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#audienceparticipation with the littles 😍🥰💜 Crazy cuteness from Jesselle’s #arabiannights #sweet16 on Saturday.

These bright moments from the weekend’s gigs felt good and definitely helped manage the rage i and most of us are feeling since Friday. 😡 It’s tiny but mighty like these sweet ones dancing in their light 💖
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#bellydance #bellydancer #bellydancernyc #partybellydancer #newyorkbellydancer #cutekids #fckthepatriarchy #dance #fight #supportwomenandgirls #performingartist #laylaisis

First run in my new suit last night- thank you @be

First run in my new suit last night- thank you @bellacostmes for this beauty!! 🤩✨💛
#bellacostume #bellydancer #newsuit #sparkles #bellydancernyc #laylaisis

(2/2) - Friday Photo dump time. Some May and early

(2/2) - Friday Photo dump time. Some May and early June gig moments! ❤️💃🏻

👯‍♀️Memorial Day #Graduationparty with love @elenanayiri
🥂 Alex & Bryan’s #Moroccanwedding with love @flutteringby13
🎂Caribbean 50th #birthdaybash
👰🏻‍♀️ Nancy & Rafy’s #puertoricanwedding
👰🏻‍♀️Jennifer & Franklin’s #elsalvadorianwedding
💍They said yes! #bridalshower
⚱️Vases the size of ladies at the @richi_rich_palace for a #westindianwedding!
🐶feeling pawsitively pawfect after my performance at the Greek Jewish Festival in May 🥰
🤷🏻‍♀️Just Lurleen

😅Almost caught up! Just tryin to clear the decks before the next gig marathon makes it beyond manageable! So #grateful for my job 🥰 (the actual dancing part of it lol.)
Check post 1 for ze vids!

Have a great weekend everyone! 😘
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#bellydance #bellydancers #bellydanceduo #partybellydancer #weddingbellydancer #bellydancernyc #entertainers #bellydancernewyork #partyseason #boundlessbellydance #laylaisis

(1/2) Hey ya’ll! Finally resurfacing from my cov

(1/2) Hey ya’ll! Finally resurfacing from my covid cave - it got me good last week! 😝 Hated it.

But now I’ve gotten it out of the way and so happy it won’t be interfering with the rest of summer fun and peak #wedding and #party season. It got off to an amazing start!

Here’s a whole bunch of unpublished gems and highlights from May and June’s start. 😄

We got #weddings galore! #outdoorparties! #birthdays!#bridalshowers! Scroll through for magic ✨✨✨
Video edition featuring In order:

👰🏻‍♀️Alexandra & Bryan with my dance partner in crime @flutteringby13 and #bride @lexlana 💕
👰🏻‍♀️Jennifer & Franklin with clips from #weddingphotographer @levasseurphoto 🙏
👰🏻‍♀️Yvelene & Aaron at the same venue on the same night 🙌 Love @chateaubriandcaterers
👰🏻‍♀️Jay & Amrita -this uncle gets invited to all the weddings cause he’s heckin fun! 😜
🎉50 and Fabulous birthday fun with the kids (my fav) thanks to @PristineSoundPro 🙏
💍bridal shower- 🎣🤣🤣🤣
💍Veronica’s bridal shower 🥂
🎉Luis’s birthday! 🍻

Thanks to all my amazing clients past and upcoming. Happy #weddingseason2022 and happy summer!!! 🌈💛

Back at it today with a double booked Thursday and a full weekend. 😅🙌 TBC
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#bellydancernyc #weddingbellydancer #njwedding #nycwedding #longislandwedding #weddinginspiration #weddingplanner #weddingplanning #weddingideas #arabicwedding #morroccanwedding #latinwedding #weddingentertainment #weddingpros #weddingday #weddingseason #springwedding #bellydancernewyork #laylaisis #boundlessbellydance

Drum solo fun from last night. Congrats Jennifer a

Drum solo fun from last night. Congrats Jennifer and Franklin!!! 💜👰🏻‍♀️🤵🏻‍♂️🫶🏼🕺
#turkishdrop
#audienceparticipation
#brideandgroom
Cheers to a two #wedding Friday in the same venue! @chateaubriandcaterers 💒
@varietymusicdj 🎤
@levasseurphoto 📸
@jenn4708 👰🏻‍♀️
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#weddings #weddingbellydancer #weddinginspiration #weddingseason #bellydancer #newyorkbellydancer #bellydancernyc #libride #liweddings #nycwedding #justmarried #junewedding #weddingplanner #weddingpros #bellydancereels #boundlessbellydance #laylaisis

