Ariellah combines tribal style belly dance with her love of gothic subculture. This results in her dark fusion belly dance style. Dark fusion belly dancers present through their costuming and music choices a very dramatic flair. Ariellah studied classical ballet extensively with the Royal Academy of Dance of London for twelve years. After ballet, she learned the dance of her Moroccan ancestry; belly dance. Ariellah has studied with Rachel Brice. Ariellah also cross trains in classical Indian Odissi dance. Ariellah uses yoga, pilates to build and develop strength and lay the foundation of dance movement and posture. Below is a performance video of Ariellah’s gothic belly dance style.
Read our review of Contemporary Belly Dance and Yoga by Ariellah.
Uses drilling exercises to practice tribal fusion belly dance movements and techniques. She also incorporates yoga. The majority of this DVD is spent on isolation drills and six short combinations that total about a two minute choreography.
Drills: Tarak from Dark Light by Knossos
Performance: Slow Descent from Dark Light by Knossos