Las Vegas Renaissance Faire 2014!!

The Ren Faire is definitely one of our favorite places to perform, and this year, we're excited to share that we'll be performing more often than we have in previous years. Desert Gypsies will be on the Shifting Sands stage as follows:

Friday, October 9th, at 3 PM
Friday, October 9th, at 8 PM
Saturday, October 10th, at 4 PM
Sunday, October 11th, at 3 PM

We'll also be dancing with Tribe Al-Wadi on Friday and Saturday from 5:30-6:30 PM on the Shifting Sands stage. We hope to see you there!

"Juntos"
Las Vegas Renaissance Faire 2013

Atria Seville -- "Splendor of Egypt!"

We thoroughly enjoyed everything about our performance at Atria Seville last Friday! We love exploring classic Egyptian music and dance, and we have equally as much fun experimenting with more modern elements, too. Above all, we had a fantastic time seeing our good friends in the audience, and chatting with them after our performance. We <3 you, Atria Seville! :)

Las Vegas Belly Dance Intensive 2014!!

We had a terrific time performing at the LVBDI for the second year in a row! -- and we had even more fun connecting with old friends, making new friends, and watching the dancing. Lililililiiiii!

Las Vegas Belly Dance Intensive
September 4, 2014

We're Off to the Intensive!

Desert Gypsies will be at the Las Vegas Bellydance Intensive today! We're looking forward to seeing some dancing, then performing at 4:20 PM. We hope to see you there!

Desert Gypsies
Las Vegas Bellydance Intensive 2013

Anticipating the Intensive!

The Las Vegas Bellydance Intensive and Festival is one of the events we look forward to all year long! We enjoy performing, but we also love seeing other dancers of all styles and skill levels, taking workshops, and of course, checking out all the vendors and doing a little shopping. There's something for everyone at the Intensive!

We'll be performing on Thursday, September 4th, at 4:20 PM. We'll be sharing a new choreography that we've only performed once, at Atria Seville. We'll also be dancing to "Yalla Sarah," which is a choreography we don't perform at the Ren Faire in October. So, we hope you can be there Thursday to catch our performances! We'll also be there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to socialize, shop, and learn, so we hope to see you around.

Need more information? Check out the LVBDI Website at www.bellydanceintensive.com to learn more. Lilililililiiiiii!



"Yalla Sarah"
LVBDI 2013

Quinceanera Fun!

We had the privilege of performing at a friend's quinceanera last weekend, and we had a terrific time! It was also a perfect opportunity to explore some new choreography and costuming, and delve a bit deeper into flamenco and gypsy music and dance. We'll be revisiting this costuming, and much of the music and dance, at the Renaissance Faire in October. Until then...!Jale!

Word of the Week: Habibi

Many years ago, I was at a Persian restaurant with a friend, and got to chatting with a man who spoke Arabic. I asked him what habibi meant, as I'd heard it in practically every Arabic song, and thought it'd be good to know. He told me habibi means darling, sweetheart, beloved, etc., so it's no surprise it's an oft-used word!

Sometimes you'll hear the phrase ya habibi. In Arabic, "ya" is used before a name or endearment to clarify that you're speaking directly to someone. A reasonable translation to English would be "My darling."