Favorite Quotes:


Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.”

~ Cecil Beaton






“Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; IT IS LIFE ITSELF.”

~ Havelock Ellis







“Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.”

~ Mae West








“The stars form a circle, and in the center, we dance.”

~ Rumi







“No artist is ahead of his time.  He is time; the others are just behind the times.”

~ Martha Graham







“I take what is totally unfamiliar and I work with it until it becomes familiar.  I then take what has become familiar and I work with it until it becomes automatic.  I then take what has become automatic and I work with it until it becomes beautiful.  I then take what has become beautiful and I work with it until it becomes magical.”

~Magician

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HIP EXPRESSIONS TROUPES

We have a variety of performing groups to accompany the variety of artistic forms we experiment in!  From our professional troupes to student groups, you’ll find belly dance, Burlesque, Polynesian, Hoop Dance, live music, and more all represented!



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The Hip Expressions Professional Team is the core of our troupes, and performs belly dance, fire, Polynesian, Burlesque, and hoop dance!  Catch them performing several nights a week arond Tampa Bay!

Sha’abi, Sirens, Gypsies, the Tribe, and YOU!

The Teeny

Geenies

Loud Zoo actually pre-dates Hip Expressions; Johanna joined LZ (then a musical group) in 2000.  Slowly but surely she added more dancers and the group evolved!  Now under her direction, they perform improvisation, fusion, and everything in between.

SHLB plays traditional music from around the world, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, and is now exploring Eastern European sounds!  Catch them the first Saturday of the month (weather permiting) at the Sunset Hookah Lounge on the shore of St Pete Beach, behind St Pete Nights, and other places too!

Tsunami Blu, Luscious Lola, Miss Lily Tiger, and Shanghai Sue can be found performing every Thursday at St Pete Night’s Burlesque Thursdays along with the alluring vocals of Naughty Natasha.  They aim to tease!

Our students are developing versatility just like our instructors!  Catch them performing in several styles from Egyptian street dancing to Improvisational Tribal.  They perform at our Monthly Showcase, as well as at other events around Tampa Bay!  You too can join the fun!

Yes indeed this is our most charming group hands down!  Karen Sun Ray heads up this group with her daughter, Eilia.  Catch them performing a few times a year at our Monthly Showcase!

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