✨🪩💃🏻👸🏻🇪🇬✨ Catchin a #shaa

✨🪩💃🏻👸🏻🇪🇬✨ Catchin a #shaabi vibe onstage with @anamasreyaxo at @nefertittiesnyc 💋🫶🏻
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#bellydancer #bellydancernyc #drag #queen #nefertitties #brooklyn #nyc #entimealema #arabicdance #bellydance #bellydancelove #bellydanceglobal #laylaisis #boundlessbellydance

✨✨✨About last weekend’s golden glitz n gla

✨✨✨About last weekend’s golden glitz n glamour…🔥🔥🔥
SO much fun working with @anamasreyaxo and joining the QUEEN herself for the showstopping finale at the NEFERTITTIES show at @littlefieldnyc. 🤩💛 🙌Such a joy for @flutteringby13 and I share the stage with you Ana! 👯‍♀️🥰🫶🏻

Scroll thru for some gems and backstage with @meh.mooni and @rify_royalty 💋💋
More to come!

Im very backed up on content I intend to post cause….well, news has been horrific of late, life has been a roller coaster, and churning out content for capitalistic driven social media as much as I normally do hasn’t really aligned with my insides. Not that anyones paying attention I’m sure, but just saying….take care of yourselves and do what ya need to do! If you need to pause, slow down and stop pushing yourself to be better all the time…it’s ok.
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#bellydancers #dragshow #nefertitties #bellydancernyc #golden #glitz #glamour #anamasreya #mariyah #laylaisis #nyc #performingartists #performerlife #✨✨✨✨✨

#Candles and #dancing with gorgeous #bride @bklynr

#Candles and #dancing with gorgeous #bride @bklynraven at Nancy & Rafy’s #wedding #Saturdaynight. 💫😁 #puertoricanwedding #brooklyn #nyc #nycbellydancer #weddingbellydancer #weddingafterparty #weddingideas #weddingday #nycwedding #brooklynwedding #bellydancernewyork #laylaisis #boundlessbellydance

Ya’ll I am the coolest New Yorker I know right n

Ya’ll I am the coolest New Yorker I know right now (for like 2 days at least) and definitely earned my badge of nyc notoriety for getting featured in @newyorknico’s Sunday post! 😎

Here I am dancing at the Greek Jewish Festival on Sunday amid a masterpiece collection of famed nyc characters! 😂🥰

Ya’ll I have been saying it for years- the life of a career #nyc #bellydancer would make the most amazing documentary. It’s 💯 full of characters and cultures and bizarre niche pockets of this city one would otherwise never have access to.

Nico is the best at capturing this, so I was too delighted to be caught in the mix!! 🙌

Loved getting a nod from all the #weirdos in my world who follow him and getting famous in like a NYC cable access channel 1 kinda way. 😜 Thanks Nico!! Come to some gigs to get more flavah!!!

Fez and stache cameo is my friend Marvin Marcus! 💗

I posted lots more video clips in my story highlights on my page🎥

#nicossundaydump #bellydancernyc #newyorknico #nyclife #nycperformer #nycdancer #streetfestival #nycvibes #nyclove #greekjewishfestival #laylaisis

Hey everyone, I’m super excited to perform tomor

Hey everyone, I’m super excited to perform tomorrow, Sunday May 15th at the Greek Jewish Festival again!!! The sun promises to come out to play in the afternoon, so I hope to see you there!

I have very few shows these days that are both open to the public AND with live music, so this is a great opportunity to catch a rare sighting! It’s a wonderful event with so many great musicians and dancers performing - I’m honored to be featured!

💃🏻I will go at 3pm with @avrampengas and the Noga Group

📍Broome St btwn Allen & Eldridge
Lower East Side, NYC

📣Performance Schedule

12pm: Elias Ladino Ensemble
1pm: Greek American Folklore Society
2pm: Noga Group
3pm: Layla Isis
4pm: Scott Wilson & Efendi
5pm: Pontic Firebird

🇬🇷Full event details at: www.greekjewishfestival.com
& FB event page ☝️

#greekjewishfestival #bellydance #bellydancer #lowereastside #bellydancenewyork #sunday #streetfestival #nogagroup #avrampengas #laylaisis #boundlessbellydance

The MarLa duo at a lavish Moroccan theme 30th birt

The MarLa duo at a lavish Moroccan theme 30th birthday party last night. 🪬💜💜🪬A good time was had by all start to finish! Here’s some #wings and #sword- ing, and a couple of lushes under a couple of lush trees, plus a lil hat bonus 4 ya…no charge. 😜
💃🏻#entertainment and 🎧#dj 👉 @faksproductions 🙌🙏
#bellydancers: @laylaisis & @flutteringby13
#bellydance #bellydancer #bellydancernyc #bellydanceduo #partybellydancers #bellydancegroup #moroccantheme #birthdayparty #marla #mariyah #laylaisis #boundlessbellydance

