layla mary & KAESHI at jebon

Layla began studying Middle Eastern dance at the age of 19 at Serena Studios in New York City where she became a teacher at the studio. In addition to being a member of Serena Dance Theater and performing in such prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center and Riverside Church, she directed the advanced student troupe, Project Cheer, which performed at many nursing facilities, veterans' residences and street festivals. www.bellydancingbylayla.com

Midori and Layla Mary's students will be sharing their dance talent.
Ayano is the door assistant. Djinn is the featured band.

ASZMARA at jebon

"Dance is emotion in motion" describes accurately the quality of Aszmara’s dance. She is one of New York’s best interpreters of the ethnic dance. She impresses through her expressive stage presence and interprets the music with her own blend of modern and ethnic Arab and Turkish dance. The New York Times describes her dance as "intense". As one of the leading figures in the field of the Oriental Dance, she is also one of the founders and principal dancers of the AMMED Award Winning Middle Eastern Dance Company, Oriental Images as well as co-founder/co-director of SaZ Dance Theatre, a multi-cultural woman’s dance company.
www.aszmara.com

Amy Staub will be celebrating her birthday, Jessica Baker and Malaya will be sharing their dance talents. Beatbox Guitar is the featured band.

MIMI FonTANA, MANHATTAN TRIBAL & Estelle Shao (China) at jebon

Manhattan Tribal™ is New York City’s first American Tribal Style Belly Dance company. Founded in 2007 and directed by Mimi Fontana, Manhattan Tribal brings this unique West Coast–
originated format of modern world dance to the New York City and tri-state area.

Manhattan Tribal has wowed audiences in the US and Internationally and Director Mimi Fontana, with over a decade of experience in Middle Eastern Dance formats, has taught and performed throughout the United States and Europe.

Mimi and Manhattan Tribal's mission is to spread awareness of the complexity and beauty of this exceptional belly dance style created by Carolena Nericcio of Fat Chance Belly Dance. www.manhattantribal.com

Estelle Shao is a founding director of the Isis oriental dance school of Shanghai, which is the first oriental dance school in Shanghai and one of the foremost in China. Estelle was the first person to host such internationally renowned belly dancers from the the world to mainland China as Tamalyn Dallal, Morocco, Kaeshi Chai and Amar Gamal, Leila Haddad, Jillina, and the Belly Dance Superstars in Shanghai. as a consequence of these visits belly dance has become a significant trend in Shanghai. Influenced by her mother’s passion for dance, Estelle Shao has made dance a lifestyle and a way of expressing a woman’s beauty. After practicing ballet for 7 years, Estelle fell in love with belly dance in the summer of 2005 when she began classes led by a half-Arabian, half Italian belly dancer. Estelle visited Egypt in both 2006 and 2007, where she took workshops from many teachers at Raqia Hassan's festival. In 2008,she went to Seattle and took Tamalyn's week long workshop with Helene Eriksen as guest teacher. Currently, she is collaborating with a few masters in Traditional Chinese Art Form and also those in the Mastery of Qi, researching into the relation between “Orientalism” in the Middle East and the traditional Chinese “Oriental” culture, how it is being expressed both in dance and in music. Through the fusion of both, exploring the possibilities of creating a new form of performance art style.

Elisheva is a 2nd generation bellydancer who started her studies as a young artist in Musical Theatre, Drama, and Dance. She began performing jazz, tap, modern and lyrical dance with a children's touring dance troupe located in NY's Catskill mountains for 7 years. She focused on modern dance intensively in Performing Arts H.S. under the direction of original ‘Alvin Ailey 2' Artistic Director Tyrone Aikens and other noted teachers, at NYSSSA, ADF, then went on to finish her dance studies at The Ohio State University where she earned her BFA degree in Dance Performance. At the age of 15, she began her professional bellydance career at Lincoln Center's Damrosh Park leading Serena Wilson's and Renate Wallasch's collaborative summer show. She now performs as member and as the Dance Captain of NYC's world-renoun bellydance company "Bellyqueen". elishevadance.com

Jessica Baker, Natasha W, Dwan and the Russian Shakira, Maria will also be sharing their dance talents.

