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PERFORMERS
Lisa Zahiya
Lisa Zahiya is an innovative, award-winning performer, in-demand instructor and successful studio owner. Working in the genres of bellydance, Indian dance (Bollywood & Bhangra) and hip-hop dance, Lisa travels nationally and internationally teaching and performing.
Lisa is a alumni of the University of Maryland Dance Team and has a background in musicial theatre, jazz and hip hop. In 2008, her strong powerful style earned her the title “2008 Tribal Fusion Bellydancer of the Universe” and she went on to win the Alternative Category at the Wiggles of the West bellydance competition in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lisa’s unique style and fusion dance forms has gained her recognition in the International bellydance community. She travels, teaching workshops, performing and developing curriculums. She is currently developing a fusion dance curriculum for adance school in San Raphael, France. At home, she is faculty at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, where she teaches bhangra, hip hop and bellydance.
Lisa is also known for her work with children and women, using dance as a impitus for change. Lisa serves as a Resident Artist with the Lake Eden Arts Festival, working with 1st-8th graders in public housing communities and is also a Guest Dance Instructor with the Buncombe County School System. She teaches at two eating disorder recovery centers, helping women re-discover their bodies through movment, and teaches at the Swannanoa Correctional Facility for Women.
River Guerguerian
River Guerguerian is an award-winning Multi-Percussionist, Composer, Educator. Canadian-born, he is of Armenian-Egyptian extraction. For over 25 years he has performed in concert halls in Tokyo, Moscow, Rome, Berlin, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Athens, Istanbul, London, including Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, and Lincoln Center.
Guerguerian has performed and/or recorded with such groups as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, New Music Consort, Tibetan Singing Bowl Ensemble, Paul Winter Consort, Talujon Percussion Ensemble, Chuck Berry, Sophie B. Hawkins, and Ziggy Marley/Gipsy Kings.River also performed in the John Cage documentary film, “I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It”.
For Moulin Rouge, River will be teaming up with Chris Rosser- Middle Eastern/Indian string instruments and piano, John Vorus- Didgeridoo, Jake Wolf- Electric Bass and the wonderful vocal stylings of Kat Williams.
A respected music educator, he conducts rhythm and sound exploration workshops, and enjoys teaching privately. He is also the music director of the “Creative Technology & Arts Center” hosted by the Odyssey School in Asheville, NC.
River currently travels internationally with Turkish master musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek. His lyrical style drives the world jazz trio Free Planet Radio.
Visit him at www.ShareTheDrum.com
Kat Williams
In this day and age, when pop princesses dominate the airwaves, Kat Williams fills a void that has been severely neglected for years. She satisfies a yearning that a great percentage of music lovers have been waiting to be fulfilled; a return to emotive Truth and Honesty in music rarely found today. As so many of the greatest performers in history, vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Nina Simone, Coco Taylor, Mavis Staples & Etta James.
In 1997, Kat moved to Asheville, NC and soon took the town by storm, becoming the most sought after singer in the region. She bared her soul to the crowd, inviting audiences in for a glimpse of a truly phenomenal woman and an authentic, from the heart, performer.
Years later, Kat’s musical philosophy is “I have no competition- I can only give you the best of me.” Filled with a passion for song, an astonishing animated style, a spirited sense of humor, and that remarkable laugh, Kat takes the stage and makes magic happen.
Kat has performed with solo pianists, big bands, and full symphony orchestras. She sang the score to a ballet production of Porgy and Bess to rave reviews. Out of hundreds of people who auditioned, she was chosen to open for Jay Leno on his comedy tour of the area. She starred Off-Broadway in New York in the original play, “Mother Divine” and was personally requested by the actor Robin Williams as the featured entertainer at a private party.
Singer, actress, and songwriter, Kat is truly a triple threat. She can perform Jazz, Blues, Motown, R&B, Rock and Pop.
http://www.thejazznetworkworldwide.com/profile/KatWilliams
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