Monday, December 23, 2013

January Events

January Events!



Thursday, December 31st
New Years Eve at Shukaila with Birnur Siren and Amira Iriz!
The party begins at 9:30 with Birnur Siren performing the early show and Amira Iriz performing the late show.
Two Chefs & Two Menus - Middle Eastern & Indian.
Reserve early at 914-337-2957.
Free Parking
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY

 
Friday, January 3rd and Saturday, January 4th
Bellydance Show & Live Music/Singer/Dance @ Shukaila
Music, Hukah, and Birnur are all finally here!
Please Join us on Friday, August 9th and Saturday, August 10th and dance with Birnur to the music of Nizar.  Two Chefs & Two Menus - Middle Eastern & Indian.
Reserve early at 914-337-2957
Music starts at 10pm - No Cover.
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY
 
Thursday, January 9th
Nourhan Sharif's Egyptian Technique and Drills
Belly Dance Bootcamp (Egyptian Technique, Rhythm Training & Drills) (Open Levels):
Be ready to shimmy and sweat!  Utilizing her 4-CDs for training with rhythms (co-produced with Karim Nagi, professional musician).  Learn rhythms while learning combinations, one of her signatures when teaching as she drills technique into your body!  Be prepared to sweat and learn Middle Eastern Rhythms!  Nourhan will apply some of the rhythms we focus on to a piece of music or two ... time permitting!  Nourhan is known for organized upbeat classes and has developed a method of teaching that works!


7:00pm - 8:30pm
 http://www.josiedance.com/josiedance/Nourhan_Sharif_Workshops_In_Westchester_County.html
Josie's School of International Dance, Ossining, NY
 
 Friday, January 10th and Saturday, January 11th
Bellydance Show & Live Music/Singer/Dance @ Shukaila
Music, Hukah, and Birnur are all finally here!
Please Join us on Friday, August 9th and Saturday, August 10th and dance with Birnur to the music of Nizar.  Two Chefs & Two Menus - Middle Eastern & Indian.
Reserve early at 914-337-2957
Music starts at 10pm - No Cover.
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY


Thursday, January 16th
Erica Joan's Classic Cabaret Choreography with Zills
In this workshop, you will learn a classic cabaret choreography with finger cymbals. Learning this choreography will help to improve your musicality, transitions, as well as introduce you to dancing to a full song incorporating your zills.
7:00pm - 8:30pm
 Prices: $40 in advance (by mail before 10/17) $50 at the door $99 for all three workshops!
 http://www.josiedance.com/josiedance
Josie's School of International Dance, Ossining, NY

Friday, January 24th and Saturday, January 25th
Bellydance Show & Live Music/Singer/Dance @ Shukaila
Music, Hukah, and Birnur are all finally here!
Please Join us on Friday, August 9th and Saturday, August 10th and dance with Birnur to the music of Nizar.  
Two Chefs & Two Menus - Middle Eastern & Indian.
Reserve early at 914-337-2957
Music starts at 10pm - No Cover.
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY


Sunday, January 26th
2 Amazing Workshops!
Sensuality, Femininity, and The Inner Goddess with Birnur Siren
Candle Trays, Swords, Water Glasses and More! A Balancing workshop with Amira Iriz
1 - 4 pm
Early bird:$95.
Door: $105.
Contact: Amira at danceamira@gmail.com or Payable via PayPal at www.danceamira.net.

Dance 2B Fit, 656 Van Ranst Plance, Mamaroneck, NY
(At Jefferson & Van Ranst Pl just one block off Mamaroneck Ave)
Metro North (New Haven Line) is right around the corner!
 
