| Meet Dahmia |
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How I came to Hipness |
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Cleveland magazine January 2010 chose me as one of their most interesting people - check it out online. President of two toastmaster clubs - most folks join because they're not comfortable when getting in front of a group of people to speak - I joined to learn how to shut up/distill information as I'm so used to being paid to talk/dance for large periods of time but realize there are times we need to quickly get our message across. Volunteer on the Touch Healing Team at the world reknown Cleveland Clinic as a reiki master offering healing energy to patients, their families and our own employees in high stress areas such as cancer center and various ICUs. Graduated 8/07 from a 5 year program with a very traditional hula teacher-first group every permited to do this who did not live in Hawaii full time - huge honor. Attend Oasis Dance Camp in Traverse City, Michigan - celebrated our 25th year last sept and just got back from sharing my trip of a lifetime to Egypt with many of those same gals including one of my students of 33 years. |
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I was looking for music to use for a choreography Cassandra Shore had taught us while in Luxor, Egypt by Said Mrad. |
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| Hip Travels |
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Spent many years going to Oahu for classes at the Polynesian Culteral Center then five years with Mapuana de Silva - unikied/graduated 8/07. Celebrated my 60th birthday last year by doing something special each month - kicked off the year with a hula cruise from New Orleans to Cozemal. Kumu/teacher came to Ohio from Oahu Feb. March attended Beatles '66 Tribute. April attended Rock Hall of Fame induction of DJ Fontana - Elvis' first drummer. May went to Disney World in Orlando where they were focusing on birthdays so got free desserts and Happy Birthday sung to me everywhere we went. June celebrated 36th wedding anniversary. July hosted pre-game entertainment at Captains' Baseball game as President of Good Morning Toastmasters. August spent last 3 days of Elvis week in Memphis with two former students who are the sisters I never had who now live in Phoenix and Kansas City. September celebrated our 25th anniversary at Oasis Dance Camp in Traverse City, Michigan with Cassandra Shore who has been our main teacher each each and Denise Enan as our guest teacher formerly of Egypt now living in Ottawa. October attended 21st year of semi annual Polynesian Seminar in Indianapolis & performed in show with troupe. November I hosted my 7th annual Polynesian Getaway in Orlando and December we performed for 2,000 attendees at the Cleveland Clinic Employees' Children's Holiday Party. At the end of January I headed to Egypt with my friends from Oasis and here we are - heading to my 61st birthday this fri - what fun!! |
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Elvis - Eddie Kochak - George Abdo - Said Mrad |
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| Dancer |
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Dance style(s): folkloric and cabaret
Middle eastern dance styles including Turkish-Egyptian-Greek cabaret style; Rom - Russian, Spanish, Turkish; Persian; Saudi Women's; Fusion using Koto Drums/ME dance moves/combinations; Tunisian; scarf and cane dances using Arabic beats/music.
Polynesian dance forms from Hawaii - kahiko and auana (ancient & modern) hula including various implements - ili ili/lava stones, pu'ili/split bamboo sticks, kala'au/hard wood sticks, uli uli/feather gourds; tahitian aparima & kapa (equivalent of Hawaiian hulas), tamure/fast hip shaking, otea-entrance; Samoan - using implements such as lapa lapa sticks and fans (means of flirting); New Zealand Maori-basic story dances & poi balls. |
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Teach all the dance forms that I perform incorporating use of zills, veil and when appropriate - floor work. |
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