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It's Carmine Time - He'll be in Houston soon!!

ayana — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:41:59 GMT

It's only 3 weeks away... as seen in prior listings, Carmine Guida will be in Houston teaching drum workshops on June 29th at the Dominic Walsh Dance Theater... Carmine will be Dance From the Heart's first teacher in the Artist In Residence series.

Registration forms and paypal links are just waiting for you to sign up... don't miss this wonderful opportunity to study with an excellent teacher, and have a great time!

There's a hafla aferward, so there's the opportunity for dancers to have fun with all of the excellent musicians in attendance.

Here's the lineup:

1:30 - 2:30 PM: Begintermediate Doumbek - $35

You know a bunch of rhythms...now what? Let's get "Beyond Baladi". You will learn practical rhythm combinations useful for playing songs and making your drum circle more fun. You will also learn how to add fills and embellishments to make your playing more interesting. This workshop is perfect for anyone who already knows the basic hits and rhythms.

2:45 - 3:45 PM: How to Play a Drum Solo for a Dancer - $35

The drum solo is the climax of any belly dancer show. This is a great time for the dancer and drummer to improvise and communicate. In this workshop, you will learn how to build your own solos and improvising techniques. You will also learn what the dancer is expecting from you and how to play something interesting and exciting for them.
This workshop is perfect for drummers who know the basics. This workshop is also great for dancers to learn about the drum solo from the drummer's perspective.

4:00 - 5:30: WE'RE HAVIN' A HAFLA, BABY!! $10 per person, free to workshop participants

http://www.dfth.org/events.htm

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Houston Event photos

ayana — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:46:04 GMT

I've posted photos of the Houston show, Dance of Life: One Path, Many Steps...

http://dancefromtheheart.org/images/Houston07/

These are smaller images, just so everyone can get a look.

thanks again to the performers that volunteered their time and talents to make this such a special event.

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Houston Event - 5 weeks away!!

ayana — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:25:49 GMT

It's Time for the 2007 Dance From the Heart Benefit... Saturday night show, and a Sunday mini-workshop!!!
Benefitting Lighthouse of Houston and the Alzheimer's Association

September 29, 2007 - 7:30pm
Dance of Life: One Path, Many Steps
Kaplan Theater, Jewish Community Center
Tickets - $20, available on the website: www.dancefromtheheart.org/houston.htm
Featuring your local friends: Nah'na, Talina, Silke, Lea, Ayana, Kasia, Aisa, and a host of other lovely Houston dancers!
Special Guests: Reetu Jain, La Tempestad, The Bere'Sheet Ballet Company, Kuumba House and the fabulous Z-Helene and Rick Fink from Austin!!

September 30, 2007 - 10am - 2pm
Z-Helene Zill workshop @ Zahirah's (14520 Memorial)
Cymbal, dance and improvisation technique... with some great yoga stretches.
This is a mini-workhop NOT to be missed!! If you haven't had the pleasure of spending time with this amazing teacher, take the opportunity now.
$60 for the workshop - Registration available on the website: www.dancefromtheheart.org/houston.htm

Don't miss it!!!

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A new way to support Dance From the Heart...

ayana — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:56:40 GMT

We have a Cafe Press store now, where you can purchase all kinds of fun things branded with the DFTH logos and images.

Tax deductible, now that we're a 501c3 non-profit organization...proceeds go to worthy causes!

Stop by and check it out!!

http://www.cafepress.com/danceftheart

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It's finally, truly official...

ayana — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:32:36 GMT

Today I received the notification that our 501 (c) (3) status is official!!

All contributions to Dance From the Heart are tax deductible... this will allow us to truly bring the vision much further in 2008. Once our September benefit is over, we will be ready to start working on the applications for anyone that wishes to have a chapter in their city or state.

To those that have been asking about this, and have been patiently waiting for me to get back with you... I thank you, and hope that you will be patient just a couple of weeks longer. We are ready to go as soon as the Sept 29th show is done.

And to think.. this started off in 2005 with a tribe conversation about how to help tsunami victims. Thanks to all that have helped throughout this process. I'm proud to be a part of a dance community that can make such wonderful things happen.

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I've picked up the keys for Dominic's studio

Aisa — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:03:58 GMT

Everyone,

I picked up the keys to obtain entrance to Dominc Walsh's Dance Studio. I'll be arriving around 3:15pm this Saturday to open and set things up. Everyone please use the buzzer system to gain entry into the building.

Push the button for the Studio..... Suite 210 is for the office (I may have switched that information)

See you there!!!

