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Though she recently received her BFA in writing, Olga El is an avid fan of world dance particularly the dances of the Middle East, North and East Africa (also known as belly dance). She has studied with notable instructors such as her main teacher and mentor, Oya; Somalian Fulbright Scholar, Arianna Al Tiye; the world-renowned Morocco and many others. Her personal fusion style not only takes elements from her background in various world dances but draws from her experience in the fields of theatre and martial arts as well.She performs periodically with a musical group called The Sounds of Taraab, which plays East African music from Zanzibar. She has worked with FUSHA, a Congolese dance company, and has played a small role in Desert Sin's Musée des Femmes: Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. She can also add dancing in a Bollywood movie to her list of accomplishments. She has recently formed a new dance troupe called Bastet, which will be starting a charitable sub-division called "Belly Dance for Change" in 2009. Olga currently teaches at MNG Arts Studio in Queens and is starting a new class at the Longview Academy of Extreme Martial Arts in Staten Island in 2009.
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My Blog

WOW! AN UPDATE...

Ok, so I'm living in this fucking sweet apartment for the summer: 2 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, 3 girls, full kitchen, big living room, 500 bucks a month. I'm taking Tai Chi classes with Brooklyn Women's M...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:34:00 GMT

bloggy wog

Uhh, can't remember what I've been doing. Home now in NJ. I went to "This Woman's Work"--a dance performance revolving around the work of 6 black, female artists--at the Alvin Ailey theatre in Manhatt...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:31:00 GMT

Weekend in NJ

Went to the 8th Annual Heal Thyself Garden Party, at the Philadelphia Horticultural Center, with mom today. The all-vegatarian food was great, the scenery was beautiful, and there were lots of African...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Jul 2005 21:20:00 GMT

Happy Birthday Leo's

I was hanging out with Katie in Manhattan today, where she got her first tattoo: a purple cancer survivor ribbon on the underside of her wrist.  Last Sunday, I went to see her perform with h...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:06:00 GMT

OH YEA!

I forgot that the weekend b4 that I went too...1. The Mermaid Parade in Coney Island2. The Dyke March3. The Gay Pride ParadeAWESOME*AWESOME*AWESOME*AWESOME I was hanging out with a gothic, 40-som...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:05:00 GMT

MY 4th of July WEEKEND

Hoes ditched me and went to Live8 without me--which is fine cuz' I didn't really care about going and my mom was in the front row and told me all about it. I ended up hanging out with the fam, bo...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:04:00 GMT

Commuter in NYC

Living in the Bronx is burning a hole in Olgie's pockets
Posted by on Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:48:00 GMT

cult what?

For better or for worse, from this point on, I am officially disassociating myself with the Women's Press Collective. I will continue to fight the good fight alone (minus the violence)
Posted by on Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:46:00 GMT

a kinda week

Tuesday and before- don't freekin' remember... (April 6) Wednesday- walked to Manhattan via Brooklyn Bridge Thursday- chilled on the lawn, played with some kids, saw a show (that went from prett...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:38:00 GMT

the wheels on the Pratt bus...

I wrote this, while randomly riding on the pratt bus. It's written in first-person and present-tense so it might read a little weirdly: I dont need a book to tell me how to live. I put the Claud...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:42:00 GMT