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ZALTANA is scheduled to perform at the following events in 2013.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013 -- 4-6pm
Desert Belly Dance Collective performance party (Hafla) at DBDC, 72-630 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 202, Palm Desert, CA 92260. Admission is free. Bring a desert to share as potluck.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013 -- 6-10pm
Ugly Sweater Hafla at Tribal Beats studio. 2009 Porterfield Way, Unit K. Upland, CA 91786. Admission is $10 at the door, less if you bring a potluck dish to share.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 4-5, 2013 -- all day
Dare to Dance Convention at the Renaissance Esmeralda Hotel, 44-400 Indian Wells Lane, Indian Wells, CA 92210.
Robin will be teaching several workshops - Tribal style belly dance, dancing with fans, and dancing with finger cymbals. Zaltana will dance at the Saturday evening show.
SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013 -- 6-8pm
Super Hafla - Academy of World Dance, Riverside, CA
WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 15-19, 2013
Tribalfest. Zaltana will all be up in Sebastopol, CA at the annual Tribal Belly Dance convention.
SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2013 -- 7-10pm
Desert Belly Dance Collective Hafla at DBDC, 72-630 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 202, Palm Desert, CA 92260. Admission is free. Bring a desert to share as potluck.
SATURDAY, JULY 13, 2013 -- 7-10PM
Heroes and Villains Hafla at Tribal Beats studio. 2009 Porterfield Way, Unit K. Upland, CA 91786. Admission is $10 at the door, less if you bring a potluck dish to share.
ROBIN DENISE JOHNSON
Robin Denise Johnson, Ph.D. Founding member Desert Belly Dance Collective , Zaltana, developer Cardio-Tribal Belly Dance Workout - CTBD, and Cardio Tribal Style - CTS choreographer
“I dance and the world dissolves into the wholeness it always was!”
I love the energy and world music grooves that are expressed through tribal fusion styling. Although I have been dancing dancing socially all my life, I found my dance home with Goddess dancing in the 80s, and my dance sisters with belly dance in SoCal in my 40s. My most influential belly dance teachers are Aziza Sa'id and Mesmera. I have also been inspired philosophically by Paulette Rees-Denis of Gypsy Caravan, Kajira Djoumana, Heidi of Domba, and Amy Sigil of Unmata and I have a general skills certification in ATS from Carolena Nericcio of Fat Chance Belly Dance. My intent is to help women of a certain age remember their joy of healthy movement throughout their entire lives – regardless of size, or background. I have been teaching CTS for 8 years, was director of Troupe Melangees for 7 years, and am now with Zaltana in the Desert Belly Dance Collective. I am also a certified Zumba Gold instructor – a low impact version of Zumba designed for people over 50. In addition to studio teaching I have taught at the PV Hospital Center, Scripps College in Claremont, and aboard cruise ships. TM performed all over California at commuunity events, fundraisers, and rennaissance festivals. I currently serve as the treasurer for the Inland Empire Middle East Culture and Dance Assocation. In my other life she I am an author (The Dance of Leadership), business school professor, executive life coach, and diversity consultant. You can reach me at Robin@Cardiotribalbellydance.com
MOIRA
Moira, a self defined 'non dancer' for years, stated her dancing journey with an interest in learning more about her heritage and was quickly addicted, soon performing traditional Scottish highland dance at renascence fairs and special events. Later, when looking for a lower impact form of dance she discovered belly dance and has been hooked on the dance form ever since.
"I vividly remember when highland dancing at fair and looking at the belly dancers with a sort of aw, thinking 'I could never learn do that!' But when an ankle injury grounded me I decided why the heck not, and gave it a try. It took a while to loosen up years of ridged training but I've had a blast from my very first class."
Moira's focus is in Tribal Style Belly Dance. She currently dances with Zaltana and is a former member of Aziza Said's Fringe Elements.
TINA THEOPHILOS
My love affair with dance started at the age of three when my mother enrolled me in ballet, tap and tumbling at the Betty May Dance Studio in San Francisco. Although my first love was ballet, being Greek, I journeyed into Greek folk dancing and then into belly dancing. Always the "chubby one," I soon learned that the size of one's body had nothing to do with the ability to dance and had everything to do with the size of one's heart. Dance is merely allowing our hearts to speak. I am honored to be a member of the Desert Belly Dance Collective – a group of remarkable women who share the vision of creating a space in which members are enabled to tap into their creativity. I am also thrilled to be a member of the Zaltana dance troupe. I welcome you to join me in this next step of my journey.
