Where does furious dancing come from? 3
“Hard times require furious dancing” so wrote Alice Walker. But, what happens when the hard times are over and furious dancing remains.
Dance.
How I Lost 50 Pounds | A Weight Loss Story 3
From October 2018 till October 2019, I videotaped myself at 4 different points to track my transformation. Watch what happens. How I lost 50 pounds? I wrote down all my secrets.
Dancing in the living room with a book
There is a pure joy of dancing that can only be expressed one way. I put on some music and start dancing in the living room.
How To Throw A Memorable Dance Party At Home
To throw myself a memorable dance party at home I went about turning my living room into a disco. Here are the details.
How To Fix A Broken Heart?
To dance is to tell a story without words. To write is to make words dance on a page. To be a dancing writer is to be cursed by the impossible.
Like somebody from Damascus that is passing through Andalucía
I went through the list of all poems about loneliness that I know off until I found one I wanted to turn into a song and dance.
On Being a Woman :: A Story 2
Contemplating the concept of being a woman leads me to rewrite Metamorphosis by Kafka with a female protagonist.
Six Creative Ways To Dance In The Kitchen
Conventional wisdom dictates that the kitchen is for preparing meals, today we shall flip this concept on it’s head by discovering multitude of creative ideas to dance in the kitchen.
Bird Dance :: CD review
The pure artist is a rare breed. If you are very very lucky you will get to meet one of those who create with purity of intention. Destiny has showered me with a deluge of good fortune, for I know, in person, several of these unique individuals. They are not […]
Kiss by Prince from Purple Rain into a Flamenco Dance 1
My dance teacher decided to create a flamenco choreography to a pop song. After much deliberation she chose Kiss by Prince.
Story of a Fish :: Flamenco Dance Story 3
I signed up to participate in the Vancouver Story Slam on March 8th. I took a story from my novel Graffiti Hack and worked on it to shorten it so that it would fit in the 5 minute time limit. My novel is a story that has several stories within […]
Every Dance Tells a Story
Some stories are too private. That is when dance tells a story that is too painful to express with words.
Vancouver Women of Flamenco
My childhood and youth has been blessed with brilliant role models. Starting with my father, managers that I was lucky to work with at the beginning of my career and political activist whose intellectual sharpness influenced my thinking. Each one of these men demonstrated to me patterns of behavior that […]
Flash Mob in Vancouver BC
Flash Mob on August 3rd 2013 at Trout Lake Framer’s Market, Vancouver, BC, Canada. We danced sevillanas and then danced more sevillanas and then finished with some sevillanas. It was so much fun to watch people’s reaction to the surprise. It was also fun dancing in the street – a […]
Free Flamenco Dance Lessons 4
Covering the basics of flamenco dance in four easy flamenco dance lessons provided for free.
The Nasty Voice inside my head 4
There is a vicious voice inside my head, that says the most horrid things. Most of the time, its triads are aimed at me. I call her my inner critic.
Flamingo vs Flamenco Debate Rages 2
There seems to be a confusion between the two words: flamingo vs flamenco. Allow me to illustrate the difference.
How To Get Over A Breakup 4
Despite my strength I find myself in a fragile state when asking “How to get over a breakup?”
In Rehearsals: Kasandra La China Directs the Show: Café de Chinitas 2010 1
A chance to win free tickets to an amazing show.
A Guilty Pleasure 2
A story examining the relationship between pleasure and guilt. My every pleasure be a guilty pleasure?
Storytelling: Stage Fright 3
A story of flamenco and religion. The story starts on diner in downtown vancouver. As ihath plunges down the rabbit hole, she discovers a fantastical world of colorful dresses, garish earings and stomping feet. Alas, can she find a magic potion which will allow her to join the garden of splendor?
Winter Flamenco
I felt very honored when I discovered that my photo is featured of the student flamenco show poster.
Stage Fright (a flamenco story) 1
In flamenco you can express all emotions except stage fright. Yet, it is an emotion that demands to be dealt with.