From Turban to toe Ring is back up and available on Amazon.com. It’s the same great content for the DIY dance costumer with a tribal flair. The book is now wrapped in a gloriously glossy full-color cover and in a new compact 8″ by 10″ size. If you already have it – why not click through and leave a review? Haven’t seen it yet – check it out!
We will have this book for sale directly in short order. So if you want a signed copy, sign up for my mailing list and you will get notified in our Costumer’s Notes monthly newsletter. In the meantime, check it out From Turban to Toe Ring on Amazon.com.
I’ve recently published my annual trend report from Rakkasah 2011 on the Gilded Serpent Website. This article is a quick rundown of what was hot on the tables at this year’s Rakkasah West. In a nutshell, swimsuit fabrics, feathers, lace, stripes, rhinestones, clear straps and yoga-based styles by independent designers were the rage. What was out? Classic AT
S style tribal, animal prints, rainbow color schemes, extremely long fringe and dense fringe, and veil-poi. To read the whole article, click through the Gilded Serpent website and check it out! Coming in May – Tribal Trends at Tribal Fest 11 in Sebastapol, CA. Photos by Zemira
Swirl - Zemira, Safiyah and Davina by Michael Baxter 4/11
Hello Gang,
I have the good fortune to participate in an afternoon of free dance lessons and workshops at Lunatic Fringe in Sunnyvale, CA on Saturday April 30th. This event is being held in conjunction with National Dance Week. This afternoon of dance begins at 1:30 with fitness dance hybrid classes offered by Kamilla. Then the smoking-hot Adriana will be teaching two 45 minutes workshops. I follow Adriana with an intensive hour-long workshop focussing on arms and sequential movement from spine to fingertips. Following me, one of my former students and a fantastic dancer and teacher Rayah is teaching a combos class. Below is the schedule – hope to see you there!
Kamilla 1:30-2:00 Into to NIA (Nonn Inpact Aerobics)
Adriana – 2:00pm – 2:45 – Technique
Adriana – 2:45pm – 3:30 – Combos
Davina – 3:30 – 4:30 – All About Arms
Rahah – 4:30pm – 5:30 – Combos
See the Lunatic Fringe Newsletter for more info on these and other upcoming events at the store & studio!
Over the weekend I was pleased to participate in a brand new Bay Area belly dance event, Bay Area Belly Dance hosted by Sudeep. This charming afternoon event was held in Redwood City at Angelica’s Bistro. The event was simply delicious. The dancing, delicious to watch. The shopping, delicious to behold. The food, simply delicious. Sudeep did an outstanding job of publicizing the event, and consequently, a local news organization came out to cover the event. They shot some excellent interviews interspersed with some delicious dancing. It’s always good when belly dance is showcased in the media in a positive light!
I’m so very thrilled to announce that my best-selling book Embellished Bras is now back in print! With the increasing costs of printing, shipping, storage and general expenses of using a traditional “Small Publisher” business model, I’ve taken the big step of reorganizing my business into a modern “Print on Demand” company.
What does that mean for my readers? We are converting our books one-by-one from their previous look, to a new slicker and more professional final product. They have shrunk in physical size from 8″ by 11.5″ to 8″ by 10″ and instead of a plastic spiral binding, will now have a glossy full-color wrap-around cover. It’s the same great content in a new slicker package! BUT – even better – we can can keep our books affordable.
Embellished bras in now available for sale through the POD service Create Space, a division of Amazon.com. The book will be available from my website and from Amazon.com in a few short weeks. But if you want to get a copy before then, visit the Embellished Bras product page on Create Space.
What else is happening at Ibexa Press? My graphic designer, Kristina Reinholds, is hard at work developing the new cover for Bedlah, Baubles and Beads, while Jerry Case is working on reformatting the text and images to fit the new slightly smaller size. This project should be finished by Early May. Then, the team will embark on renovating From Turban to Toe Ring. Meanwhile, I am hard at work on my next book, Costumes of the Maghreb, and in the next few months, will be posting more information about this book as it progresses.
A huge thanks goes out to my family, friends and fans who have supported me, purchased my DIY books, and have shared this great passion of mine – belly dance costuming!
Hello Gang,
