November 12, 2013- Albany, Ca. - Well known Belly Dance icon Suhaila Salimpour has announced plans for a Solo show January 11th in the Southside Theater at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco.
Suhaila will perform classic and modern bellydance in her solo show.
She will be accompanied by the original Salimpour Band, a five member Arabic orchestra playing old and modern Middle Eastern classics.
The band is led by Ziad Islambouli (tabl drum, percussion) and Fadi Islambouli (guitar), and they have worked with Suhaila for over 20 years including Byblos in Los Angeles.
The music will include old and modern belly dance classics as well as selections from Suhaila's popular Arabic Musicals Volume 1 album; favorite selections include Raks Suhaila and Raks Jamila.
Fort Mason Center is located on Marina Boulevard at Buchanan Street, along the northern waterfront between Aquatic Park and the Marina Green, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. A perfect venue for Suhaila the center engages and connects people with arts and culture on a historic waterfront campus.
Fort Mason is a complex of renovated military buildings, the hub of national park. Visitors to the center and the Southside Theater for Suhaila's show will be part of the vitality and diversity that make San Francisco one of the most exciting cities in the world.
As stated on their website, "Fort Mason Center combines, as perhaps no other place in the country, a magnificent setting in the heart of a great city with cultural activity for people of diverse interests and backgrounds."
The Southside Theater is an historic 160 plush seat, wheelchair accessible performance space featuring an elevated, proscenium stage creating an inviting atmosphere for patrons.
Watch for show updates and other announcements from Suhaila on her Facebook page and check the Fort Mason website for directions and more show details:
http://www.fortmason.org/events?m=1&y=2014&category=all_categories&when=20140111
Contact info:
Suhaila International
suhalainternational@gmail.com
Suhaila Solo Show
Saturday, January 11, 8pm
Southside Theater, Fort Mason Center
2 Marina Blvd,
San Francisco, CA 94123
Tickets $35
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/435489?date=875798
www.SuhailaInternational.com