Abby
Co-Founder

A dancing fool since toddler times, Abby has been caught hamming it up on and off stage performing all kinds of dance including modern, jazz, ballet, tap, and musical theater. Abby began all things tribal in classes with FatChance and with Jill Parker, where she befriended Erin & Tanja. Abby was one of the first certified dancers in Ansuya's program. On her path to live, sleep, eat, breathe, and hiccup belly dance, Abby discovered the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance, where she quickly certified Level 2. Although Abby has performed extensively, her main interest lies in choreography, dance history, and movement analysis. She holds a B.A. in both Dance and Performance Studies and Near Eastern Studies. As part of her honors research project, she created the “belly dance tree (version 2004 – update pending)” and wrote her thesis on fusion forms of belly dance in the United States. She is currently working on the creation of a belly dance army of superhero(ine)s to conquer the world using only finger cymbals, rhinestones and really good music (to establish world peace of course).

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Tanja Odzak
Co-Founder

Tanja seduces her audiences with her sensual grace, inner fire, and technical artistry. She embodies fiercely passionate belly dance. Her current style fuses a blend of Tribal and Cabaret styles of American belly dance. She has taught and performed professionally at nightclubs, theaters, art galleries, trade shows, and cultural festivals nationally since 2002. Tanja was the “Tribal Fusion Champion” at the 2007 Hips of Fury Belly Dance Contest. Past performance experience includes work with Ultra Gypsy, Bal Anat, Damage Control Dance Theatre, Bastet, Fat Chance’s Third Tribe and Lapsus. During her years in Jill Parker’s Ultra Gypsy, she was an active choreographer and dancer when the dance company received the prestigious Golden Belly Award for the 2005 “Troupe of the Year”. She is Level 3 certified in the Suhaila Salimpour format and, this year, Tanja is proud to have choreographed for Suhaila Salimpour’s Repertoire Ensemble. Her work was highlighted in the 2010 Rakkasah West show, where she also performed as a guest artist with the Ensemble.

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Erin Harper
Co-Founder

Erin captivates audience members with her sinuous style and smoldering presence, combining elements of dark and light, joy and pain to create a tantalizing performance experience. Dancing since 2002, Erin started out as the director for the student troupe Djun Djun before joining the Ultra Gypsy Dance Company. She has since explored many areas of dance, participating in Ansuya’s first certification program. Erin also dances as a member of the dark fusion belly dance troupe Lapsus.

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Erica Cipriani 2010
“I love dancing with LAC ‘cuz they are a group of talented, hot choreographers who inspire me to dance with more passion and zest!”
Erica has studied belly dance in the bay area since 2002. Her strongest influences include Jill Parker, Suhaila Salimpour, Ansuya, and Elizabeth Strong. She has performed with Ultra Gypsy and Damage Control, and now enjoys dancing with the talented dancers in L'Anonyme because of the challenging choreographies and love of the dance.		  
  Raven Ebner 2009 – 2010
“The creative direction of L'Anonyme allows me to broaden my repertoire, work with amazing dancers, and have a lot of fun.”
A longtime musician and visual artist, Raven began her dance career in 2003 with Midriff Crisis, Tucson, Arizona's premier American Tribal Style belly dance troupe, where she performed until moving to the Bay Area in 2006. There she studies with a variety of instructors, has worked with Lapsus - a fusion belly dance troupe that appealed to her darker sensibilities - as well as joining up with L'Anonyme Collective to explore belly dance styles with other influences. Click here to learn more about Raven.
Rose Harden 2009-2010
“I have danced with these women off an on for over 10 years and it is my honor to share the creative process with this ridiculously talented group... and they make me laugh!”
Rose, artist and contemporary belly dancer, has been a passionate member of the vibrant San Francisco belly dance and performance community since 1999. She has contributed to the innovative concepting, costuming, and choreography of the influential dance companies Ultra Gypsy and the Barbary Coast Shakedown. Rose loves the creative process and approaches performance as an extension of her visual arts training by crafting with intention, a unique experience for the audience. Click here to learn more about Rose.		  
  Keri Langwell 2009 – 2010
“L'Anonyme is fun and challenging, and I get to dance with a beautiful assortment of amazing dancers!”
Keri started studying ATS in 1998 with Carolina Nericcio and Fat Chance Belly Dance. Since then, she has studied with Jill Parker, Suhaila Salimpour, Rachel Brice, Amy Sigil, Zoe Jakes, and others. She has performed as a member of Ultra Gypsy, Lotus and C.o.R.E. (a talented suspension/performance art troupe). She has worked with fire in performance and for pleasure for over a decade, and is the Founder and Creative Director of Lapsus, as well as creator of the annual dark carnival, SIGIL. Click here to learn more about Keri.
Mareeshka 2009-2010
“I don’t know where this is going, but I’m along for the ride … and what a ride!”
Mixing traditional bellydance with modern moves from multiple genres, Mareeshka lives to perform. As a long-time member of Jill Parker's Ultra Gypsy, Mareeshka danced on stages across the country alongside the likes of Rachel Brice, Zoe Jakes, Heather Stants, Mira Betz, and Elizabeth Strong. She was a recent member of the breakthrough fusion company, Damage Control Dance Theatre. She currently brings her unique mix of presence and substance as a soloist at Marrakech restaurant in San Francisco and as part of the traveling Boiler Bar ensemble. Click here to learn more about Mareeshka.		  
  Lori Tawasha 2009 – 2010
“I dance with L’Anonyme to broaden my horizons and to hang out with bossy dames!”
Lori has been belly dancing for nearly a decade.  Before founding EvilEye BellyDance in 2006, to test and expand the boundaries of ATS while keeping within the tradition of synchronized group improvisation, she studied and performed with Kajira Djoumahna and BlackSheep BellyDance. She currently studies at the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance where she holds a Level 2 certification in the SSBD format and appears with Suhaila's Repertoire Ensemble.  Lori is also a returning workshop instructor at Tribal Fest in Sebastopol, CA. Click here to learn more about Lori.
Cynthia Todd 2008-2010
“LAC is a really fun, talented, professional, genuinely nice group of women with similar goals and vision who just like dancing together.”
Cynthia has been hovering around the outskirts of the tribal dance scene since the earth cooled. In 2001, she founded Tribal Feat with some friends, became completely obsessed, and lost control of her life due to her addiction to dance. She went into hiding to find balance with this obsession and her very demanding life. She found her way back doing side projects with dancer friends. Collaborating with Meliza in such an unofficial capacity that, years later, they still do not have a name for their collaboration was the first step …. And now L'Anonyme is the next logical step! 		 
  Meliza Wells 2008 – 2010
“These ladies are bad-ass and we love jammin’ together!”
Dancing since 1998, Meliza’s participation in the bellydance community spans the gamut from dance company member of Ultra Gypsy and Lapsus, to co-founder of Lotus and Bastet belly dance companies, to co-producer of the Tribal Throwdown event. She has studied with the top-names and also taught bellydance. Since 2008, Meliza’s enjoyed several collaborations with Tribal Feat co-founder Cynthia Todd.
 

Former Members
Dawn Ishii 2006 -2007, TribalFest 2006 performer and contributing choreographer
Kristin (McClanahan) Raza 2006 -2007 performer and contributing choreographer
Sabine (Kaluaratchi) Tucker 2006 -2007 performer and contributing choreographer

  
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