Descent: Dances of the Dark Goddess:
DESIRE
It has been told since the time before remembrance…
Each and every year, the Goddess makes her Descent into the Underworld.
The Dark Goddess…ancient and eternal aspect of the Divine Feminine, modern archetypal force. A figure of worship, awe, horror, fascination; a force of destruction, creation, beauty, death, sex, rebirth…
She is one who descends; She is guide for all who make the descending journey. Lady of the Great Below…
The Underworld…
…a dark place of shadow and taboo, of reckoning and utter vulnerability, of spirit and psyche and truest self; of sex and violence, yet of ultimate peace and healing.
Indeed, we can see Her journey’s influence on the seasons of life and death, of Nature reborn in Spring and Her surrender during the Fall…back into the earth, waiting for rebirth…
Immortal…
In the season ruled by Hades, during the darkening of the moon and the waning of the year: The Dark Queen and the Madwoman, the Temple Priestess and the Sacred Harlot, The Destroyer and the Lover, the Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt, the dance of the different forces that live within every woman: romance, innocence, fear, darkness, danger, passion, DESIRE…behold some of the darkly feminine themes explored by the artists of Descent…
Where do Eros, the Sacred, and the dark heart of the Underworld intersect?
We answer this question with the art of bellydance…
The Show: Saturday, Oct 10, 8pm
Doors open at 7pm
The First Universalist Society Sanctuary
211 Bridge St, Salem, MA
Artists include:
JeniViva (NYC)
Sarah Jezebel Wood (of Solstice Ensemble - NYC)
Erica Joan (NYC)
Alia Thabit (VT)
Ela Rogers
Vadalna Tribal Dance Co.
Jesi
Troupe Moirae
Aepril Schaile and Exquisite Corpse Dance Theatre
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Vending by:
Laurie Cabot’s The Cat, the Crow, and the Crown
Fool’s Mansion
Knights Templar Oasis
Sassy Sparkles, Too!
Wings of Sin
After party at DARQ
Salem’s Industrial-Goth-Synthpop-EBM-Fetish-Techno night
at Bangkok Paradise (just one block from the show)
90 Washington St. Salem, MA
Come experience Witch City during its most exciting and intriguing time of year: October! All locations within very close walking distance of the T train line, and to each other! Book your hotel accommodations NOW, as these go fast! Event map
Workshops: Saturday October 10, 12-5:30pm
Both workshops held at the Salem YMCA
1 Sewall St, Salem, MA
A portion of the proceeds from the Descent workshops go to support the Salem YMCA’s Partnership in Youth program for at-risk youth.
Register for the workshops now!
Sarah Jezebel Wood
12- 2pm
Sarah Jezebel Wood (East Coast Tribal technique teacher):
Sultry, Sophisticated, and Dark
A core member of Sera’s Solstice Ensemble of NYC (who, by the way, put on THE performance of the season at Spring Rakkasah and at Tribal Fest 2009), Sarah will extensively explore multi-level Tribal technique with us: muscular isolations, quick and slow expansive movements, drills and combinations with a flare for the daring, bold, expressive and captivating; visiting such themes as desire, lust, sophistication and drama, dancing with intention, expression and character. Sarah says: Our inspiration is the dark muse which dances to the strings of men’s hearts and souls…More
- Jenviva
2:30-5:30 pm
Jeniviva
Belle Raqs: 3 hours of Dark Glamour!
Not only is JeniViva an amazingly captivating and extraordinary talent on the stage, but she is also an artist of Beauty, Elegance, and Glamour. JeniViva will show us how to create an appearance of dark sensuality, intensity and drama with make-up for the Gothic and Fusion Bellydancer (and for those who just want to create an intense, dramatic look). Dark glamour infused with the allure of Gothic beauty for stage and scene with such looks as: Smoldering Temptress: An intense, smokey eye look, and Gothic Tribal: featuring black and silver shadow, extreme eye-liner, and face symbols from regional areas like Morocco and Tunisia…More
(Download list of Jeniviva’s workshop materials)
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