DANCE OF MUSES SHOW: FIRST KISS is a premiere dance and music show built around an original concept of bringing different artistic worlds together. On one stage, bellydance fusion, flamenco, classical Indian dance, tribal fusion, live music, and other
dance and movement styles come together. Each performer starts from what they know and do best, then combines it with something new and unexpected – different music, an unusual prop, an
instrument, a costume concept, or an element from another genre.

FIRST KISS symbolises a completely new beginning. The moment when each artist is newly “kissed by the muse” and inspired by an idea they have never explored before. It is about the meeting of different artistic worlds and what can happen when individual artists not only step beyond their own boundaries, but also begin to connect, influence one another, and create something together that has never existed before.

Over the years, each artist has developed a distinctive style of their own, continuously shaping, deepening and refining it. In FIRST KISS, all these personalities and artistic worlds come together in one place to create something unexpected and truly exceptional.

Fabienne Donna Bellissi

A dancer and choreographer with more than 25 years of dance experience and 14 years of experience in bellydance. She is the founder of the Dance of Muses project, through which she runs dance courses, leads her own dance company, and organises the premiere show FIRST KISS. Her work is rooted in bellydance fusion and tribal fusion, which she combines with flamenco, cabaret disciplines, swing, and inspiration from other cultures. She has received several competition placements in the fusion and art categories in the Czech Republic and abroad. Her artistic signature lies in carefully crafted show pieces, strong atmosphere, authenticity, and unexpected details that turn choreography into a unique experience for the audience. At FIRST KISS, she will perform with Dance of Muses Company and with participants of the BALKAN project, created especially for this show.

Geoff Tyson

American guitarist, composer and producer whose music has been featured in Guitar Hero III, the TVseries True Blood, on MTV and in UFC; he has also toured with Queens of the Stone Age and Duran Duran, and appeared in Prague as a special guest of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. His distinctive style isbuilt on virtuosic, high-energy guitar playing rooted mainly in rock, combined with the ability to move naturally across different musical worlds. For FIRST KISS, he is also creating original music written especially for the show.

Elena Gordon

Elena Gordon is a dancer, choreographer and founder of the Prague-based Flamenkeria school. She
has been dedicated to flamenco for more than 20 years – and still finds something new to explore in
it. She sees every choreography as a story and enjoys discovering what happens when she bends the
rules of flamenco a little. Because when a story calls for imagination, experimentation or an
unexpected fusion, it becomes all the more interesting to tell.

In FIRST KISS, she will perform together with Compañía Flamenkería.

Nadine Tale

A dancer and painter performing in the Czech Republic and abroad, Nadine draws on tribal fusion, Latin American dance and her experience with martial arts. Her distinctive style is rooted in freedom of movement and inspiration from myths, symbolism and archetypal beings.

Bhaginee

Sisters Evin and Sylvie Vojtkovy bring the beauty of Indian classical dance to the Czech stage – Evin through Kathak and Sylvie through the temple dance Bharatanatyam; two sisters, two traditions that meet on one stage in energetic fusion choreographies set to well-known Bollywood hits.