ssipes
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About ssipes

About Me

I am a professional dancer and instructor with the Nile Breeze Dance Company in southern Illinois. I'm also a silk artist making silk veils and custom fitted charmeuse circle skirts; email me to inquire about a custom job, or see my wares at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sedoniaraqs">Sedonia's Etsy Store</a>

My Favorite Dancers

Egyptians: Fifi, Mona, Sohair, Randa, Aziza of Cairo. Americans: Sahra Kent, Ranya Renee, Ahava, Sandra, Aradia, many more!. Canadians: Aziza, Amelia. Europeans: Aida Hassan, Darya Mitskevitch, Artemisia.

My Favorite Costumes

Pharonics of Egypt, baby! My current favorite costume is the turquoise mesh dress shown in my photo gallery. I like anything that elongates my torso and doesn't swallow me up with overly-long fringe. I don't care too much for the currrent haute couture Egyptian designer's costumes.

My Dance/Music Style

Egyptian

My Favorite Music

Oum Kalthoum songs, stuff by Abdel Halim Haifez, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Farid El Atrache. I love soulful, ooey-gooey, sublime, non-synthesized music, especially with violins and oud. And kanoun. And drums. Big fan of the serpentine.org CDs. I like having hard-to-get music that hardly any one else has! (although I generally end up dancing to well-known pieces).

My Inspirations

A predictable lineup: Fifi, Mona, Sohair.

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Your Location

southern Illinois

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southern Illinois, USA