We are very excited to be hosting the amazing Deb Rubin from San Francisco this weekend (January 16^th & 17^th) for her Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Workshops.
  In case you’re wondering what exactly Tribal Fusion Belly Dance is, here’s a little background info.  Tribal Fusion is the combination of tribal belly dancing and costuming with influences of other belly dance and related dance styles.    The incorporation of predominantly Indian stylings, such as mudras and footwork might create a fusion. The use of djembes in musical selections, and the addition of African shimmies and stomping could be called a fusion.  The combination of hip hop-inspired pops and locks with modern/interpretive contortions and jazz floor patterns and Western music would create a fusion. So long as the many or most of the basic elements, which define tribal and belly dance, are still predominant in the performance, it could be referred to as a tribal fusion. 

Deb will split up the workshop in two: Super Slow and Slinky and Pop, Locks, and Layers (Get your Glitch on!)  This is the first time Dominical will host this type of event, and really, what better place than to get inspired by your beauty within and releasing your inner dance goddess than this little beach paradise of a town?

So we invite you all to come and shimmy with us!

If you’d like to learn more about Deb Rubin, or Tribal Belly Dance you can check out the following websites:

www.sattayabody.com
www.tribalbellydance.org

If you have the chance I invite you to check out the performance art troupe, Tripsichore.

They are very inspiring and on the forefront with the fusion of yoga and dance.

“Tripsichore began in 1979 as a company devoted to creating full length dance narratives. We explored a variety of stylistic forms including punk ballet, conventional modern dance and strict neo-classical technique. We used masks, performed with rock bands and did pop videos.

"While yoga was always a part of our training, it wasn’t until 1992 that we realised the expressive potential and choreographic viability of yoga postures. Once we began to devise works using yoga asanas, their extraordinary artistic logic became evident. Surprisingly, it would seem that there has been no orthodox tradition for using yoga technique to create dances in the 5000 year history of the discipline. The postures intrinsically possess a sumptuous beauty and fluidity. They are the ideal vehicle to express the themes of harmony, balance, spirituality, ecstasy, bliss and mysticism because they are exactly about these subjects in and of themselves. We are now many years into this experiment and each day brings new discoveries..”

Bamboo YogaPlay is a place for artists to come and share their work.   We were honored to have Lachlan Thom from Claroscuro come and share this gorgeous mural with us.  I am blessed to have such a talented brother, I have watched Lachlan’s work develop over the years and I love that we now have a permanent piece of his work to remind people of the essence of Bamboo YogaPlay. 

Our vision is to have more artists come for a personal artists retreat, to come and tap into our fertile land and let the creative juices flow.  Whether its writing, drawing, painting, singing, dancing or creating wearable art….create the space in your life to simply be in the flow of the creative life force.

Below is Jessica Wolf of Studio Soma in Denver, posing next to the finished mural.