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The Seven Veils

Seven celestial bodies. Seven guardians. Each born from a different resonance, each watching a different veil.

They do not move the heavens— but they keep the world from falling through it.

• Solra ☉ – The Sun – High Watcher of the East Sky • Nymera ☽ – The Moon – Warden of Moonlit Shadows • Vireon ☿ – Mercury – The Eyes Beyond Time • Florinelle ♀ – Venus – Guardian of Gentle Bloom • Kaelhar ♂ – Mars – Fang of the Crimson Flame • Aurelhart ♃ – Jupiter – Voice of the Verdant Path • Morrakai ♄ – Saturn – The Sentinel of the Last Silence

First look at Seven Veils

A new trailer has been released for Seven Veils, which is set to release March 7, 2025.

Last Saturday myself along with two of my lovely Eastern Delights ladies travelled to Gillingham for the Sevenveils Summer Performance Platform event.

My troupe were unable to perform so I decided to perform a Turkish style solo from Ruby Beh’s popular DVD ‘Totally Turkish’. This is the second time that I have performed it for an audience and I just needed to revisit the DVD and get into the swing of it again.

I had a lot of fun performing this dance since it is very energetic and judging from the audience’s reaction this just naturally came though. I especially found myself interacting with the audience a lot more than I usually do when doing stage shows. I think the next time I do a solo for this specific show I might try doing some improvisation to an Oriental style song instead.

I only got to see a few other dancers perform by the time I had been on and got changed to sneak into the audience but it is always interesting to see others dance and I always enjoy watching the lovely Safka perform since she is so elegant and full of emotion.

A few days later the video of my Turkish performance came out and I have certainly noticed a few things that I need to be worked on. I seem to be slightly out of time which is unusual for me since I am usually well connected to the music. It is a very fast choreography and with the added adrenaline  I think I ended up dancing a bit faster that I need to in places.

Although I am never a fan of watching myself dance it really does help to improve. I thought my dance was terrible at first and cringed so badly but after a few more views I noticed what needed to be improved and could then start to appreciate what went well.

The Mirror

What I loved most about the night is that we were treated to a full bellydance theatrical show by the Johara Dance Company called ‘The Mirror’.

I absolutely loved this show with the wonderful dancers, clever use of props and a dark and at times creepy story.

It has taken me a while to get around to writing about my experience at the Sevenveils Autumn Performance Platform. Why? Well as a perfectionist my solo performance didn’t go as well as I had hoped and I needed time to get over that fact and learn from it.

It is always so easy to write about how great things went but it is a lot harder to write when things didn’t go quite so well, especially when you also have a mental health illness to battle with as well.

So why didn’t my performance go well? My costume neck strap came undone (I still had over the shoulder straps so it wasn’t that major of a problem) but they kept getting in my way and distracting me from my dancing. My costume is also too heavy for me and trying to do level changes was a challenge. My dancing however went well apart from the mishaps but my illness only lets me see the negative part even when people were complimenting me on a great performance.

There was one thing that could have prevented all of this (and if you are a dancer you will already probably be shaking your head) and that is to practise in your costume before going on stage. I forever tell my students this so why am I not listening to my own advice? I think the show just crept up on me and I had been feeling very up and down so I never got the chance. I seem to learn something each time I do these shows and I hope one day I can perform at the Sevenveils Performance Platform and not have some sort of costume trouble.

After finding the courage to watch my performance back I was surprised to see it wasn’t as bad as I had imagined. I often blow things out of proportion. I also got some wonderful photos from www.krysphotos.co.uk which has some great shots of me dancing.e

(Video by shimmeringbreeze)

Once I had performed solo it was nice to be able to dance with the Eastern Delights troupe. They always love coming along to these shows and seeing all the different dancers and styles. I think it really inspires them to keep dancing and coming up with new ideas. Our performance was a fun Gypsy skirt dance which I had choreographed a few years ago for a workshop. It can be great to go over these old dances and make them new again.

(Video by shimmeringbreeze)

The theme was ‘Something Spooky’ but I didn’t really have time to come up with another new dance so we decided to be different since most of the acts would be dark and scary. For the next show I will be able to plan a bit better so we can be a part of the theme.