Location: Orange Room – 2885 Ettie Street, Oakland, California Doors: 8:00pm
Performance sets: 9pm, 10pm, 11pm + Midnight Improv. set Open Dancing before, between and after performance sets. End time: 1 or 2am or later (we’ll play late if you stay late). Donation: Open donation, suggested $15-20+
100% of door Proceeds will be donated to California Camp Fire victims through a local organization.
Dance is the poetry of genuine human experience, and Tatyana is a lifelong student of its forms and rhythms. Inspired by her fellow dancers, her teachers and mentors, and the music itself, she is excited to share her art with you tonight.
Laura Cunradi lives in San Francisco and is a member of Khepri Dance Company.
Representing Al-hambra Tribal Dance are Leigh Anne and Melissa. They will present a dance inspired by the World Fusion stylings of Wendy Marlatt.
Tessera Tribal is a FatChanceBellyDance® Sister Studio dedicated to performing American Tribal Style® (ATS®) belly dance in the Bay Area and beyond. Known for their innovative formations and keen musicality, Tessera’s Movement Dialect pushes the boundaries of ATS® while remaining true to the spirit of effortless and organic improvisation.
Considered to be one of the ATS® world’s dynamic duos, Wendy Allen and Sandi Ball are pleased to bring you classic improv creations to delight your eyes.
Anastasia felt a deep attraction to music and dances of the Middle East since she was a child. Many travels, dance styles and adventures later, she has finally found her true dance home here in the Bay Area tribal fusion belly dance community. She is very grateful to Amar and everyone in the Underground Nomads community for extending such a warm welcome to her and to all dancers, and for being an invaluable part of her journey in exploring this art form. She is thrilled to have an opportunity to host one of the magical Nomads parties!
Deidre Anaid is a Bay area transplant by way of South Texas. She began her dance training as a child and has dabbled with various styles of movement from clogging, tap dance, ballet folklorico, Hatian dance, Kathak, butoh, dancehall, and Azteca danza. Her belly dance training began in 2005, and she continues to study with some of the area’s top innovators of tribal fusion. Her love of dance has inspired her to create without boundaries, while striving to gift audiences with original presentations, through her often improvisational performances. Inspired by her travels, studies of music, culture and dance ; she presents a blend of old and new school movements for a style all her own.
Nancy Trunzo is certified Health Coach, Fitness Trainer, and Belly Dance Professional. She focuses on working with people who are overwhelmed by fitness options, dislike the gym/diet/fitness culture, desperately want to feel better & move their bodies with less pain. She found bellydance 15 years ago and has been on a path of education and physical fitness ever since. She was a founding member of the Bay Area chapter of Qabila Folk dance company and is the director of Urban Flowers Belly Dance based in Oakland.
Jennie Marie is a dancer and performance artist based out of Big Sur, California. In late 2015 she took her first belly dance class and her life changed over night. She now performs with cabaret storytellers Big Surcus, and is constantly refining and defining herself as a new performer.
Nicole Maria is an award-winning belly dancer based out of Oakland, California. She has been studying, teaching, and performing contemporary and traditional forms of Middle Eastern dance since 2009. She teaches and performs as a solo dancer and in various Middle Eastern dance companies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jessica Cooper has been bellydancing for over 17 years and performing way before she should have been. She is an avid student of both fusion and traditional styles. She is a principal dancer and artistic director of BiG SuRCuS of Big Sur, CA, and is an original member of Zoe Jakes’ Coven Dance Company.
Shanti Bardot is bellydancer based in Oakland, CA who is currently obsessed with Arabic Folkdance. She is most commonly found watching Parks and Recreation and air punching to klezmer tunes. Shanti is a certified Datura Style Bellydance instructor through Rachel Brice and director of the Bay Area chapter of Qabila Folkdance Company.. Shanti Bardot BellyDance & Yoga
Kami Liddle has been a student of dance since she was 4 years old including ballet, tap, jazz, modern and hip hop. After a brief interlude as a musician, Kami reunited with dance when she was 18 years old when she began to study cabaret style belly dance until she found her passion in improvisational belly dance via Fat Chance Belly Dance. Kami holds a B.A. in Art with a Minor in Dance from the University of Nevada, Reno. Full bio at kamiliddle.com
Niusha teaches belly dance in Lafayette and enjoys sharing her love of dance with people of all ages. She believes that dance is a way to share a piece of yourself and connect with the world around you to help you realize your best. Niusha has performed in many belly dance troupes including Serpent Sirens, Rockin’ The Cradle and Shimmy Dreams. She also directs her own troupe Hip Logic who perform both classic and fusion styles of belly dance around the Bay Area.
