Natalie Brown - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am the director of Delirium Tribal Bellydance Company, South Carolina's premiere professional tribal bellydance company, and Artistic Director of Columbia Alternacirque, Columbia's alternative performance art collective.
NOTE: Classes are ongoing Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:00 at the Lexington Studio, 711 E. Main st., Lexington, SC (in the basement of the Old Mill). Classes are drop in anytime, $10.
Ongoing monthly workshops in Greenville, SC
Workshop and Hafla in Greenville, SC:
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If you would like more information on classes, performances, or hiring us, please check out the new and improved www.nataliebrown.net .
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
Delirium Tribal Bellydance Company, joined by Steve Oswanski from Fire and Motion and Susan Osbaldiston, mistress of hula hoops, continues its flagship performance at the Art Bar (www.artbarsc.com) in Columbia's Vista on the fourth Friday of the month, first show around 9:30, new set at 10:30. Come out, have a drink, bring friends so we can continue our upward climb toward world domination.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Music:

Maduro, Radiohead, Dmitri Shostakovich, Samuel Barber, Stellamara, Circus Contraption, Lumin, Niyaz, Vas, Elliot Smith, Flaming Lips, Gorillaz, Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan, Gotan Project, Kings of Convenience, Rasputina, Pentaphobe, Amon Tobin, Dj Cheb I Sabbah, The Toids, The Beatles, Raquy and the Cavemen, the Mezmer Society, Cat Power, Kaki King, Murcof, Morphine, Been prowling for good global beats since I started bellydancing. It kind of takes over.

Movies:

Good costume dramas, Oscar hopefuls, tongue in cheek kung fu, and those that rely on a fresh, excellent script (especially Charlie Kaufman)

Television:

I don't actually own one. People hear this and get these pitying expressions on their faces, and they try to foist one on me, at which point I run away.

Books:

Too many to name, but all time curl up with a glass of wine favorites include Gabriel Garcia Marquez--100 Years of Solitude; Complete Plays of William Shakespeare; Complete poems of Christopher Marlowe; and a bit of John Dunn when I'm feeling cheeky. Neil Gaiman, China Mieville and another rereading of Harry Potter for a quick escape.

Heroes:

All of the amazing women I get to work with.

Delirium Tribal Bellydance Company
Maria

Dana

Jessie

Ashley

My Blog

Magic time.

In early spring of 2007, I had a couple of perfect days. Winter was over, I had a new job and I wasn't freezing or starving anymore. Ashley had moved in and we had big dreams. I was ...
Posted by Natalie Brown on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:53:00 PST

Bring to boil over medium heat.

My life is buzzing. There's a dim hum of focus and excitement and inspiration filling the sunny daylight hours. I've gone back to Whisper Hungarian as my show piece. N___ gave me an&n...
Posted by Natalie Brown on Mon, 26 May 2008 11:17:00 PST

Letter to an old lover.

Hi, babe. Am sitting at my father's desk with a huge mug of soy chai with the sweat from my yoga class dried and cold on my skin. I made the mistake of going to the bookstore when I was d...
Posted by Natalie Brown on Fri, 23 May 2008 08:01:00 PST

Ghosts of myself

I was 21 when I lived in London for a year. I had no hips and was still carrying around the last bit of baby fat in my cheeks. I was wide-eyed. I hadn't learned how to carry myself o...
Posted by Natalie Brown on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:05:00 PST

You must be this tall to ride this spiritual journey.

When I was about sixth grade or so and going to middle school in Savannah, GA, my social studies teacher made us do a unit on the pilgrims. She put us into groups and handed out a worksheet with...
Posted by Natalie Brown on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:26:00 PST

Well that’s funny.

Individuals born on the cusp of Scorpio (the eighth Sign of the Zodiac) and Sagittarius (the ninth Sign of the Zodiac) are ruled by both Pluto...with a secondary influence afforded by Mars...and Jupit...
Posted by Natalie Brown on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:32:00 PST

Public Service Announcement.

I forgot how much I hate being single while bellydancing. It's not the being single part, it's the hassle you get from people assuming you're something you're not, and the scrutiny of a small to...
Posted by Natalie Brown on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:09:00 PST

Clinging to the life raft.

I'm still wallowing around in some grief issues. I've been weepy all day. I'm going to change my hair somehow. I'm considering putting in extensions and possibly changing the color.&n...
Posted by Natalie Brown on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:14:00 PST

House of the Spirits

My family keeps our family spirits close to us. Perhaps too close sometimes. One of my sisters sees shadowy figures on her ceiling that signal to her when life-changing events ar...
Posted by Natalie Brown on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:09:00 PST

CLASSES RESUME TOMORROW IN LEXINGTON!

Hello, everyone:Classes will resume tomorrow, January 30th, at 7:00 PM in the LEXINGTON STUDIO. I know I told some of you 7:30 in the Vista, but as always, we're gerri-rigging in the face of so...
Posted by Natalie Brown on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:01:00 PST