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Friday
February 10

show starts at 7

Bean Scene Cafe
186 South Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale

Love Raqs

Paloma and the Staff of Lunatic Fringe Belly Dance Essentials are pleased to Present "Love Raks". Enjoy dancers, student and professionals as they celebrate Love and Joy through Middle Eastern Dance in its many forms.

There is no cover charge for this event but please come early for best seating.

Saturday
March 17

12:40 pm

Rakkasah West Festival
Cabaret Stage
Richmond Memorial Auditorium
403 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond,

Rakkasah West Festival

House of Inanna is pleased to dance at Rakkasah West - the largest bellydance festival in the world.

The Festival will be held at Richmond Memorial Auditorium
Friday March 16 - 7pm to 11pm - $15
Saturday March 17 - 12noon-11pm - $18
Sunday March 18 - 12noon - 8pm - $18

Friday
April 6

show starts at 8:30 pm

Lumen Obscura II
Michaels on Main
2591 Main St
Soquel, CA

Lumen Obscura II

Lumen Obscura celebrates theatrical bellydance and performance art in all its forms. It was born from the vision of area artists, Deidre Anaid and Doreet Didi whom had the desire to support and encouarage dancers of all levels and recognition. Join us in the celebration of the dark arts in our annual celebration of the souls. Friday night is a free show, but space is limited. Call for reservations - 831-479-9777.

 

 

 

Past Events


January 21

Pajaro Street Bar & Grill
435 Pajaro Street
Salinas

Belly Dancing with Mariama and Friends: Fundraiser for the YMCA

Let's shake in the New Year!

Deamer will be ready to feed your soul while the dancers mesmerize you. Bring a friend and join us for dinner, the performance and dancing after. The house will be full so you might want to take Mariama's advice and get a seat and order by 6 PM (and save room for the bread pudding).

This month will be a fund raiser for the YMCA. Help us provide funding to keep kids moving in the right direction!

Belly Dancing Classes at the YMCA are Monday nights from 6-8:30 PM. Contact Mariama for more information.

December 3, 2011

Dana Street Roasting Company
744 West Dana Street
Mountain View

Bellydance Show – Nancy & Friends

Flying, floating veils and wings, balancing swords, flames and candles.....
House of Inanna will be performing with friends at the Dana Street Roasting Company in Mountain View on Saturday, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Saturday
Oct 22
4:38 PM

Adira Dance and Costume
1202 Lincoln Avenue,
San Jose

HaflAdira

Adira Dance and Costume hosts a monthly hafla (belly dance performance party) through the summer months - HaflAdira! For more information see AdiraDance.com

August 26
7-10 PM

The Bean Scene
186 S Murphy Ave.
Sunnyvale


Sizzling Summer Shimmies

Paloma hosts a showcase of Middle Eastern dance by local dancers from novice to professional levels at the Bean Scene, a warm and inviting coffee house in downtown Sunnyvale. They offer wonderful specialty drinks, great sandwiches, crisp salads, yummy pastries and let’s not forget gelato for dessert! There is no cover charge for this event however we do ask that you do patronize our host and support our performers. Be sure to arrive early to get your favorite indoor or outdoor seat!

September 24
Sat 4:33 PM

S.E.S. Hall
1375 Lafayette St
Santa Clara

Desert Dance Festival

Workshops and performances, vendors, food, and extravaganza show. For more information see DesertDanceFestival.com

Photos by Carl Sermon Photography here

August 13

Adira Dance and Costume
1202 Lincoln Avenue,
San Jose

HaflAdira

Adira Dance and Costume hosts a monthly hafla (belly dance performance party) through the summer months - HaflAdira! For more information see AdiraDance.com

June 4
show starts at 7 pm

Dana Street Roasting Company
744 West Dana Street
Mountain View

Bellydance Show – Nancy & Friends

Flying, floating veils and wings, balancing swords, flames and candles.....
Mesmerizing Michelle, captivating Delphina and more will be performing with friends at the Dana Street Roasting Company in Mountain View on Saturday, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm

June 11

Adira Dance and Costume
1202 Lincoln Avenue,
San Jose

HaflAdira

Adira Dance and Costume hosts a monthly hafla (belly dance performance party) through the summer months - HaflAdira! For more information see AdiraDance.com

Sunday May 22

Sebastopol Community Center
390 Morris Street, Sebastopol

 

Tribal Fest 11

Tribal Fest is the west coast's biggest belly dance festival that focuses on tribal style belly dance - and this year "it goes to 11"!

