I believe that the conversation I had with Amy is where I really fell in love with what I do*, and realized what it can do. Though often times it's difficult, there are the wonderful moments like this - & many other of the conversations I've done for CultureFlux - that make everything worth it.

I've changed it around from its original form a bit, added some more recent video, & I hope you enjoy it!

~ kSea

This is kSea, with the lovely Ariellah!

Ariellah: Hello! Good morning, sunshine!

kSea: Hey Ariellah! Thanks for finding the time to meet with me... okay, I've got coffee, you're good - I guess this is where we get on with the "official" part of this thang, so let's begin here - how long have you been a belly dancer?

Ariellah: I believe I am going into my ninth year.

kSea: That’s a lot of time! Were you doing other types of dancing before then?

Ariellah: Yes, I have a really strong foundation in classical ballet. I trained with an English ballet dancer who was with the Royal Academy of Dance in England, and she taught me. In my training  with the Royal Academy of Dance, I actually had exams every year, and marks. That was for about twelve or thirteen years.

kSea: So you’ve essentially been dancing for… 22 years?!

Ariellah: Yes! From age three to almost teenager, and then I went back to ballet when I was about nineteen for a couple of years - but by then you’re pretty much over the hill in ballet.

 

And here, at long last, the interview with LAPSUS!

Interview with Keri Langwell of Lapsus
by kSea flux

kSea: Here we go. This is kSea Flux, once again, interviewing Keri Langwell of Lapsus, the creepy dark spooky crazy belly dance American fusion tribal stuff. So, Keri, tell me about the creation of Lapsus and how that happened.