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CULT OF MYTH - A FANTASY BELLYDANCE CONCERT :: PHOTO GALLERIES: Cult of Myth Reception, Saturday, NYC, April 07
All photos by Kevin Fox www.shakemyday.com

MUCH LOVE AND GRATTITUDE TO ALL ARTISTS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SHOW!!!!

AUTUMN WARD - "Atlantis! A one-act belly dance ballet" (Amantha, Danyel Jones, Erica Young, Melissa Voodoo, Victoria LaCerra) :: SIRA - "The Mermaid's Tears" :: TANNA VALENTINE - "Amaterasu" :: BLANCA - "Persephone", "Nymph" :: SHERENE VISMAYA - "Tzigane" :: SARAH SKINNER - "Salome's Sin" (Kazja, Tava, Sherene Vismaya, Patricia Delgado, Kelly Wasilishen, Tanya Michaca, Melissa Voodoo) :: TEMPEST- "Cthulhu Waits Dreaming...No More" :: LaUra - "Mona LaUra" :: AYSHE - "Firebird" :: RAYHANA - "Aphrodite, Born of the Sea" (Sirrah Nur, Elena Kirsanova, Miyoko Satoh, Nana Masuda, Kai Wen, Tanya Michaca, Jennifer Bowen, Patricia Delgado, Enzina) :: NEON - "Swan Maiden" :: JENIVIVA - "Bastet" :: ANDREA ANWAR - "Enchantress of Bioluminosity" :: IRINA - "The Call of an Amazon Warrior" :: LaUra and BELLYTRANCE - "Deja Vu" (Susanna, Zobeida, Indira and Fatima) :: BELLYTRANCE - "Mantis Speculum" (LaUra, Zobeida) :: DARSHAN - "Narcisse" :: AYSHE and ZOBEIDA - "Emergent" :: SIRA and SARAH SKINNER - "Spring Flower and Butterfly Sprite"


Melissa, Sarah Skinner, Sira - curtain call for the Cult of Myth

MANY MANY THANKS TO FRIENDS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED US WITH THE SHOW and to DNA THEATER STAFF.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO KELLY MCKINNON, OUR STAGE MANAGER without whom our success would not have been possible.


LaUra emerging from a picture frame in "Mona LaUra"

Rayhana as Aphrodite, with Sirrah Nur, Elena Kirsanova, Miyoko Satoh, Nana Masuda, Kai Wen, Tanya Michaca, Jennifer Bowen, Patricia Delgado, Enzina (choreography, costumes: Ayshe)

Dance of 7 Veils - Salome (Sarah Skinner)

Group Veil dance - Salome (Sarah Skinner)

Sarah Skinner as Salome, Tava, Kazja, Kelly, Sherene, Patrica, Tanya, Melissa- perform "Salome's Sin". More info on this performance at www.matahariunveiled.com

Ending pose of "Salome's Sin" - choreography Kazja & Sarah Skinner

Blanca - "Persephone"

"Atlantis! A one-act belly dance ballet" (Amantha, Danyel Jones, Erica Young, Melissa Voodoo, Victoria LaCerra) - choreography: Autumn Ward

Darshan in "Narcisse"


Irina - "The Call of an Amazon Warrior"


Zobeida in "Emergent" - choreography, costumes: Ayshe

Sarah Skinner and Sira in "Butterfly and Flower Sprite"


Tempest - "Cthulhu Waits Dreaming...No More"


Sira as Mermaid


Jeniviva - "Bastet"

RIGHT: Rayhana as Aphrodite, with Sirrah Nur, Elena Kirsanova, Miyoko Satoh, Nana Masuda, Kai Wen, Tanya Michaca, Jennifer Bowen, Patricia Delgado, Enzina



"Atlantis! A one-act belly dance ballet" - Erica Young & Autumn Ward - choreography: Autumn Ward

LEFT: LaUra and BellyTrance - "Déja Vu" - choreography: LaUra


Amantha as mermaid in "Atlantis"


Group veil dance in "Salome's Sin" - choreography Kazja & Sarah Skinner


Tanna Valentine - "Amaterasu"

Blanca - "Nymph"

Tava as Salome at a tea party in "Salome's Sin".


Salome demands her reward - the Zar section of "Salome's Sin;" Melissa as Death - costumes: Saraqh Skinner

 


Kazja - dance of Salome at a tea party

Rayhana as Aphrodite, with Sirrah Nur, Elena Kirsanova, Miyoko Satoh, Nana Masuda, Kai Wen, Tanya Michaca, Jennifer Bowen, Patricia Delgado, Enzina (choreography: Ayshe)

LaUra and BellyTrance - "Déja Vu"

Ayshe as Demon in "Emergent"


Andrea Anwar - "Enchantress of Bioluminosity" performed in a total blackout

Zobeida and Ayshe in "Emergent" (choreography: Ayshe)


LaUra and Zobeida in "Mantis Speculum"



Ayshe as Firebird

Neon as Swan Maiden

Tanna Valentine - "Amaterasu"

Patrica, Tanya: "Salome's Sin"

Sherene - "Tzigane"

Ayshe as Firebird