cafe Cedar.
The video was shot on a combination of Sony FX1000 and Panasonic HMC150 matching the color balance on the Sony with the Panny. I meant to use the Sony's but failed to bring enough tape (arggh). So I shot with the CompactFlash recording unit on one Sony (at 1920/1440x1080) and the SDHC card in the Panasonic (at 1920x1080) editing in Sony Vegas Pro 9.0. I would have liked a wider-yet lens but I am glad I am no longer shooting with the XL1 or GL2 I used to shoot with. I could never have gotten that much in the frame at such close quarters otherwise.
Links: For more information try either http://www.cafecedar.com - or - http://www.nikoria.com/nikoria/Raqsi
Photos / Copyright 2010 Mike Strong - all rights reserved - kcdance.com - artfulDancer.com
Unless otherwise noted photos and copyright 2010 Mike Strong KCDance.Com - Email This Page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_qdUy7q_Jg
Or see this at Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/9695549
Siham Ali
M'Chelle DeMars and picture taker
Layla
Melody Gabrielle
Jaime
Kaleela (Duende)
Jivet
Amaya (Duende)
Layla
Fariba
Fariba
Waiting to go on for Gypsy Dance number with Nikoria (L-R) Fariba, Jaime, Ellen
Jaime (Nicole behind in yellow)
Layla and (durn big) sword
| ||||