3rd anniversary oF djam under jebon!
DALIA CARELLA, HANNAH NOUR, ruby, Kazuma & KAESHI

Dalia Carella is a renowned world fusion artist, choreographer and instructress that specializes in both Near/Middle Eastern and Contemporary Dance Theater. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Dalia Carella Carella Dance Collective. 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. Ms. Carella has delved deeply in the studies of dances from the Near and Middle East including Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, as well as North Africa including Morocco and Algeria. Her dances are both traditional and contemporary with a spiritual and mystical essence behind each and every dance that she creates. Some of Ms. Carella’s new works represent both traditional and contemporary movement and range from sacred rituals to ethnic contemporary theater pieces as well as Cabaret Theater inspired by the 1920s and 30s.
www.daliacarella.com

Hannah Nour started bellydancing in NYC about a decade ago with Serena, then later with Yousry Sharif. She has done some cool things and some not so cool things, which we won't talk about right now. She is an alumni of the Juilliard School, taught for the National Dance Institute, and toured with the Bellydance Superstars for the last 3 years. She once wanted to be a doctor, but doctors don't usually wear glitter. She is an original member of PURE NYC, and has also performed with the Dalia Carella Dance Collective, as well as performing solo in and about NYC . She loves her chihuahuas, Ziggy and Zelda, and likes to eat fishheads. Hannah Nour also likes to refer to herself in the third person. She is happy to be dancing and twirling again at JeBon after the booboo in her back got better. For more information, check out http://www.HannahNourDance.com

Kazuma Glen Motomura aka Body Poet, is a confused Japanese/English-Zimbabwean man. He rigorously blends left hand and right hand movement, as well as left foot and right leg movement. He is based in Tokyo and New York and recently toured through Taiwan with La MaMa's Great Jones Rep. He has performed in the United Nations, MGM Grand Las Vegas, Columbus Ohio, Tokyo, California, NY and his living room with variouse companies: Spinnin Ronin Martial Arts Dance Theater, Akim Funk Buddha, Juxtapower-South Africa dance and Song and Take 5 productions, and others. Read more: http://www.myspace.com/bodypoet

Ruby Jazayre, who mentored under Ibrahim Farrah, is an accomplished performer, instructor and choreographer of Middle Eastern Dance, specializing in Egyptian/Urban Beledi. She thrills her audiences and inspires students with her earthy dynamics, powerful hips and bold personal style. As a popular seminar performer and instructor, the Indiana native has appeared in many major American cities, Canada, and has displayed her abilities throughout Germany. She is well known for her masterful drum solos and for her unique “Beledi Style Dancing”, so much so that the renowned Ibrahim Farrah called her the “Queen of Beledi”. At home, Ruby is a respected Professor of Dance at Indiana University South Bend Raclin School of the Arts, and mentors hundreds of dancers weekly throughout her community. www.rubyjazayre.com

We are also celebrating Kaeshi and Laurel Moll's birthay.
Djinn & Beatbox Guitar are the featured bands. $15 cover.

sarah locke & underscore orkestra at jebon

Sarah Johansson Locke is a performer, choreographer, and teacher with more than thirteen years of experience in Tribal and Fusion dance styles. Her eclectic style draws from her work in many forms of contemporary dance, theater, and visual art as well as her interest in cultural studies and international folk art traditions. Sarah has extensive training in a wide range of contemporary and folk dance styles including Ballet, Modern, Tribal and Tribal Fusion Bellydance, North Indian Khatak, Butoh, West African, North African, and many styles of Rom (Gypsy) dance including Rajasthani, Turkish, Russian, Bulgarian, Croatian, and Spanish (Flamenco). She has also trained in several physical theater techniques, yoga, Pilates, the Alexander Technique, Body-Mind Centering, and contemporary circus techniques such as stilt walking, trapeze, and body balancing. www.alchemyperformance.com

See the collaboration of "Revel Me" between musicians from The Underscore Orkestra and dancers Bevin Victoria from the Gemini Project and Danielle Smith from portland of the Znama dance company. The performance will seamlessly blend Belly/contemporary Dance vingnettes with syncopated compositions. Live Music, Live Dance, Balkan/Klezmer/Swing inspired original music and choreography. The Underscore Orkestra have toured all over the USA, Europe, Canada and Central America for the past 6+ years and are based out of Portland Oregon. www.TheUnderscoreOrkestra.com | www.myspace.com/UnderscoreOrkestra www.znamadance.wordpress.com | www.RevelMe.wordpress.com

Liz Free will be celebrating her birthday and sharing her dance talents. $15 cover.

