MaternityShare

Julia opened her house for peeps to gather to say hi to me and Will on Thursday, May 14th, Will’s 10 month birthday. After everyone had left, except Jenny, Julia popped on her music set for the following night and started getting her groove on. Will started rocking out with her in his little head banging arm swinging way. Then, wham! The two of them joined forces and danced their hearts out. It was beautiful. Here is a pic. Video to follow… you wont want to miss that! Will squeals and laughs in delight!

We love you auntie Julia!

This afternoon I headed over to Hype Machine looking for a little random music but got distracted almost right away by the animated banner ad at the top of the site. The words “Treasure Island” caught my eye. I wondered “what is going on on Treasure Island?” I have never actually set foot on it but I pass by there a lot (when not on bed rest, that is) on my way from Emeryville into the city. “Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland. It is connected by a small isthmus to Yerba Buena Island.” I watched the whole ad cycle through and discovered that there is a Treasure Island Music Festival coming up in September.

The line up this year is amazing! I was going through all the artists and heading over to their websites to listen to their music and check them out a bit. Wonderful, wonderful stuff! When I made it over to Amon Tobin’s site I was seduced by a song I had not hear yet: Delpher. I had visions of dancing to it (tribal bellydance with modern stylings). The snippet on the site is short and a tease. I have to have it! I also discovered a video of a dance choregraphy to his song “Rhino Jockey”. Seems others have had their own visions:

I kept exploring more of Amon Tobin’s music and discovered that my dear friend Dulcinea had the dancing visions to his music too! I recognized a song that she choreographed a beautiful dance piece for her dance troupe Gemini Project. Funny, I had thought of her right away when I was listening to Delpher and I was excited to turn her on to Amon Tobin. But she is already all over it!

Here is a clip from one of Gemini Projects performances. The first song you will hear is the Amon Tobin song I spoke of:

As far as the Treasure Island Music Festival goes, I realized that it falls on the same weekend as my other brother’s wedding in September and that we will be in South Dakota. Well, there is always next year.

Today is my dear friend Nicole’s birthday. So dedicated to dancing is she that she is spending her birthday evening dancing at a gig. She is a beautiful dancer who I have the the pleasure of dancing with for many years when I lived in Portland. We have performed together quite a bit. (I looked all over for a picture of us dancing together in our more usual costuming but am sad to say that I could not find one! The picture here is of us backstage at The Fez Ballroom of a special one-time themed performance.)

I miss dancing. I attempted some belly rolls today. (Unfortunately I contracted soon after.) It feels strange having not done it much for a while and now being so big. It is pretty cool (and odd) to watch the pregnant belly belly-rolling. I had hoped to pick up dancing again while I am pregnant. So far, that is not going to happen. But who knows, if I make it to 39 or 40 weeks or so, perhaps I will give it another go.

Dancing is a beautiful thing, especially belly dancing. If you are in Portland, go check out Nicole’s classes and performances. She is very passionate about dancing both in performance and as an instructor.

Check out her website www.severina.us