I met with the super stylish Vilma T Canas in Los Angeles yesterday to discuss costume ideas for the new Club Bellydance Show.  I am delighted to report that I am so looking forward to the design and finale product I am absolutely gity with excitement. Her workshop is like heaven for a dancer… rhinestones, fringe, and rolls of iridescent leopard print.  Every space that my eye could see was filled with sexy.  Her costumes are candies.  My goal is to be  as decadent as a passion fruit. so I am lucky that she is with me on this.   We discussed many details including how an important aspect of the design is that it has to be capable for a lickidy split costume change. This tour I will have to make a power costume.  This is not a complaint but a  beautiful thing because it is like a mini dance between two different dances just done off stage with hopefully no one looking.  Thursday we are set up for a meeting downtown to make the finale choices on fabric. I will post some picts soon, suspense suspense suspense : )

There is only one obstacle to the vision… I am thinking dress and I know that a dress is a concepts that doesn’t quite make Miles’s list.  I have added this picture that I love because it was taken at a BDSS photo shoot last year.  It captured intimate moment between artist and producer.  In the fore ground Mr. Copeland’s arm gesturing strong and with authority and me the artist working out bring my essence in the assimilation.  Deep huh?

I think that I am pretty set on my solo musical choice, but I am not spilling the beans quite yet…. a lady always reserves the right to change her mind.  I did listen to the “Walk like an Egyptian” track from Desert Rose three like seven hundred and forty seven times…in a row.  In this song seem to lie a choreographic challenge and it is a temptation that I almost can’t resist. The idea has been tossed to incorporate it as a group piece in the new show.   One moment I love it and one moment I hate it.  But I am almost convinced that if done right it could be a piece that you will be talking about over coffee the next day saying “OMG can you believe what those awesome Club Bellydance girls pulled off… incredible.”  I might have delusion of grandeur but I think that is what keeps my clock ticking so I am going with it.

I would really like to hear from you on this.  What kind of challenges do you like?  Do you think I should take a chance… or play it safe.  The track is good, but is it great?

Happy dancing to all the beautiful people and I will catch up with you soon.

Stefanya