Anna Miller

"Underbelly" provides the viewer with a sneak peak into a woman's transcendent journey and this unijque, rarely seen world by drawing a year in the life of Princess Farhana. burlesque history. From Hollywood, California to the Mexican Riviera, the United Kigndom to the prairies of Canada, New York heart of America, "Underbelly" illuminates the world of belly dancing as it exists today. burlesque history. . With views of the stage as well as the private sector outside the world of stage dancers, it covers the basics and history ofi dances how it is taught, how it changes life and heals And discusses the differences between the purely traditional styles and the multitude of types that make up contemporary dance belly: cabaret and tribal merger wituh the burlesque and gothic. Candid interviews witg stars and well known to authorities in the field such as Rachel Brice, Tonya & Atlantis, Rachel Lazarus Soto, Marta Schill, Samantha Riggs, and Kajira Djoumahna bump against the views of stars in the eyes of students and amateurs.

Outrageous differences of opinion are offered by purists and the great pioneers. The shows Princess Farhana, John Compton, actor / dance Margaret Cho, Blacksheep Belly Dance, Jim Boz and Tempest illuminate the range of styles and how each artist makes a personal signature on the world's oldest dance, as it is made today.