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| | March 2010 Lovely Late Night Studio Concert |
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For those of you who have never seen a backdrop curtain used as a prop, may we present: Ruric-Amari! In all seriousness, dancing with two or more rectagular silk veils is considered impossible by many dancers, but it is one of Ruric's specialties. |
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A solo by Madlen. Madlen performs often with the Samovar Dance Theatre and teaches beginner belly dance at the studio. |
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When Dancing Divas Collide: Jennia, Blythe, Anna Beth and Madlen just cannot resist one-upping each other. |
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| | March 2010 at Gypsy Soup concert in Lexington |
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Ruric, Jak and Amy put the "gypsy" in the Gypsy Soup. |
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| | Feb 2010 at U of L Banquet |
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Eight Samovarians on stage at U of L perform the newly expanded version of one of Ruric's first choreographies. Principal dancer: Madlen. |
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| | Oct 2009 at Mecca concert |
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A veil dance choreographed to Cassandra Abram's lovely music. The camera is too close for veil work but it is the only copy we have. |
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| | Sep 2009 at WorldFest |
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Ruric-Amari plays it as straight as possible: beads, bedlah and zills. |
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Drum solo, 16 dancers and only one drum! |
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Zill dances for four and six dancers, presided over by our Zillmeister, Anna Beth. |
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Sword dance duet is now a quartet: Ruric-Amari, Anna Beth, Annie and Jak. |
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| | Summer 2009 in Colorado |
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Ruric-Amari, Anna Beth and Theresa
perform the second in a series of Bharatanatyam-inspired pieces from Ruric's "Indic Idiom"
project. Venue: Shimmy for the Cure concert in Colorado, 2009. |
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| | Aug 2009 at Studio Party |
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Sword dance duet, Ruric-Amari and Anna Beth. |
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| | Aug 2009 Bharatanatyam student recital |
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Ruric-Amari performs an item choreographed by Dr.Vasundhara Doraswamy at Dr. Doraswamy's student recital in August 2009. Poor video quality, sorry. |
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| | May 2009 studio party: |
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Anu in their first performance as a group in a charming version of one of Ruric's Egyptian pop choreographies. |
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Ruric dances a karshilama, a lively 9/8 rhythm not often used in Western music but favored by Turkish and Greek musicians.. |
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| | Mar 2009 at U of L in Louisville: |
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First performance of Delusion to Truth by Ruric and Samovar. |
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| | Nov 2008 at MEDSOK concert in Louisville: |
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Ruric, Anna and Annie do a skirt dance to music recorded by Karim Nagi. |
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Ruric, Anna, Annie, Jakarta, and Nora to music composed by Cassandra Abram. |
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Ruric and Babacar Sy: drum solo with African drum. |
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Beginner, Advanced Beginner and Samovar dancers performed two dances as the Turbo Collective to music record by Karim Nagi. |
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| | Oct 2008 at Harem Scarem event in Cincinatti: |
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Indic Idiom by Ruric-Amari. |
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Backstage at the Harem Scarem. |
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Backstage2 at the Harem Scarem. |
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| | Sep 2008 at International Festival in New Albany: |
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Samovar Dance Theatre and Ruric-Amari |
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| | April 2008 at ConGlom: |
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Ruric and a new sword dance. Ornery sound system and indifferent lighting but worth the watch. |
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Ruric dances with, around, and falls off of a drum! |