Becky Stewart Memorial Belly Dance Benefit - April 8, 2008 |
SmartTix...
Posted by Kristina Melike on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:43:00 PST |
Balkan Beats Vol. 2 |
I'm on the cover of the Balkan Beats Vol.2 cd! Larisa Fuchs of Insight Photo|graphic took the photo when I was performing at the Knitting Factory with Slavic Soul Party. (There's Ben Holmes and Jaco...
Posted by Kristina Melike on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:43:00 PST |
Article on Turkish Oriental Dance |
I wrote a paper for Laura Ligouri (Naraya)'s "Emergence and Transformation of the Classical Middle Eastern Dance" lecture at C.U.N.Y. (the third installment of her "Art of Middle Eastern Dance" series...
Posted by Kristina Melike on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:14:00 PST |
NYC |
Dinçer was right. Istanbul is dangerous. Very slowly it grabs hold of you, and won't let you want to leave.I am missing Serbia and Istanbul and not being in America and speaking foreign languages an...
Posted by Kristina Melike on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:39:00 PST |
Back to Beograd |
Dusan was kind enough to meet me at the airport once again, and I finally got to see a bit of Belgrade. We went to Kalemegdan Park and saw a beautiful view of the Danube. Later on we wandered down S...
Posted by Kristina Melike on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:31:00 PST |
Istanbul |
Culture shock!I went from the Serbian countryside, surrounded by families, to being alone in a very big city. Istanbul feels more like a city than NYC does... I felt very overwhelmed. It took me a ...
Posted by Kristina Melike on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:14:00 PST |
Vladicin Han |
Dusan met me at the bus station and brought me to the house where we were staying. The house belonged to Svetlana and Slavko, and their family. Their son Novica plays truba in a local brass band. H...
Posted by Kristina Melike on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:47:00 PST |
O Drom ando Vladicin Han |
(The Road to Vladicin Han)Dusan is the other Ristic brother running the Amala School. He met me at the Belgrade Airport and drove me to Valjevo. Then he went to the south of Serbia for the new brass...
Posted by Kristina Melike on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:33:00 PST |
Amala School |
I was at the Amala School in Valjevo for about one week. Every morning I had a 2 hour dance class with Rita, and a 2 hour Rromanes language class with Dragan. After lunch I had some time for a nap, ...
Posted by Kristina Melike on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 05:00:00 PST |
Valjevo |
I made it safely to Serbia. Today is the first day of classes. I had one group language lesson, with Dragan, one of the school directors, and one private dance lesson, with Rita, a Rroma from Belgrade...
Posted by Kristina Melike on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:28:00 PST |
