SERPENTINE: TEMPLE DANCERS OF THE SERPENT MYTHOS

Serpentine is a dark tribal/butoh fusion belly dance duet founded in 2005 by Aradia and Lucretia*Renee. Presently, Aradia and Lucretia*Renee are co-founders, co-designers, co-choreographers of Serpentine; together they merge their passions of art and dark tribal belly dance in a unique exploration of self-expression and goddess devotion. Serpentine explores the ancient art of storytelling through spectacle and ritual; each performance is a living vivid painting. Along with writing unique choreography, each artist creates their own costumes, stage props, and fire dancing tools.

One of Serpentine’s missions from conception is to collaborate with different musicians, dancers, and artists. Through the creative expression and ritual honoring we become stronger supporting each other’s visions and pushing the envelope to create the unimaginable.

Serpentine has performed with talented artists/ musicians such as Faith & The Muse, Cheb i Sabbah, Soriah, Azphodel, Jill Tracy, Paul Mercer, March Fourth, and many more.

Serpentine is presently joining creative forces with FAITH AND THE MUSE

2010 tour dates can be found at: www.mercyground.com.

Serpentine has also coordinated East:Meets:West, a community celebration of dark fusion belly dance. As the goddess is honored through ecstatic dance, our communities grow stronger. As we consecrate our bodies and the land on which we dance, we unite. Each year this event grows and attracts like-minded dancers and performers from across the states.

The rites of Serpentine open into a new aeon. As a transformative duet, Aradia & Lucretia*Renee explores the beauty and mysterious rituals of butoh: reinventing to birth the serpent mythos.

Ignite and share in the unveiling process of reclaiming the dark and spinning back into the light.

www.myspace.com/serpentinedance00

serpentinedance@gmail.com

I am an honored to be teaching  a R.M.A workshop on Sat May 29th

For registration & more info see

Focusing on dancing from the core. Opening the body with yogic principles to deepen your connection to your dance. With theatrical slinky moves intricate movements & choreography. Tune in with your inner goddess and the art of storytelling through the eyes, hips, and gothic enchanting accents. Deepen your stage presence and your fluidity.

Ritual Movement Arts (RMA) workshops are an innovative blend of Hatha Yoga and Tribal Fusion Belly Dance. RMA founder and instructor, Aradia Sunseri, has developed a blend of techniques that focuses on creative self-expression, core strength, sensuality, and sacred movement. The yogic practice enables participants to dive deeper into their dance and gain an overall sense of peace.

The priestess in ancient times was integrated into her community.

With time priestesses as keepers, and dancers of ritual disappeared.

The altars, which had been centered in each family’s hearth, were moved to the temple.

Churches replaced the communal worship grounds and centers. Temples were now viewed as separate edifices to a distinct institution of priests. Ritual became to be the domain of only select individuals on behalf of the community in place of community participation and self-expression.

Organic rituals became prescribed religion.

Dance as an interregnal part of women’s spiritual practice shared a parallel fate with the priestess.

As many religions forgot their roots and were forced to conform, the priestess now in secret lead communal nature dances. But the sacred dancer was now made the servants of the temple and its priests.

The momentous split between artistic form of worship in a devotional setting. Social division of priests and worshippers, now made masters and servants, brought about a split between the sacred and the profane.

Devotional dances gradually became commissioned works for the enjoyment of paying ruling spectators, for provocative entertainment.

Dance was transformed from religious art and rite to a work of art intended for observation and subject judgment by the observer.

From these shifts a rose a culture of dance and theatre as entertainment.

The universal feminine principle of spirit matter connection was transformed into the duality of seductress/virgin, priestess/midwife these roles were considered black magic.

This is when primal exotic illusions appear.

Repeating itself over and over in history.

Sexuality and procreativity were split from a concept of belonging to nature and the flow of seasons. In addition to the sacred dance became a spectacle and only entertainment. Another major transition occurred when men gradually began emulating and then taking over woman’s roles in dance. Increasing the propaganda against her and her rituals. Phrytharim men dressed as women and danced for their kings.

The few steps in the priestess steps.

Many women now awaken into their birth right of this sacred role of devotion to the great goddess.

She is the lens focusing for the others, the higher energies. The sustaining life that constitutes and defines earthly existence.

She acts as the transmitting agent of divine emanations. Her dance is a system of movements, gestures, prayers, and devotion to the invisible forces of life. The function of the priestess is to facilitate the groups and gingival process to teach and remind how to be receptive. The mysteries of unification of spirit & matter  is present within and capable of  birthing white light into great joy and expression.

Open, receiving, considering. Her dance is not concerned about personal but rather the transpersonal and eternal. A conduit of energy.” Sacred women sacred dance

I am honored to teach several workshops in 2010:

Spring:

Feb 20th Sat Source Festival Maui Hawaii

April 10th Sat Euphoria Studios Portland Oregon

May 29th  Sat Spirit of the tribes Ft. Lauderdale Florida

Summer:

More T.B.A

Sat April 10th from 1-3

Euphoria Studios

1235 S.E Division Portland Oregon

For more info please email me and/ or check  out euphoriastudios.net