Dance has been a constant in Isabel’s Life even at 9 months pregnant which you will be able to witness.
Tina’s passion for music, culture and athletic movement started at a young age which later culminated in an unrelenting desire to study dance. Ultimately, her passion led her to bellydance where she has focused her training for over a decade. Under the guidance and training of Suhaila Salimpour and the Salimpour School since 2006, she has refined her skills and continues to perform throughout the bay area as a soloist and has also had the amazing opportunity to tour nationally and internationally as a member of Bal Anat and the Suhaila Dance Company.
Abigail is a dancer, writer, and educator based in Berkeley. She holds Level 5 in both the Suhaila and Jamila Salimpour Formats and an MA in Dance Studies from Mills College.
Michiyo is an ATS® dancer / instructor in the Bay Area and performs with FCBD® and Tessera Tribal®. ATS® with a Spanish Fan was born for the special occasion when she was asked to perform Bellydance at the Flamenco show in Vegas some time ago. Invited by Anastasia, Michiyo is excited to share her piece at the Orange Room “Underground Nomads Pre Pre NYE Party”.
Ayre Briar (bio coming soon)
The Berkeley Salimpour Collective performs choreography from the Salimpour repertoire. Representing the Collective at the Fire Benefit are Abby, Tina, and Scarlett.
Danielle White started belly dancing in 2006 and was a member of The Lost Jewels of the Ghawazee. She started studying with Ariellah in 2014 and regularly performs with the Darker Still Ensemble throughout the Bay Area. Danielle also serves as the assistant director of Deshret Dance Company. She has completed Integrated Dance with Ashley Lopez, as well as the third phase of Rachel Brice’s 8 Elements Program. To continually hone her movement vocabulary and personal style, she also cross trains in strength training, hip hop, and jazz classes. When she’s not dancing, she’s either photographing or adorning dancers.
Thank you to Anastasia for helping to coordinate this event, and for coming up with the idea of having this fundraiser and hosting Underground Nomads at the Orange Room. Thank you to Anastasia and Tom for offering their space. Thank you to all of our performers and behind the scenes crew for helping to make this happen. Thank you to You for your support.
Hello dear Underground Nomads supporters. This is just a quick announcement that we have a show in the works for Saturday December 29th in Oakland. More details and lineup will be released soon. This will be a 100% benefit for California fire victims.
Stay tuned for a post with all of the details in the next few days.
Underground Nomads ~ Keeping the Global Vibe Alive *•♫*
This is the big one! Not only is it a 5th Tuesday Benefit night. Not only is it Underground Nomads’ 5th anniversary. But it is also Underground Nomads’ last show! And it will be EPIC. Promise. 🙂
This Benefit is for you!
On 5th Tuesdays, we have hosted benefit nights for different charity organizations and causes that we have wanted to support. Since this night is our final weekly Tuesday, we invite you to come for free, though we will happily accept donations which will go to the performers, and we encourage tips for our performers. Bring your IDs, as this is a 21+ venue.
NOTE EARLY START TIME: Doors 7:45pm / Show 8:45pm / AfterParty in Back Room 10:00pm
We will have 2 sets of performances. First set will be at 8:45. Second set will be at 9:30pm.
Then we will have an AfterParty in the back room from 10:00pm onward.
DJs Amar and Suresh
FEATURED PERFORMERS
Analetta . Nicole Maria . Sophilya Leggz
Improv set with Ayre Briar . Millie Rose . Verbatim
Surreyya . Laura Elisabeth
Jill Parker + Elizabeth Strong + Sarah White + Shanti Bardot
Doors open at 7:45 PM with global beats by DJ Suresh. Dance performances start at 8:45 PM.
