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Moria
Chappell
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Moria
Chappell
Moria
Chappell is a world-renowned performance artist, dance instructor,
ancient dance researcher, artistic director, and costume designer
who specializes in Fusion & Experimental Belly Dance, Temple
Dance, and Indian Odissi Classical Dance. She has performed, taught,
and researched ancient dance in more than 50 countries over her
20-year dance career.
Known for her archetypal approach to performance craft, her style
is both feminine and fierce, ancient and modern, sacred and strange.
A popular and sought after teacher, Moria has developed a unique
methodology and approach to belly dance control, the foundation
of which is her trademark teaching style: Muscular Belly Dance Technique
(MBDT). MBDT synthesizes the intensity and precision that epitomizes
Fusion Belly Dance isolation and individualism.
The diaspora of movement from which she engages and connects ancient
dance via modern Muscular Belly Dance Technique creates innovation
in movement, increases the palette of movement art, and explores
ancient methods of physical language and body articulation to create
an exquisite and rich pastiche of original and experimental dance.
Moria researches world temple dances by traveling to countries along
the ancient trade routes that connected Asia and the Indonesian
and Polynesian islands with India, North Africa, Mesopotamia and
early Mediterrnean civilizations over 5,000 years ago. Finding seed
movements that are linguistic tags connecting an ancestry of ancient
dances going back millennia, her performances and trademark style
represent a conversation of various ancient temple dance technique
as it has survived and developed through the ages.
Her field of research and study include Fusion Belly Dance, Odissi
Indian Temple Dance, Javanese Solo Dance, Cambodian and Chinese
Apsara Dance, Chinese Dai and Thai Peacock Dance, Hula and Polynesian
Dance, Tibetan and Nepalese Tantric Dance, North African and Middle
Eastern Belly Dance, Spanish Flamenco, and Balkan-style movements.
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Super
Beth
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Super
Beth
Elizabeth "Super Beth" Fish is director of Tamarind Tribal
Belly Dance in Milwaukee, WI. A founding member of the troupe, she
is known for her high energy performance and instruction, her passion
for student growth, and innovative group work.
Super Beth has studied with Carolena Nericcio, creator of ATS and
Director of FatChanceBellyDance® (FCBD®) in San Francisco
and was granted Sister Studio status in 2008. In addition, Super
Beth is Initiation level certified in Rachel Brice 8 Elements and
Key of Diamonds and Key of Spades certified in Zoe Jakes' Dancecraft
format.
Super Beth was among the dancers and has steps featured on FatChanceBellyDance®
(FCBD®) Volume 9 DVD Anatomy of a Step and featured on ATS®
with Props” DVD with Terri Allred of Third Eye Tribal and Dawn
Ruckert of Dayanisma. In addition, she has produced another DVD
- Spirit of Seville Fan and Skirt Combinations for ATS® and
developed the Tamarind Tribal Transformations® format their
own unique, improv-based repetoire of tribal movements, group formations,
and prop work.
Super Beth has been sought out to teach both domestically and abroad
and is a certified Pilates and barre fitness instructor.
Experienced
with over 200 live performance in a variety of styles of dance and
instructor.
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