Rachel Brice
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Rachel Brice | |
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Born | June 15th, 1972 (age 36) San Francisco, California, USA |
Associated acts | The Indigo Belly Dance Company Bellydance Superstars |
Website | RachelBrice.com |
Rachel Brice is a contemporary innovator in Tribal Fusion Style Belly Dance based in San Francisco. She is the artistic director and choreographer for The Indigo Belly Dance Company and frequent performer with the Bellydance Superstars.
Having performed and toured nationally and internationally since 1990, Brice has also made numerous guest appearances on Bellydance Superstars DVDs, and a mulititude of television and radio appearances worldwide, most notably Live with Regis and Kelly in the US and Blue Peter in England.
As a teacher and movement arts pedagogue, Rachel Brice has released instructional videos focusing on Yoga and Belly Dance, and has given workshops throughout the United States and Europe. Brice also teaches Yoga and Belly Dance for Pixar Animation Studios.
From Rachel's website:
"Rachel Brice first fell in love with Belly Dance after watching the famous Hahbi'Ru at the Northern California Renaissance Faire in 1988 and began taking classes right away. In 1999, she decided to study full time, and relocated for the University program in Dance Ethnology at San Francisco State.
In 2003 she was discovered by rock mogul Miles Copeland and began touring internationally with his company, Belly Dance Superstars. Also in 2003 she founded The Indigo Belly Dance Company.
2007 marks The Indigo's first full-length touring show, Le Serpent Rouge, presented by Miles Copeland. When home, Rachel studies Belly Dance with her teachers Suhaila Salimpour, and creator of American Tribal Style, Carolena Nericcio, and Yoga with Gary Kraftsow."
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] Performance
- "Live in Paris: Folies Bergeres"
- "Solos in Monte Carlo"
- "Bellydance Superstars"
[edit] Instructional
- "Tribal Fusion: Yoga, Isolations and Drills a Practice Companion with Rachel Brice"
- "Rachel Brice: Belly Dance Arms and Posture"
[edit] Musical Collaborations
- "Sa'iyr - A Tribal Metamorphosis" (2005) - Pentaphobe (also known as "A Tribal Metamorphosis")
- "Bellydance Superstars volume 1" - Musical Selection
- "Bellydance Superstars volume 2" - Musical Selection
- "Bellydance Superstars volume 3" - Musical Selection
- "Le Serpent Rouge: Musical Selections from the Knockdown Revue" - Compilation
[edit] External links
- Rachel Brice website
- The Indigo Belly Dance Company website
- BDSS on "Live with Regis & Kelly video clip (with Amar Gamal, Rachel Brice and Ansuya) Friday 9-10am E/T April 8th 2005
- Bellydance Superstars website
- "Snakecharmer" video
- Rachel Brice interview in Japan Times, August 3, 2005 by Giovanni Fazio '"Tribal Power: Bellydance superstar Rachel Brice"'
- London Sunday Times Magazine review of Rachel Brice and the Bellydance Superstars, October 10, 2004 "Shake, Ripple, and Roll"
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NAME | Brice, Rachel |
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SHORT DESCRIPTION | Popular American belly dancer and innovator of the Tribal Fusion style. |
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