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I just wanted to say Happy New Year to all of you! I hope this year brings you lots of love, light and happiness!
I have some wonderful things in store for this year! New haute couture costumes from my new Lebanese designer; teaching at a convention in Crete, Greece, and teaching workshops in Cyprus; photo-shoots planned; finishing my Master’s in Ethnomusicology, and we are expanding the Saffron Cafe with lots of goodies in store! This will be the best year yet, and I just wanted to say thanks to all my fans and true friends who have been there with me through thick and thin, sick and sin!
Here is a wonderful quote from a dance colleague, Hannah Nour:
“Those who live their dreams and love themselves are rarely competitive”
I wish for you all that you seek the Light in your life and let it grow!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Love, Katya xoxo
I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas! Remember, we can be kind to each other on every day of the year, not just this one!
Also, the Saffron Cafe will not have bellydancing until February again; the owners are going home to Morocco for vacation! See you then! We will have a new dancer on the schedule, Theodora; she is from Cyprus, Greece, but dances Turkish style. If you want to see a “real” Greek/Turkish dancer, come out and see her show! She is a *knockout*, gorgeous, tall, and the sweetest friend in the world!
Love to you all, and enjoy your holidays!
Love, Katya xoxo
I found this on the internet yesterday, and forgot all about it! This is a promo interview from WFIU at Indiana University in 2006 for Mosaic I, my first dance concert to produce!
http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/793641
Enjoy!
This photo is from a big Egyptian wedding I did at the Conrad Hotel in downtown Indianapolis; there are more pics coming in September. www.capturedartphotography.com
This photo is from the Saffron Cafe, where I am the Artistic Director/Event Coordinator. www.saffroncafe-indy.com.
The Bloomington Bellydance Coalition is Katya’s Middle Eastern dance group that she directs in Bloomington, Indiana. Katya brings the beautiful artform of Raqs Sharqi, or Oriental Dance (bellydance) to women of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds; the goal is to celebrate the diversity of Oriental dance and folkdances of the Middle East at the highest artistic level, while maintaining the integrity for both the cultures represented and the women. The members are:
-Katya Faris, director, producer and choreographer
-Ashley Donaldson; assistant choreographer/teacher
-Katie Derloshon
-Jeana Jorgensen
-Angela Floy
-Julie Fulk
-Theodora Michaelidou
Participation in Katya’ classes and performing with Katya for workshop shows and cultural events is a part of what the group works on together. Classes are held at Blooming Lotus Studio, and Katya’s home. Please contact her for more information!
*Katya is proud to present some of the members of the Bloomington Bellydance Coalition at the Great Lakes Bellydance Convention on November 13-15! www.thebellydancedivas.com
Donations now gratefully accepted