"La Danse & Drama" Dinner Theatre 

Saturday, October 6

A Taste of India, 3110 N. Division St., Spokane, WA

The live entertainment spanned a variety of Belly Dance styles. Performers included Nadiyah Vahdahty, Albina Samarah, Djimmah Kareena, Khamarah, Nizana & the Desert Silk Dance Company, Sha-Mal, Arika, & Tempest.  

Saturday, October 6

Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook St., Spokane, WA

Belly Dance &

Dramatic Body Language Workshop

Between the Veils Workshop

Workshop Description

"At the heart of Gothic Belly Dance is the ability to express deep emotions through the dance in a dramatic style. While in theory, this makes sense, understanding how to make this happen physically is another matter.  How does one go about transferring matters of the heart, mind, and spirit into a corporeal expression?  In this workshop, we took regular belly dance movements and added Gothic accents to them, focusing on expressing emotion, intent, and power through our steps and presence. From facial expression to fingertips, we dissected the accents that give Gothic Belly Dance extra substance, drama, and excitement."

Workshop Description

Discover the darker side of veilwork, from dramatic entrances, intricate and intimate veilplay, to exiting with a flourish that will leave ‘em wanting more.  We learned to dance with our veil and tame it’s inner cat. 

About Tempest 

Tempest is an artist, designer, dancer, and writer recently relocated from Bay Area of California to the Jersey Shore.  Although she enjoys studying what traditional Oriental Dance has to offer, Tempest loves exploring the dance through unusual music and creative costuming, pulling on her visual arts background to "paint a picture" with the dance; engaging the audience through dramatic embodied storytelling, passionate expression, and sensuous, mesmerizing movement.  She finds inspiration for her dances in many eras, places, and faces, from ancient cultures and spiritual myths worldwide, to the work of silent film star and original vamp Theda Bara, and turn-of-the-century dance goddess Ruth St. Denis.

Tempest is most known for her Gothic Belly Dance performances and instruction, and is featured on the first ever GBD performance DVD produced by WorldDanceNewYork entitled “The Darker Side of Fusion”, it's sequel "Gothic Belly Dance: Revelations", and  Hollywood Music Center's "Bellydance Underworld".  She also has an instructional DVD geared towards the alternatively-minded entitled “Bellydance for Beautiful Freaks” produced by WorldDanceNewYork.  For more information on Tempest, visit  www.darklydramatic.com