Belly dance, tribal fusion, analysis, thinking too much, science, geekery, breakcore, digital hardcore, dubstep, dance music you can't dance to, prog rock, prog raqs
Maduro, Rush, Architect, Hecate, Squarepusher, Ginormous, Venetian Snares, Aphex Twin, Drumcorps, Cdatakill, Enduser, (Chris) Clark, Filastine, Vex'd, Boxcutter, Knossos, Solace, Peter Gabriel (without whom I might not have discovered world music), Dream Theater, Yes, Egyptian folkloric music, Romany music, noise, the noise in my head.
Movies
Films by Terry Gilliam and Darren Aronofsky. Finding Nemo, Wall-E, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Aladdin, The Cell,...
Television
Planet Earth. Battlestar Galactica (the new one). Project Runway. Firefly. Ninja Warrior (Jumpah hannngah!). Deadliest Catch.
Books
Demian by Hermann Hesse. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie. Any of Neil Peart's autobiographical travelogues, particularly Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times
Heroes
My mom, Albert Einstein, Dr. Bob Moog, Neil Peart, Suhaila Salimpour, and these birds:
Princeton University
Princeton,New Jersey
Graduated: 2002
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Near Eastern Studies
Clubs: Terrace F. Club. Food = Love
1998 to 2002
Woodside High
Woodside, CA
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Millard Fillmore. 'Cause there ain't nothing geekier than staying up all night in the school library answering cryptic trivia questions.
About me:
Roll away the stone
If you could just move yours
I could get working on my own
I can learn to persist with anything but aiming low.
I teach and perform tribal fusion bellydance around the world. In 2009 I'll be teaching at the following festivals and cities...
~ February 20-22 :: TribalCon in Decatur, Georgia
~ March 6-8 :: Gothla 2009, Pomona, California
~ March 14-15 :: Minneapolis, Minnesota
~ March 21-22 :: Hudson Valley, New York State
~ March 28-29 :: Boston, Massachusetts
~ April 4-5 :: Tribally Yours, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ~ April 11-12 :: New Orleans, Louisiana CANCELED
~ May 1-3 :: Spring Caravan, Somerset, New Jersey
~ May 13-17 :: Tribal Fest 9, Sebastopol, California ~ May 22-15 :: Folk Tours USA, the woods in Pennsylvania CANCELED
~ June 20-21 :: Asheville, North Carolina
~ June 27-28 :: St Louis, Missouri
~ July 17-19 :: Gothla UK
~ October 11-13 :: Gothenburg, Sweden
A reflection of autumn.
Guitar solo by Lerxst.
Drum solo by the Professor.
Who I'd like to meet: Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.
hey you, thanks sooo much for the advice the other night. I really appreciate it. Been rockin' the cd you gave me too. We gotta get Dave down here man. :)
Your "Darkest Dance" video is absolutely one of the most beautiful and evocative performances I've ever seen. I wish I had been there. Much love to you.
