Unveiled Dance Company presents:
Onça & August (The Mezmer Society)
plus special guest Kelly Holder
February 18, 2012

Kick off the weekend with us at our Friday night hafla
Free admission!
Friday, February 17 at 7:00 pm
Passport Restaurant and Lounge
3776 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Onça O'Leary, Bandit Queen
Lauren 'Onça' O'Leary is a career entertainer, event producer, nationally touring performer, and internationally published author and artist. She stages several major festivals annually, as well as myriad other events. Onça's annual festival TribOriginal: Tribal Dance, Music & Culture Camp has been nominated for Best Event, and her dance company Baraka Mundi has been nominated for both Best Kept Secret and Best Dance Company.

For more info on Onça, visit her website

Kelly Holder
Kelly is a Tribal fusion Bellydancer based in Milwaukee. in 2003, she began learning Improvisational Tribal Style and was a member of Barika Bellydance. In 2007, Kelly became a soloist and studied various forms of bellydance. she also studies Eastern European Romany Folk Dance and Russian romany Dance. The fusion of these elements has allowed Kelly to create her own unique style.

For more info on Kelly, visit her website

Gala Show; Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 pm (doors at 7:00 pm)
Featuring the Mezmer Society, Kelly Holder, Unveiled Dance, the Lunatic Vagabonds, plus some of the area's best bellydance entertainers!
Advance tickets available for $10, or at the door for $15.

SPECIAL COMBINED AND EARLY BIRD PRICING! See below for registration buttons.

Workshop 1: Raqs Vaudevilla - Foxy or Folkloric?; $40 for individual workshop
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
It's all how you handle the big stick. Cane, or 'Raks Assaya', is a traditional woman's dance art that offers tremendous creative expression to Fusion, Burlesque, and Vaudeville artists. Building on the bellydance vocabulary, we drill sustainable cane technique and explore combos with attitude. Great for developing both troupe precision and the theatrical face of fusion.

Workshop 2: Must-Have that Musicality!; $40 for individual workshop
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
To Embody the Music is the indisputable duty, honor, and pleasure of a bellydancer. Solid technique, slammin' glamor, studied staging... all these other elements of performance serve this glorious goal: Make the nuances of the music, its soul, visible to the audience! An overview of the principles of musical structure and the role of the artist is followed by a warm-up and hands-on exercises in listening, exploring, and expressing the arc, mood, and lines of the music.

Plus a workshop by special guest instructor Kelly Holder:

Workshop 3: Romany Folk Dance; $30 for individual workshop
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Don't miss this chance to learn the basics of Romany folk dance. This workshop is suitable for all levels.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION - pay with PayPal or send a check to address below

All 3 Workshops: $100 (registrations received after Jan. 31)

Raqs Vaudevilla + Musicality: $75

Raqs Vaudevilla + Romany Folk Dance: $65

Musicality + Romany Folk Dance: $65

Raqs Vaudevilla ONLY: $40

Musicality ONLY: $40

Romany Folk Dance ONLY: $30

Choose your combination of workshops then click "Add to Cart". You'll be able to return here to choose more workshops and/or show tickets. If buying workshops for more than one person, please make sure to include the appropriate names in a note with your payment.

Registration Options

All 3 Workshops $100.00 USD Vaudevilla + Musicality $75.00 USD Vaudevilla + Romany $65.00 USD Musicality + Romany $65.00 USD Vaudevilla only $40.00 USD Musicality only $40.00 USD Romany only $30.00 USD

If you would like to perform in the Friday night hafla, make sure to note that with your payment and please include your name and email address so we can contact you about it!

Ticket for Saturday Gala Show: $10
Note: You will not receive a physical ticket, your name will be placed on a list to be checked at the door
Please list the appropriate name(s) in a note with the payment

Number of tickets:

You can also mail a check to:
Barbara Rocci
6252 Wilson Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48108