~ Act One ~
The Library
A Library holds many secrets and tales between pages of parchment and ink. A magical book transports Scheherazade to a world where fairy tales come to life. She is confronted by the angry Sultan and she pleas for his grace. A book! She convinces the Sultan that she will tell him a story and perhaps spare her life.
Music: Emerald City (Paul Dinletir, Bellydance Evolution). Choreography: Berna
Music with special thanks to Jillina and Bellydance Evolution
A Library holds many secrets and tales between pages of parchment and ink. A magical book transports Scheherazade to a world where fairy tales come to life. She is confronted by the angry Sultan and she pleas for his grace. A book! She convinces the Sultan that she will tell him a story and perhaps spare her life.
Music: Emerald City (Paul Dinletir, Bellydance Evolution). Choreography: Berna
Music with special thanks to Jillina and Bellydance Evolution
I’ll Tell You a Story
Scheherazade begins to enchant the Sultan with her tales.
Featured Dancers: Adonia (Scheherazade) and Queen Bastet (Sultan)
Music: Love in Damascus (Lena Chamamyam). Choreography: Adonia
Scheherazade begins to enchant the Sultan with her tales.
Featured Dancers: Adonia (Scheherazade) and Queen Bastet (Sultan)
Music: Love in Damascus (Lena Chamamyam). Choreography: Adonia
Chase in the Marketplace
Her first story introduces us to Aladdin who is casually checking out the local Marketplace. Two sisters check out beautiful lanterns for sale and ladies dance and wash clothes in the courtyard. Strange characters appear - one who seems quite interested in a lantern, and a Master Thief who finds a Map. None too soon, the Thief is pointed out, the ladies treasure is discovered by Aladdin - a magical lamp!
Music: Çiftetelli and Tuta (The Mogador Band). Choreography: Berna
Her first story introduces us to Aladdin who is casually checking out the local Marketplace. Two sisters check out beautiful lanterns for sale and ladies dance and wash clothes in the courtyard. Strange characters appear - one who seems quite interested in a lantern, and a Master Thief who finds a Map. None too soon, the Thief is pointed out, the ladies treasure is discovered by Aladdin - a magical lamp!
Music: Çiftetelli and Tuta (The Mogador Band). Choreography: Berna
Aladdin's Lamp
Aladdin's lamp is powerful and has enchanted it's new owner.
Featured Soloist: Fallon (Aladdin)
Music: Mirage. Choreography: Fallon
Aladdin's lamp is powerful and has enchanted it's new owner.
Featured Soloist: Fallon (Aladdin)
Music: Mirage. Choreography: Fallon
Three Wishes - the Genie
Aladdin unleashes a powerful Genie who grants 3 wishes. How those wishes are to
be used will be up to Aladdin.
Featured Soloist: Oona
Music: Maktub (Marcus Viana). Choreography: Oona
Aladdin unleashes a powerful Genie who grants 3 wishes. How those wishes are to
be used will be up to Aladdin.
Featured Soloist: Oona
Music: Maktub (Marcus Viana). Choreography: Oona
The Master Thief
Scheherazade turns the page, ready to end her story, but what did Aladdin ask for and will the Genie grant it? Aladdin asked for riches - to assist the Genie calls upon the Master Thief who may know the location of a hidden treasure cave. The Thief is clever and very skilled at her craft - with swords and cunning.
Featured Soloist: Anela
Music: The Undertaker (Pucifer). Choreography: Anela
Scheherazade turns the page, ready to end her story, but what did Aladdin ask for and will the Genie grant it? Aladdin asked for riches - to assist the Genie calls upon the Master Thief who may know the location of a hidden treasure cave. The Thief is clever and very skilled at her craft - with swords and cunning.
Featured Soloist: Anela
Music: The Undertaker (Pucifer). Choreography: Anela
Jewels
But wishes are not granted without trials… A dimly lit cavern appears. Genie reveals three golden doors which hold beautiful dancing Jewels and a path forward to the Cave of Gold.
But how can they gain entrance?
Featured Soloists: Melanie. Isabel and Al-Anqa
Music: Tigris, Taksims of Slow Chifti (Eddie the Sheik Kochak), El Samar (Mogador Band)
Choreography: Melanie, Isabel and Al-Anqa
But wishes are not granted without trials… A dimly lit cavern appears. Genie reveals three golden doors which hold beautiful dancing Jewels and a path forward to the Cave of Gold.
