Suzi Raqs

All about Monday night classes!

This week I finished teaching classes for term three, and Xaeda will be stepping in for the rest of the term while I take a break and do some family things.

For the next five weeks, from Monday, 17 August, to Monday 14 September, Xaeda will be teaching a beautiful fan-veil choreography.

After that there will be a three week break (for school holidays, and a public holiday,) then Xaeda will again be stepping in for the first two classes of term four until I come back on board for class three.

Note: All day-time bespoke/beginner classes are paused Monday 17 August to Monday 26 October.

See you all at the end of October, unless I see you at Extravaganza tomorrow!

Shimmy Mob cafe will be at Extravaganza tomorrow, and it’s going to be a huge day of dance! Performances now run from 12:30 to 5:30pm, (I’ll share the run sheet in the comments).

Had a lovely weekend at Shimmy By The Sea, Sawtell. Only three workshops over two days, and some optional socialising at meal times meant I could enjoy the weekend without overloading my brain and draining my social battery.

I learned more about Baladi, and drumming, and learned a short veil choreo. And Ruby Phoenix ‘accidentally’ became the warm up act for the Saturday night band at the pub. 😉

Thank you Helen Tucker for organising everything. See you next time. :)

Next stop Extravaganza! Lots of dance schools performing on stage, and a treasure trove of dance goodies for sale.

And for those that like to play ‘spot the Suzi’ I’ll be on stage with my Monday class dancers, Sacred Lotus, Empyrean Dance, and Shimmy Mob.

The official photos will be released soon, but here are some happy snaps from the Abbey Medieval Festival. As you can imagine, we can’t be seen holding phones once the public are in so we don’t manage to get many pictures.

I’ll be at the Abbey Medieval Festival with some of Ruby Phoenix Fusion Belly Dance this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. (10-12 July.)

Once again we will be reenacting at the Janissary Barracks.

Come to our Turkish/Ottoman dance workshops at 11:30am on Friday, and 1:30pm on Saturday and Sunday.

You’ll also find us dancing before the Turkish Oil Wrestling, and whenever we feel the urge.

We also love to dance with others, come and see us and we’ll show you some moves.

Photos below of us in the parades last year.

Lots of photos just got released by Abbey Medieval Festival, (link in comments if you’d like to check it out.)

These photos are of the parades on Saturday and Sunday morning.

I accidentally deleted my post haha.

I am so proud of my Monday night dancers. Here they are at the annual Midday at the Oasis dance concert. We did a fun pop-shaabi dance, and a dramatic LED wings dance, and they turned the lights off at just the right moment for extra drama!

Thank you to all our friends and family who came to support us and the other dancers. We appreciate you. :)

Midday at the Oasis - Not only did I perform with my Monday night dancers, I also performed with Ruby Phoenix Fusion Belly Dance.

See photos below of the three Ruby Phoenix costumes. (I had five costumes this year.)

You might notice a new face, one dancer in my class is also now a part of Ruby Phoenix!

One stand out memory of this year was with Bollywood Reconnections who had a fun audience participation dance, and I got to dance on stage with my daughter and granddaughter.

Everyone is invited to dance at the end too and we have such a fabulous time that we don’t want it to end, but it must. So now we look forward to next year. See you then!