Roula Said & The Roulettes:...

Join Roula Said & The Roulettes:RM2 (featuring Mayada & Meaghan Shields) as they provide a refreshing take on bellydance at the 2008 Luminato Festival of Arts & Creativity. RM2 will deliver two performance and workshop presentations as part of Luminat'eau: Carnival H2O, giving focus to the delicious fluidity of bellydance. This weekend-long water carnival transforms the heart of Toronto’s waterfront into a joyous riot of creativity and celebration to enrapture all of your senses. So come one, come all and get down with your watery selves & RM2 at Luminat'eau: Carnival H2O.

Roula Said & The Roulettes:RM2 @ Luminat'eau: Carnival H2O
Saturday, June 14
1PM at the Parking Lot Tent
5PM on the Toronto Star Stage
FREE!

Check out the Luminato website for more information on this festival or art and culture in Toronto.

Om Laila Troupe Performance...

The Om Laila Troupe will be performing as part of the Floozy Cabaret, in support of Floozy:The Musical premiering at this year's Fringe Festival. There will be many musical, theatrical and other bizarre performance spectacles to behold, as well as drinks.
Come on out and show some love for Om Laila and art in Toronto!

Floozy Cabaret
Saturday, May 24 @ 7:30PM
$10 @ the door
Annex Theatre

Whirling @ The Day of Delight

Roula Said, joined by 6 others (including Meaghan Shields and Jayne Walling of Om Laila Bellydance) will present a Dervish-style whirling spectacle as part of the 6th annual Day of Delight, organized by Clay & Paper Theatre at Dufferin Grove Park.   The audience will have the unique experience of walking a labyrinth that wends its way around the whirlers.

The Day of Delight brings together collaborators of all artistic disciplines to contribute works on themes of Love, Courtship and Desire, within the context and tradition of outdoor performance in public space. This includes theatre, music, dance, spectacle, poetry, installation and puppetry.
For more information on Clay & Paper Theatre, check out their website.

Day of Delight
Saturday, June 14 @ 1PM
Dufferin Grove Park (map)

FUNKaBELLY!

FUNKaBELLY Monthly Freestyle Bellydance Party

NEXT DATE: Saturday, June 14

Go to the dedicated site for more details and beautiful pictures/video:
www.funkabelly.com

DJ: Medicineman
Mistress of shimmies: Roula Said

$10 at the door

805 Dovercourt Road, 1st Floor

9:00pm - 1:00am

www.funkabelly.com
"Free your ass and your mind will follow"

Join us on the fabulous first floor of the Dovercourt House and bring your funked up friends!!. These parties are an invitation to let your hair down, whip out your favourite moves, and dance your heart out. With a warm setting that is the perfect cross between a club and a studio, the stage is set to move past inhibition and artifice into a state of true flow and pleasure in movement. DJ Medicineman spins the tunes and each party features amazing guest dancers to delight and inspire. The tunes will definitely rock you and get you dancing without the techno assault of most club music. Your hostess and mistress of shimmies, Roula, will keep it all humming and help grow the love.

WARNING: FUNKaBELLY has been known to cause spontaneous whirling, ecstatic zaar, earth shaking shimmies, and serious joy!





FUNKaBELLY guest line-up from previous dates:

Saturday, February 2, 2008
Bellydance, Boas and Bonbons: A Red-hot Valentine Bash

• Heathir Laurent - gorgeous tribal and cabart style dancer
• Hiba Al Kinani - Very Juicy Iraqi-Canadian Bellydance Goddess
• Mirage - Awesome young bellydance ensemble

Tuesday, October 30 - SPECIAL KILLIN' HALLOWEEN EDITION

• The NEW Roulettes - Roula / Meaghan / Mayada
• The Navel Academy - Student Troupe ( Elaana, Elana, Karen)
• Chantal Dos Santos
• Foxy Wonder Women
• Special Guest Duo from Nuit Blanche - Anisa and Amara

Tuesday, September 25

* Amara
* Meaghan Shields
* Chantal Dos Santos

Tuesday, August 28

* Zahira (Thania),
* Joany Gavreau of Femicity
* Valizan!!
* Roula

Bellydance venues in Toronto

Check the following bellydancing venues at the following locations:

ZAHIRA (Thania) performs regularly at PAN on the Danforth, Fridays and Saturdays @ 9:00 pm,
516 Danforth Ave. Tel. 416 466-8158
Check the following bellydancing venues at the following locations:

ZAHIRA (Thania) performs regularly at PAN on the Danforth, Fridays and Saturdays @ 9:00 pm,
516 Danforth Ave. Tel. 416 466-8158

CHRISTINA'S (restaurant)                                             
535 Danforth Avenue (416) 463-4418 or /www.christinas.ca                                           

MYTH (restaurant & lounge)
417 Danforth Avenue. (416) 461-8383

JERUSALEM (restaurant)
Leslie & Finch. (416) 490-7888

SULTAN'S TENT (restaurant)
49 Front St. E. 416-961-0601 or www.thesultanstent.com
CHRISTINA'S (restaurant)                                              
535 Danforth Avenue (416) 463-4418 or /www.christinas.ca                                            

MYTH (restaurant & lounge)
417 Danforth Avenue. (416) 461-8383

JERUSALEM (restaurant)
Leslie & Finch. (416) 490-7888

SULTAN'S TENT (restaurant)
49 Front St. E. 416-961-0601 or www.thesultanstent.com