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Welcome to all the Groupon ladies! It is wonderful to have you at the studio. Please call ahead or email to learn availability of classes. Some classes are full. We have morning and evening classes. Click on Xanadu Studio Class Schedule to see the general schedule. (see Blog for more information about classes, i.e. attire, etc.)
Welcome to the online portfolio of Kathryn Ferguson: dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and author. And she owns a Tucson dance studio where she has belly dance and fitness classes. With her studies of Egyptian music and dance in Cairo, she is qualified to teach both traditional Arab dance, as well as exciting modern Mideastern movements and choreography. Come dance for excercise or to learn the mysterious dance of the Middle East. Check out the class schedule!
What you’ll find here on Kathryn’s website…
Dance
- My personal performance photos
- The Xanadu Dancers Troupe
- My Dance Friends
- Xanadu Studio Class Schedule/Cost
- DVD’s
Films
- Films I produced and directed:
- Rita of the Sky
- The Unholy Tarahumara
Books
- Crossing with the Virgin: Stories from the Migrant Trail
Dogs and Desert
Contact
Kathryn Ferguson
520-881-0883
Xanadu Dance Studio: 2408 N. Loretta Dr.
Artist’s Statement
Mystery. Knowing and not knowing. The past, the future, and the space in between.
What lies between an initial idea and a finished work of art is what is interests me. To force a result is to confine the infinite. Ambiguity and not knowing are a little spooky but, my, what an adventure.
“Entre los gitanos, no se leen las manos.” Among the gypsies, they don’t read palms.
What I like…
… I like tradition juxtaposed with just about anything else. I am excited by “found” notions. In making documentaries, I like “found” footage. By that I mean discovering two pieces of footage that I never considered placing next to each other, then realize they are the perfect match. Like a cornfield and a red heart, a jail cell and a ferris wheel (film Rita of the Sky). I like a traditional Oriental dance movement followed by a Jose Limon leg gesture (choreography). I like a scientific explanation of heat followed by a written description of a person walking the desert in a wetsuit on a scorching summer day (book Crossing with the Virgin).