But how can they gain entrance?
Featured Soloists: Melanie. Isabel and Al-Anqa
Music: Tigris, Taksims of Slow Chifti (Eddie the Sheik Kochak), El Samar (Mogador Band)
Choreography: Melanie, Isabel and Al-Anqa
The Cave of Gold
After several attempts… “Success!” The doors open, revealing a beautiful cavern of shimmering Jewels, Treasure and GOLD!
Music: Windows of the East (Ron Goodwin). Choreography: Berna
Sinbad's Adventure
Aladdin reminds Genie, there are 2 more wishes. Genie then calls for the pirate Sinbad who may know a way to find more riches. We land on the deck of Sinbad’s ship traversing on a sea voyage. The tempestuous seas rise up and Rogue Wave sends the sailors overboard into the dark waters.
Featured Soloist: Ailur (Sinbad)
Featured Duet: Firefly (The Rogue Wave)
Music: Oceana (Bellydance Evolution), Medusa's Fury (Bellydance Evolution)
Choreography: Ailur, Berna and Firefly
The Ocean Depths
Sinbad and the sailors are struggling to stay above water. Thankfully, a few mermaids and a school of jellyfish were around to lend a helping bubble to send the sailors back to land.
Music: At the End of the Day (Amin Tobin) and Into the Deep (Bellydance Evolution)
Choreography: Berna
The Water's Edge
Turing the page, the sailors move on, but the 1st Mate is stunned and entranced. A stirring in the corner of the eye reveals the presence of something beautiful and sinister rising from the weeds. The curiosity of the Rusalka - a River Nymph, beckons the First Mate toward their doom, her dance entrancing them away from their own thoughts and mind. But before ensnarement can take hold, orbs rise from the surrounding forest, surrounding the sailor with warmth to carry them away from the now infuriated river nymph.
Featured Soloist: Taschen (Rusalka)
Music: Evil Chapel (Fable Soundtrack, Russell Shaw/Danny Elfman) and Bondaze (Amanati)
Choreography: Taschen
The Night
Scheherazade turns the page, ready to end her story, but what about the two sisters from the Marketplace? What was that being we saw? Ah! A new tale begins - When this being interferes with the two sisters, tragedy strikes. Grief threatens to consume the survivor. The being Yin creates night to allow time to flow, while Yang brings back light, order, and a chance for healing.
Featured Soloist: Kirah (Sister 1) with Calixta Starr (Sister 2)
Music: Fire On Ice - Bijan Mortazavi
Choreography: Kirah
Yin Yang
So who are these entities of mischief and excitement? We turn the page again, and formless chaos surrounds us. After countless millennia, the chaos coalesces into a cosmic egg. This primordial egg now contains balanced chaos, a perfect mixture of Yin and Yang, and Pan Gu. As the Cosmic egg opens up, you the audience become Pan Gu, and ask yourself: will you help the energies rise to become sky or sink to become earth? Follow as Yin and Yang, the complimentary forces, guide you in restoring balance as the opposite, but the interconnected cycle continues.
Featured Soloists: Merika Lo of Antipode Dance (Yin) and Ayla Almee of Antipode Dance (Yang)
Music: Back On The Path (Witcher 3 Soundtrack, Przybyłowicz & Schuttenbach)and
Soul of Dragon (Bo & Sabin)
Choreography: Ayla Almee of Antipode Dance
Dark Forest
We step into The Dark Forest. There is a quiet and eerie presence. We see the orbs appear again - they revel themselves to be the spirits from the Tree of Life, whose timeless wisdom speaks of destiny, grief, and love. Despite the light in the dark, a Wolf prowls near.
Music: SAND (Nathan Lanier). Choreography: Berna
Turing the page, the sailors move on, but the 1st Mate is stunned and entranced. A stirring in the corner of the eye reveals the presence of something beautiful and sinister rising from the weeds. The curiosity of the Rusalka - a River Nymph, beckons the First Mate toward their doom, her dance entrancing them away from their own thoughts and mind. But before ensnarement can take hold, orbs rise from the surrounding forest, surrounding the sailor with warmth to carry them away from the now infuriated river nymph.
