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Variat Dance
@variatdance.bsky.social
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A fusion dance collective based in Portland, Oregon, Variat Dance is a group of artists whose common interest is contemporary fusion bellydance.

Poorly cropped by us profile photo is from an excellent photo by @photodude.bsky.social
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We are gearing up for a string of performances! First up is NW Vila Festival in Seattle, Washington, where we will be debuting a new piece by Carla Michelle.

#DanceFestival #DanceWorkshops #FusionDance #DancePerformance #BellydanceFusion #Dance
A Black and white event poster has a dancer with a flowing skirt, beaded belt, and crop top. She has monarch butterfly wings and is holding finger cymbals like she has been captured mid-movement. There are flowing black lines around the border, with a doumbek in the bottom center and a row of 3 trees at the top center. Text on the left side of the dancer reads "April 4th-6th, Seattle Washington. NWVilaFest.com" Text on the right reads "shows, workshops, vendors, music"
February 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Bevin Victoria and Carla Michelle in "Fancy", choreographed by Bevin Victoria

Photo by Casey Campbell Photography

#dance #bellydance #JazzFusion
2 sassy dancers in 1920s flapper attire are captured mid knee slap
February 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Elise Morris in "Procession", choreographed by @heatherpowersmoves.bsky.social

Performed at JamBallahNW 2019. Photo by @photodude.bsky.social

#dance #bellydance #FusionDance #ContemporaryBellydanceFusion #JamBallahNW #DancePhotography
A row of dancers lined vertically down the center of the picture frame stands with their torsos tilted over an externally rotated supported standing leg. Their arms are open and slightly cradled, and they are dressed in white flowy skirts with an off-the-shoulder top in a play on a toga. Gold olive leaf headbands glitter in their hair, and coins accent their hips and thighs.
February 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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"Death to Aurora" with Elise Morris, Liz Storm, and Bevin Victoria

Photo by Casey Campbell photography

#dance #fusiondance
3 dancers lay haphazardly on top of each other in a pile of blue and silver fabric, their arms, faces, and hair piled like sleeping dolls
January 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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A screenshot from the caption of the dancer torso info picture reads "We launch the date for our 10th edition of Orchidaceae Dance Intensive! We are currently starting to build the week, that will be a full circle of love, community building and wild dreaming. Any wishes or ideas you can write on the comments, we will receive them with care. Every year is special but this year an extra intention for humanity and land, we need it. We have been navigating through dance with a steady decolonizing perspective and an intersectional approach. Our homeland is fusion and we invite movement, lectures, parties to create radical imagination for our street and clubbing dances melted with North African dances. As always we will invite guests and dreams. We move between the physical and subtler realms, calling land and astros to be a part of our journey. If you want to receive every update please write to piny.orchidaceae@gmail.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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ODI is back!! 😍 The work generated in that space always looks so incredible! #fusiondance #danceintensive #contemporarydanceintensive #fusiondanceintensive #streetdance
Over the tattooed torso of a dancer, text reads "Orchidaceae Dance Intensive. Save the date! August 25th - 31st 2025 Info: piny.orchidaceae@gmail.ckm
January 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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JamBallahNW 2023 performing "Indulge", choreographed by all of us and arranged by Talia Vintzileos

Photo by @photodude.bsky.social

#dance #dancesky #fusionbellydance #bellydance #performingarts #contemporarydance #contemporaryfusionbellydance
5 dancers in silver tops and navy blue skirts are clumped together, standing on stage. Their arms are overhead with their bodies slightly tiled towards the camera
January 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM