developed a unique and theatrical style, full of persona and grace

Celine Conoboy................ an American Cabaret style Belly dancer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Originally from Orange County California, Celine was raised in a theatrical family; her Mother was a concert pianist as well as a musical director for ballet, and musical theater productions. Celine grew up backstage. With thirty years of dance study and performance(twenty in Belly Dance), Celine has developed a unique and theatrical style, full of persona and grace. With experience in; troupe performance and choreography, cabaret, fusion, ATS and folkloric styles, cane, sword, veil and zills. Celine has performed at local festivals includingdancing as part of the “Stars of New Mexico Belly Dance” show during the four-day GO! Downtown Arts Festival in Albuquerque.  She has also performed at other local arts festivals, banquet events with several hundred guests, as well as intimate restaurant settings and local dance shows.  This year Celine was honored to perform at Ya’halla Y’all in Dallas Texas and hopes to have many more opportunities to perform out of state. An expert costume designer, pattern maker and tailor, both in dance costume and historical costuming, Celine has the advantage of making her own custom costumes. With a clear, conversational, writing style Celine has published event reviews, articles on dance costuming and general topics in Jareeda, Zaghareet, Habibi and The Chronicles, Suhailia Salimpour's newsletter as well as online articles such as the one here on Belly Dance NOW. On dance performance; Celine believes not only that "the show must go on", but that the show must be entertaining, of the highest quality imaginable and that each member of the audience should feel as if they have been given a gift. All aspects of each performance must be considered, dance, music, costume, venue and the emotional aspects that will be portrayed. Great theater is an act of love as well as craftsmanship.