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I will be performing in several upcoming shows including..
Elviza's Skeleton Dance/Dia De Los Muertos Bailando!
My 5th annual Halloween show-this year occurring for the first time at the beautifully renovated Temple Ultralounge in Coconut Grove right on MacFarlane Road. Come see the dancing freaks and have a screaming good time! Sunday October 25th at 7:30 p.m.
***Weekly restaurant appearances currently on hiatus***
(Please see my resume for a list of past performances)
Classes:
Tuesdays:
7-8 P.M. Childrens Belly Dance
8-9 P.M. Adult Beginners- Intermediate
at Paramount Dance Studio located in Homestead- right off of Campbell Drive between US1 and the turnpike 305-246-0633
They have lots of other great classes too like Ballet, Hip-Hop, Salsa, Lyrical, Acrobatics...
I also do private lessons when the studios are available or in your home, do specialty choreography classes from time, and may be adding one or two more group classes at one of the above studios sometime in the future- please put in your requests!
ATTENTION:
I have lots of beautiful hip scarves and veils currently available, as well as some gorgeous costumes, cosmetics and some very nice jewelry- if there is a certain something you're looking for let me know!
Congratulations to Symphony --she is currently attending college and performing with a blues band in New Orleans! I'm very proud but do miss having my regular dance partner available! :o)
BELIEVE IT OR NOT! We went on our vacation to visit our friends, who recently relocated from NYC to Connecticut. On a Thursday, me and my kids piled into the car with our friend LJ and headed into the city for what was planned to be an evening of tripping around the East Village, riding the subway to sightsee, and going into Chinatown to eat soup dumplings at Joe's Shanghai. Well- I swear on my life-- the minute we went over the bridge and into Harlem what happens? THE BLACKOUT!!! We could not believe it! We were a little scared for a moment, considering the possibilities, but tried to believe the reports that it was just a freak accident. We would have turned right around and left, but of course we had NO GAS! LJ had chosen to wait to fill up in the city instead of on our way in. After a couple hours of driving through intersections full of people and trying to make calls that would not go through, walking, & eating a slice of pizza from Two Boots- who thankfully had gas stoves- we ended up at LJ's friend Kenny's apartment in Chinatown.
Subsequently, we ended up SLEEPING ON HIS ROOFTOP in the darkest, quietest New York City since the mid-1800's! It was actually pretty neat- at 4:30 a.m. when we decided to go back into the apartment Symphony wanted to know 'why we had to go inside. Earlier, around 11 p.m. we had gone out for a walk and were fortunate enough to see a couple of male dancers gettin 'down on the corner' with a couple drummers- including a girl who was really good. We almost started belly dancing! Then, we found 'Bereket' a diner that was still serving souvlakis- and they were delicious!! We were so thankful because otherwise we would have starved (the NY pickles we had for 'dinner' were good but not too filling). Breakfast the next day was iced coffees and chinese buns. All in all it was a great experience, but we will certainly have to return very soon and get some of those soup dumplings!!
I thank our generous host Kenny, for providing us with a safe place to sleep.
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