Aisa

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New Rehearsal Time and Place for Houston

ayana — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:29:14 GMT

In order to move our Saturday rehearsals to an earlier time (to accommodate the pros that have gigs), we have relocated to:

Dominic Walsh Dance Studio
2311 Dunlavy at Fairview Suite 210
Houston, Tx 77006
Beginning: Saturday, August 11, 2007
Time 3:30pm to 6:30pm

There is parking behind the building and on Dunlavy street. When you arrive, come to the front door and ring the buzzer for Suite 210. Once you're in the building, take the stairs to the second level. The studio is at the top of the stairs. We are allowed to have bottled water. No street shoes on the dance floor. No food, snacks, or other drinks in the studio. Let me know if you have any questions.

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HOUSTON - Rehearsals begin July 7

ayana — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:02:59 GMT

The show is cast, the dancers gathered...the rehearsal space finalized. It's time to dance!

The Houston rehearsals for this year's Dance From The Heart benefit begin July 7th - Hope Stone Center on W. Clay in Montrose - 5 - 7pm.

Emails with specifics will be sent to the Houston performers tonight...

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Open Audition Call for Dance from the Heart Theatrical Production and Benefit!

nari — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:20:30 GMT

As a member of the national board for DFTH, I am thrilled to annouce....

Dancer Auditions for the
Dance from the Heart
National 2007 Annual Benefit
Benefiting Houston’s Lighthouse for the Blind
and
The Alzheimer’s Association

Open call for dancers! Dance from the Heart is looking for principal and supporting dancers for its upcoming theatrical production and benefit premiering September 29, 2007. All levels welcome!

Audition Criteria:
Performance of a two-minute solo (choreographed or improvised)*
Zills required (for at least part of the audition piece)
Veil and/or cane also welcome as part of the audition.
Styles of dance may include Ballet/Modern, Oriental, Folkloric, or Flamenco.
Please bring two copies of your music on CD. It should be the only track on your CD and should not be an MP3.

Audition Dates and Times:
Initial Open Call
Saturday, May 12, 2007 from 2:30pm to 4:30pm
Callbacks
Saturday, May 19, 2007 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: Houston Metropolitan Dance Studio (Studio C)
www.houstonmetdance.com
maps.citysearch.com/map/view/9839612

Please contact info@dancefromtheheart.org for more information and to register.
www.dancefromtheheart.org

*Due to time constraints, the two-minute time limit will be strictly enforced.

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Out with the Old, In with the New

ayana — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:04:48 GMT

You will notice that the post listing has drastically reduced... I did some house cleaning today, and deleted the majority of the old posts.

It's time to look at 2007.

Dance From The Heart is becoming a National Non-Profit organization. The first "official" board meeting was held today in Houston, and we have begun the process of getting the structure set. We still have to file paperwork for 501c3 status, but the biggest step was deciding what our goal was, how we would run the organization, and what we'd do this year. Here are a couple of key points from today's meeting:

Initial Board Members:

Anne Caruthers (Ayana), President
Aisa El-Hindi, Vice President (I haven't gotten permission to use Aisa's real name, so not doing it yet - those of you in Houston know her well.)
Shelley Fahrenthold (Silke), Secretary/Treasurer

The board will expand as needed to support the growing organization.

The overall mission of the organization is as follows (formal mission statement with better wording still being crafted):
DFTH is a multi-cultural charitable organization that will utilize dance performance as a means of awareness and fundraising to assist in humanitarian relief of world crisis events or conditions.

Houston's event is tentatively scheduled for late October of 2007.

Local chapters will be organized and partially funded from the National level.

We have had one request from Laila about the Sulukule... that is currently under consideration. My initial thought is that this definitely falls within the mission of the organization, and can be done from the state chapter level.

So... anyone that is still interested in participating in the goal of "dancers united to make the world a better place"... please feel free to post your thoughts. I don't want 2007 to slip away without anyone doing anything! We ARE moving forward!!!

Feel free to message me if you are interested in forming a state/local chapter, or otherwise being involved in the organization.

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The Sulukule

lailabh — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:36:29 GMT

http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=11299

The Roma of the Sulukule district in Istanbul are being evicted from the area they have lived in since Byzantine times.

Wanna make THIS this year's cause?

-L

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Whatever happened to...

JoyDawn — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:18:24 GMT

Dance From the Heart?

I'm just curious. Did anyone do anything in 2006? And who's got something planned for 2007, if anything?

Did anyone decide to really go for nonprofit status? If so... how did that work out, how does one do it...?