House of Inanna presented the Descent of Inanna to the Underworld.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo by Doreet Didi Gordon

May 14

Adira Dance and Costume
1202 Lincoln Avenue,
San Jose

HaflAdiraCherie, Stacy and Petra at HaflAdira

Adira Dance and Costume hosts a monthly hafla (belly dance performance party) through the summer months - HaflAdira! For more information see AdiraDance.com

 

 

 

Photo by Marina Fournier

May 6
7 PM

Halanda Studio
1062 Lincoln Avenue
San Jose

Halanda Anniversary Gala

Halanda Studio is approaching its 5th Anniversary, and we plan to celebrate with an evening Gala show on May 6 (Friday)! We will be featuring instructors and students of Halanda

The show will start at 7pm. We will also be having a guest performer, Helene Eriksen, who is teaching dance workshops in the area that weekend (and at Halanda on Sunday). There will be cake at the intermission to celebrate the Anniversary. $17 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information see Halanda.com

 

 

 

 

Photo by Sarah Lyons

March 27
4-8 PM

India Joze Restaurant
418 Front Street
Santa Cruz, CA

Persian New Year "Now Rooz" Festival

Petra and Stacy dancing between elaborate courses of an incredible Persian dinner at Santa Cruz's premier restaurant, India Joze. Joze celebrates the splendiferous history of this little known cuisine with displays, a food parade, a cooking class. We trace the course of Persian cuisine from the Neolithic Food Revolution through the magnificent 1001 Night creations of the Medieval Period to the dishes of Modern Iran. You will be taken on an exotic taste journey with ethnocuisinartist Jozseph Schultz! For more information see IndiaJoze.com.

Saturday March 12
3 PM
Cabaret Stage

Richmond Memorial Auditorium
24th and Macdonald Ave, Richmond, CA

Rakkasah West Bellydance Festival

Rakkasah is one of the biggest bellydance festivals on the west coast, and House of Inanna is excited to be performing there. The Festival is open to the general public and is suitable for people of all ages. So, if you would like to learn about Middle Eastern Dance or you simply love to see the performing arts this is the show for you! At the Festivals you will find exotic costuming, musical instruments, jewelry, decor for your home, henna painting, dancers, dancers, dancers and more dancers. So dress yourself in your Arabic finery and experience the Extraordinary! For more information see Rakkasah.com.

Saturday March 5

Mission Rock Café
817 Terry Francois Blvd, SF

Burnal Equinox

Burnal Equinox celebrates the midpoint of the year between the burning of the Man at Burning Man. Join us for a full night of indescribable art, people, performances, dancing, philosophizing, carousing, theme camp unexpectables and madcapped self-expression!

Photo by Celestine Star

Sunday October 31, 2010

Private Party

Private Party

House of Inanna dances with Fontain's MUSE at private Hallween party!

Saturday October 23

Adira Dance and Costume
1202 Lincoln Avenue,
San Jose

Halloween Haunted HaflAdira (followed by Thrill The World)

Adira Dance and Costume hosts a monthly hafla through the summer months - HaflAdira! For more information see AdiraDance.com

Haunted HaflAdira 2010
Stacy, Crissy, Scheherazade, Marina, Petra, and Shannon in Dia de los Muertos sugar skull faces for Haunted HaflAdira. Face painting and photo by Wendy Grace of Neverland Faces.

Friday October 15

British Bankers Club
1090 El Camino Real
West Menlo Park
www.britishbankersclub.com

Club Chronos

The grand launch of a new steampunk dance night!
Darkwave - Ambient - Gothic - Dark Cabaret & Swing
For more information see Club Chronos.

