In the past week I’ve performed at two shows. I performed at Makers Fest on Saturday, and the June Satchel’s Shakedown on Tuesday. Both of the costumes I will be featuring today were guided by other dancers in their creation. Both costumes were for group performances.
Makers Fest
I performed with Najmah Nour and Yerania Valencia. The choreography, “Hypatia’s Veil” was written by Najmah.
Photos courtesy of Yerania Valencia.
We meant for the costuming to be simple. All black underneath, with a veil that matched our fans draped on top, a la Ancient Greece. The main aim; do not distract from the fans.
For my costume:
- Top: I wore a tribal bra I made myself with black brocade fabric and bronze colored chains.
- Bottoms: I wore black flare yoga pants (three weeks after my order I’m still waiting on my dance flares to come in the mail).
- Everything else: I wore veil borrowed from Yerania. She purchased the veil here.
June Satchel’s Shakedown
While I don’t yet have photos of my costume for my tribal solo from Tuesday night, this was my costume for the group piece I was in. I performed with Omega’s Egyptian Style and Technique class. We performed a Sha’abi choreography by Omega.
As for the costume.
- Top: We wore hooded wrap top.s We bought our tops from L. Rose Designs, my fabric was purple metalskin. Underneath the tops we wore black sports bras.
- Bottoms: We wore black flare dance pants.
- Everything else: We wore our hair in two braids, fabric flowers pinned to the left side, silver bangles and silver hoops. We also wore coin scarfs (mine is not pictured as I managed to take it off after the finale).
- Makeup: We followed this lovely YouTube tutorialÂ
What’s your favorite costume you wore recently?
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