Everybody likes to brag about their kids, if they have something to brag about. So in that spirit, I'll stick out my chest and tell you about my daughter, Rachel Brice.
*One of the world's most beautiful women;
*One of the world's most talented performers;
*The most exciting, buzzed-about, and original belly dancer working today;
*A world-traveler, a sophisticate, gregarious, charming, and knowledgeable about all things artsifartsi;
*An honest, conscientious, and hard-nosed business head.
What parent could ask for more?
Like her old dad, Rachel was something of a late bloomer. Now, at the ripe age of 33, she's just hitting her full stride.
She learned her art on her own, by working endlessly to perfect the moves on a classic videotape by the legendary Suhaila Salimpour.
The great dancer Rudolf Nuryev once remarked that anyone who masters an art only does so through tremendous amounts of hard work. Rachel exemplifies that mundane but all-important principal.
Watch for her, because she might be coming to a venue near your home town. She's currently dividing her time between performing with Miles Copeland's Bellydance Superstars and working independently as a teacher/performer in her own unique classes, workshops, and performances.
My life would have been relatively impoverished if I had not had the opportunity to watch my daughter grow into the incredible force of nature she's become, and to enjoy the pleasure of her company. Still, I often look at her and still see her as the curly-headed little moppett she was 30 years ago.
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