"Loyalty to Petrified Opinions Never Broke a Chain or Freed a
Human Soul."  -Mark Twain
Events
Dharma will be teaching a veil and floorwork choreography seminar in
St. Mary's, Ohio from 2pm until 5:15, followed by a show beginning at
8pm on Saturday, July the 25th.
The event is being hosted by the Hipnotic Hips and Shimmering Sands.
Contact
Dharma for more information.



  • The White Tour, featuring music by Snakes Rising! The
    show featured Zahara, Taletha, Raymere & Dharma, Laylia,
    Jenn Dawson, Jajira, Raks Jahanni, and many others. For
    more information click on the White Tour link at : www.
    snakesrising.com
   ~1/13/07 Kira's Oasis in Dayton, Ohio
   ~1/27/07 Jenicca's Wine Bar & Cafe' in
              Louisville, Kentucky
   ~2/3/07 94th Aerosquadron & Cabaret Restaurant
             in Columbus, Ohio (right by the airport)
  • Middle Eastern Belly Dance Showcase with Jillina (9/27/03, hosted by Kira & Caravan
    Workshops; Middletown, Ohio)
  • Workshop and show with Ansuya and Alexandra King (6/18-19/05, hosted by Samite'; Asheville,
    NC)
  • Ahlan Wa Sahlan 2005 (6/27/05-7/3/05, featuring Raqia Hassan, Tamalyn Dallal, Meera, Khayreya
    Mazen, Diana, Mona El Saeid, Mahmoud Reda,  Dr. Mo Geddawi, Kamal Naeem, Morocco, Katia,
    Farida Fahmy, Dina and many more... ; Egypt)
  • 9/24/05 The Zen & Now Coffee House in Cincinnati, OH
    allowed the musicians of Snakes Rising and several belly
    dancers to raise money in their cafe' for the North Shore
    Animal League America for the homeless pets of
    Hurricane Katrina. We  raised $321 !!!                              
    www.SnakesRising.com
  • 10/1/05 Wind and Sand featured a workshop with
Tamra-henna in Cleveland, OH; www.windandsand.com
  • 11/12/05 ISAMETD of Indianapolis, IN featured a   
workshop and show with Shoshanna of California
  • 1/14/06 Kira LaFave featured a workshop with Angela
    Prato at the Oasis.  www.KirasOasis.com
  • 1/20-21/06 SANDSTORM! A performance featuring many
    dancers from the Ohio area will be at the Schuster Center
    for Arts in Dayton. For more info, go to: www.sandstorm.us
  • 2/10-12/06 Kira's Oasis of Dayton, OH held a workshop &
    show with Rachel Brice of The Indigo & BDSS
  • 2/28/06 I had the pleasure of teaching a workshop
over Middle Eastern dance at the Otterbein University
in Columbus, Ohio
  • 3/4/06 Bloomington Area Arts Council (BAAC) held a
    workshop and show featuring Carolena Nericcio and
    Megha Gavin in Bloomington, Indiana.
http://www.bloomington.in.us/~pura/index.html
  • 3/11-12/06 Habeeba of Columbus OH held a workshop
    featuring  Rania on 3/11 and Sonia & Issam on 3/12
  • 4/22 Salome' of Columbus held a workshop with
    Cassandra.
  • 5/12-14/06 Kira's Oasis of Dayton, Ohio held a 2-day
    workshop and show featuring Aziza
  • 8/12-13/06 ISAMETD hosted a 2-day workshop and
    shpwcase featuring Dondi of the Bellydance Superstars
  • Tribal Night Performance, along with Laylia, Raks Jahanni,
    Anaya Gypsy, Khalida Tribe and Zahira at the High Five
    Bar & Grille on 1227 N. High Street in Columbus, OH.
    614*421*2998
  • 9/8-10/06 Kira held a workshop and show featuring Aziza
  • 11/12/06 Jennifer Dawson held a workshop with Zoe Jakes
    of the Bellydance Superstars in Cincinnati. For more
    information contact Jennifer at jenn@jenndances.com
Dua and I (and my very 1st Madame Abla
costume!!!)  Cairo 2005
Shoshanna & I at the ISAMETD show
Indianapolis, IN

  • 5/5/07 Dancing the Tarot, a fundraiser for the Highlands Nature Sanctuary of Ohio will be held at
    the Northern Kentucky University.
  • 5/12/07 Blackbox, featuring Dharma, Laylia, & Deanna. A funraising event for epilepsy treatment at
    Ruby Tuesday's on Summit & 19th. Columbus, Ohio
  • Habeeba presents the 2nd Annual Midwest All-Star Bellydance Weekend, featuring Sonya Souk &
    Karim Nagi! Columbus, Ohio.
  • 6/10/07 Performance at the Columbus Arts Festival
  • 6/17/07 Performance in Ansuya Showcase, San Francisco, California
  • 2/18/07 Talal Inc. presented a Valentine's Party
featuring the music of Tony Madi & Elias Haddad.  
Dharma and
Yasmilah were the        
featured dancers of the evening.
  • 4/21/07 "Orientale Dance Symposium XXVII", featuring
    Suzanna del Vecchio of Colorado.
Dharma has had the
priviledge of being
able to train with
numerous
instructors as well
as perform around
the world, as well as
the honor of being
asked to perform
for bands such as
New Beginning.