Summer is almost over, and we are excited to announce that we will have new classes starting the last week of September, in a new location! Details are still being worked out, but they will be posted in the next couple weeks so check back! Also if you would like to be added to our email list please contact us.

At the Eugene Celebration last week we performed with Americanistan along with other beautiful dancers, that was a blast! We always love dancing with Americanistan! Then later that night we danced at the Starlight Lounge with Mood Area 52, and realized it was our one year anniversary of Regina’s first performance with us, and also of our first performance with MA52! We had a great time with a great audience there. Ali was in California at the time and we missed her very much, but Regina and I had so much fun!

So for the next coming months we have a few things in the works. We will be performing in MEDGE’s 7th annual Fall Festival evening show on Oct. 16th, and we are also planning another show with Mood Area 52. Check out the events page for details about those shows. We also will have new business cards in the next month, and hopefully a new home page here as well! Exciting!

Thank you all for your support and have a great end of summer!

In  early June we did a photo shoot with photographer Jesse Shields which was a lot of fun and we got some great pictures! I think that new business cards and maybe an overhaul of this website might be coming soon with these new photos…

Our summer class session still has two more weeks left, come down to Upstart Crow on Wednesday nights and check it out! When this session is over we’ll be taking a break from teaching until September, we’ll keep you posted on that! Thank you to all our students, you make classes so fun and rewarding!

We have a couple shows coming up that I want to mention. First, on July 9th, we are presenting an awesome evening of World Music and Dance featuring ourselves, Priyo and Gypsy Moon, and an amazing tribal fusion dancer from Portland, Jaya Krupp. We will be dancing a set of our own as well as with Gypsy Moon. If you like Afro-beat, gypsy or flamenco music, you will love Gypsy Moon! They will be playing a whole set so bring your dancing shoes and boogie with us! More details here.

Then on July 11th we’ll be performing out at the Oregon Country Fair in Veneta, OR at 11 am at the Youth Stage. This set will be with live musicians, and more details will be announced soon. If you’re going to Fair this year, stop by and see us!

We also have several other shows and projects in the works so as always stay tuned. We hope to see you on the 9th at Cozmic Pizza or out at the Fair! Blessings!

Our current class session still has a couple more weeks so please feel free to come check it out! We’re at Upstart Crow Dance Studios every Monday and Wednesday at 6:30.

As always check out our events page to see where we’ll be next, or contact us to be added to our mailing list.  Blessings and happy spring!

Photo by Roger Rix

This month we’re really excited for two awesome shows - MEDGE’s 3rd Annual Alternative Night, and Reigning Down on Oregon. The MEDGE show is February 19th and the Reigning show is the 20th, so it will be a jam-packed weekend! We are also teaching a workshop as part of the Reigning weekend, on Friday the 19th at 12:30.

In addition to Luminessah’s performance, MEDGE’s featured performer for the alternative show is Audralina, and Regina Anne will be soloing as well, along with 10 other amazing dancers!  This is a once a year show and not to be missed if you live in Eugene or close to it!

The Reigning Down on Oregon event is sure to be amazing, with workshops and performances by Unmata of Sacramento, Luminessah, Tribalation, Zephyr, Leslie of Raks Serpentine, and others.  For details, registration, and more please see Zephyr’s website.

The current class session ends February 17th, and we will be taking a month long break from teaching after that. The nest class session will start in late March, we will keep you updated on that! In the meantime we are looking forward to taking time to work on new things and continue to gel as a troupe.

Please see our events page for details on classes and shows, and if you’d like to be added to our email list please see our contact page. Happy dancing!

Skip November and December and go straight to January! I completely forgot to update here for a couple months, my apologies! But we’ve been staying busy with classes and performances, with a new session starting in two weeks.

Drills with Regina will continue on Mondays evenings at 6:30. Work on technique for all styles of belly dancers in a fun and supportive environment. This class is for all levels. Wednesdays will still be Beginner Tribal Fusion at 6:30 and Intermediate Tribal Fusion at 7:30. The Beginner class is for all levels and styles of beginners. Whether you’ve never had belly dance at all or have taken one or two sessions already, come join us and learn Tribal technique!  Intermediate level continues to expand on new combinations as well as work on various drills. Contact us here to save your spot!

On January 22 we will be performing in Global Infusion 3, a benefit to help raise money for a village in Ghana. There will be other dancers and more, including a set from DJ Layla!

Looking to February we are participating in two exciting events. We will be teaching a workshop in Salem as part of the Reigning Down on Oregon event on the 19th, then later that same night we will be performing at MEDGE’s 3rd Annual Alternative Night! The next night (the 20th) we will be back up in Salem for the instructor’s showcase for Reigning Down on Oregon. This show includes the amazing UNMATA from Sacramento, as well as Luminessah, Tribalation, Zephyr, and more!