Sunday, January 26th
Bellydance Showcase featuring Birnur Siren, Amira Iriz, and many more!
Dancers from the workshop perform including Birnur Siren and Amira Iriz
6-8pm
Cover charge $15
Food minimum: $15
Reserve early at 914-337-2957
Free Parking
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY

Friday, January 31st and Saturday, February 1st
Bellydance Show & Live Music/Singer/Dance @ Shukaila
Music, Hukah, and Birnur are all finally here!
Please Join us on Friday, August 9th and Saturday, August 10th and dance with Birnur to the music of Nizar.  
Two Chefs & Two Menus - Middle Eastern & Indian.
Reserve early at 914-337-2957
Music starts at 10pm - No Cover.
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY


Monday, December 16, 2013

December Spotlight: Amira Iriz

December Dancer Spotlight


Every month we will be spotlighting a dancer in Westchester county.  This month, our spotlight turns to Amira Iriz!




Amira Iriz's great grandparents settled in San German, Puerto Rico, having immigrated from Sevilla, Spain. Amira's actual surname, Irizarry, is Basque. Amira was born in Manhattan and lived on West 64th Street where Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts now stands. She lived most of her life in the Bronx until she moved to Scarsdale, New York. Throughout her life she had been an avid ice skater, dancing and gliding since the age of 11 with accomplished ISIA levels in Free Style Ice Skating. Growing up Amira loved classical music and took up the clarinet at age 13 playing in orchestras as a teen at Lincoln Center, The Waldorf Astoria, Avery Fisher Hall and on local radio stations. In addition, she also played guitar and "dabbled" in piano and oboe. Because of a jaw surgery Amira does not play clarinet anymore but still enjoys classical music. Amira had also served 24 years in the New York Air National Guard (Air Force), retired in 2009 and holds the rank of Master Sergeant.

In Middle Eastern dance, Amira Iriz is best known for her easy style and ready smile. She has performed for over 15 years at numerous multi-ethnic restaurants, private functions and clubs in the tri-state area, including regular international performances in Cancun, Mexico. Amira Iriz has also sponsored student showcases, professional only shows with notables such as Aszmara Sherry, Julia-Jewel of the Nile, Layla Mary, Rayhana, Shoshana, Oreet Jehassi Schwartz and Zoƫ Kennedy. She was also the director of New York's only sword dancing Troupe, The Serpentine Sword Dancers.

Today, Amira Iriz enjoys mentoring fellow new Middle Eastern dancers, dancing for Belly Dancers for Charity, and helping others achieve their goals in dance. With her first Manhattan showcase, The Light of the Arabian World in 2002, her goal was to bring new dancers to the forefront by sponsoring them and putting them in the limelight. While time has gone by and so have many shows, Amira has returned to this original goal by privately mentoring dancers and started showcases in restaurants such as Shukaila Lebanese & Indian Cuisine in Yonkers, NY once again as she did this past November 2013. She plans to expand showcase events in 2014 in both Westchester County which she now calls home since 2009 in Scarsdale, NY and New York City.

Amira has been reviewed by Jareeda Magazine as "breathtaking" and "having beautiful hand gestures complimentary to her every move...."

Dazzling in the Triumphant Scene with her belly gyrations and exotic footwork with The New York Grand Opera Company in “Aida” while eliciting gasps of admiration from the audience by The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Amira Iriz was characterized as a sword fighter by The New York Sun in The New York Grand Opera Company’s “Aida” Amira Iriz was lauded as a highly professional belly dancer by Gay City News formerly LGNY in The New York Grand Opera Company’s “Aida”

Press:
The New York Times
Jareeda Magazine
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The New York Sun
Gay City News formerly LGNY

Specialty: Swords / Double – Triple Swords / Feather Fans



Upcoming January events with Amira Iriz!

Thursday, December 31st

New Years Eve at Shukaila with Birnur Siren and Amira Iriz!
The party begins at 9:30 with Birnur Siren performing the early show and Amira Iriz performing the late show.
Two Chefs & Two Menus - Middle Eastern & Indian.
Reserve early at 914-337-2957.
Free Parking
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY

Sunday, January 26th
2 Amazing Workshops!
Sensuality, Femininity, and The Inner Goddess with Birnur Siren
Candle Trays, Swords, Water Glasses and More! A Balancing workshop with Amira Iriz
1 - 4 pm
Early bird:$95.
Door: $105.
Contact: Amira at danceamira@gmail.com or Payable via PayPal at www.danceamira.net.

