Pirate Belly Dance Photo Album

Me dancing again @ MDRF

2009-04-16T17:58:03Z

It was so hot I had to take the hat off :'(

Me Dancing To Wolgemut

2009-04-16T17:23:31Z

Here's one of me actually dancing as opposed to just posing like a ham :)

Me again At Maryland Ren Faire

2009-04-16T17:22:41Z

Is it sad that I would dress like this everyday if I could???!!!

My Dirty Gypsy Pirate Get up :)

2009-04-16T17:21:28Z

I even have a pin that says so :)

New Pirate BD Costume

2009-02-22T15:23:49Z

For the KC Pirate Ball: http://pyrate.org/ball.html

Ojos De Brujo

2009-01-16T18:34:45Z

I found this photo on the group's website: http://www.ojosdebrujo.com/ The woman is called Marina "la Canillas". Here's her biography: Marina "la Canillas" ] In a band without leaders, it can be difficult for her to stand on the stage as its voice and image. She writes lyrics and composes much of the music, sings, raps, plays the cajon and the 'palmas' (handclaps). She is also the vision behind the band's graphic aesthetic. Her musical cohorts refer to her as the bullet-head of the band and hone in on her energy and relentless search to know people as who they are and not what they seem. Not only is her social consciousness is central to the concept of the band, but also her edgy way-of-life that springs from her experience in experimental performance and theatre in clubs, squats, and feminist collectives, where she would run multi-media and clothes-recycling parties with her friends from Valencia. With an all-female group called 'Agüita Troop,' she ran a series of shows dedicated to woman's problems in the Arab world, and of the problem of self-esteem and objectifying femininity in the play "This is Not an Invitation for You to Rape Me," performed from a catwalk. The stage is Marina's creative space. She loves to dress up, disguise herself and combine styles, which she believes goes well beyond the clothes themselves. That everything speaks to who you really are: from the raps to the moon-covered skirt to the Hindi spot between your eyebrows, all marks of independence. Everyone in the group says she is the one who remembers from where they have come and can see where they are going. Her attitude on stage says it, her lyrics speak it. She composes with the energy and sensations of real life, keeping an eye out for those less-fortunate. She is convinced that art betters the human being; if art is sold, she argues, man is also sold. Describing music as a direct channel to the heart, she defends it as one of our most essential rights. She counts on a positive and constructive attitude to confront change and chaos. She has a profound connection with the the harsh side of life, and the places in which she lived brought her more than just rumba and flamenco, and is always conscious of social inequality and the lack of opportunity for some classes. Although she was a theatrical child with a constant sense of music, she never thought of being a singer. (She met with friends to listen to albums and lip-sync in front of the mirror like other kids. From there she went to singing with a choir, which would impress upon her the importance of singing with others. In Valencia ("we all have to come from somewhere," she says), she would get together with the 'flamenquillos' (flamenco-lovers) of the neighborhood to learn the rhythms and jam on the cajon, and she studied conga with a Cuban friend. During this period she participated in the 'Solea Industrial,' an experience which led her to record factory sounds on a computer and fashion them into solea rhythms. A flamenco-lover always, but also a performer with a highly unorthodox image. A woman, a non-gypsy, with hair cut short and some dreadlocks in back, dressed in chains and singing industrial soleas. She had all the ingredients of an Ojos de Brujo member, and their paths would cross one summmer in Formentera. She would perform a small flamenco repertoire in the 'terrazas' (bars) during the day, and one night she met Juanlu, Dani Macaco and Maxwell Wright, and they started jamming. Shortly after, she started rapping over the first songs of 'Vengue' on a car cassette player. Although Juanlu convinced her to come to Barcelona, a year went by until they met again by chance in a squat called 'Les Naus' in Barcelona. It was there that the spark started, and she met Ramon in an apartment in Escudillers, where everything began to take shape. Marina says it was like lofe at first sight, and the personal and musical connection became clear. A month later she left Valencia to live in Barcelona, and to join a band that shared not only work, but life.

John Levique Pirate Fest 2008

2008-11-15T11:55:29Z

Second piratey costume goodness (red and green): 1. hat! (finally!) 2. bra and belt set 3. off the shoulder peasant top 4. bustled overskirt 5. tier skirt 6. harem pants (pulled up so they came to the knee) 7. boots

John Levique Pirate Fest 2007

2008-11-15T11:52:11Z

Early pirate gear: 1. bustled up skirt 2. knee length lacey pantaloons 3. head scarf with feathers and other junk 4. lace-up sleeves with big circular foofyness 5. coin bra 6. double hip scarves (one worn normal, one worn over it in the front)

Hey Swords are for dancing......

2008-07-26T04:12:18Z

Maui Waui Coffee and Bellydance

Pirates Pet...Mer-me

2008-07-26T04:09:55Z

The Copper Mermaid

The battle is on!

2008-06-12T03:00:19Z

Pirates in the Street

2008-06-12T02:58:34Z

John's Pass Pirate Fest

AdeebA Korsana

2008-04-26T04:50:41Z

AdeebA Korsana

2008-04-26T04:46:57Z

Maricopa County Fair 08.

My pirate wristband

2008-04-15T14:31:17Z

Skull with swords in front, with 2 smaller skull and crossbones on side, one on right with a eyepatch.. wooo

yar! that be a pirate hat?

2008-03-27T16:26:11Z

This is my dance instructor Chandra

Saahira..........Pyrate Bellydancer!!!

2008-02-29T03:42:34Z

Disney PoTC Limited Edition Cloth map

2008-01-24T14:08:36Z

11" x 17" so fairly big. Not what I was expecting, Really nice mailbox surprise : D

101_1103.JPG

2007-12-05T01:16:50Z

PotC dance

2007-12-05T01:15:23Z

Jack Sparrow Bag

2007-11-26T14:48:29Z

http://people.tribe.net/erikaschiquis/blog/6cb10f2f-2c43-4654-9128-321dc0c15d60

Pirate Tempest Corset Belt

2007-11-26T14:47:48Z

http://people.tribe.net/erikaschiquis/blog/be2b4702-5866-4205-907f-7c1d0cdeb34e

St Pete Pirate Fest

2007-11-19T01:45:41Z

Pirate Belly dancer

2007-11-01T11:14:20Z

Made the skirt top hair flowers jack sparrow coin hair piece Tempest corset belt Feathers(on back) Feather disk(on back) What I didn't make Choker potc medallion necklace potc davy jones key necklace head dress pirate barrette pirate hair combs arm bands belly drape earrings Chinese dragon flats(wore those to work and wore pirate boots in the evening)

Pirate necklaces

2007-10-26T00:19:41Z

http://people.tribe.net/erikaschiquis/blog/c3be7f7d-bed5-4fd5-abe5-028b7914c786