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Friday, March 7 Monthly Goddess Gathering Bellydance by Candlelight Then guided meditation Coffee/tea & chocolate cake $20 Registration Required
Nurturing ‘Girl’s Night Out’
Strictly Drums Specialty Class Sunday, Feb. 16 1:00 – 2:30 pm $25
Love drums....let your body play! Shimmies, vibrations, blocks and locks, layering....learn how to bring the drums into your body, become 'one' with them!
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Features 8 Quick Glance March Take a quick look into all of the wonderful Belly dance and music events happening in March! 9 Editorial Shaking off the Icicles! 11 Arabic Food Culture Explore the world of Arabic Cuisine! 19 Extend Your Arabesque A chat with Yasmina Ramzy about Arabesque Dance Company from Toronto, and how they grew to become one of Canada’s leading companies. 25 Musical Interlude Take a moment out of your day to listen to our musical choice and video of the month! 27 The Star Belly Dancer Canada Competition Read about Canada’s first Oriental Dance Competition! 35 Ontario Dancer’s Directory 36 Ontario Events Photo Album
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Shaking off the Icicles! Oriental dance events are so abundant in this area that we have no choice but to learn, grow, and expand our understanding of the dance. These events push us outside of our comfort zone, and allow us to experience amazing things that we might not have ever thought to try. I know this is particularly true for me as an event organizer and teacher, as I’m always striving to try new things and expand my own vocabulary for my students. How can I be an effective teacher if I cannot teach my students from my own experiences? This is the reason I decided to compete in the Star Belly Dancer Canada Competition. Originally a sponsor, I decided one week before the event, to join in the competition and experience a whole new world for myself. I ended up winning 2nd place in the folklore category with an improvised baladi! In the past I had been so anticompetition for various reasons, but competitions are such an important part of the dance world, and being involved in the very first one in Canada, was such an enriching and rewarding experience!
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Like many Mediterranean cultures, the food of the Arabian Peninsula originally consisted of fresh, naturally available products such as dates, wheat, rice, meat and fresh vegetables and fruit. While the tribes in the area were predominantly nomadic, they did also rely on products that they could easily dry and carry, that did not spoil, such as bulgur, semolina and rice, and legumes like lentils, fava beans and chickpeas, or could be taken from
their animals on a daily basis, such as dairy and meat. The majority of Arabs do not consume pork products, and while it is strictly prohibited in Islam, many Arab Christians also avoid this kind of meat. Herbs are a major staple in Arabic cooking. Mint and thyme (which is predominantly used in a spice mix called Zaatar) are widely used and although spices are used in lower quantities than in East India, the types of spices used tend to vary from region to region. Sauces and stews are common in almost all of the Arabic countries, called Margah or Salsa and are eaten with pita bread or rice. Arabs thrive on variety in their meals, and they are usually very large affairs that -0-|Page
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followed by desserts and tea and coffee service. Breakfast ~ Futoor Is a quick light meal consisting of dairy products, fresh fruits and veggies, jams and honey. Lunch ~ Al Ghadah This is the biggest and most important meal of the day, and generally consists of rice, margah, meats, and mezzeh’s (appetizers like falafel, salads and hummus) as side dishes. Dinner ~ Al Asha Dinner time is a lighter meal, and is often very similar to what is eaten for breakfast.
