Belly Dance

Before long, she was taking classes at Read My Hips and learning the dark, slithery movements of American Tribal Style belly dance. The dark, layered music, with its varied beats and shimmy inspiring breaks, served as a dance partner in her pieces. She began to add pieces of fire dancing she had learned along the way, developing tighter bonds with various communities throughout Chicago. Combining fire and belly dancing with her comedy and gender performance, Tamale created dramatic pieces that earned her invitations to be an integral part of some of the countries premiere gender performance conferences and showcases.