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Yamina

DANCE TILL YOU DROP!!

About Me

Profile Edited by MPS MySpace Editor 2.0 I'm mostly known under the name of Yamina, but my birthname is Natalia and I have many other identities depending on what I'm doing !! Ohoh, what a scary start I'm putting on here, people are gonna think I'm a schyzo !!!
Well, I am a languages assistant(I speak about 6...) and also a dancer. I dedicate my life to Arts, dancing, music and travelling, and to my friends and family of course !
I'm 25 years old and have travelled about 25 countries now, lived in France most of my life, then Scotland, Italy, Slovakia and now Australia.
I have participated in loads of events throughout the world, mainly as a dancer, but sometimes as a comedian, musician or circus performer. My fav ones are the Festival of Gannat, and the medieval festival of Souvigny, in which I got involved for many years in France!!
I have danced along artists such as Jogl'Arvern (raggamuffin), "Les Nuits Blanches" (Night Theatre), "Les Nomades" (circus, snake charming and dancing), "Cie Intemporel" (multi-ethnic dancing), "La Caravane de Samarkande" (medievist acting and dancing), Taraf de Haidouks (gypsy - Romania), Tony Allen (percussionist of Fela Kuti), "Compagnie Leon Larchet" (traditional music), "Compagnie Alienor" (medieval dancing), Inakin (Aussie rock band), Musiac (Aussie world fusion band), DJ Bob Sinclar (dance-electro), K-3 (reggaeton - Argentina), Nagarythe (fire performance), Circus Troubadours (circus and comedy), Samba Gogo (Brazilian batucada), Arabesk (gypsy-funk fusion), The Crux (funk), Double Entendre (gypsy-Irish jazz fusion), Amanaska (electronica-ambient), The Groovesmiths (rock-folk-roots), Beleza School of Samba (Samba do pé, axé, afrofusion, samba reggae, bellysamba - Perth), Sambalicious, Les Derniers Trouvères (Ancient Medieval music), DJ AVI, Chantal (Perth top singer), Gaia Tribe (afro-transe), Belyssa Academy of Danse Orientale (Middle-Eastern Dance - Perth)etc...
About me ? Well, I think the picts will speak better than words, so please check it out !
Love, peace and shimmies...
Yamina

My Interests

Dancing flamenco, salsa, world fusion bellydance, indian, african, afro-cuban, samba, classical, modern-jazz, cabaret etc!, circus, aerials, trapeze, capoeira, music, painting, calligraphy, scuba diving, snorkelling, climbing, swimming, surfing, travelling around the world, massages, trekking Nature, volcanoes, going out with pals, sewing my own costumes, designing clothes, drinking arak, cooking for friends, laughing my head off, enjoying life day by day, festivals, Middle-Age, fire twirling and juggling and much more !!!

I'd like to meet:

Artists and travellers throughout the world... Nice people interested in the good things in life, in peace and the environment...
Male dancers - I think there's a shortage on this planet, which is a pity... Guys, we need you to dance!!
Actually, through Myspace, undirectly, I met my soulmate : Michael... Fate brought us together, a month after he had sent me a friend invite from The Crux ! Now I believe that we started an endless love story, and I'm feeling blessed and very grateful to the universe... THANK YOU !!!!

Music:

EVERYTHING !! as long as it grooves and make my body move to a crazy transe !!!

Movies:

God! There's a lot.. La vitta e bella, Step up!, La vie en rose, Chocolate, Kuch kuch Hota Hai, Pai, Centre Stage, Gone with the Wind, Moulin Rouge, Grease, Devdas, Breakin' (I & II), Shall we dance?, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, all the Marx Brothers, Charly Chaplin, Louis de Funes, Pierre Richard, Woody Allen....

Television:

I don't watch TV, sorry !! But I love the sitcom Un Dos Tres! It's about a school of Performing Arts in Spain... I have all seasons!

Books:

Likewise, there's a lot... The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini), The Bride Stripped Bare, Bella fille de la jungle, The Driver's Seat, Persuasion & Withering Heights (Bronte) , Le diable l'emporte, Les enfants tristes (Roger Nimier), all the Moliere...

Heroes:

Tinker Bell, Merlin, Tarabas, Aphrodite, Guinevere, mermaids, fairies, lutins, the djeen, all the other Divine Goddesses of this world...

My Blog

Bellyballet fusion!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KndNjpZT2sE I am quite happy to present this video montage of my last bellyballet performance, in Perth WA. Special thanks to all the people that support me in...
Posted by Yamina on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:57:00 PST

Glute isolation!

Tonight I had a great bun workout! Lately I have been really inspired by Suhaila Salimpour's original method, and the way she isolates her glutes for the purpose of bellydancing (and fitness!)I have d...
Posted by Yamina on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:19:00 PST

Stage name - Nombre escénico...

Hey all! Hola todos! To all of you who always ask me if Yamina is my real name, or who wonder why I have so many names... here are the answers to my stage name(s) ! My name is Nathalie Hofer, and ab...
Posted by Yamina on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:20:00 PST

LAMURIA 3rd Birthday!

friday 2nd of may lamuria 3rd birthday party come and join us celebrating the love of the dance on our 3rd birthdaywill be great to see you all dancing and celebrating our 3rd year in keeping the danc...
Posted by Yamina on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:27:00 PST

NEWWWWWWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSS!!!

Hey dear myspace friends! Long long time since I have last blogged, innit?? Well, yes... I took computers out of my life for a while, and did a lot of interesting other things, that I’ll be ...
Posted by Yamina on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:09:00 PST

Soreya World bellydance school opening

Dear all! I have the pleasure to announce the opening of my World bellydance school, FINALLY!! The dance classes for 2008 will be held at Bicton Hall, corner of Canning Hwy and Carrington Rd, East Fr...
Posted by Yamina on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:38:00 PST

Reggaeton concert in Fairfield for Anorando Chile 2006

Hola todos!Last year in Sydney, I did a concert with K3, a reggaeton band from Argentina. It was at the Fairfield playgroung, the whole latino community was there, about 60 000 people! Probably my big...
Posted by Yamina on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:32:00 PST

Assiréni, a little Goddess is born!

Dear all!The two exciting events of my trip over here were my grandma's Bday surprise party, as well as the birth of my best friend's daughter. The 11th of december my friend Laeti experienced the bea...
Posted by Yamina on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:47:00 PST

Yamina’s adventures in France

Dear all,I have been very sick for the last couple of days so I was enable to do anything... I forgot that France is a microbes' nest in winter, and naturally I caught a virus a day after I got to Cle...
Posted by Yamina on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:15:00 PST

Les pérégrinations de Yamina!

Dear all!At last, I have access to the internet and will be able to share a bit of my adventures on myspace!First of all, some good news... I have been granted my visa to Australia for next year!!! Ye...
Posted by Yamina on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:23:00 PST