This is a list of my public events during Jan 08:
Tuesday, January 22 @ 7:30pm - emceeing and dancing at BEYONDFUSION: a Belly Dance SHOWCASE at Le Souk 47 Ave. B, bet. 3rd & 4th Sts --with Tahya, Mimi Fontana/Manhattan Tribal & Nadia Moussa with guest dancers in "Tumbao". NO COVER. $15 food/drink minimum at tables.
Sunday, January 27 @ 7pm - emceeing at SharQui's Night of Stars at DROM, 85 Avenue A & 5th -- with Nadira, Aszmara, Jeniviva, Kazja, Ranya, Tarik Sultan, Layla Isis and Oreet. $20 cover.
Wednesday, January 30 @ 7pm (dance performances start at 8:30pm) - dancing at Bellyqueen's weekly Djam Under Je'Bon, 15 St. Mark's Pl & 3rd Ave -- with Dunya. $10 cover. $5 food/drink minimum.
Showing posts with label emcee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emcee. Show all posts
Friday, February 1, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Show at DROM
Just got back from the DROM show -- which went really really well. In addition to being a fabulous dancer, choreographer and teacher, Oreet is some kind of promotional genius. She packed the place. And it was a truly lovely crowd.
And the talent was stand-out, drop-dead amazing.
One of the things I love the most about emceeing is that it gives me the opportunity to say nice things about the people who have inspired me.
I got a lot of compliments on the emceeing, but the truth is that when I did stand-up oh-so-many years ago, I don't think I was especially good.... perhaps because at the time it was mostly about me -- my ego, my image of myself, and how well I was doing, and yada yada yada.
And there is something perverse in my nature that makes me want to serve something larger than myself. And I think that serving these wonderful dancers -- and through them that divine energy of dance, performance, comedy, whatever. And somehow that makes me better, funnier, more enjoyable. And I enjoy it all so much more, myself.
Yesterday I caught Charlie Rose's interview of Jerry Seinfeld, and Rose asked him why Larry David hadn't had Seinfeld on Curb Your Enthusiasm more often.
And Seinfeld replied that neither he nor David was interested in "serving" anyone's ego or agenda or anything other than "the comedy gods... And if you respect [them]," he added, "they will keep you in their graces."
And those graces are lush and bountiful indeed!
And the talent was stand-out, drop-dead amazing.
One of the things I love the most about emceeing is that it gives me the opportunity to say nice things about the people who have inspired me.
I got a lot of compliments on the emceeing, but the truth is that when I did stand-up oh-so-many years ago, I don't think I was especially good.... perhaps because at the time it was mostly about me -- my ego, my image of myself, and how well I was doing, and yada yada yada.
And there is something perverse in my nature that makes me want to serve something larger than myself. And I think that serving these wonderful dancers -- and through them that divine energy of dance, performance, comedy, whatever. And somehow that makes me better, funnier, more enjoyable. And I enjoy it all so much more, myself.
Yesterday I caught Charlie Rose's interview of Jerry Seinfeld, and Rose asked him why Larry David hadn't had Seinfeld on Curb Your Enthusiasm more often.
And Seinfeld replied that neither he nor David was interested in "serving" anyone's ego or agenda or anything other than "the comedy gods... And if you respect [them]," he added, "they will keep you in their graces."
And those graces are lush and bountiful indeed!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Yay! I'm Raquy's Messenger of the Month for February 2008!
So, here is the bio I submitted to Raquy today (which I then revised like four times, probably driving her batty with emails saying, "Oops...I forgot to add such-and-such...!").
I figure it will be posted on her site at the end of January. I'll include a link when it's up.
Raquy Raqs!!!
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Four years ago, Tandava (Carol Henning) would have considered the possibility of becoming a professional bellydancer and avid dumbek student about as likely as becoming a trapeze artist.
Although she had performed for many years as an actor and stand-up comic, she found the stage unfulfilling and all but abandoned it to the workaday joys of computer programming.
In mid-2004, however, her struggles to recover from a severe back injury led her to bellydance -- first with Oreet, then with Kaeshi and Ranya, and onward to many, many student showcases, where she began to feel at home and alive on stage again. But still something was missing…
In late 2005, she first experienced Raquy's dazzling prestidigitation at Oreet's annual showcase, immediately bought all her CDs, Dumbek Fever, a dumbek, and signed up for Raquy's Catskills Retreat, where she continues to return whenever possible.
Now she performs frequently in New York as a dancer and, returning to her stand-up roots, as an emcee at many bellydance shows. She's honored to perform with Raquy's Messengers and promises to get her double-decker snap in shape by the next Retreat.
And she is signing up for the next class at the Trapeze School of New York.
For schedule, contact and commentary, please go to http://tandavadance.blogspot.com/
I figure it will be posted on her site at the end of January. I'll include a link when it's up.
Raquy Raqs!!!
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Four years ago, Tandava (Carol Henning) would have considered the possibility of becoming a professional bellydancer and avid dumbek student about as likely as becoming a trapeze artist.
Although she had performed for many years as an actor and stand-up comic, she found the stage unfulfilling and all but abandoned it to the workaday joys of computer programming.
In mid-2004, however, her struggles to recover from a severe back injury led her to bellydance -- first with Oreet, then with Kaeshi and Ranya, and onward to many, many student showcases, where she began to feel at home and alive on stage again. But still something was missing…
In late 2005, she first experienced Raquy's dazzling prestidigitation at Oreet's annual showcase, immediately bought all her CDs, Dumbek Fever, a dumbek, and signed up for Raquy's Catskills Retreat, where she continues to return whenever possible.
Now she performs frequently in New York as a dancer and, returning to her stand-up roots, as an emcee at many bellydance shows. She's honored to perform with Raquy's Messengers and promises to get her double-decker snap in shape by the next Retreat.
And she is signing up for the next class at the Trapeze School of New York.
For schedule, contact and commentary, please go to http://tandavadance.blogspot.com/
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