Presenting Tamalyn Dallal and the "40 Days and 1001 Nights" Back Road USA tour
June 19th, 20th, and 21st
Tamalyn Dallal will be signing books and making a series of public appearances in Pittsburgh at events ranging from a film showing/speaking engagement to a dance workshop.
Lecture and Film Viewing
Friday June 19, 2009 -- 7pm
@ Joseph Beth Booksellers
SouthSide Works
Dance Workshops
Saturday June 20th, 2009
@ Bodiography Dance Studio, Squirrel Hill
3:30-5:30: Tamalyn's Technique Intensive:"Tamalyn Dallal Technique" will give techniques that have made several of Ms. Dallal's students, including Bozenka and Bellyqueen, so successful. Learn to make the most out of movement, utilising contractions, lower abdominal muscles to make the movements deeper, plus beautiful hands and arms.
Sunday June 21st, 2009
@ Bodiography Dance Studio, Squirrel Hill
11:30-1:30: Beladi Style WorkshopPutting the dance into its cultural context, this workshop teaches old time techniques that help you get grounded and add an earthy quality to your dancing. We will learn how the women dance at home during celebrations in the Middle East, as well as defining "Shaabi" music, recognizing wedding songs, and the differences between dancing to beledi, shaabi, and wedding music.
**Private Lessons available with Ms. Dallal**
For more information on events:
www.bernadancer.blogspot.com
or e-mail her @ bernadancer@gmail.com
About Tamalyn Dallal
Tamalyn Dallal is one of the worlds's most respected exponents of the art of belly dancing, having taught and performed in over 33 countries. She has mentored many dancers around the world, including "Bellydance Superstars" Amar Gamal, Bozenka, Kaeshi and Sharon Kihara. Through her non-profit art organisation, Tamalyn Dallal has produced numerous stage productions and dance festivals, including the famed Orientalia Festival of Ethinic Dance, in Miami Beach. She has authored two books, "They Told Me I Couldn't", about living and dancing in Columbia in the 1980's, and the instructional book "Belly Dancing for Fitness". She has recently completed the book and documentary film "40 Days and 1001 Nights" where she lived in five Islamic contries for forty days each, documenting her experiences. Attend workshops with a world class master, designed to help you learn and refine your belly dance techniques, as well as understand the origins of Belly Dance, the music and the culture that it originates from.
About the Project
A timely book has recently hit the stands. Tamalyn Dallal’s “40 Days and 1001 Nights” is an entertaining and human look at life in five Muslim countries. Ms. Dallal, a thrice published author as well as world reknown belly dancer traveled alone to; Indonesia, Zanzibar, Egypt, Jordan, and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China, where she lived in each one for forty days. She chronicled her experiences, good, bad, often funny and heartwarming to share with the American public. Her stories defy stereotypes and share a more realistic perception of the lives of ordinary people in diverse parts of the Muslim world than what has been shown in mainstream media in recent years. To accompany the book, she made a musical documentary film which makes the experience of “40 Days and 1001 Nights” all the more vivid.
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