Farasha & Su'ad Dance and Designs present:

A Grand Fusion Finale - Elisheva of Bellyqueen!

Saturday, November 5, 2011
Old Bridge First Aid & Rescue Squad
200 Marlboro Road
Old Bridge, NJ

For our 2011 Fusion Finale, we are proud and excited to bring you one of the brightest stars of the belly dance fusion scene today - Elisheva of Bellyqueen!

Desert Moon Dancers return to Pennsic this year as part of our 20th anniversary tour!  DMD 20 at Pennsic 40!

Sunday, August, 7, 2011
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Coopers Lake Campground
Performing Arts Tent
At the corner of Chandler's Road and Kurdson Way

Join us for this special show with our friends:

• Farasha
• Erzulie
• Serene
• Bad Raqsan'e Sahra

Featuring music by Carmine and the "Pennsic All Star Band!"

Spring Caravan is just around the corner - It's time for another round of workshops and a dizzying array of performances!

Wed. through Sun., May 25 - 29
Ukrainian Cultural Center
135 Davidson Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873

We're in for another fun-filled week in Somerset, NJ, this May with master teachers covering a myriad of different styles and techniques.  The main festival opens Friday night with live music and performances beginning at 7 PM.

Desert Moon Dancers will be performing on Friday, May 27, at 9:16 PM.  What will we be performing? Come be surprised!

The 12th Annual DanceFest New Jersey

Farasha & Su'ad Dance and Designs present:

Mélange:  A Day of Dance Fusion with Michelle De Vine

Saturday, April 9, 2011
Old Bridge First Aid & Rescue Squad
200 Marlboro Road
Old Bridge, NJ

3 Middle Eastern dance seminars and an evening hafla show!

• Su'ad will teach an oriental mélange class, bringing the beauty of the oriental veil to non-oriental music.
• Farasha will be teaching a theatrical mélange class on adding dance melodrama to a mysterious Natacha Atlas Song.
• Special guest teacher Michelle De Vine will teach a fantasy mélange class - belly dance inspired by Vaudeville, as taught by a leading teacher in progressive belly dance fusion!

Download a printable registration form now!

The 2011 International Festival at Central CT State University in New Britain, CT is almost here!

This wonderful, annual event has been around for close to two decades, and the Desert Moon Dancers have been there almost since the beginning.  Come enjoy a day of celebrating international engagement and cultural diversity.

Sunday, April 3, 2011
12:00 - 4:00 PM
CCSU Alumni Hall Student Center
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT

Farasha & Su'ad Dance and Designs present:

13th Connecticut Master Seminar & Showcase

Dalia Carella and "Fusion, Not Confusion"

March 19, 2011
Crozier Williams Student Center
Connecticut College
New London, CT

Dalia Carella is a world-renowned Near/Middle Eastern Contemporary Dancer, Choreographer, Instructress and Global Fusion Artist. Audiences from around the world have applauded her mystical and innovative dances and choreographies that are taken from the tradition of the countries she is representing. We are happy to be able to bring Dalia back to Connecticut.

Dalia will teach a choreography to a non-traditional song that has some near eastern instrumentation and show you how to incorporate traditional oriental dance moves with contemporary moves while adding other dance style movements that fit the flavor of the song. Dalia will also lecture on “Fusion not Confusion” and what to do and what to avoid as you work on a contemporary middle eastern dance.

Don’t miss out on this event – contact us to receive a flyer or additional information. Pricing for this event will be an affordable $75 for the workshop and show ticket. And workshop attendees will as usual have a chance to perform – bring your best contemporary middle eastern dance! Event held at beautiful Connecticut College in New London, CT.

Download a printable registration form now!

It's time for Rakkasah East again!  Pack up your dance clothes and costumes, take a couple of days off from work to take some workshops, and head for New Jersey!

"Why be good when you can be great?"

October 2, 2010
Marriott Boston Woburn North
700 Unicorn Park Drive
Woburn, MA

A very special day of dance with Phaedra and Samara, both from New York City, Dance Divas Extraordinaire, and former soloists with The Ibrahim Farrah Near East Dance Group, hosted by Za-Beth.

On the twelfth year anniversary of his death, we will celebrate the life and work of the legendary Ibrahim "Bobby" Farrah with four hours of workshop and a three hour screening of archival footage featuring a full concert performed by The Ibrahim Farrah Near East Dance Group, Nadia Gamal, and the Jamal twins.  In the evening we will continue our theme with a gala show full of performances by some of Bobby's former students, their students, and Bobby Farrah choreographies.

Desert Moon Dancers will be performing one of our favorite Bobby choreographies:  Hafla Dance.

Get ready for the 2010 International Festival at Central CT State University in New Britain, CT!

This wonderful, annual event has been around for close to two decades, and the Desert Moon Dancers have been there almost since the beginning.  The theme this year is "Engaging Global Communities."  Come enjoy a day of celebrating international engagement and cultural diversity!

Sun., April 11, 2010
12:00 - 4:00 PM
CCSU Alumni Hall Student Center
New Britain, CT