4 women reflecting on femininity, sex and power through rhythm dance and the body Integrating flamenco and belly dance with Middle Eastern music

  Michaella Avivit Lillie Mierav

Date: Saturday 3 March 2007

Time: 8:30pm

Venue: Spiro Ark Tzavta Centre – 25-26 Enford St, W1

Price: £10 / £7 (concessions)

The show is about the relationship between personal growth and dancing. A chronological series of dreams and observations on femininity manifested through images of the goddess. Four women finding their own way to commune with the divine as part of life's journey, celebrating the rhythms of their lives. Their dance is a language that reunites the body, mind, and soul.

Michaella is one of London’s leading belly dance artists and teachers. She appears at leading venues including Momo, Souk, the Walthamstow Festival, the Turkish Festival, the Spirit of Camden, the Rise Festival, etc. In September 2005 Michaella choreographed and performed at the V&A London Fashion Week.

Avivit is a unique and profound singer. She performed in various venues and festivals in the UK and abroad like the Spits, Momo, Cargo, and the Glastonbury festival, the big green gathering, the Civic Festival Barcelona, genesis festival – Israel, Singapore, Ireland and more,

Lillie is a professional belly dance artist in the UK who performs and teaches therapeutic belly dance as well as traditional forms over 10 years. She performs all styles with a wide range of ethnic dances from all over the Arab world, and the Mediterranean.

Mierav Ben Eli is a flamenco dancer and singer who performs and teaches internationally.

 In her teaching she aims to help students find their own style and a sense of self as artist in the context of self and body awareness.