During the summer months, many take the opportunity to connect with nature or learn a new skill. If you want to learn a new dance style or just enjoy the art form of dance in general, The Vanaver ...

Sahara Dance, DC's Center for Middle Eastern Dance, presents its annual Summer Caravan show combined with Bellydance Evolution’s “The Jungle Book,” a theatrical belly dance production. This show ...

Although belly dancing has its roots in early Egyptian history, there's still a certain stigma attached to it. "A lot of people think we're like strippers or something," said Debbie Poldoski, director ...

The past and the present don’t so much meet as they spiral and weave around each other, creating a magical tapestry of music and motion. Thus has the music and dance of Bill and Livia Vanaver given ...

Their love affair began in 1971. Livia Drapkin, a New York University dance student, met Bill Vanaver at a Balkan dance festival. She told him how enchanted she was by his music. Bill moved in that ...

When Bill and Livia Vanaver work with children -- in their year-round classes, summer camps or arts-in-education programs in schools -- they often begin by asking, "Why do people dance?" The answers ...

From the gypsy duende to the Moorish mysticism, and the Jewish streets Wherein old ghosts rise under the clapping of Flamenco singers, dancers, and guitarists -Antonio Palomo-La Marca, 2005 In the mid ...

REDLANDS – All good things must eventually come to an end. As the Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival season begins to wind down, so will the Children’s Festival Workshops, held Saturdays and Tuesdays ...

The Desert Caravan Dance Troupe will be performing Middle Eastern dance - more commonly known as "belly dance" - at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. April 5 at the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, 4 W. Second St. The ...

The Order of Alhambra, local caravan Alhamar No. 4, hosted a spring dinner dance for Special Olympics bowlers and guests at King’s College, Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center on March 20. DJ Joseph Hussey ...

From left are Father James McGahagan, chaplain of Alhamar Caravan No. 4, Ryan Pettipaw, Recipient of Appreciation Award; Donna Magni, Grand Commander, presenting award, and Mayor George Brown, Mayor ...