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With Arabesque Dance Company of Toronto 1. Yasmina Ramzy, you are the choreographer and Artistic Director of Arabesque Dance Company. Can you please tell us a little bit about who you are and your journey into Middle Eastern Dance? Middle Eastern dance has been
gangsters and generally very powerful and rich patrons I have done command performances for on 3 continents is a very long list with many a gripping story attached to each adventure. The Yasmina Dance Troupe was formed in 1984 for Cleopatra Night Club in Toronto. I opened
my full time (seems like 14 hours/day, 7 days/week) career since 1981. I began performing in Arab night clubs and parties in Canada. By 1983, it was Europe and the Middle East but mostly in Syria and Jordan. The list of royal families, political leaders, ambassadors, dignitaries,
Arabesque Academy in 1987 but was back and forth performing in the Middle East still until 1995. The first theatre productions with large choreographed ensembles of dancers and live musicians (keyboard, dumbek and riqq) began in 1988 in Robert Gill and George Ignatieff theatres. An
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agent from Syria saw us and took the core dancers and myself on a Middle East tour in 1989, labeling us The Canadian Band,
performing Arab folklore and Bellydance. Arabesque Dance Company was officially formed in 1992 and the official live orchestra founded by Dr. George Sawa and Amer Matri was in 1995. By 1996 we were performing at Harbourfront theatres and receiving rave reviews in mainstream media. Throughout all of this, I am still shy being on stage or in any kind of limelight but I love to teach and choreograph. My choice and my future goals are to only be a choreographer behind the scenes. I have been rounding up girls into group choreography since age eight. 2. What inspired you to begin Arabesque Academy in the beginning of your career as a teacher and a choreographer? I thought I never wanted to teach but when I used to perform in 20 | P a g e
Arab night clubs, many Canadian girls would ask me to teach them. One group of three girls was pestering me badly. I kept saying no, so they went to the club owner to get him to convince me. He offered the club as the free dance studio before it opened at night. I still said no. Then the little Ecuadorian girl, Theresa, told me I was selfish for keeping the dance to myself. So, she guilt tripped me into it. Those three girls became my first official Bellydance troupe. I ended up loving teaching but mostly because I could nurture dancers that I could eventually set choreography on. Opening Arabesque Academy was as a response to the lack of respect Bellydance was given. I figured if I opened a legitimate "academy" in the heart of Yorkville, a
respected area of Toronto, people would have to take notice and not write Bellydance off as exotic dance or amateur for
Western women's fantasies. For the first few years, I called the dance form "Middle Eastern dance" and never used the "belly" word. Eventually, I had to as most inquiries asked if we taught belly dance so I made it one word, and capitalized it; Bellydance. The school became a great breeding ground for dancers that I eventually used in my ensemble choreography. 3. Arabesque Dance Company has been known for creating a groundbreaking emergence into the mainstream public. What has been your mandate as a choreographer, and has it changed or evolved over the years? The means and expression changes constantly, but the mandate has been the same since 1987, which is to give light to an authentic, artistic, spiritual and integrity driven art which I had discovered in the Middle East. 4. Where does your dance company usually perform, and please let us know about any upcoming performances. 21 | P a g e
Arabesque Dance Company & Orchestra primarily performs at Fleck Dance Theatre in Toronto but has also graced other local stages such as the Sony Centre, Betty Oliphant Theatre, Isabel Bader Theatre, Enwave Theatre, Ryerson Theatre, Winchester Theatre, John Bassett Theatre, etc. The company has performed full length productions in similar theatres in 8 major Canadian cities, 3 U.S. cities as well as Jordan, Syria and Greece. Upcoming is an important production called SAWAH with a cast of over 20 musicians and 20 male and female dance artists. I feel the company is starting to articulate its own distinct and unique voice. I am very excited about SAWAH and so are all the 40 member cast and the other 10 behind the scenes participants. 5. Who and what are some of your inspirations in Dance? The living rooms and back alleys of Amman, Damascus, Allepo, Cairo, Luxor and Aswan merged with my spiritual studies in Ancient Egyptian mysticism, Tibetan Buddhism and Sufism
are “the what” of my inspiration. My spiritual teacher, the late Venerable Lama Jampa Rabjam Rinpoche, Sohair Zaki, Robert Desrosiers and all my dance teachers are “the who” of my inspiration.
Ignorance and pettiness are the biggest challenges and obstacles in and outside the dance community. I keep thinking that when they see the light in our art, their hearts will open up, but it is not always that easy.
6. What are some of the challenges and or obstacles that you have faced during your career?
7. Do you have any exciting stories or experiences that you can share with us? Sorry, but where do I begin? I have been arrested by both the Syrian and Jordanian police, I have had my life threatened many a time, once with eight machine guns at my head, several near-miss kidnappings, dinners with gangsters, terrorists, and hit men; There are a lot of great adventures and marriage proposals by royalty including King Hussein's brother. One day I will find time to write the book. Meantime, I am at Dragonfly Studios telling some of these stories on March 2nd at their Majlis.
Yasmina Ramzy is the owner, founder and Artistic Director of Arabesque Dance Company and Academy in Toronto.
