One of Fact & Fable’s VideoCinematographers is temporarily resident in Seattle fulfilling a much-awaited engagement.  She is shooting footage of at least ten world-class dancers.  This footage will eventually appear as dance-instructional DVDs, a doccumentary for the Seattle Arts channel, Internet Infomercials, and, among other things, footage for Internet Television around the subject of dance.  These are a few of the venues Petrushka, a.k.a. ‘peashooter’ will be filming at:  Spice Box Theater, The Pyramid Lounge, Visionary Dance Studios, and Med-Fest.

And instructional DVD about belly dancing with fire has been released by Leslie Rosen of Raq Serpentine Troupe; Leslie Rosen co-hosts a dance performance evening on the first Monday of every month at the Pyramid Lounge in Seattle, Washington.  Leslie Rosen will also be attending the annual Burning Man Event in Nevada.

Belly Dance lessons are in high demand - At least according to TIME.

In a recent article to be released in the August issue, Time Magazine reports that enrollment in Belly Dance classes is at all all time high, and sales of Belly Dance-related books and tapes are on the rise.

Time  correspondent COELI CARR writes:

Fahtiem is a master belly-dance instructor with no wiggle room in her schedule. She gives private lessons at her Los Angeles studio seven days a week, teaches at two colleges and is employed by three cities to offer group classes at their recreation centers. “I have enough work to keep me busy almost all day, seven days a week,” she says.

Carr goes on to explain that it’s not just about the culture or the sensuous movements - many people belly dance to get a good workout.  It seems Belly Dance is quite an athletic activity.  Writes Carr:

there are a host of new belly-dance videos with titles like Cardio Shimmy and Pure Sweat to show how it’s done. “What we’re doing is creating physical movement that has nothing to do with having an emotional connection with the culture,” explains Berkeley, Calif., instructor Suhaila Salimpour, whose Fitness Fusion series of videos was released early this year.

You can read this article in its entirety on Time’s website:

Belly-Dance Boom on Time.com

For more exciting developments in the world of Dance and Fusion, stay tuned to WorldFusionDance.com