Dance 2B Fit, 656 Van Ranst Plance, Mamaroneck, NY
(At Jefferson & Van Ranst Pl just one block off Mamaroneck Ave)
Metro North (New Haven Line) is right around the corner!
 
Sunday, January 26th
Bellydance Showcase featuring Birnur Siren, Amira Iriz, and many more!
Dancers from the workshop perform including Birnur Siren and Amira Iriz
6-8pm
Cover charge $15
Food minimum: $15
Reserve early at 914-337-2957
Free Parking
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY




  If you are a teacher, performer, or student in Westchester county and would like to be featured in our monthly series, please email Oracle at delphidme@gmail.com.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

December Events

December Events!




Thursday, December 5th
Nourhan Sharif's Veil Technique/Drills/Combinations
(Open Levels):   (Veils Required with NO TRIM on them please ). Available for purchase if needed. 
Dancing with air - the art and mystery of veil work. Mesmerize your audience with the poetry of swirling silk and the promise of lands long forgotten. Nourhan teaches how to make it look easy, natural and feminine. The spirit of every dancer is unique. The truly creative dancer calls all the elements into the realm of her performance ... the excitement of fire, beauty of air, wateriness of emotion, and grounding to the earth. Nourhan Sharif invites you to explore your own relationship to the elements and your own creative spirit through the magnificent experience of Middle Eastern Dance!
7:00pm - 8:30pm
 http://www.josiedance.com/josiedance/Nourhan_Sharif_Workshops_In_Westchester_County.html
Josie's School of International Dance, Ossining, NY

Friday, December 6th and Saturday, November 7th
Bellydance Show & Live Music/Singer/Dance @ Shukaila
Music, Hukah, and Birnur are all finally here!
Please Join us on Friday, August 9th and Saturday, August 10th and dance with Birnur to the music of Nizar.  Two Chefs & Two Menus - Middle Eastern & Indian.
Reserve early at 914-337-2957.
Music starts at 10pm - No Cover.
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY


Friday, December 13th and Saturday, December 14th
Bellydance Show & Live Music/Singer/Dance @ Shukaila
Music, Hukah, and Birnur are all finally here!
Please Join us on Friday, August 9th and Saturday, August 10th and dance with Birnur to the music of Nizar.  
Two Chefs & Two Menus - Middle Eastern & Indian.
Reserve early at 914-337-2957.
Music starts at 10pm - No Cover.
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY

Thursday, December 19th
Erica Joans Classic Cabaret Choreography with Zills
In this workshop, you will learn a classic cabaret choreography with finger cymbals. Learning this choreography will help to improve your musicality, transitions, as well as introduce you to dancing to a full song incorporating your zills.
7:00pm - 8:30pm
 Prices: $40 in advance (by mail before 10/17) $50 at the door $99 for all three workshops!
 http://www.josiedance.com/josiedance
Josie's School of International Dance, Ossining, NY


Friday, December 20th and Saturday, December 21st
Bellydance Show & Live Music/Singer/Dance @ Shukaila
Music, Hukah, and Birnur are all finally here!
Please Join us on Friday, August 9th and Saturday, August 10th and dance with Birnur to the music of Nizar.  
Two Chefs & Two Menus - Middle Eastern & Indian.
Reserve early at 914-337-2957.
Music starts at 10pm - No Cover.
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY


Friday, December 27th and Saturday, December 28th
Bellydance Show & Live Music/Singer/Dance @ Shukaila
Music, Hukah, and Birnur are all finally here!
Please Join us on Friday, August 9th and Saturday, August 10th and dance with Birnur to the music of Nizar.  
Two Chefs & Two Menus - Middle Eastern & Indian.
Reserve early at 914-337-2957.
Music starts at 10pm - No Cover.
Easy commute from NYC, Westchester, and Rockland.
Shukaila Authentic Indian Cuisine, 2250 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY