Dzian!

Benefit for Quake/Tsunami Relief in Japan:
Dzian! + Fire in the Belly Dance Co. – Surf Rock Belly Dance Extravaganza!

Dzian! revives the ecstasy of vintage rock from Asia.  The band curates and masters the style of Taiwanese a-go-go, Japanese eleki, Indo-rock, Thai disco and shadow music, Khmer pop, Middle Eastern bellydance surf, and more.  Fire in the Belly Dance Co., a professional belly dance company based in Charlottesville, is known for their eclectic and adventurous style.  The show also features The Nakashi Dancers and Tahitian dancer, Karine.  Don’t miss this amazing show!  “Super Cool!”

Proceeds from this event will be donated toward the relief efforts for the communities affected by the recent disasters in Japan.

Friday, March 18, 2011
Doors open at 9:30pm
Cover Charge: $8
Al Hamraa Moroccan Restaurant
929 Second Street SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(434) 972–9907

Email: bjoyus40@yahoo.com
preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu7LeYn4_Fc

Websites:
http://dzian.info/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fire-In-The-Belly-Dance-Co/128750118420

Dzian! + Fire in the Belly Dance Co. – Surf Rock Belly Dance Extravaganza!

Dzian! revives the ecstasy of vintage rock from Asia.  The band curates and masters the style of Taiwanese a-go-go, Japanese eleki, Indo-rock, Thai disco and shadow music, Khmer pop, Middle Eastern bellydance surf, and more.  Fire in the Belly Dance Co., a professional belly dance company based in Charlottesville, is known for their eclectic and adventurous style.  The show also features The Nakashi Dancers and Tahitian dancer, Karine.  Don’t miss this amazing show!  “Super Cool!”

Date: Friday, March 18, 2011

Time: Doors open at 9:30pm

Where:
Al Hamraa Moroccan Restaurant
929 Second Street SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Cover Charge: $8

Al Hamraa Phone Number: (434) 972–9907
Email: bjoyus40@yahoo.com
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/dzian#!/event.php?eid=202258569799806

Websites:
http://dzian.info/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fire-In-The-Belly-Dance-Co/128750118420

Supercool to jam with @Jack_Hsu (@thehsunami) on erhu! RT @Jack_Hsu: jamming out on the street w/ surf rock band~ http://yfrog.com/bc60lxj

We’re excited to announce that we will be participating in THATCampVA conference (for technology & humanities geeks) fun this year. On Saturday evening 12/18, we will perform at 12th Street Tap House near UVa’s campus. Here’s a nice preview writeup posted the official conference site:

Best of all? Dzian! is led by digital humanists: Scholars’ Lab denizens and fellows, UVa music grad students and recent PhDs. Dzian! (That means “super-cool!”)

Event details will be announced once finalized.

We played an impromptu acoustic set on the Cville downtown mall last Friday night. It was a beautiful night. Jon played his upright bass, Carey a stripped down drumset including a bucket, Rachel on acoustic violin, and I on an accordion. Our set brought together music lovers (of Crosby Stills and Nash), break dancers, hand drummers, high school drama-club kids go-go dancing, little kids doing back-flips and hand stands, older wine-drinking couples, and fellow musicians. One little kid (who looked to be about 7 year old) ended one of our songs with a full back-flip! Thanks to Kho for capturing some of fun moments of this night. More pictures here!

This performance embodied the original nakasi spirit of playing in a pick-up style in the streets. And our next show is a tea parlor performance (at the Tea Bazaar) — very nakasi-a-propos.