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Asharah

Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?

About Me

I think too much and I dance.

I can learn to persist with anything but aiming low.

My Interests

Belly dance, tribal fusion, analysis, thinking too much, science, geekery, breakcore, digital hardcore, dubstep, dance music you can't dance to, prog rock, prog raqs

I'd like to meet:

Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.

Music:

See interests for more general stuff. Here are some specifics: Maduro, Architect, Hecate, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares, Aphex Twin, Drumcorps, Cdatakill, Enduser, (Chris) Clark, Filastine, Vex'd, Boxcutter, Knossos, Solace, Peter Gabriel (without whom I might not have discovered world music), Dream Theater, Yes, Rush, Lusine icl, Egyptian folkloric music, Romany music, noise, the noise in my head.

Movies:

Films by Terry Gilliam and Darren Aronofsky.

Television:

Planet Earth. Battlestar Galactica (the new one). Project Runway. Firefly. Ninja Warrior (Jumpah hannngah!)

Books:

Demian by Hermann Hesse. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie.

Heroes:

My mom, Albert Einstein, Dr. Bob Moog, Neil Peart, Suhaila Salimpour, and these birds:

My Blog

Web Oops!

So... I was trying to install WordPress on my asharah.com website and goobered up some things.  So, until I figure out what the heck I did, the main page, www.asharah.com will give you a weird er...
Posted by Asharah on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:42:00 PST

March 15th - Workshop in Boston!

I'll be heading up to Boston to teach my popular Pops, Locks, and Tick-Tocks workshop, hosted by Naraya of Vadalna Tribal Dance Company!Details...March 15th, 2:45pm - 5:45pmJose Mateo Ballet Theater40...
Posted by Asharah on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:19:00 PST

Musing from a Modern Tribal Bellydancer

There have been a lot of random thoughts floating through my head on dance, creativity, business, and inspiration...  I'm attempting to share them with all of you over on Blogger.I'll be philosop...
Posted by Asharah on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:38:00 PST

Trailer for my DVD!

It's coming! ...
Posted by Asharah on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:20:00 PST

Pre-order "Modern Tribal Bellydance with Asharah"

Pre-order my upcoming DVD, "Modern Tribal Bellydance with Asharah" now! This DVD, produced by WorldDanceNewYork, will begin with a rigorous warm-up designed to strengthen and prepare the body for bel...
Posted by Asharah on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:19:00 PST

Older comments...

So, somehow I missed comment requests from weeks ago, and the Decibelio Fest comment from (eek) 6 months ago. I have no idea how I missed those comment requests, but I'm sorry!And a word on comments:...
Posted by Asharah on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:29:00 PST

A Mailing List.

Hey everyone! Join my mailing list to keep up with my upcoming performances, workshops, classes, and more! I'm trying out Google's new Groups Beta, so this is an experiment for all of us...Visit thi...
Posted by Asharah on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:21:00 PST

Upcoming Tribal Belly Dance Workshops!

July 9th, 11:30am - 1:00pm: Workshop and performance at the Five Seasons monthly belly dance celebration. Asharah will teach "Strong Technique for Tribal Fusion" beginning with a warm-up emphasizing s...
Posted by Asharah on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:03:00 PST

Off to Tribal Fest soon!

Maduro and I will be heading out to California for the sixth annual Tribal Fest in Sebastopol! If you're out there too, I'll be performing at 2:31 on the outdoor stage on Sunday. I hope lots of frie...
Posted by Asharah on Mon, 15 May 2006 06:52:00 PST