Gothic Bellydance Darker Side of Fusion with Ayshe & Ariellah

Stark...intense. The phenomenon of Gothic Bellydance or Raks Gothique is a multitude of poetic visions born out of the Goth, or Gothic, subculture, music, imagery and fashion, and expressed in the language of Bellydance.

Gothic Bellydance incorporates many Bellydance styles: Cabaret, Tribal Fusion, modern dance, echoes of Gypsy dance, Flamenco, Asian, and Indian dance ' all called to express the darkness and mysteries of life, death, and eternity that inspire Goth philosophies and lifestyles.

This first of its kind, groundbreaking collaborative project brings you the work of innovative and uncompromising 'dark fusion' artists including recognized pioneers of Gothic Bellydance. TeMPeST and Ariellah of California, Asharah, Ya Meena and Raven of Washington DC, Jeniviva, Ayshe, Jehan, Tanna, Blanca, and Neon of New York City, as well as music by outstanding composers and performers including Solace, Jehan, Collide, Knossos, and Gypsy Caravan.

Enter our dark labyrinth and meet souls possessed by an ancient evil spirit, a black-winged fallen angel, an incarnation of Kali and Isis, a leopard-woman from the island of Dr. Moreau, a tormented silent movie vamp, a Gothic 'Lolita' in love with Death, a wanderer in spiritual exile, a snake morphing into a human, a seeker violated and redeemed by divine domination, a Siren exercising her lethal charms, a worshipper of a winged serpent, a flame whose deadly habits are all-too-human, a run-away gargoyle, a maiden transforming into a warrior sorceress, a haunting deja vu where victim, violator and avenger merge into one... and more.