Got "Fesh"? - Albuquerque Events Photography

Under the direction of Michelle Morrison, Farfesha Belly Dance is a professional belly dancing company and instructional studio located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. If you're lucky you might catch them twirling, shimmying, and gyrating on a Friday night at Taaj Palace, a local Indian restaurant.

As the story goes, the Egyptian music historian, George Sawa,  spent the evening with the dance company and declared they were full of "joyous laughter." Hence the name Farfesha.  Since then, the adjective "Fesh" has made it's way into their vocabulary describing a dancer who is full of  that "on-stage high energy delight."

Dance Off

At our housewarming party, we had a few really good dancers. All of the sudden there was a dance off in the middle of my living room. I ran upstairs to grab my camera and took this looking down from the stairs. I wish I would have grabbed it sooner! He did some sick tricks!

Passion on the Dance Floor

I was with another photographer shooting some dance team photos, and I found out that many of the dancers were real life couples. I LOVE doing passion shoots, and these two were putty in my hands. Audra is soooo photogenic, it's hard to put her in a bad position. Once I talked them through a few shots to get them comfortable in front of the camera, they just blossomed into amazing models right before my eyes. I can't wait to shoot them again. (Such a shame Brandon is busy jumping out of airplanes on the weekends!).