L U N A T A L K with Eva Moon

Shake it

July 19, 2009 on 9:34 pm | | In Backstage Pass, General Musing

The Mediterranean Fantasy Festival is an annual weekend-long indulgence in non-stop belly dancing. Each year the boundaries of what constitutes belly dance are stretched. The operative word in the festival name is “fantasy.” It’s not about an art form frozen in academic purity for these people. It’s about having fun and expressing yourself. It’s good to be reminded every now and then that there’s a beautiful princess lurking inside the most unlikely bodies. Among the highlights were a charming troupe of flower-bedecked burlesque pixies dancing to klezmer-electronica, a towering tribal-goth giantess with waist-length black dreads who chose hip-hop, our very talented teacher, Zuleika showing everyone how it’s really done, long dangly coin earrings for only $5, and of course our own moment in the spotlight.

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