Dance For Peace

This is turning out to be Middle Eastern Dance year for me :) And I have to thank SinLady for starting the ball rolling with the invitation to Nur Shiblie's event earlier this year.

Last night, Samra held her Dance For Peace event at the Peninsula Excelsior Hotel ... and it was quite an event -- a spectacle of colour, rhythms and lots of blingaliciously sparkly outfits and accessories.

The highlight of the evening for me was the company. F is back for a holiday!!!!!!!!! And it was SO GOOD to see everyone else too.
There were quite a number of performances (artistes from Singapore, Spain, Australia and Turkey) and a fashion show/danceathon.

My favourite performance was the one by Nigma of Spain (pictured left ... sorry for the lousy pic), who mesmerised with a full gypsy/tribal routine.

It brought back many memories of when Desert Rhythm experimented with that style for the Chingay Parade as well as the performance at NUS.

Another highlight was -- to borrow 3a girl's term -- "Wonder Boy" Darren. It's not very common to see male MED dancers, let alone dancers from Singapore.

I recall one of Darren's first performances a couple of years ago and he has grown in confidence and style. The teenager (I think) shimmied, undulated and generally rocked the house!

AND yes (thanks, MM!), I must not neglect to mention ROSE!!!! She's such a vibrant, energetic dancer who just lit up the ballroom. I was so taken in with her performance that I forgot to take a photo.... and that says a lot about the calibre of her performance because I spent last night snapping anything that moved.

And finally, here is a pic of Samra, the force behind Dance For Peace. Pictured with her, on the right, is Stacey, another performer.

If the piccie looks odd, it's because I cropped myself out ... hahahaha! Didn't want to spoil the photo.

:)

Hmmmm.... Why do I have the feeling that the hip scarves are going to come out again pretty soon?