Fusion Fest 2010 Sera Solstice

	Lunar Movement: 9:30-11:30am May 8th, 2010 An in-depth journey into Sera's lunar movement vocabulary, and how to access the depths of the body through bellydance movement. Lunar movement is focused upon isolations and fluidity in direct relationship to expression, alignment, and honoring of the inner self. Challenging combinations develop true grace, dancers movement, extension and fluidity of the entire body.			Solar Movement: 12:15-2:15pm May 8th, 2010 An in-depth journey into the powerful expression of Sera's Solar Movement vocabulary. Solar movement is focused on expansive, travelling, fast, deep bellydance movement. Hard-driving combinations develop strength, stamina, grace through quick weight-changes, and clarity of movement. Dancers activate inner-force, balancing trust in the body, and trust in the self to move confidently in the world.
	Drum Solo Choreography: 2:30-4:30pm An advanced stew of pop n' locks, fluid breaks, and crazy layers. Set to Djinn's Special Kae Drum Solo.			Night Show Tickets at Beumont: 7pm An evening of Fusion Belly Dance at the Beaumont Club in Westport. Featurning "Sera Solstice" and Kansas City Belly Dancers. Starts at 7PM. Tickets can also be purchased through Ticket Master: Look for: "Layla Ali presents and Evening of Belly Dance" at the Beaumont Club in Westport on May 8 2010.

Sera Solstice is a performer/choreographer/instructor/artist/shaman/pioneer of Bellydance. Founder and Director of Solstice Studio: a Bellydance Studio in Times Square New York City. Sera is director and choreographer of the dance troupe Solstice, Creatrix of "East Coast Tribal" (a Tribal Fusion DVD produced by World Dance New York), and the director of the East Coast Tribal Community in NYC, a community of women who use Bellydance as a means for building self-empowerment, expression, and creativity. Sera's Choreography has been described as "complex, content-rich, sublime, technically superb, physically demanding, at the forefront of evolution of bellydance as an artform." Sera is fed artistically from underground electronic music culture as she works in collaboration with musicians such as Chronomad, Freek Factory and Sub Swara, collectives of cutting edge artists who fuel her choreographies. Sera has a passion for electronic music, but also finds balance in earthy, acoustic elements: she has participated in fire-circle culture for nearly 2 decades, therein developing bellydance as a sacred movement form, used in ritual and for healing. In 2005, Sera was invited to India to teach movement as a form of healing and empowerment for young women who had been rescued from sexual abuse and other oppressive circumstances. Sera was a full-time Sculptor upon discovery of Bellydance, and has transferred from her medium of clay and metal into the body moving through space. These experiences have opened Sera to further discovery of dance as a medium for communication, spiritual manifestation, and artistic expression. Although she challenges dancers to find deeper expression in their movements, Sera is know for being hard-driving and highly technical in class-settings. She believes one must first master their tool-set before putting it to use. Sera is a former core member of 3 internationally respected Troupes: Bellyqueen, Raqs Sahara, and The Silk Road Dance Company. Sera's foundation of technique, form, and discipline was by means of her two-year apprenticeship with Rachel Kay Brookmire (of DC's Sahara Dance). Sera is sought-after internationally for workshops and performance. Sera has 3 new DVDs produced by World Dance New York, to be released in Spring 2010.