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The Magic of Indian Dance in a Tribute to Tagore


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On Sunday, April 10, mother and daughter called upon their art to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore, a notable and prolific Bengalese artist whose work encompassed writing, music and painting, and whose accomplishments were recognized with the first Nobel Prize for literature awarded, in 1913, to a non-European.read

A Tale of an Artist’s Two Passions, and Her Struggles


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Until meeting the artist Lucy Blake-Elahi the other afternoon, I had tended to blur the intellectual differences between those who draw for a living and athletes who think grammar is your mother’s mother.

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When Goth and Bellydance Meet - Part 2


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An Interview with Ariellah Aflalo
In part 2 of our discussion on the intersection of bellydance and the goth subculture, Ariellah and I touch on more technical topics related to her dancing, as well as some of the larger issues and controversies that surround bellydance.read

When Goth and Bellydance Meet - Part 1


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An Interview with Ariellah Aflalo
Part 1 of 2. In the wake of my forays into gothic bellydance through DVDs such as Gothic Bellydance and Bellydance Underworld, I contacted Ariellah Aflalo – one of the country’s foremost bellydancers in the genres of gothic and tribal fusion bellydance and a featured performer on both DVDs. Ariellah graciously took time out of her busy schedule touring and teaching to discuss at length, via eMail, questions on the gothic subculture, bellydance, and how the two intersect for her.read


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