Featured Soloist: Taschen (Rusalka)
Music: Evil Chapel (Fable Soundtrack, Russell Shaw/Danny Elfman) and Bondaze (Amanati)
Choreography: Taschen
The Night
Scheherazade turns the page, ready to end her story, but what about the two sisters from the Marketplace? What was that being we saw? Ah! A new tale begins - When this being interferes with the two sisters, tragedy strikes. Grief threatens to consume the survivor. The being Yin creates night to allow time to flow, while Yang brings back light, order, and a chance for healing.
Featured Soloist: Kirah (Sister 1) with Calixta Starr (Sister 2)
Music: Fire On Ice - Bijan Mortazavi
Choreography: Kirah
Yin Yang
So who are these entities of mischief and excitement? We turn the page again, and formless chaos surrounds us. After countless millennia, the chaos coalesces into a cosmic egg. This primordial egg now contains balanced chaos, a perfect mixture of Yin and Yang, and Pan Gu. As the Cosmic egg opens up, you the audience become Pan Gu, and ask yourself: will you help the energies rise to become sky or sink to become earth? Follow as Yin and Yang, the complimentary forces, guide you in restoring balance as the opposite, but the interconnected cycle continues.
Featured Soloists: Merika Lo of Antipode Dance (Yin) and Ayla Almee of Antipode Dance (Yang)
Music: Back On The Path (Witcher 3 Soundtrack, Przybyłowicz & Schuttenbach)and
Soul of Dragon (Bo & Sabin)
Choreography: Ayla Almee of Antipode Dance
Dark Forest
We step into The Dark Forest. There is a quiet and eerie presence. We see the orbs appear again - they revel themselves to be the spirits from the Tree of Life, whose timeless wisdom speaks of destiny, grief, and love. Despite the light in the dark, a Wolf prowls near.
Music: SAND (Nathan Lanier). Choreography: Berna
~ Act Two~
The Wolf
Into the Wolf's den, we see a glimpse of the power of the pack as a wayward deer barely makes it out.
As the story continues, we find dear Scheherazade unknowingly more inside the story, then the storyteller. Stalked by hungry wolf pups, a shadowy figure creeps past carrying a lantern.
As light begins to fade, the wolves prowl and hunt our heroine down. Will she make it out? The Sultan arrives just in time to help her and they escape - however Scheherazade's book was stolen!
Featured soloist: Fallon
Music: Revolt (Nathan Lanier)
and Mawoud Part II from Aziza’s Promise
Mawoud Part II with special thanks to Aziza
Choreography Fallon and Berna
The Sultan
Her book stolen, with no stories to tell, Scheherazade looks to the Sultan. Now seeing themselves more in the story and under threat, the Sultan may have changed their mind about the situation. Possibly they are more partners then foes, the Sultan expresses their true heart. However, danger has not yet passed and the Wolf is close by - they are forced to split up.
Featured soloist: Queen Bastet
Music: The Lantern (Beats Antique)
Choreography: Queen Bastet
Lil' Red Riding Hood
Wolf returns looking for the one that got away and stumbles upon its next victim, Lil’ Red Riding Hood. The hooded woman, however, is a seasoned huntress and she proves to be a formidable foe.
Featured soloist: Faerima with Fallon
Music: Prodigy (Nathan Lanier)
Choreography: Faerima
Into the Wolf's den, we see a glimpse of the power of the pack as a wayward deer barely makes it out.
As the story continues, we find dear Scheherazade unknowingly more inside the story, then the storyteller. Stalked by hungry wolf pups, a shadowy figure creeps past carrying a lantern.
As light begins to fade, the wolves prowl and hunt our heroine down. Will she make it out? The Sultan arrives just in time to help her and they escape - however Scheherazade's book was stolen!
Featured soloist: Fallon
Music: Revolt (Nathan Lanier)
and Mawoud Part II from Aziza’s Promise
Mawoud Part II with special thanks to Aziza
Choreography Fallon and Berna
The Sultan
Her book stolen, with no stories to tell, Scheherazade looks to the Sultan. Now seeing themselves more in the story and under threat, the Sultan may have changed their mind about the situation. Possibly they are more partners then foes, the Sultan expresses their true heart. However, danger has not yet passed and the Wolf is close by - they are forced to split up.
