Mardi Love (by joshua black wilkins)

Photo of Masha Archer (The teacher of Carolena Nericcio), uploaded with permission from Larissa Archer.
From Larissa:
“Photo by Charles Homer Archer (Masha’s late husband, and my father). Photo (of course) is of Masha, wearing the original non-coin coin bra, made with saint medallions instead of coins…”
This makes me happy.

Ultra Gypsy members: Jill Parker, Rose Harden, Rachel Brice…

Ariellah Aflalo

April Rose, by Nei’ Mad photography.

Still not feeling well. Been to the doctor twice, had antibiotics and steroids...the steroids helped for a bit, but now that I'm off of them I'm tired and my glads hurt. Still getting through my days, still gonna dance in spring fiesta on Sunday. Made a headband to go with my costume and did some tribal belly dance shit with my hair:

365photochallenge - Day 43

I know this picture sucks. It was the best I could do without moving, finding something to steady myself against, and taking a dozen to choose the best from. I just wanted to enjoy the show.

Day 43 - Beats Antique! ! #365photochallenge #bellydance #beatsantique #nokia

A photo posted by Sydney Cassatta (@scassatta) on Feb 12, 2016 at 11:57pm PST

365photochallenge - Day 28

Day 28 - Belt for tribal costume  #365photochallenge #bellydance #costume #tribalbellydance #coinbelt

A photo posted by Sydney Cassatta (@scassatta) on Jan 28, 2016 at 9:23pm PST

"Perfect and timeless. This lady. This picture. 4-eva." ~Rachel Brice

AMEN!

This photo contains so much YES!! 

Masha Archer and Carolena Nericcio

Plans for the evening...

Rachel Brice Interview for Belly Dance China

 I love that this is called "Rachel Brice USA 1". HAHAHA!

Really love all the old pictures of her as a kid and early in her belly dancing life.

 

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♥ Rachel Brice!! ♥

Rachel Brice interview

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This is a wonderful and inspirational interview I have meant to share for a while now. Very good read. ♥

Alfons Maria Mucha

Alfons Maria Mucha (24 July 1860 – Prague, 14 July 1939), often known in English and French as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs.

About Christmas 1894, Mucha happened to go into a print shop where there was a sudden and unexpected need for a new advertising poster for a play featuring Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous actress in Paris, at the Théâtre de la Renaissance on the Boulevard Saint-Martin. Mucha volunteered to produce a lithographed poster within two weeks, and on 1 January 1895, the advertisement for the play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou was posted in the city, where it attracted much attention. Bernhardt was so satisfied with the success of this first poster that she began a six-year contract with Mucha.

Mucha produced a flurry of paintings, posters, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewellery, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets in what was termed initially The Mucha Style but became known as Art Nouveau. Mucha's works frequently featured beautiful young women in flowing, vaguely Neoclassical-looking robes, often surrounded by lush flowers which sometimes formed halos behind their heads. In contrast with contemporary poster makers he used pale pastel colours. Mucha's style was given international exposure by the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris, of which Mucha said, "I think [the Exposition Universelle] made some contribution toward bringing aesthetic values into arts and crafts."

He decorated the Bosnia and Herzegovina Pavilion and collaborated with decorating the Austrian Pavilion. His Art Nouveau style was often imitated. The Art Nouveau style however, was one that Mucha attempted to disassociate himself from throughout his life; he always insisted that rather than maintaining any fashionable stylistic form, his paintings were entirely a product of himself and Czech art. He declared that art existed only to communicate a spiritual message, and nothing more; hence his frustration at the fame he gained by his commercial art, when he most wanted to concentrate on more artistic projects.

Mucha considered his publication Le Pater to be his printed masterpiece, and referred to it in The Sun of 5 January 1900 as what he had "put [his] soul into". Printed on 20 December 1899, Le Pater was Mucha's occult examination of the themes of The Lord's Prayer and only 510 copies were produced.

The rising tide of fascism during the late 1930's resulted in Mucha's works, as well as his Slavic nationalism, being denounced in the press as 'reactionary'. When German troops moved into Czechoslovakia during the spring of 1939, Mucha was among the first persons to be arrested by the Gestapo. During his interrogation, the ageing artist became ill with pneumonia. Though released eventually, he may have been weakened by this event. He died in Prague on 14 July 1939, due to lung infection, and was interred there in the Vyšehrad cemetery.

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This seriously just made my whole fucking day!!

They bow to the sound of Adam Ant yowling in Prince Charming!! SWOON! I love this lady more and more daily, this new troup is AMAZING. GO RACHEL! ♥ 

New favorite

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Re-posting this photo on all my social media ports for the last, like, month cause it was the toast of the tribal belly dance town and I love it! The amazing Masha Archer as photographed by her amazing husband Charles Homer Archer. Photo made public by their daughter Larissa Archer. Incredible full coin tribal style bra made by Masha using saints medals. I collected these in my youth. ♥ 

 

Seriously, this photo makes me so happy!