NOORA & DECOTACH COSTUME SHOW at jebon

Noora has been in the NY & worldwide dance scene for over 25 years Accomplished & passionate about the dance, she has performed in some of the top clubs around and with some of the top names in the Arabic entertainment business such Adawiya, Ragheb Alema & Sabah to name a few. She is of Greek and Costa Rican heritage which has given her dance style an inimitable flavor. Noora has been described as sultry, graceful, captivating, a natural born dancer and an inspiration to many. She is an adventurer that has taken off on her own to incredible destinations dancing around the globe!

Her training began with Serena and was a member of the Serena Dance Theatre. Her other teachers have been Yousry Sharif, Ahmed Hussein and Ibrahim Farrah with whom she has had the pleasure to perform with as well. She also studied modern at the Martha Graham School.

Noora coaches privately and does dance workshops with a special emphasis on improvisation and technique as well as choreography. She is the creator of Decotach www.decotach.com designer of innovative belly dance wear and The Make a Costume Seminars. She is also an actress and currently a member of unique group of actors that help train the doctors of tomorrow. She is also an advocate for animal rights.

Sarah jezebel wood & elizabeth muise at jebon

Tribal Fusion Artist Sarah "Jezebel" Wood is a new arrival to the New York Belly Dance scene. She moved to the Hudson River Valley from Boston to follow her heart and work for visionary artist Alex Grey/CoSM. Upon her arrival she was warmly welcomed by Sera Solstice artistic director of Solstice Ensemble and owner of Solstice Studios in Manhattan where Sarah now teaches weekly classes. Sarah's inspiration comes from what moves us all: that which drives us to express ourselves through movement. Sarah loves to nurture and cultivate the deep beauty and strength that we each hold as dancers. and envisions dance as fluid meditation where our bodies are the catalyst to experience higher levels of consciousness. Before tuning in to the Tribal Fusion movement Sarah explored free stylized "goth" movement as a performer at Boston's premier "Goth" club Man Ray as well as Burlesque performance and choreography with the Boston Babydolls. Sarah has also studied traditional Indian dance: Bharatanatyam with Lakshmi Amman, and has adventured into the shamanistic fire circle community while touring extensively with "Incus": a dark gypsy tribal rock band. Sarah has studied and performed Bellydance with Sera Solstice, Shakti Rowan and Naraya.

As a graduate of Alfred University with a Bachelor in Fine Arts and minor in dance, Elizabeth Muise is now pursuing a life as a dancer and yoga instructor. With nineteen years of dance experience, Elizabeth has explored many styles such as Modern, Ballet, Hip Hop, Butoh, and African. Middle Eastern Dance, her true passion, has been an area of focus in most recent years. Fusing traditional middle eastern dance movements with modern sensibilities, as well as drawing from her training in art, Elizabeth has a unique brand of Tribal Fusion Bellydance. She has been described as playful, elegant, graceful, powerful, and passionate, as she accesses this sensual art form with sophistication and class. She has taught at the Starwood Festival and performed at the New York Renaissance Faire, Wicked Faire, RenCon, Steampunk Worlds Fair, and Alex Grey’s CoSM to name a few! Hailing from the Hudson Valley NY, Elizabeth is looking forward to teaching and performing around the world as she travels to share this important art form! She likes to keep it classy and sassy and shake it ancient!! “The towering Big Apple dancer showed a lot of seasoned poise and grace for a soloist, dressed in Indigo gothic white for her tribal fusion dance with an angel’s touch. Slow, fluid and trance worthy, Elizabeth gave reason to believe that tribal fusion bellydance in the Big Apple is ready to turn the page past its initial exodus and approach a public next chapter of entertainers for the future.” - Brandon, Raqs America 2009 “Elizabeth has a quality in her dance that is powerful and magnificent, while also being tender and fragile.” -Anonymous, Cincinnati performance 2009

