Sashi

Sashi is a talented performer, instructor and choreographer based in Orange County, California. Sashi has been a student of dance for many 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. 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. You can see her perform solo or in collaboration with internationally acclaimed performance troupes in many venues, settings and shows.

Information on her performances, workshops, tour dates and collaborations can be found at her web site.

Web site: AscendTribaldance.com

Articles on Gilded Serpent by or about Sashi

6-??-06 A Response to the Criticism of my Tribal Fest 2006 “Pierced Wings” Performance by Sashi
However, I feel that the Gilded Serpent articles, “Sashi-kabob” and “Weird and Beyond”, misrepresent my intentions and serve to illustrate a larger issue that our community struggles with, the ability to constructively critique one another.
6-9-06 Weird Rituals and Beyond: Exploring Current Controversies in Middle Eastern Dance by Barbara Grant
If you are like me, (I know that many are not) you first responded viscerally and negatively to both situations. Then, as the shock wore off, perhaps you tried to make sense of it all.
6-2-06 Tribal Fest 2006, May 19 in Sebastopol photos by Susie Poulelis
Performances from Saturday late afternoon including: BlackSheep, Sashi, InFusion...
5-26-06 Sashi - Kabob by Lynette
Warning, possibly disturbing graphics! The punctures appear to go under the skin into the subcutaneous fat layer and not through muscle tissue.