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CELEBRATE NATIONAL DANCE WEEK'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY - APRIL 21-30, 2006 WITH TWO SHOWS

APRIL 22

The Northeast Belly Dance Association presents

The First Annual
BOSTON CHAPTER MEMBER SHOWCASE

A Night of Middle Eastern Dance Entertainment
by Metro Boston's Finest Talent!

See a variety of dance styles in a professional theatre setting in the heart of the city (well, a little south of the city!)including vending by Anatolia Imports.

Dancing by:

Badriya (Melaya Leff; raks al-assaya), Zehara (Flight of Lilith with Wings of Isis; drum solo), Qalayla (Last Moments of Love with double veil), Zelanique (Holiday for Glow Worm; Selene with veil), Morgana (Betwanes Beek), Samarra (Spirit of Nadia Gamal raks al-assaya), Jemileh (tribal fusion), as well as Joumana, Sabrina, Genevieve & Zareena!

Location:

The Proscenium Theatre @ The Actor's Workshop
327 Summer Street, 4th floor
Ft. Point Channel area, South Boston, MA.

Doors open at 5:30, show starts at 6:30, $8 ($6 for NBDA members) Free parking / only a few blocks from South Station.  For more info about the show: contact Samarra.  For more info about National Dance Week:
www.nationaldanceweek.org.  For more info about the NBDA: www.nbdassociation.com

APRIL 29

**April 29th is also WORLD DANCE DAY!**

Samarra Oriental Dance & Design Studio presents

HOLLYWOOD HAREM:

A Tribute to the Middle Eastern Influence in Early Hollywood

Experience an Exotic Cast of Biblical Sirens, Gothic-Style Vamps & Ancient Queens of Long Lost Cities. Belly Dancing to Live & Recorded Music [with music by Barry Marshall, Walid Zairi, Christian Kennedy, Katt
Hernandez & Tev Stevig]

with dancing by:

Samarra, (Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils), Sabrina (Lawrence of Arabia), Amani  (Cleopatra), The Goddess Dancing (Bring on the Dancing Girls),  Zelanique & Kareema (Silent Stars: Istanbul, Not Constantinople. Genevieve (Virgin of the Sun God: Descent of a Rising Silent Star), Phoenix (Cabaret: 1920s Vamp-style) & Markella (Egyptian Princess).

7-10 pm, $7 cover (dancing to recorded music: 7:45-9 pm --dancing to live music: 9-10 pm)

Location:

All Asia Cafe
334 Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge
www.allasiabar.com

**DID YOU KNOW…APRIL 20, 1896 was the date of the first movie, ever, to be shown to a paying audience
(in NYC)!

National Dance Week, sponsored by the United Dance Merchants of America, celebrates the contributions
that dance makes to our culture, and encourages everyone to get involved in dance at any level and in any capacity, to help dance make a difference in every community. Up-to-date nationwide events and contact
information can be found at www.nationaldanceweek.org.

Samarra
Oriental Dancer  Costume Designer

Chapter Head, Northeast Belly Dance Association
2006 National Dance Week State Representative
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617-367-6369  
samarra@samarradance.com

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