Sarina dances at the Medge Summer Alternative show as the Dark Lord in a Harry Potter themed belly dance piece. Those who are fans of the series will recognize Harry Potter glasses, scar, Death Eaters, wands, dark marks and more from the performance. And of course, just like Quirrel, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Names was growing out of the back of someone's head. Best of all, his eyes glowed green!
Sarina performed to Disney's Frozen soundtrack as the featured performer at MEDGE's alternative night, February 2015. Here she uses her fan viels. If interested in learning to use fans, she teaches occasional workshops which are listed on her class page.
Sarina performed to Disney's Frozen soundtrack using tribal fusion belly dance moves. The performance was on Friday, Februrary 20th at Cozmic Pizza in Eugene during the Middle Eastern Dance Guild of Eugene's alternative show.
Fusion Fascination is Sarina's tribal fusion student troupe in Eugene. In this photo, Sarina leads students while dancing to Phantom of the Opera.
Fusion Fascination performed tribal fusion dance in Eugene to Phantom of the Opera. Students in Sarina's troupe take turns leading.
Fusion Fascination performed this piece in Eugene, Oregon at Cozmic Pizza at MEDGE's alternative night on Friday, February 20th, 2015. This student troupe is made up of three students who take turns leading. In this image, Sarina leads students in a dreamy, ethereal piece to Bella's Lullaby.
Friday, February 20th, 2015, student troupe, Fusion Fasciation perform at Cozmic Pizza at MEDGE's alternative night. Sarina leads students in a dreamy, ethereal piece to Bella's Lullaby.
As a costumer, Sarina is always making something new to wear for her performances. She loves steampunk and Victorian inspired fashion. Among Sarina Dorie Design's sundry of merchandise, steampunk jewelry with metal wire work can be found locally and purchased from her artist website.
Sarina makes attractive belly dance or swimwear cover ups. At this point, all cover ups have been sold and they are only available by custom order at this point.
Sarina Dorie Designscan be found at Tsunami Books, New Zone Art Gallery, The Vintage Antique Mall and events in Eugene, Springfield and Portland. Sarina's sweatshop, ahem, website sells bloomers, bustle skirts and hair fascinators with a Victorian flare for belly dancers, steampunk costume designers or people who just like to play dress up. For more info, go to her other website at:
Bustle skirts are inspired by Victorian fashion. Sarina sells these locally and does custom orders. Sarina Dorie Designs are sold at Tsunami Books, New Zone Art Gallery, The Vintage Antique Mall and events in Eugene, Springfield and Portland. Sarina's sweatshop, ahem, website sells bloomers, bustle skirts and hair fascinators with a Victorian flare for belly dancers, steampunk costume designers or people who just like to play dress up. For more info, go to her other website at:
Bloomers can be ankle length, calf, knee or above the knee length. They can peek out under a skirt or keep the legs completely covered under a skirt. Sarina has been making experimental pants and bloomers for herself for over ten years. She sells locally and does custom orders.
Sarina Dorie Designs are sold at Tsunami Books, New Zone Art Gallery, The Vintage Antique Mall and events in Eugene, Springfield and Portland. Sarina's sweatshop, ahem, website sells bloomers, bustle skirts and hair fascinators with a Victorian flare for belly dancers, steampunk costume designers or people who just like to play dress up. For more info, go to her other website at:
Ms. Fancy Pants makes bloomers in cotton and lace, in a variety of sizes. They can be worn under skirts, as pajamas, over leggings or just by themselves.
Sarina Dorie Designs are sold at Tsunami Books, New Zone Art Gallery, The Vintage Antique Mall and events in Eugene, Springfield and Portland. Sarina's sweatshop, ahem, website sells bloomers, bustle skirts and hair fascinators with a Victorian flare for belly dancers, steampunk costume designers or people who just like to play dress up. For more info, go to her other website at:
Sarina Dorie Designs are sold at Tsunami Books, New Zone Art Gallery, The Vintage Antique Mall and events in Eugene, Springfield and Portland. Sarina's sweatshop, ahem, website sells bloomers, bustle skirts and hair fascinators with a Victorian flare for belly dancers, steampunk costume designers or people who just like to play dress up. For more info, go to her other website at:
Sarina Dorie Designs aka Sarina's sweatshop sells bloomers, bustle skirts and hair fascinators with a Victorian flare for belly dancers, steampunk costume designers or people who just like to play dress up.
Sarina the dancing dolls performs in Fusion Friendly's Cirque du Eugene.
Here is an example of tribal fusion with a Victorian element, seen in the costume--and heard in the musical selection.
Sarina wears cyberlocks in her hair, a busty, Gothic corset and ruffles in this costume worn on International Talk Like a Pirate Day
The full extent of the Sarina designed costume is visible.
Sarina made the hat, decorated the umbrella to turn it into a parasol, sewed the necklace and made more of the costume. In this photo, the veil on the hat is visible. Photo taken by Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
Sarina made the hat, decorated the umbrella to turn it into a parasol, sewed the necklace and made more of the costume. Photo taken by Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
One of Sarina's favorite places at Faerieworlds was the Mad Hatter's Tea Room. It was in the kids' area but it was so fun. She wishes she could have her own outdoor tea room at her house.
Sarina performs with many props including fans. She also teaches fan dancing and fan dance workshops.
Sarina made this costume with lace, ruffles, bloomers, petticoats and a Victorian fascinator. Her mother made her the umbrella when she was sixteen and participating in Civil War reenactments.
Actually this might be a hazard of watching the movie "Aliens." In this photo I am holding an exotic citrus fruit that is used for making lemon zest. The fruit is called "Buddha Hands." Being a science fiction lover, I had to pose for this photo.
