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| Tamalyn Dallal's Press Release - May 9, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tamalyn Dallal, The Mid Eastern Dance Exchange and Bozenka's Bellydance Academy present Orientalia 2007! A Tribute to Men Who Dance. Friday, May 18, 2007, 7-10pm FREE Outdoors at the band shell on Lincoln Road and Euclid Ave. Miami Beach, FL 33139 For information, contact: Tamalyn Dallal (206)226-3882 or Bozenka's Bellydance Academy (305)538-1608 Every year since 1994, the Mid Eastern Dance Exchange, with support from Miami Dade County Cultural Affairs Council and the Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council, has produced the free Orientalia Festival on Lincoln Road. This festival showcases local Middle Eastern dancers as well as renown guest artists flown in from around the world. This year, guest artists will include MEN. Ahmet Luleci from Turkey will perform incredibly strong and masculine folk dances. Mohammed Shahin of Egypt will do a Dervish spinning performance, as well as a Nubian dance and "Asaya", a martial arts dance with two sticks from southern Egypt. There will be an equal amount of women, namely, Sevdije, of Albanian Turkish heritage and Oriental dancer Najmah with Flamenco guitarist Goliath of Gainesville. Shahar, a former dancer of the Mid Eastern Dance Exchange who now lives in Virginia will fly in to perform. Tamalyn Dallal, the founder of Mid Eastern Dance Exchange, who now lives in Seattle, will be the mistress of ceremonies. Alessandra, the pioneer of bellydance in Costa Rica will fly in to perform in Orientalia as well as Asianne of Michigan, who will do an Asian Fusion bellydance piece. There will also be some of the top belly dancers in Miami, both men and women. Workshops and Master Classes by the guest artists will be held at Bozenka's Bellydance Academy from May 17 through May 20. For information, log onto: www.bozenkasbellydanceacademy.com This is the last in a long tradition of festivals, so we hope the public will show their support. The Mid Eastern Dance Exchange as a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Arts Organization is in the process of relocating to Seattle, Washington, where Tamalyn Dallal now lives, and the studio on Lincoln Road where it was located since 1990 is now a privately owned dance school, Bozenka's Bellydance Academy. We invite everyone to come and see how global and varied Middle Eastern dance can be. See the progression from the Middle Eastern roots to modern fusion as it now embraces many continents. Experience this dance as a universal dance form performed by men and women of all nationalities. www.BozenkasBellydanceAcademy.com For more details, please call us or write us at: Bozenka's Bellydance Academy 350 Lincoln Road, Studio 505 Miami Beach, FL 33139 (305) 538-1608 (tel.) or info@bozenkasbellydanceacademy.com (e-mail) |