We have so many people who really seemed to pull together to try to make a difference because of one very serious, heart-wrenching event.

I'm sure that these same people are still concerned about others, no matter what cause they've taken up. I guess I'm asking this:

What are you doing now, to make a difference? Are you doing it on your own? Is your dance group doing something? Are you, as an individual, but not a dancer, doing things to make the world better?

Again, I'm just curious.

And hey... if you do have a cause, or an organization, or an event you're supporting... why not list it?

I personally just found found (Product)Red, and it seems kind of cool, an easy way to make a difference, even if it's a tiny difference.

http://www.joinred.com/

And I'm contemplating all sorts of other thoughts and ideas about ways we, as dancers, could make a difference in the lives of others. I was struck by Ayana's posting of the plight of the national dance troupe in Iraq. Her blog post is here:

http://people.tribe.net/ayana/blog/ca24a578-3ed8-4dc0-b177-303e992f3e30

The NY Times article is here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/arts/dance/30danc.html?_r=2&ref=arts&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

I wonder what we could do, as dancers, to be supportive of these artists.

Dialogue, anyone?

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Moving Forward?

jessica_dawn — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:12:40 GMT

So we learned ALOT putting together this event here in Dallas and were thinking about how to apply that for perhaps a future event.

What are the thoughts here? Do you want to do it again? For those of you who do, how would you want to go about it?
IE:
We are entertaining the idea of setting up a 501c3 Dance from the Heart -North Texas Chapter . Chosing another fund raiser. We had a multi-dance event and think that keeping it more than just belly dance artists was a great idea to move forward with in the future.

Any thoughts? Ideas?

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Boston is done

freyja — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 06:25:12 GMT

Although I was really dissapointd with the turn out, (we only raised $885 and I was aiming for at least twice that if not 3 times), the show was completely amazing. I was so thrilled with all of the performers. I've only been in Boston for 2 months and am quite proud of myself for putting on such an extravaganza without knowing anyone here. I've made a ton of really good friends in this process and it was so fun to watch the all dance their hearts out. I had the best time producing and got such good feedback. I had some people say that they were surprised that we got as many people to come on a winter evening in New England (I guess now really isn't the best time to put on events around here). But all in all, I was really happy with the evening and I'm not goint to be upset about the money part of it:)

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North Texas is DONE!!!!

Mon, 28 Feb 2005 04:51:56 GMT

Ok, I know all the other North Texas people are going to want to post this, but I am excited.

Our UNOFFICIAL total was (and I don't have the exact total), but a little over 3,000.00

It was a great day of events, merchants, raffles (sorry for taking all the prizes guys).... and it was wonderful to see people come through for us!....

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Houston is done...

ayana — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:33:20 GMT

Well, we didn't have near the turnout I'd hoped, but the quality of the show was really wonderful.

We will end up donating 903.35 to Oxfam America...

Everyone had a good time, and I think many of the teachers will have new students in class very soon. :-)

Ayana

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Memphis is done!

Denise — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:06:42 GMT

Hi, all!

Our event went quite well yesterday! We scheduled ourselves for a two hour show and went over by one hour! We had about 100 people show up and we raised about $1100! I'll be posting pics to this site but they're HUGE so I need to crop them.

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DC is done!

samirashuruk — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:36:49 GMT

Wow! What an exhausting night. Depsite some helpers arriving late, and home hactic chaos in the beginning, it was a wonderful night. We made $2,003.00 for OXFAM. Yay!

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Reno's Telethon is done

MinyaMonster — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:50:45 GMT

We taped our Tsunami Telethon last Thursday night. The event coordinators are going to spend the next few weeks advertising the heck out of it then show it on the local network.

I'll let you know how we do :)

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Fresno is done!

JoyDawn — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:22:46 GMT

We had a fun show and a lot of supportive people. About 121 in seats.

First count net total is $802.26, every penny of which will go to Oxfam.

Not bad for a small event, small venue, and a lot of heart.

I was actually very shocked, and very warmed, by the donations from local businesses and artist. Helps me regain a bit of faith in humanity.

So...that's done. Good luck to the rest of y'all yet to do your events!

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Welcome, and Here We Go!

ayana — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:59:19 GMT

Welcome to Dance From The Heart's new tribe! This is to help us track the upcoming events for the tsunami survivors, as well as discuss future charitable opportunities.

The central website is: www.dancefromtheheart.org

Feel free to post your related event here - it will be posted on the website as well!

Thanks!
Ayana

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