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By Shane Hall
Reporter
The exotic cultures of the Middle
and Hawaii came to Bryan Sat-
irday in the form of dance.
TNancie’s Dance Across the
Junes” featured belly-dancing
[roupes and solo performers at the
Cnights of Columbus Hall in Bryan.
They gathered for a day of classes
ind seminars and a show that night.
Nancic Cortiaus, a University Plus
>ellv-dancing teacher, sponsored the
vent. Members of the Texas A&M
I ttalia dance organization also were
nvolved. Cortiaus said most of the
tudents are Etalia members.
||The day-long event featured
lasses taught by dance instructors
daria Amaya — a leading Middle
eastern dance instructor — and Car-
tie Stockton, also known as Keahi.
Before she moved to College Sta-
ion, Cortiaus was one of Amaya’s
tudents in Austin and performed
vith her as a member of the Tam-
toura dance troupe.
Amaya is in her 12th year of tea
ming belly dancing. She also has
aught and performed around the
vorld, including Germany, Egypt,
tldrocco and Australia.
Stockton is a native Hawaiian and
iirector-choreographer of the Aus-
^inf dance troupe Kona Isle, which
lefforms in Texas and New Mexico.
In the show, Amaya performed
hree dances, two of which she de-
icribed as “Egyptian cabaret.” Egyp
tian cabaret, she said, is a flashy style
of dance performed to Egyptian mu
sic. Her third dance was a veil dance
performed to a song that combined
country and western, Spanish and
Middle Eastern styles of music.
“It (the veil dance) is a kind of
dance that is very lyrical,” Amaya
said. “You can create designs in the
space around you. It’s an extension
of yourself.”
Stockton also performed three
dances, including a “modern hula”
with her student, Gail White.
Stockton performed two solo
dances in the second act. The first
was a traditional Ipu dance, per
formed with a gourd (called an Ipu).
“Basically, you use the gourd as a
percussion instrument,” Stockton
said. She said the dance is a tradi
tional Hawaiian dance called the Ko
Mai, which was performed to honor
the Hawaiian King, Kamahaha.
Stockton described her second
solo as a “cowboy hula,” a dance that
honors the Hawaiian cowboy.
Local dance troupes also were
represented. Attired in colorful cos
tumes adorned with sequins and glit
ter, and billed as “Nancie’s Winds of
Magic,” Cortiaus’ performing class
opened the first act. Her interme
diate class opened the second act.
For audience members who might
prefer a more conventional type of
dance, members of the Brazos Aca
demy of Performing Arts per
formed ballet numbers.
Dancer Brian Webb, a senior fi
nance major at A&M, performed a
short section from a recital.
Webb said he has studied ballet
for about nine months. It was some
thing he had wanted to try, but, “It’s
kind of difficult for a guy to decide
to take up ballet,” he said.
In addition to the classes and the
show, dancers had the opportunity
to add to their costumes with jewelry
and fabrics from a boutique.
Mila Crowell, the boutique owner,
performed an Egyptian cabaret.
The dancers expressed enthu
siasm for what they do, saying that
belly dancing is not only an art form,
but good exercise as well.
Cortiaus said the dances are good
for the abdomen and back.
Judy Webb, a graduating senior in
chemical engineering at A&M and a
member of Cortiaus’ intermediate
class, said she likes not only the exer
cise but the attitude of the dance.
“It’s a lot of fun and not really
competitive,” Webb said. “There’s
no real pressure involved. It’s a lot
different from engineering.”
Amaya said it was the traditional
belly-dancing music that originally
prompted her to study the dance.
“I like the earthiness of the mu
sic,” she said. “It’s moving, it’s emo
tional. It can be lyrical, sad or hap-
py-”
Stockton agreed, adding that she
likes the opportunity to express her
self in dance. “I think dance is the
most wonderful form of self ex
pression there is,” she said.
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