This costume is a blend of red Chinese style costume, black and white stripes and Victorian accessories. The performance included Andalusian-inspired skirt dancing and Chinese circus fans used in a theatrical style.
Notice the crab claws in this costume, an influence from Indonesian dancing.
As the opener for Trek Theatre in Eugene, Sarina danced to songs such as Star Trek girl and the soundtrack to Star Trek, the original series, as well as remixes that incorporates classic Star Trek lines into the music.
This Andalusian and Romani-inspired style performance was done at Cozmic Pizza in Eugene, Oregon. Gipsy Nouveau was an event at Cozmic Pizza put on by Fusion Friendly, an organization originally founded by Sarina. Gipsy Nouveau featured the talent of local belly dancers as well as Znama from Portland, Oregon.
Sarina uses flamenco and Gypsy style moves.
Sarina performs at Cozmic Pizza in Eugene. She wears a Victorian costume and Eastern European music for a steampunk feel.
It's a bird, it's a plane--wait, no, it's the little mermaid.
Sarina dances on a stage in Portland, Oregon as part of the Portland Pirate festival. She was called "Shelly" a lot at the event because of her shell bra.
Sarina poses for a photo as a mermaid.
Sarina performs to eastern European music.
Sarina performs in a her handmade Victorian costume.
Sarina is posed mid-backbend as she lowers herself to the ground. She was even able to get up afterward while balancing that sword on her chin.
Q: What be a pirates three favorite letters in the alphabet?
A: A, I and Rrrrr!
Sarina wears tribal costuming for this pirate performance.
Sarina performs a backbend with a veil as a pirate at No Shame Eugene.
For this performance at No Shame Eugene, Sarina allowed her younger sister to select her music. Her sister loves Disney and Mary Poppins is her favorite performance. Sarina used an umbrella in her performance and and wore a Victorian inspired costume
Obviously, Sarina didn't have her V8 this day.
Gypsy and flamenco inspired moves flavor this steampunk dance at University of Oregon.
While living in Sapporo, Japan Sarina taught classes at Deena's Dance Studio, Studio 2001 and Soulwave.
Students perform tribal choreography in a hapyoki or student show.
Students perform some tribal floor work with Sarina.
This performance was taken in Sapporo, Japan.
Sarina performed her Orion slave dancer piece at Trek Theatre, MEDGE's alternative show in February 2014 and at Fusion Friendly's Bellystar Galactica.
In this piece Sarina, Seraphina and Fiona rose performed a collaborative piece about death and rebirth.
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Sarina fullfills her dream to finally be the green woman.
Sarina poses in her handmade costume made out of vintage fabric from the 1960s. The two-toned body colors were before she perfected the costume. Taking two hours to put pain on her belly and another two to get it off were not ideal. She now wears a green body suit.
Sarina poses with Riker as his alien dream woman that Q conjures in the episode, "Deja Q."
Sarina's time living in Korea and then Japanese inspired her to fusion some of the moves she learned from Yosokoi with her current dance vocabulary. In this photo she wears a kimono as a cover up. Her hair is ornamented with hair acessories like women wore with kimonos on festival days in Japan. She imitates the "kanzashi" sticks women decorated their hair with, though when she lived there she was told it was very unusual to use "hashi" or chopsticks for this purpose because it was like using a fork to tie up a bun.
One of the joys of tribal fusion is the challenge and freedom of combining belly dance with other dance styles. it is important to Sarina to combine elements in a way that creates a unity in costume, dance moves and music. In this performance she wears a belt, bra and hair fascinator she made herself. Her hat was one of her grandma's.
Sarina performs with blue fans and a black and white costume. The finge on the belt and hip scarf are meant to resemble the fringe on a flapper dress to give the costume a 1920s/1930s look to match the jazzy music she is dancing to.
Sarina performs with her blue fans to jazz music. In this photo she is in the middle of a belly dance move known as "the camel," a kind of walking reverse belly roll undulation. She uses fans for framing. They also come in handy when she gets sweaty from all those shimmies!
Sarina performs with blue fans during a Middle Eastern Dance Guild of Eugene Alternative Show during the month of February. She performed to Mood Area 52's music as well as other jazz musicians. From the 1920s themed costume, to the music selection to the dance moves reminiscent of vaudeville and burlesque, Sarina's entire performance fit the vintage theme she wished to evoke. Sarina also makes and sells many fascinators (hair clips) that resemble vintage fashion attire of the era.
Sarina performs flamenco inspired fusion dance with fans in a red costume. This photo was taken at Cozmic Pizza in Eugene during one of Fusion Friendly's alternative shows featuring a variety of dance styles fused with belly dance.
Sarina uses her peek-a-boo fan techniques at a peformance in Eugene. She often combines tribal elements with flamenco, tango and other dance styles to create a unique style that fits the music and theme. This was probably at one of Fusion Friendly Event's shows at Cozmic Pizza.
This Tribal Fusion Belly Dance at Cozmic Pizza in Eugene was performed in 2011 at a Middle Eastern Dance Guild of Eugene event. Sarina danced to break dance music and busted out some break dance moves. She included popping, ticking and tutting.
This Romani style performance features a Romani style costume in front of a Van Gogh style painting at Cozmic Pizza.
This tribal fusion performance was in 2008 in Japan through Deena's Dance Studio.
Flamenco inspired fusion dance with fans at Fusion Friendly Event at Cosmic Pizza.
Gipsy Nouveau
Fusion Friendly Events put on Tango Infusion in 2011 at Cozmic Pizza in Eugene: featured performer was the band, Mood Area 52.
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