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Nabaweya Mustafa is
Nouhad Wadi Haddad, known as Fairuz, is arguably the most beloved living Arabic singer. Her voice and songs are instantly recognizable and she has been dubbed “the Ambassador to the Stars” With over 800 songs released (and over 1500 in her repertoire), it’s difficult to choose any one particular song as a favourite! Click this link to see Fairouz on YouTube. - 15 - | P a g e
one of those rare gems from the Golden Era of Egyptian Film. While she never reached the icon status of Samia Gamal and Tahia Karioka, her vibrant energy, lighthearted smile, and large wild hip movements and signature barrel turn, speak of the joy that Oriental Dance is all about! See Nabaweya Here .
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uring the balmy summer days of last August, Mayada and I would lightheartedly daydream about the possibilities for bellydance events we wanted to host, including glamorous cruises off the shores of Lake Ontario and a swanky superstar dance competition at an upscale venue in Toronto. As our daydreams got increasingly bigger, little did we know that 6 months later in the midst of a cold and blustery winter season, we’d see one of our ideas come to life at the first ever Star Bellydancer Canada Competition on Sunday, February 9th, 2014 in Toronto. Let me back up a bit: Mayada and I had been tossing around ideas for events all throughout the summer of 2013. She was very interested in dance competitions and thought that we should try to organize one. I on the other hand, hadn’t had too much experience with competitions, and to be honest, I didn’t know much about them, but with some free time on - 27 - | P a g e
my hands and Mayada’s inescapable enthusiasm (if you’ve met Mayada, you’ll know exactly what I mean), I signed on. I didn’t quite know what I was getting into, but before I knew it, we had a competition name, a website, categories, judges, and the works! We decided that our competition would be called the Star Bellydancer Canada Competition, with the goal of showcasing the top rising superstars that our great country has to offer! For our first competition, we decided on four categories: 1. Solo Cabaret, 2. Solo Folklore, 3. Solo Fusion, and 4. Troupe. We wanted a bellydance competition that took into account the diversity of styles and interests of Canadian bellydancers and sought to give dancers of all genres an opportunity to showcase their talents and creativity without placing too many strict limits and impositions on what they could or could not do. We began by enlisting the help of some of Canada’s most talented bellydancers and musicians as our judges for this first event: Roula Said (Toronto), Nath Keo (Victoria), Dr.
George Sawa (Toronto), Keyboard Sam (Toronto), and Marilee ‘Venus’ Nugent (Montreal). All of our judges were enthusiastic and generously
provided their time and energies to support the talented Canadian bellydancers in this competition. With all of these puzzle pieces beginning join together, we carried on in our journey of planning a dance competition. The buzz began very early on as competitors started registering almost as soon as we announced the event on social networking sites such as Facebook in early September. The excitement continued full speed and by the end of December, most of our categories were almost filled, with many competitors choosing to showcase their talents in multiple categories. We chose the Virgin Mobile Mod Club as our venue for the event. Mayada and I went to look at quite a few venues, but Mayada was so enthusiastic about this one that it was her enthusiasm alone sold me on it. I’ll admit that I totally wasn’t sold until I went to the Mod Club for - 28 - | P a g e
another dance show this past November and that’s when I fell in love. The venue had exactly what we needed for our top-notch bellydance show: a huge stage with lots of state-of-the-art fancy lights, a beautiful auditorium with chairs and plush white booths, a bumping music system, a glamorous balcony level and…chandeliers! Yes, the chandeliers were kind of a big deal for us both! The Mod Club had that posh sexy environment, perfect for the atmosphere we wanted to cultivate. As we planned, a major question for both Mayada and I was what we wanted the competitors to gain from the experience. When we were discussing what we wanted for our competition, we tried to think about what we, as competitors, would want to gain from participating in a competition. Experience and feedback? Certainly. Prizes and trophies? Well of course. But as we dug deeper, we both realized that what we would want the most would be the exposure that competing, placing and potentially winning a competition could provide for us. As such, although we had trophies, cash, costumes, pampering packages, etc. as prizes, we really wanted to make sure that the dancers received recognition from this event. Consequently, the
winners will all be featured in articles in both Shimmy and Yallah magazines, as well as be interviewed for upcoming episodes of Bellydance Talk Radio. We also didn’t want this to become a competition in which we would never hear from the
fabulous accomplishments, but these additional aspects of the experience are also important for the growth of dancers, which as dancers with lots of experience in this industry, we understood and wanted to support.
competitors and winners again. As such, are also planning to host workshops with our winners, so that we can all learn from Canada’s newest bellydance stars!
