I will be performing in several upcoming shows including..
Weekly at the awesome UVA International Restaurant! They have fabulous food, a hot staff, great bartenders mixing the tastiest drinks, DJ Hyper playing an eclectic array of Latin, lounge and dance music, a beautiful ambience, a VIP room for your special event, & a great location just off Miracle Mile at 2626 Ponce De Leon Blvd. in Coral Gables! To top that all off I'm there performing belly dance shows EVERY Saturday night between about 9:30 and 11 p.m. (showtimes vary- usually one between 9:30-10, and one about 45-60 minutes later).
Come dance with me and show off your best moves! Whether you want a place to have a delicious dinner for two, or a big party where you can dance all night, you must come to UVA! And of course, you can always book me to perform at your parties and functions there if it's at a time other than my normal appearances. Actually I am the event coordinator there so contact me directly if you want to book a party even without me dancing :o)
Two Fridays per month at Michael's Cafe 9851 Kendall Drive 2 shows between 9-10:30 p.m.- Come enjoy some Middle Eastern food and music!
Cancer Benefit at Mount Sinai - May 16th
Festival On The Nile in Orlando, Florida May 17th- performing to live music by the Mike Gregian Ensemble!!
Paramount Dance Studio Recital June- More details to come...
4th Annual 'Elviza's Evil Halloween Belly/Dance Spooktacular' (coming in October)
(Please see my resume for a list of past performances)
Classes:
Thursdays: 6:30-7:30 P.M. Beginners- intermediate
at Paramount Dance Studio located in Homestead- right off of Campbell Drive between US1 and the turnpike 305-246-0633
Don't miss the awesome hip-hop class Mondays at 7:30! Lots of other great classes too like Salsa, lyrical, acrobatic...
I also do private lessons when the studios are available, do specialty choreography classes at Belly Motions in Coral Gables, 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 and her friends got to sing for Bill Clinton at the Government Center Rally!
Congratulations to Symphony for attending the dance workshop with Wade Robson and Glenn Douglas Packard October 9th & 10th, 2004- I know she had a great time and learned some cool new moves
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 bellydancing! 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.
