Gothic Tribal Fusion Bellydance
Combining the spiritual essence of Tribal Fusion Bellydance and the elusive mysticism of the Gothic/Industrial subculture.

Biography
Sashi is a talented performer, instructor and choreographer based in Orange County, California. Sashi has been a student of dance for sixteen years. She began studying African Haitian and West African dance while a student at San Francisco State University. She went on to further her experience of African dance by studying Congolese and West African drumming. In the years following, Sashi found Middle Eastern dance to be the style she was most drawn to as it spoke to her Semitic roots and aesthetic interests. She has studied many forms of Middle Eastern dance including American Tribal Style Bellydance, Tribal Fusion Bellydance, Gothic Bellydance, Egyptian and Lebanese Cabaret Bellydance, Israeli and Turkish Debke, Saidi, and Nubian Folkloric dances. She is most recognized for her alluring and dynamic performances of Gothic Tribal Fusion Bellydance and Improvisational Tribal Fusion Bellydance. Her provocative and ritualistic performances convey her talent for expressing herself through her dance. Inspired by the “Spirit of the Dance”, Sashi views bellydance as the honoring of the divine feminine by creating spiritual and physical unions through movement. This is evident as her ability to cultivate the energy that the dance evokes is translated to each audience member with a look, a gesture, a presence that is unmistakably unique to Sashi and the dance. You can see her perform solo or in collaboration with internationally acclaimed performance troupes in many venues, settings and shows. Information on her upcoming performances, workshops, tour dates and collaborations can be found at  www.ascendtribaldance.com

Spirit of the Dance
"The Spirit of the Dance is the truest nature of the art of bellydance, in all its forms, which is the ability we hold within ourselves to conjure up the power of the divine feminine and create a unity of purpose. Be it in the area of creativity, intellect, intent, movement or otherwise. Essentially, it is to understand the duality of the inner and outer self, to consciously intuit how they relate to one another then translate this to others through movement and storyline."

-Sashi of Ascend