FREE ENTRY / OPEN DONATION at the door
TIPS ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED
F8 – 1192 Folsom, SF. (Folsom & 8th St) 21+
This is our last Weekly Tuesday, but it is not the last Underground Nomads show. We will continue to host occasional shows in the Bay area, here at F8 and in other locations around the bay, as well as in different cities around the world. We have shows in the works in Oakland, Seattle and Spain. Keep an eye here on the website for updates, or subscribe to the blog and you will receive notifications. We will also post on the facebook page.
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Guest dancer Analetta is from Billings, Montana and has been dancing for 7 years. She is a Rachel Brice certified 8 Elements Practitioner and has also earned Zoe Jakes Dancecraft Key of Diamonds certification. She has been doing ITS for 4 years with Tesseract Dance Collective. She makes most of her costumes and jewelry herself; occasionally she sells some of what she makes.
St. BlueJay Soaps will also be vending. St. BlueJay Soap Co. is a local creative studio specializing in handcrafted artisan soaps and body products. Inspired by wildlife, botanicals, and minerals, St. BlueJay’s luxurious lineup will feature signature scented bars, crystal and gem soaps, shea-based skin balms, and oil serums. https://www.facebook.com/stbluejaysoapco
Underground Nomads ~ Keeping the Global Vibe Alive *•♫*
It’s Underground Nomads’ second-to-last weekly show at F8! We’re making it a special birthday night, celebrating resident dancer Carla’s birthday along with some other special folk. Come on out for cake, memories, and—of course—dance.
FEATURE PERFORMERS
Kamille
Amy Szu
Lindsay Kendall
Niusha
Jill Parker with Little Egypt
Ishtar-Lhotus
DJ Suresh
Doors open at 8 PM. Belly dance starts at 9 PM.
$5-$10 at the door.
F8 – 1192 Folsom, SF. (Folsom & 8th St) 21+
Introducing Ishtar-Lhotus: Ishtar-Lhotus of Soul Synergy ARTventures is a multimedia expressive arts performer, combining elements from various eclectic childhood travels. Originally from the Los Angeles areas, she has also performed in the SF Bay Area for Dancing Poetry Festivals, Bare Bones Butoh, Alameda Museum, Alameda Theatre, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Lunar New Year Festival, SF Asian Heritage Street Celebrations, Easter holiday church presentations, Birthday requests, special gala events, and random open mic/stages. The idea of Fusion, especially Tribal Fusion in the realms of feminine movement dance forms, has called to Ishtar-Lhotus on an intuitive instinctual aesthetic heart level as long as she can remember. She is delighted to now share in the San Francisco Bay Area music/dance communities which have been keeping these treasured practices alive, vital, inspired, and inspiring!
On July 17th Peepshow we will be celebrating our 2nd anniversary! We have a very special lineup of performers who have all been a part of our show in the last two years! Come on over to F8 and make the warm night a little hotter and check out the best in burlesque, variety and drag entertainment the Bay Area has to offer! See you all there!! Ya don’t wanna miss this one!!
**Miss Viva Las Vegas – 2017!**
Frankie Fictitious
**The Towering Tease!**
Dorian Dietrich
Lulu Applebruise
**Violin Virtuoso**
Kippy Marks
Lady Satan
**The Only Goth Queen in Captivity!**
Sophilya Leggz
**The Chameleon Queen of Costumes**
Anita Makeover
**San Francisco’s Devastating Doll**
Ava Lanche
Doors at 8:00 show at 8:30. Admission is $10. Come to F8 Nightclub, 1192 Folsom St in S.F.
Are you homesick for “old” San Francisco… the days of Amira, Café Istanbul and Kanzaman? Join “Roots & Ritual” for a reunion of our “old” San Francisco vibe at Underground Nomads. Recall your sacred roots through music and belly dance from around the globe and across time at “Roots & Ritual”. This month’s show is curated by Shanti Bardot.