Club Chronos performance - Photo by Michael Baxter
Photo by Michael Baxter

Sunday October 10, 2010
6:45 PM on the 21st St Stage

Public Entrance: 19th St. & Minnesota St., SF

Decompression - Heat the Street FaIRE

"Tribe of Gypsies" - House of Inanna is thrilled to join Fontain's MUSE and the Magique Bazaar at 6:45 PM on the 21st St Stage! Fontain's M.U.S.E. Tribe of Gypsies - featuring Majinga the Magician, Magic Genii, Petra Pino, Hiya on the Playa, and more!

Celebrating 25 years of Burning Man and bringing the playa spirit back to the Bay!

For more information see BurningMan.com

SF Decompression 2010
Crissy, Petra, Hiya and Scheherazade at SF Decompression. Photo by Monica Schneck

 

Saturday
October 2
, 2010
4-4:30 PM

DownTown Santa Cruz
Lincoln Street between Pacific and Cedar - and the Pearl Alley parking lot, just behind Motiv

 

UnScruz! The 2nd annual, official Santa Cruz decompression street party!

It's a Burning Man Decompression street party, Santa Cruz style! Bring your dusty selves at noon for ten hours full of fire, dance, music, art, performance, theme camps, DJs, and MORE! If you just couldn't make it out to Nevada this year-Don't be jealous come join us instead. Petra, Hiya and Scheherazade bring ATS group improv and some solos/duets, including sword work, to UnScruz!

Saturday
September 11
2010

Adira Dance and Costume
1202 Lincoln Avenue,
San Jose

HaflAdira - House of Inanna with Hips Licensed to Kill

"Today we will commemorate the ninth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks with a dance to acknowledge the many losses of life that have taken place from that day forward, as well as a dance- prayer for inner peace, coexistence and celebration. The music chosen for today is all multicultural and is another way we give our intent for living in peaceful communion with other people, in harmony with other living things. "

Adira Dance and Costume hosts a monthly hafla through the summer months - HaflAdira! For more information see AdiraDance.com


Marina, Petra, Crissy, Scheherazade, Hiya and Shannon

Saturday
August 14
2010

Adira Dance and Costume
1202 Lincoln Avenue,
San Jose

HaflAdira

Adira Dance and Costume hosts a monthly hafla through the summer months - HaflAdira! For more information see AdiraDance.com

House of Inanna is thrilled to present our student troupe, Hips Licensed to Kill!

Friday July 2, 2010

332 Main Street,
Salinas
424.1989

First Fridays Art Walk

Petra performs a solo at the Cherry Bean Coffee Roasting Company as part of Salinas' First Friday Art Walk.

Saturday
June 12, 2010, 7 PM

Lupin Lodge
Los Gatos

SoulFire

The Southbay, Santa Cruz, and Eastbay burner communities are uniting for the fourth annual regional summer precom in the Los Gatos hills! Performances by Petra and Hiya.

Saturday
June 19, 2010

Adira Dance and Costume
San Jose

HaflAdira

Solo performances by House of Inanna's Petra and Hiya.

Saturday
May 16, 2010

Sebastopol

Tribal Fest - "A Decade of DecaDance" - May 12-16, 2010

For more information see BlackSheepBellyDance.com

Tribal Fest 10
Photo by Gladys White of The Naked Artisan

Saturday
May 22

Adira Dance and Costume
San Jose

HaflAdira

April 16


Sunnyvale

Dance Into Spring

"A Middle Eastern Dance concert celebrating spring and. of course, the return of our sidewalk."

April 10

Private Party

Private party dance performance

March 14, 2010

Richmond Memorial Auditorium
Richmond, CA

Rakkasah West

Rakkasah is one of the largest belly dance festivals in the world, featuring world-class dancers, instructors, and fabulous vendors! For more information see Rakkasah.com. House of Inanna dances a 7-minute set in the Bermuda Room, the Cabaret Stage, at Rakkasah West 2010 - our third time dancing at this event.

