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Belly Dance Videos and Bollywood Videos by Ruric-Amari and Samovar

Ruric-Amari and Samovar perform Bollywood dance live on stage at Mediteranean Echoes concert 2011.
Photo: J Hendrix		   Ruric-Amari performs to a wide variety of music: live, recorded and improvisation, traditional and unconventional.
Photo: Chris Humphreys		   Ruric-Amari provides the finest belly dance, Bollywood, Tahitian and experiment dance entertainment in Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee.
 
 

Nov 2011 ISA Dance Competition in Lexington:

[video] Ruric-Amari, Annie and Blythe of Samovar East perform Mein Vari Vari and Ishq Kamina.
 
 

Oct 7 2011 Concert at Clifton Center:

[video] Ruric-Amari, Annie and Blythe of Samovar do a Chicago-Style number with hat and cane.
 
 

Premier for March 2012 show:

[video] March 2012: Ruric-Amari and Samovar get ready to tear the stage UP!
 
 

September 2011 on WHAS TV

[video] Ruric-Amari was interviewed on the new WHAS show, Great Day Live, and the TV station posted a brief 3-minute clip online. Thank you, WHAS!
 
 

February 2011 at Mediterranean Echoes

[video] Ruric-Amari and Samovar East perform Ishq Kamina.
 
 

December 2010 at Brown Hotel

[video] Ruric-Amari and Samovar East perform Kajra Re with a little help from the audience :).
 
 

October 2010 Columbus Ethnic Festival

[video] Ruric-Amari and Samovar East in their first public performance of Mein Vari Vari.
 
 

August 2010 Worldfest

[video] Ruric-Amari does a light-hearted percussive little solo to bottle music. Thank you to the Sheltons for this video.
 
 

June 2010 Lovely Late Night Studio Concert

[video] Ruric-Amari performs the third in a series of Bharatanatyam-inspired pieces from her "Indic Idiom" project. She composes about one a year.
[video] Ruric-Amari's most recent double veil piece. This was performed at World Fest with only one veil because of strong breezes.
 
 

March 2010 Lovely Late Night Studio Concert

[video] 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.
[video] A solo by Madlen. Madlen performs often with the Samovar Dance Theatre and teaches beginner belly dance at the studio.
[video] When Dancing Divas Collide: Jennia, Blythe, Anna Beth and Madlen just cannot resist one-upping each other.
 
 

March 2010 at Gypsy Soup concert in Lexington

[video] Ruric, Jak and Amy put the "gypsy" in the Gypsy Soup.
 
 

Feb 2010 at U of L Banquet

[video] Eight Samovarians on stage at U of L perform the newly expanded version of one of Ruric's first choreographies. Principal dancer: Madlen.
 
 

Oct 2009 at Mecca concert

[video] 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.
 
 

Sep 2009 at WorldFest

[video] Ruric-Amari plays it as straight as possible: beads, bedlah and zills.
[video] Drum solo, 16 dancers and only one drum!
[video] Zill dances for four and six dancers, presided over by our Zillmeister, Anna Beth.
 
 

Summer 2009 in Colorado

[video] 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.
 
 

Aug 2009 at Studio Party

[video] Sword dance duet, Ruric-Amari and Anna Beth.
 
 

Aug 2009 Bharatanatyam student recital

[video] Ruric-Amari performs an item choreographed by Dr.Vasundhara Doraswamy at Dr. Doraswamy's student recital in August 2009. Poor video quality, sorry.
 
 

May 2009 studio party:

[video] Anu in their first performance as a group in a charming version of one of Ruric's Egyptian pop choreographies.
[video] Ruric dances a karshilama, a lively 9/8 rhythm not often used in Western music but favored by Turkish and Greek musicians..
 
 

Mar 2009 at U of L in Louisville:

[video] First performance of Delusion to Truth by Ruric and Samovar.
 
 

Oct 2008 at Harem Scarem event in Cincinatti:

[video] Indic Idiom by Ruric-Amari.
[slides] Backstage at the Harem Scarem.
[slides] Backstage2 at the Harem Scarem.
 
 

April 2008 at ConGlom:

[video] Ruric and a new sword dance. Ornery sound system and indifferent lighting but worth the watch.
[video] Ruric dances with, around, and falls off of a drum!
      
 
 

Feb 2008 at Mediteranean Echoes event in Cincinatti:

[video] The Pooka dance: three mischievous spirits perform one XMED (eXperimental Mid Eastern Dance) choreography. Videographer: Videography By Tony.
[video] Ruric's Eleven: eleven Samovarians on stage in a unique choreography of contrast and counterpoint. Videographer: Videography By Tony.
 
 

November 2007 at MEDSOK concert:

[video] Ruric's, um, American Hat Dance.
[video] Samovar Raks like Eqyptians do...four members of Samovar finally get to wear beads onstage!
[video] Ruric and Anna perform a genuinely unauthentic gypsy skirt dance. Watch at your own risk.
 
 

Collages

[video] Ruric & Samovar in action, on stage and off. Anna got bored one day and pulled this together. The girl has talent! Several clips courtesy of Seventh Son Video and Videologex.
[slides]2007-08: Shake your Tailfeathers party photos.
[slides]2007: random images by friends.
[video] 2006: Ruric-Amari and Ut Gret at Rudyard Kipling and Uncle Pleasant.
[slides]2006: Ruric-Amari and Ut Gret.
 
 

August 2007 at Morocco's workshop concert in NYC:

[video] A little dance experiment: zilling to a traditional drum solo song. Yes, the video skips a bit. That's Morocco at the sound system - an audience in herself!
 
 

July 2007 at Mid-Eastern Mayhem in Muncie IN:

[video] Sword Dance: Ruric-Amari. Yes, this is the one with 'the drop' to the floor with the sword on her head.
[video] Passions: Ruric-Amari and Samovar.
 
 

May 2007 at Turkish Folk Tours camp in PA:

[video] On stage: Start off with a karshilama.
[video] On stage: Finish up with a skirt dance.
[video] Warm up before the concert with zills.
[video] Warm up before the concert with a Karshilama.
 
 

Spring 2007 at U of L concert:

[slides]U of L 2007: Samovar onstage.
[slides]U of L 2007: Samovar off stage.
 
 

March 2007:

[video] Sword dance: Ruric-Amari and Theresa of Samovar.
[video] Candle dance: a study of line and shadow.
 
 

Improvisation to Music by Ut Gret

[video] Ruric joins Ut Gret for a veil improvisation to Frank Zappa's Blessed Relief.
[video] Ruric-Amari joins Ut Gret for an improvisation to the slow and lyrical Udan Mas.
[video] Piano and veil: Steve Roberts,pianist, and Ruric-Amari, dancer, improvise together.
[video] Ole, performed by Ut Gret and Ruric-Amari.
 
 

Fall 2006 at WorldFest:

[slides]WorldFest 2006: Ruric-Amari doing a zill dance and a sword dance.
[slides]WorldFest 2006: Ruric-Amari and Troupe Samovar on and off stage.

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