WOMAN: complex and paradoxical

Reasons to attend the WOMAN show on Saturday, December 13th 2008.

1. Conceptual and inspirational belly dance fusion choreography.
2. Gorgeous dancers, beautiful costumes, amazing soundtrack.
3. Support your local artists.
4. Ponder the meaning of life.
5. Witness honest and intimate vulnerability.
6. When was the last time you cried over something beautiful?
7. Cuz you came to Travlin' Home in May and you want to see how we've grown.
8. To leave thinking.
9. To see the hot ass sound and light guy.
10. Soft delicacy mixed with strength and power.

11. Oh yeah...and the rocking after-party at The Blue Note is going to be howling...


PRESS RELEASE

Moon Belly Dance Studio

Contact: Kandice Grossman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
573.815.9187
bellydance@moonbelly.org

“WOMAN”
Belly Dance Fusion Performance – The Blue Note
8:30 p.m. December 13, 2008

COLUMBIA — Moon Belly Dance Studio presents “WOMAN,” a theatrical dance production, at The Blue Note on Saturday, Dec. 13. “WOMAN,” a one hour show, features an intriguing mix of belly dance fusion and moving reflections into the female experiences of god, sex and body.

Moon Belly celebrates the ancient art form of belly dance, and also brings a fresh fusion to the stage with hip-hop, jazz, African and modern influences. The “WOMAN” soundtrack includes everything from renowned Moroccan music to Beyonce.

Performers include the Dragonflies Belly Dance Company, the Moon Belly Dance Ensemble and the University of Missouri’s Outer Limits Hip-Hop Dance Team.

“WOMAN is truly a diverse collaboration, from our Moon Belly and Outer Limits dancers to costumes by local designer Suzanne VanSickle and video montages by several local artists,” Grossman said. “I see the show as an in-motion collage of the multi-faceted and often contradictory experiences of womanhood.”

Moon Belly productions provide innovative, homegrown perspectives on dance performance. The studio, located in Parkade Plaza, has offered belly dance classes since 2006 and now also offers hip hop, African and jazz dance as well as yoga and Zumba.

All ensemble dancers are Moon Belly Dance Studio students, brought together under the direction of Artistic Director Kandice Grossman. With a master’s degree in women’s studies, Grossman is acutely aware of women’s issues and informs her choreographies from the lives of the women in our community. Her students are women with full-time jobs, families and complicated lives. Their dedication to dance, coupled with their real life experiences, adds honesty to the show in a way that is both vulnerable and powerful.

Tickets can be purchased at www.thebluenote.com; $7 students, $10 community.

For more information, please call Kandice Grossman at 815-9187 or visit www.moonbelly.org.