Rakkasah Festival runs 11am - 8pm - $18

Tuesday
March 16, 2010

Downtown Saratoga
14445 Big Basin Way
Saratoga Village

Persian New Year "Charshanbeh Soree"

Rose International Market #2 Saratoga proudly celebrates Persian New Year "Charshanbeh Soree". Luscious food, Persian DJ, Live Band, the National Anthem by Dehkhoda School students, and Middle Easter dancers await you in Downtown Saratoga from 6-10 PM.

March 6, 2010

San Francisco

Burnal Equinox

And so it begins... At the midpoint between burns, we gather as a community to reflect on last year’s burn and look ahead to what’s in store. This Burnal Equinox we will be joined by over 100 volunteer Burning Man regional contacts and amazing community organizers from around the globe. Come meet them and see what the Burning Man community is doing year-round, world-wide! Performing artists, DJs, musicians, artists, art cars, and theme camps! We will be featuring imagery from Burning Man regional events and community projects here, there and EVERYWHERE!

February 25, 2010

Adira Dance and Costume
San Jose

American Tribal Style (ATS) Belly Dance is Alive in The South Bay!
Demonstration and Introduction to American Tribal Style Belly Dance

Dance troupe House of Inanna, featuring dance instructor and choreographer Petra Pino, will be providing a demonstration of ATS followed by an introductory mini-class. Come check out this renowned improvisation style of belly dance.
October 30, 2009

Private Performance

Petra, Marina and Hiya perform for a private function.

September 30, 2009

Desert Dance Festival

Desert Dance Festival is San Jose's big bellydance extravaganza. House of Inanna is proud to debut the "Belly Dance Mommy Stars" peformance, with guest performers Arthur and Monica.

March 15, 2009

Solano County Fair Grounds
Vallejo

Rakkasah West

Rakkasah is one of the largest belly dance festivals in the world! For more information see Rakkasah.com. House of Inanna dances a 15-minute set at Rakkasah West 2009 on the Exhibit Hall stage - our second time dancing at this event.

June 13, 2009

Dana Street Roasting Co
Mountain View

Dana Street Bellydance Show

House of Inanna joins other local dancers for an evening of dancing delights! The evening's line-up will include PETRA doing a cane solo and HIYA doing a sword solo!

Saturday
January 24, 2009

 

Cayuga Vault
Santa Cruz

 

Inauguration Celebration

House of Inanna will join Fontain's MUSE, this time at the Cayuga Vault in Santa Cruz on Saturday, January 24. We will be dancing and inviting others to dance, while we celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration as our newest president. All ages are welcome at this no-alcohol venue.

For more information see BeatMagic.org

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October 18, 2008

7:30-9:30 PM

Sitar Indian Restaurant
Morgan Hill

Wicked Wiggles - Halloween-themed bellydance show

Petra and Hiya dueting.

Dinner reservations recommended: Sitar Restaurant, 408 776-7000

October 12, 2008

San Francisco.

SF Decompression - Heat the Street FaIRE

Petra and Hiya dancing to Fontain's MUSE at the Burning Man Decompression party

September 7, 2008

Neto Caffe
Mountain View

Mountain View Art & Wine Festival

Performed with Fontain's M.U.S.E. on the patio of Neto Caffe for the Mountain View Art and Wine Festival

 

August 18, 2008

San Jose

Private Performance

Petra, Marina and Hiya performed for a private function.

 

February 9, 2008
7 PM

Somarts Bay Gallery
San Francisco

"Eternal Spring"

Eternal Spring — a celebration of life, love, arts and creativity. Join us in an all-day event featuring upcoming artists and designers from a variety of disciplines. The event will be held at the Somarts Bay Gallery, the Saturday before Valentine’s Day. This is the perfect place to find that unique hand-made gift for yourself or your significant other that you would never find anywhere else. The fashion show and performances run from 6 to 9pm. There will be incredible new fashions, awesome martial arts performance, amazing flamenco, belly dance, hip-hop, tango and hoop dancers and live bands.

Images by Eden Hensley here.

 

February 15, 2008

Double Tree Hotel
San Jose

"PantheaCon"

Performing with Fontain's M.U.S.E.

 

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