So mark your calendars for some great classes and shows over the next couple of months and have a great New Year’s!

Details for classes and shows are here.

Our current class session ends this week, and our new class session will start Nov. 2 for drills and Nov. 4 for beginner and intermediate Tribal. Thank you to all our students who come and make classes so fun!

We have a really fun Halloween show lined up with Mood Area 52. They are playing an original soundtrack to the classic horror movie Nosferatu which will be showing at the Bijou on Halloween night. Luminessah will be performing with Mood Area 52 before the movie starts, with a beautiful backdrop of The Adventures of Prince Achmed! We are so happy to be working with these talented musicians!

Looking to November, besides our new classes we will also be performing in a benefit on the 15th for a member of Americanistan, as well as participating in a Grrrlz Rock! show at the WOW Hall on the 27th. Please see the events page for details on these shows.

We hope you are all enjoying the beautiful fall colors and staying warm!

Tomorrow night, Friday September 4th, we’ll be performing with Mood Area 52 at the Starlight Lounge. This will be around midnight, after the Eugene Celebration. We are so excited to dance with them and we hope this will be the beginning of more collaborations with this amazing group!

Then starting Monday and Wednesday the 14th and 16th, we have new classes! Regina will be teaching “Arms of Mass Seduction and the Greatest Hips”, a drills class to kick your booty! Wednesdays will be beginner and intermediate Tribal Fusion classes - a great  introduction to Tribal belly dance, or continue your studies in the intermediate class.

See our events page for all the details and we hope to see you soon!!

First of all for our Corvallis friends, the Aug 15 benefit show has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.

Secondly, we’d like to announce some changes in our troupe. LeeAnn is now safely back in Minnesota with her family, and we wish her many blessing on her new ventures! Jeannie is also no longer dancing with Luminessah, and we continue to love and support her dancing as well. At our show on July 24th we announced our new troupe member, Regina!! She now has a bio posted to tell you all about her, and we’d just like to say that we are thrilled to have her! She is a beautiful dancer and a beautiful soul.

This month we’ll be doing a photo shoot with the new line-up as well as gelling as a troupe - dancing, dancing, dancing! We’re very excited to see the creativity that we know this change will bring and we hope you’ll join us in welcoming Regina!

More updates will come soon - class and show dates, photos, and more great stuff! Thank you everyone who came to our Farewell Party - we love you all!

The big news isn’t really news anymore - LeeAnn is moving to Minnesota with her family, so this month is all about getting the most of her as we can! We performed at MEDGE last Friday which was a really fun show, and LeeAnn’s last. She did a beautiful solo as well.

We are putting on a huge show to send her off this coming Friday, the 24th. We have a fantastic lineup including Middle Eastern band Americanistan, amazing Corvallis Raqs Sharki performer Janikea, Tribal Fusion master Regina Anne, hillarious and talented Grey Matter Jugglers, and Eugene’s favorite old-time bluegrass band The Conjugal Visitors! Luminessah will perform three times throughout the night, first with Americanistan, then a set of our own, and finishing with a few songs with the Conjugal Visitors. The other highlight of the night will be announcing our new troupe member!! Who will it be? Come find out and help us celebrate this transition!

We will be posting more details and information about our troupe’s changes at the beginning of August, so stay tuned for that. On August 15th we will be performing in Corvallis for a fundraiser for Chintimini Wildlife Center (see events page for details), and we also have an excellent and expanded class session planned for September.

We hope to see you this Friday to help us say good bye to LeeAnn and welcome our new member. We hope you are all having a beautiful summer!!

After taking a two week break after Tribal Fest, we’re back in the game again! Our latest class session started June 3rd and will run through July 8th. There’s still room so come on down and check it out!

Our show at the Oak St. Speakeasy with Priyo and Gypsy Moon was wonderful, thank you everyone who made it out! Thank you also to the amazing Monica Metzler and her band for opening the show!  We’ll be doing more shows in the future with Priyo and Gypsy Moon, we think it’s a good combination!  ;)  Keep your eyes peeled for that!

On the 21st we’ll be dancing at an event for the Eugene Birthing Center. They are being moved to new premises and the building they’ve been in for years will no longer be their home. We’re very happy to be a part of this celebration of all the good that has been done at the Center. We will have more information about this event soon, check the events page for updates.

On the 26th we’re excited to bring out our disco selves again for Layla’s roller-disco birthday party at Skate World! This is going to be off-the-hook fun!

Also mark your calendars for Friday July 24th, we’re planning an amazing show that you won’t want to miss! An evening of fusion belly dance PLUS some of the best bands in town!  More info TBA!