As February rapidly approached, the categories were all filled, the prizes were confirmed, the competitors’ swag bags were prepped, tickets were sold, and we needed to figure out what we were going to wear for the event! As all these things rapidly happened, we realized that this was a huge deal! The dancers were really excited and the positive energy was immensely palpable! Looking back, the day of the event was such a huge blur. You know those moments where you know you have a thousand and one things to do, yet as you stand there in the venue, you
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can’t for the life of you conceptualize how to start the first thing? I felt like that for most of the day as we set up
at the Mod Club. Thank goodness for amazing volunteers that made sure things got done while I got stuck many times! When it felt like we wouldn’t have enough time to get everything together before the doors opened at 6pm and the show started at 7pm, it was too late and all of a sudden, we were on stage introducing the event! It was a bit terrifying, but also kind of absolutely amazing! I remember at one point waiting backstage with the sound technician and I finally took a moment to sit back, breathe, and watch the dancers shine on stage. Oh my goodness, they were all so amazing! These dancers came to work and to win! They made our lives so easy by putting on such an amazing show that the audience is still talking about weeks later! We had such a diversity of performances ranging from styles that included beledi, shaabi, Turkish ROM, Flamenco fusion, tribal fusion, Brazilian samba fusion, traditional Egyptian Cabaret styles, and so much more! What a treat for the - 30 - | P a g e
audience of bellydancers and nonbellydancers alike! After all of the superstar performances, announcing the winners was really exciting! In an epic ending to our first competition, Iana Komarnytska of Toronto won all of the solo categories (Solo Cabaret, Solo Fusion, Solo Folklore) and subsequently, also received the award for the Star Bellydancer 2014. Mayada and I had decided to have the overall winner of the competition be the dancer with the highest score in her solo category. Since Iana won all categories, she went home the big winner, but just so you know, it was her beautiful Cabaret Solo piece with multiple Isis wings that won her the highest score of the evening. Belly Up Bellydance Studios generously sponsored an amazing prize for the Star Bellydancer to take Sadie’s workshops in Toronto on March 28th and 29th and also to open the Saturday night show with a fabulous performance opportunity! In addition, Belly Up’s Ala Nar Dance Ensemble won the troupe category for their flawless Egyptian style bellydance piece. Here’s a full list of the winners and runners-up from the evening: Solo Cabaret: WINNER: Iana Komarnytska 1st Runner Up: Nuwayrah (Peggy Monchamp) 2nd Runner Up: Cassandra Fox Solo Folklore: WINNER: Iana Komarnytska 1st Runner Up: Hiba 2nd Runner Up: Halima
Solo Fusion: WINNER: Iana Komarnytska 1st Runner Up: Cassandra Fox 2nd Runner Up: Ishra Blanco Star Bellydancer Canada 2014: Iana Komarnytska Troupe: WINNER: BellyUp BellyDance Studio's Ala Nar 1st Runner Up: Egyptian Dance Academy Folkloric Troupe 2nd Runner Up: Dragonfly Student Troupe It took a few days for everything to settle for me. Seeing all the beautiful smiles on each dancer in the photographs and videos is wonderful. The best part of the whole event for me was the moment when I truly realized what the competition meant for each individual in it. With both soloists and troupe members, we had a total of 50 dancers in the competition. A trophy, prizes and publicity are all wonderful moments of recognition for dancers and are a tribute to the hard work and dedication that it took for them to get there. However, even with the trophy, the prizes and the publicity, I think that the journeys and each personal story were so much more than that. For many, it was the journey from that little baby bellydancer to a superstar on stage at the Mod Club. It was about the shaky first steps, the potential missteps along the way, the growth, the laughter, the joy of discovering this dance form that feels just‌magical, the adventures with dance friends and peers, the heart that each dancer put into this art, and - 31 - | P a g e
the love and care with which they nurtured it. This experience of our first competition has been both wonderful and humbling. The bellydance community has been so supportive and has welcomed our event with open arms. We thank the community of dancers, teachers, studios, musicians, friends, and supporters for their care and support and cannot wait until 2015 to do it all over again at the 2nd Star Bellydancer Canada Competition! We can’t wait to see you there!
Teressa currently based out of Toronto is a teacher, dancer and organizer of the Star Belly Dancer Canada Competition. For more information contact: bellycompetition@gmail.com
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