Featured soloist: Queen Bastet
Music: The Lantern (Beats Antique)
Choreography: Queen Bastet
Lil' Red Riding Hood
Wolf returns looking for the one that got away and stumbles upon its next victim, Lil’ Red Riding Hood. The hooded woman, however, is a seasoned huntress and she proves to be a formidable foe.
Featured soloist: Faerima with Fallon
Music: Prodigy (Nathan Lanier)
Choreography: Faerima
Down the Rabbit Hole
Managing to evade the Wolf, Lil’ Red glimpses a white rabbit. Who is this rabbit, and why do they have a clock? The rabbit enchants the huntress into a rabbit hole and they fall through a swirling vortex, bringing discord while splitting Yin from Yang.
Featured soloist: Freyja
Music: Prodigy (Nathan Lanier)
Choreography: Berna and Freyja
Wonderland
The vortex drops Lil' Red and the White Rabbit into the middle of a psychedelic tea party hosted by the Queen of Hearts. Drink and eat your fill but beware - you must keep your head!
Music: White Rabbit, Arabic version (Mayssa Karaa)
Concept and Choreography: Oona
The Cheshire Cat
The Cheshire Cat has a bit of fun as she tangles with her favorite toy!
Featured Soloist: Al-Anqa
Music: Stray Cat Strut (Stray Cats)
Choreography: Al-Anqa
A Dark and Enchanted Forest
Disharmony continues as the Vortex opens again. Scheherazade is stumbling through a dark section of the woods looking for her book which may be their only escape. Maleficent arrives with her murder of crows and other monsters that dwell in the dark. Deep in the enchanted forest you will find things that are unknown, friend or foe depending on who is telling the story... you better stay clever if you want to survive.
Featured Performer: Belladonna and Bohemian Bellydance
Music: Edits by Belladonna featuring Dark Outside (Klergy & Marie Gallo);
Once Upon a Dream (Lana Del Rey); Monsters by Ruelle
Choreography: Belladonna
Evil Stepsisters
The pages seem to keep turning and The Prince calls upon the White Rabbit to deliver a message. Three competitive stepsisters are eager to receive the invitation! Cinderella, a beautiful young lady, is forced to be a maid to her evil stepsisters helping them get dressed for the ball.
Featured Performers: Lindsey McCormick, Queen Bastet and Jaelynn
Music: Al Hobbi Koulloo (Cairo Orchestra) and The Boy is Mine (Brandy and Monica)
Choreography: Lindsey McCormick, Queen Bastet and Jaelynn
Cinderella
Cinderella, alone and sad cleans up and dreams of the ball. She walks into the garden and a Fairy Godmother hears her sad tears and brings bluebirds to help cheer her up. Magically, she creates a beautiful flock of peacocks to escort Cinderella to the ball.
Featured Performers: Yzzah (Baladi solo) and Berna (Fairy Godmother)
Music: Baladi - Leylit Shahrzad - Shahrzad (Accordion Solo)
Fairy Godmother - Shenzaz Longa (Tanyeli)
Choreography: Baladi - Yzzah
Fairy Godmother: Faerima with Berna
Peacock Garden
The Fairy Godmother takes Cinderella to the enchanting Peacock Garden filled with gorgeous tales, where she is transformed into an elegant young lady, ready to fulfill her destiny. However, she must be on her way before the clock strikes 12.
Music: Peacock Garden - Dansoz Dunya (Tanyeli)
Cinderella solo - Sharazat
Choreography: Peacock Garden - Berna
Solo - Yzzah
The Banshee
Midnight, the darkest hour. The road home for our duo, the Sultan and Scheherazade, is paved with unexpected danger as they cross paths with an eerie and terrifying creature carrying a lantern. With a fierce scream, the creature is revealed to be the sister from the forest, now twisted into a Banshee seeking revenge, who almost ends our heroine's life.
Featured Performer: Calixta Starr
Music: Edits by Calixta Starr
Choreography: Calixta Starr
A Dream of Home
The Banshee has placed Scheherazade in a deep sleep. In a Dream, the kind spirits return to show her the light and she awakens from her slumber to see the Sultan. 1001 tales later and she has saved her own life and the two have fallen in love. The Library doors open and the Fairy Godmother has managed to find her book and bring it to her rightful owner. All of the tales seem to come to life, and they lived happily ever after.
