Tribal Vogue: The Look

TRIBAL VOGUE: THE LOOK focuses on make-up and contouring the face as well as unique costuming and hair design in order to create a stellar stage persona.

The workshop is a fusionist’s practice companion and how-to guide for designing a unique and memorable look for stage performances, videos, or photoshoots.

Moria will share the secrets of what goes into creating an enticing belly dance stage personality.

As independent creators, belly dancers are expected to know it all! 

Fusion is more than the various dance disciplines that you choose to combine; it’s also the finesse of incorporating music, costume, stage make-up, hair design, headdresses, and even props to successfully create a character piece that expresses a particular vision and lends credence to the dancer’s voice.

The make-up portion of the workshop explores some of the most effective methods of cosmetic application: selecting brushes, how-to applications, successful color combinations, and your choice of products for stage performance.

As an experienced make-up artist, Moria shares the techniques used in creating a smoky eye, eye-and-lip color combinations, reshaping the face using contouring, as well as eyebrow sculpting and eyelash application.

The section on costuming is a forum on conceiving a personal Tribal Fusion look while considering materials, patterns, embellishments, body type, and product accessibility. 

Discussions include what yarns, tassels, belts, velvets, silks, or embroidery work well on stage, what pant-shapes work for you and your music, and what can be done with accouterments that don’t seem to work, as well as various methods of constructing a bra including shapes and attachments.

In the section on tribal hair construction, dancers will learn how to texture and segment their hair to provide a base-shape as well as a sound structure upon which to add various buns, braids, and falls to create numerous, different, and exciting looks for the stage, style of dance, video, or photoshoot.