SANDRALIS GINES & the fire blossoms at jebon

leela corman & mark balahadia at jeboN

RANYA RENEE at jebon

TBA at jebon

thalia at jebon

Azza amon at jebon

halloween CELEBRATION with BRENNA at jebon

January 6 Jindra, Amy Staub, Cherrelle Davis, Sharon
January 13 Morocco, Dariya, Karima, Malika, Beatbox Guitar and Raquy & the Cavemen
January 20 Azza Amon, Kaoru, Iris and Malaya
January 27 Bellydance Evolution dancers and contestants: Megan Hartmann (MO), Angeles (Argentina), Suheil (Brazil), Vilia (CA), Nicole Macotsis, Elizabeth Muise, Serena Spears, Khuzama (PA), Alanah, Nadia Maria Michaels, Corien Loren, Tandava and Beatbox Guitar
February 3 Sira, Ninette, Antina, Maria Vaz
February 10 Cancelled due to snow
February 17 Aviva Khadra & Isis
February 24 Amantha May & Kazja
March 3 Yael Becker, Alura, Joanie, Faith and the Columbia University Bellydance Club
March 10 Elisheva
March 17 Andrea Anwar & Tava
March 24 Sandralis and Next Tribe
March 31 Thalia, Jessica Baker, Sully
April 7 Ranya Renee
April 14 Christina
April 21 Rayhana
April 28 Lale Sayoko, Rie, Ayano, Dariya & Malaya
May 5 Amy Staub, Tandava, Divira, Malena, MIkat & Midori
May 12 Tamar at Jebon
May 19 Susan Frankovich, Paola Blanton, Ayano, Laurel Moll, Jessica Baker, Rafiah
May 26 Trisha McBride, Stephanie Buranek (UT), Raquel MItchell, Maria Vaz, Ioanna
June 2 Mariyah and Layla Isis
June 5 Tamalyn Dallal's Weeklong Hafla with Elisheva, Sandralis, Alexandra Lenis (Miami), Tamaki (Tokyo), Tandava as MC
June 9 Reyna Alcala
June 16 Darshan, Irina Akulenko, Irina Kom, Laurel Moll, Mikat, Jessica B, Ritu, Ayano
June 23 Irina Kom, Dhyana, The Amazing Amy, Maria Prokofyeva, Alashiya
June 30 Casey Bond's birthday, Aviva Khadra & Johanna (Florida)
July 7 Yael Becker (Israel), Laurel Moll, Ritu, Ayano & Midori
July 14 LaUra and BellyTrance
July 21 Fayzah, the Ooey Gooey Twins, Cherrelle, Ayano and Even Dew (France)

January 7 Athena Najat, Pacita, Neva & Malaya
January 14 Altagracia & the Carribean Rose Dancers
January 21 Tamar Kali
January 28 Karim Nagi's birthday celebration, Alia Thabit (Vermont), Masumi, Natasha Wozniak
February 4 Sandralis, Sophia Ma, Peishan, Debbie, Agatha, Karen P, Sandra Reina
February 11 Layla Isis and Elisheva, Danaya, Beverly, Naomi T
February 18 Mariyah, Shereen (Czech Republic), Andreya of Cairo
February 25 Zenaide (Vivian Garcilazo) & Rayhana
March 4 Anasma, Zoe Anwar (Madrid), Megatron, Karla, Jenn M, Deirdre, Michelle V & Tandava
March 11 Reyna Alcala
March 18 Leela Corman & Amantha
March 25 LaUra & Elisheva
April 1 Sarah Locke, Renata, Alchemy Tribal Collective & B
April 8 Christina
April 15 80s JeProm - Amar Gamal, Irina Akulenko & Tandava
April 22 Andrea Anwar
April 29 Shoshana and Viktoria (Hungary)
May 6 LaylaMary
May 13 Aszmara, Tara Harper & Dariya Chugunova
May 20 Mimi Fontana, Manhattan Tribal and Elizabeth Muise (Connecticut)
May 27 Fayzah & the Aurea Dancers, & Marya
June 3 Mayra Huzid (Argentina), Gogua (Greece), Margarita Abadie
June 10 Irina Akulenko, Cindy
June 17 Danielle & Sunny's Birthday celebration, Eshtar, Masumi, Naomi
June 24 Lale Sayoko, Kazumi, Erika & Kate (Chicago)
July 1 Hannah Nour & Amy Staub
July 8 Trisha McBride and Vorona
July 15 Ranya Renee and Hannan (Argentina)
July 22 Thalia and Dwan
July 29 Desert Sin
August 5 Bellyqueen 10th Anniversary DVD Launch, B, Lisa, Ashley Bull, Sandralis and Irina
August 12 Ksenija (Slovenia), Masumi, Sandra Reina, Sherry Paris, Brad's drum students Gina, Julissa, Marjorie and Kaeshi, plus Mahalat and Erel.
August 19 Kamille Hitz (CA) and Fashion Show with Jessica Baker, B, Liz Free-Eshtar, Diana Susanto, Jenny Cohen and Jindra Payne.
August 26 Heather Shoopman (CA), Michelle, Sunny, Kisha Rivera, Luz and Malaya.
September 2 Akim the Funk Buddha
September 9 Layla Mary
September 16 Elisheva, Anasma, Rasa Vitalia
September 23 Tamar Kali, Iza Hassam
September 30 Mariyah, Angelique, Jessica B, Tanyika, Natasha W (Happy birthday!), Sheila, Deb
October 7 Closed for renovation
October 14 Reyna Alcala's students
October 21 Jill Parker (San Francisco), Amina (Germany), Rasa Vitalia (San Francisco), Irina Komarovskaya, Sarah Locke, Cherrelle
October 28 Pacita, Di'Ahana Restry, Troupe Moirae, Katie B, Cyndal Ellis, Kana and Namiko
November 4 Layla Isis, Malaya, Rie and Michelle
November 11 Brenna and zombies
November 18 Yael Becker, Jaewon, Jazmin and Rosario
December 2 Dalia Carella, Beatbox Guitar, Raquy, Luz
December 9 Dunya, Souren, Haig, Lee, Sandralis
December 16 Tarik Sultan, Hannah Nour, Zikrayat

