Monica is a dancer, drummer, and overthinker based in San Francisco, California
Books: Selections from my library
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Galleries
Currently showing: Four videos. Accidental Altars. Dance Triptychs.
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Dance Along Joy
Style: Egyptian Raqs Baladi
Monica's post-performance dance along with the fine folks attending Salon Hala, San Francisco, Summer 2024.
Show produced by Mama Ganuush
Video by Jeff Vengeance
Venue is Queer Arts Featured
Monica at the Brava
Style: Pan-Mediterranean / Experimental Folkloric
Monica performs an Arab/southern Italian piece at the Brava Theater in San Francisco.
Fall 2024
Sponsored by The Hala Collective
Dance to the sounds of the studio / Last days at Lines
Style: Freeform / Experimental folk
A moment to the sounds of the street as I cleaned out a cabinet at a studio I had taught at for over 20 years.
Back in the Day
Style: Egyptian raqs sharqi and raqs baladi
Well, not the DAY day, but another day. Live set with Sirocco in 2008.
August 3, 2008, San Leandro, California
Dancer: Monica of San Francisco Musicians: Armando Mafufo, Paul Ohanesian, Michael Gruber
Producer: Tatseena
Accidental Altars
Some altars I make on purpose, some I see by accident.
Accidental Altars
Dance Triptychs
Snippets from a dance life, in threes.
Dance Triptychs
Photos by Jeff K. at Salon Hala
Photos by Carl Sermon
I live and work on unceded Ohlone Ramaytush land. Respect to elders, ancestors, and traditional caretakers of this land—past, present, emerging, and future. I also acknowledge the people of the lands of my youth, the Matinecock and the Tongva.
Gratitude to the caretakers in my familial lines who stayed on the Southern European, Eastern European, and North African lands that my grandparents left. You created and continue to grow the traditions I do my best to honor and keep relevant from afar. Thank you for your ongoing inspiration and grace.
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