Music: Dream - Immortal Love (Bellydance Evolution)
Back to the Library - Emerald City - Reprise (Bellydance Evolution)
Choreography: Berna
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PRINCIPAL CAST SCHEHERAZADE - ADONIA SULTAN - QUEEN BASTET ALADDIN/WOLF - FALLON GENIE/CATERPILLAR - OONA LIL’ RED RIDING HOOD - FAERIMA CINDERELLA - YZZAH FAIRY GODMOTHER - BERNA |
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FEATURED PERFORMERS SINBAD - AILUR MASTER THIEF - ANELA WHITE RABBIT - FREYJA SEA MONSTER WAVE - FIRELY (TARAHNEH and BOUDICCA) The CHESHIRE CAT - AL-ANQA The NIGHT - KIRAH |
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ENSEMBLE MELANIE CAIRISTIONA MATHILDE HAYATI JAELYNN TISHA |
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ENSEMBLE SUZAN VIA NASHITA CALLUNA TRACY ISABEL |
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GUEST ARTISTS BANSHEE - CALLIXTA STARR MALEFICENT and HER MURDER - BELLADONNA and BOHEMIAN BELLYDANCE YIN YANG - ANTIPODE DANCE RUSALKA (RIVER NYMPH)- TASCHEN STEPSISTERS- QUEEN BASTET, JAELYNN, LINDSEY McCORMICK |
OPENING ACT ARTISTS
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SALIMPOUR COLLECTIVE DC The Salimpour Collectives are volunteer groups of certified Salimpour dancers who organize together to celebrate culture and community through belly dance. These groups strive to present responsible representation of this art form, music, and culture through performance as well as providing a support network for other Salimpour School dancers. With Salimpour Licensed Instructor Donna Eileen (Sterling, VA) serving as Group Leader, Salimpour Collective DC has been able to connect dancers from New Jersey to Virginia. Follow the Salimpour Collective DC on Instagram at @dcsalimpourcollective. MUSIC: Ala Nar and Sallam Allay (Suhaila Salimpour’s 1990 Ala Nar Blvd; Dom Dom by Mahmoud El Esseily |
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SAHARA DANCE COMPANY Our second performance pieces are by teachers and students from the renowned Middle Eastern belly dance studio, Sahara Dance, located in Tenleytown in the heart of Washington DC. Sahara Dance offers over 30 weekly belly dance, folkloric, fusion, and kids world dance classes, in addition to workshops, shows and international retreats! Please enjoy an Egyptian Raqs Sharqi choreography, performed by Alma and Julie, followed by a Latin belly dance fusion piece, performed by Christina and Gretchen. |
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PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Bernadette Law
STAGE MANAGER: Barbara Castellion
STAGE CREW: Greg Hennessey and Paul Witter
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS: Tisha Kramer, Maddie Grant and Kay Beyers
SET DESIGN: Kenny and Jen West
LIGHTING: Arthur Vale (Franklin Parks Arts)
STAGE MANAGER: Barbara Castellion
STAGE CREW: Greg Hennessey and Paul Witter
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS: Tisha Kramer, Maddie Grant and Kay Beyers
SET DESIGN: Kenny and Jen West
LIGHTING: Arthur Vale (Franklin Parks Arts)
SPECIAL THANKS TO...
The musicians and song makers are the voice of our dance. Special thanks to Jillina's Bellydance Evolution and Aziza who kindly leant their original music for a few pieces:
LIBRARY - “Emerald City” by Paul Dinletir, Bellydance Evolution
jillina.mykajabi.com/jillinashop
ALONE IN THE WOODS - “Mawoud Part II” from Aziza’s Promise
aziza.tv/
Plus all of our fans, friends, family, volunteers and everyone who makes the Dream possible.
The musicians and song makers are the voice of our dance. Special thanks to Jillina's Bellydance Evolution and Aziza who kindly leant their original music for a few pieces:
LIBRARY - “Emerald City” by Paul Dinletir, Bellydance Evolution
jillina.mykajabi.com/jillinashop
ALONE IN THE WOODS - “Mawoud Part II” from Aziza’s Promise
aziza.tv/
Plus all of our fans, friends, family, volunteers and everyone who makes the Dream possible.