January 9 Oreet
January 16 Amar Gamal & Tamalyn Dallal
January 23 Ranya
January 30 Dunya
February 6 Shoshana
February 13 Aszmara
February 20 Anasma, Sandralis & Louise McClung (Texas)
February 27 Blanca & Jeniviva
March 5 Karim Nagi (Boston)
March 12 Sarah Locke & Alchemy
March 19 Tamar Kali
March 26 Dalia Carella
April 2 Akim the Funk Buddha & Irina Akulenko
April 9 Ashley Bull (Orlando), Zenaide, Ruric-Amari (Kentucky)
April 16 Crystal Dunlap & Irina Akulenko
April 23 Sandra Catena
April 30 Ayshe & Louise McClung (Texas)
May 7 Andrea Anwar
May 14 Fayzah and the Aurea Dancers
May 21 Shoshana
May 28 Men of Middle Eastern Dance Mohamed Shahin, Tarik Sultan, Mark Balahadia, Julian
June 4 Yasmine (North Carolina)
June 11 Layla Mary
June 18 Dondi & Titanya (San Diego)
June 25 Queen Harish (India) & Outi (Cairo)
July 2 Altagracia
July 9 Alura, Amy Staub, Safa (Pennsylvania), Misha (Wisconsin)
July 16 Elisheva, Aleeza, Tessarita
July 23 Anasma & Sandralis
July 30 Nadia Moussa
August 6 Sera
August 13 Mariyah, Athena Najat, Ruric-Amari (Kentucky)
August 20 Ranya
August 27 Goth Night Jeniviva, Alia Thabit (Vermont), Zan
August 29th Ava Fleming (Phoenix) & Princesses
September 3 Aszmara
September 10 Sarah Locke & Alchemy
September 17 Safiya & Miranda
September 24 Flamenco Night La Magdalena
October 1 Andrea Anwar & Pacita
October 8 Amantha
October 15 Dunya
October 22 Bastet Bellydance
October 29 Halloween Jeniviva
November 5 Ariel (DC), Zahira, Tanya, Edina (Hungary)
November 12 Dalia Carella & Ahmet Ogren (Istanbul)
November 19 Sira & Yasmine
December 3 Layla Mary, Scott Wilson, Rami & George Stathos
December 10 Mimi Fontana, Manhattan Tribal, Barushka
December 17 Ranya & the Gypsy Nomads
December 31 Amar Gamal, Blanca, Darshan

August 22 Morocco
August 29 Darshan
September 5 Fayzah and the Aurea dancers
September 8 Bozenka (Miami) and Amina (Germany)
September 12 Arthur Gulkarov (no show) & Sandralis
September 19 Hannah Nour
September 26 Blanca, Sarah Skinner & Autumn Ward
October 3 Sarah Johansson Locke & Irina Akulenko
October 10 Anasma
October 17 Alura
October 24 Mariyah
October 31 Heather Shoopman (Los Angeles)
November 7 Z-Helene (Austin) & Morganics (Australia)
November 14 Sera
November 21 Sandralis
November 28 Elisheva
December 5 Chandra Dance (Joharra & Cairo)
December 12 Blanca, Mimi Fontana & Manhattan Tribal
December 19 Athena Najat (Greece) & Sandralis