FEATURE PERFORMERS:
Al-hambra Tribal Dance
Wendy Marlatt
Khamsa
Nancy Trunzo
Joanna Wead
Heart & Soul Tribal
And more to come…
Global Beats spun by DJ Amar
Doors open at 8 PM. Show starts at 9:00 PM.
$5-$10 at the door.
F8 – 1192 Folsom, SF. (Folsom & 8th St) 21+
Underground Nomads presents our final Dark Fusion, a wicked evening of Gothic-inspired belly dance. Let’s get a bit of darkness on before the Fourth of July fireworks.
FEATURED PERFORMERS
Evelyn Renee
Paige Lawrence
Tasha Kaye
Millie Rose
Anjelique
and The Mechanic at the DJ Booth
Door opens at 8 PM.
Performances start at 9 PM.
Admission: $5-$10
F8
1192 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA
Underground Nomads is proud to present: Cabaret Delights — An evening of Cabaret belly dance. Come out to celebrate all that shimmies and glitters with the many styles of Cabaret belly dance.
Featured Performers:
Niusha
Lydia Liu
Laura Cunradi
Surreyya
Shanti Bardot
Urban Mirage
DJ Amar
Doors open at 8 PM. The dancers start at 9 PM.
$5-$10 at the door.
F8 – 1192 Folsom, SF. (Folsom & 8th St) 21+
Come out to Peepshow to celebrate Pride Month. We have a juicy lineup for June:
Blade Sterling
Johann Devine
Emjay Mercury
Freddie Mercury
Dangerous Dollie
Sgt Die Wies
Joie de Vivre
Sophilya Leggz
Anita Makeover
And Nella Puddin as our fabulous Stage Kitten
Doors at 8:00 PM show at 8:30 PM. Admission is $10. Come to F8 Nightclub, 1192 Folsom St in San Francisco.
We are coming upon 5 years, 260 Tuesdays at Underground Nomads, with 8 more Tuesdays to go.
“WHAT???” Keep Reading …
We are excited to be celebrating 5 years, And to announce that we are still here, and will continuing to do shows after our last Tuesday. Underground Nomads is going nowhere … Wait, that’s not true. We are going Everywhere!
This is an announcement of our expanding our boundaries, our space. We are ready for our next adventures. Won’t you join us?
We will celebrate our 5 year anniversary with our Last Weekly Tuesday show at F8 (for now, who knows what the future will bring) being our 5th Tuesday Benefit on July 31st.
After a short break, we will continue with occasional or semi-regular shows on different nights of the week and at different locations. We already have some plans in the works to bring Underground Nomads to some different locations in the Bay Area and beyond. We have already done shows in Malaga, Spain and Portland, Oregon, and have plans in the works for shows in Oakland and Seattle. We’ll even come back to F8 on occasion because it is and always will be our home. We landed and grew here into what we are today, and would not have had the opportunity to keep this going if it wasn’t for the awesome and amazingly supportive family at F8.
Here is a glimpse of what we have coming for the next 8 weeks. This is our countdown, not to the end but to our launch into our new Nomad adventures:
Tonight (if you are reading this on the 12th of June):
June 12: ROOTS & RITUAL
– DJ Amar
– QABILA FOLKDANCE COMPANY, BAY AREA CHAPTER
– SHANTI BARDOT & HER DATURA STUDENT GROUP
– ELIZABETH STRONG & LUNASCOPE – ARYN FISHER
June 26: CABARET DELIGHTS
– NIUSHA – SURREYYA – LYDIA LIU – LAURA CUNRADI – URBAN MIRAGE – SHANTI BARDOT
(July Lineups in the works)
July 3: DARK FUSION & GOTH
July 10: ROOTS & RITUAL
July 17: PEEP SHOW
July 24: UNDERGROUND NOMADS
July 31: 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY + 5TH TUESDAY BENEFIT (July lineups will be announced at the end of June)
After July, stay in the loop by Subscribing to website updates (they will not be weekly anymore, just occasional updates when we have events coming up) or following us on our Facebook page.
So, this is not goodbye. Not even close. This is a thank you to all of you who have supported us over the years and enabled us to take our show on the road.
… And we hope that we will see you when it’s time for our next show!
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