MarLa tries on hats on the way to a gig! 🤠 A ne

MarLa tries on hats on the way to a gig! 🤠 A new series. Cause this is important. Maybe not the content you asked for, or the content I need to be working on, but it’s the content you get today 🤣
#ontheroad #cowboyhats #seaurchin #woohoo #marlatriesonhats #MarLa is @flutteringby13 & @laylaisis #yeehaw

👏🏻This incredibly special video project my s

👏🏻This incredibly special video project my sisters and I created in honor of the coming arrival of Elena Nayiri’s daughter has finally premiered today!! 👏🏻

Please go over to FB to watch it in full at Facebook.com/newyorkcitybellydance

We originally surprised Elena at her baby shower with a version of this dance and then later recorded, choreographed and filmed it on a beautiful day in Nov 2020 when she was 8 months pregnant. 🥰

It was especially meaningful that I got to sing on this project as well. I recorded the Armenian verse in my bathtub on my laptop late one night to send back to beautiful Malaya Sol who arranged and mixed the song, played the guitar and sang vocals on the Hebrew verse and all the harmonies. With Itai Kriss on flute. ❤️

The whole experience was magical and meant so much to all of us. 💫Please watch and share!

Here’s the caption from Elena’s post I’ll repost:

Dedicated to sisterhood and motherhood, and to women's right to autonomy and access to safe healthcare.
Boundless love and gratitude to dearest friends and amazing artists who made this project come to life.

Musicians/singers:
@malayasol
@itaikriss
@laylaisis

Dancers:
@flutteringby13
@laylaisis
@elenanayiri

Music: Erev Shel Shoshanim (a folkloric Hebrew song)

Armenian lyrics adapted by Elena Nayiri in anticipation of her baby daughter’s arrival. Viana Louise was born less than two months after the recording of this video on New Year's Day 2021. “The flowers are waiting for you” 💕

#bellydance #bellydancers #bellydancelove #etherealbellydance #erevshelshoshanim #pregnantdancer #pregnantbellydancer #sisterhood #motherhood #newyorkcitybellydance #bellydancegroup

First they hold you, then you hold them…in betwe

First they hold you, then you hold them…in between and always, so much love. Happy Mother’s Day in spirit angel mama 🤍🕊😇
My heart is heavy missing her. I try to remember her wisdom - that every day is a blessing…an opportunity to keep growing, to be grateful, to be loving and kind. 💫❤️

💫💛💫💛💫 Just knockin around at the Ri

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Just knockin around at the Richi Rich Palace on Atlantic.
In the office tonight for Jay & Amrita’s #wedding at the very end of a very long week. 😔 Never got around to reeling to #elghazalaray2a when it was all the rage …super loosey goosey style cuz I’m dead ya’ll!
#bellydance #bellydancer #bellydancernyc #laylaisis

It’s tonight ya’ll! #livemusic & #bellydance T

It’s tonight ya’ll! #livemusic & #bellydance Thursday at @alaturkany! 🎉🙌
Ever seen a 10-12 part Turkish club show lol!?😅 Come tonight and find out! It kinda makes the 7 part amcab show look easy 😂

Duet show with @elenanayiri 💕👯‍♀️
With live #turkishmusic by @hasanisakkut ensemble with @saied_emam and Caner Tokgozol!
Show at 9pm
Call for reservation: 212-744-2424
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#alaturka #bellydancers #turkishnight #fazil #oryantal #turkishrestaurant #laylaandelena #bellydancernyc #bellydanceduet #nyctonight #thursday #onceamonth #joinus!

Just got back from New Orleans and here is some ev

Just got back from New Orleans and here is some evidence of les bon temps! 🎺☂️🍹 Just a few favorite moments of festin, dancin, music, family, friends and catchin the good vibes…
Big love for my family Jbro, K, L & M, @rotarydowns, @jessecottonstone & all the incredible musicians that filled my ears this weekend, and Meaty White Beans Noah, K & R for the best weekend- we done pass a good time ma cheries! 💜🙏
TBC. See ya’ll at A la Turka tomorrow/tonight -Thurs!- for live music and bellydance night! After I dry out a bit lol! Lawd!
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#gonefestin #jazzfest #nolajazzfest #nola #louisiana #family #fun #vibez #love #truedat #secondline #aight

Had a blast performing for Sara & Andrew’s #Henn

Had a blast performing for Sara & Andrew’s #Henna and Kris’s #40thbirthday this weekend! ❤️

It’s the best feeling in the world when everyone in the room gets swept away by the joy the dance brings and is so happy to both watch and participate!

10/10 on my end too for both excellent occasions and the 🍒 on top is getting this glowing review from the #bridetobe this morning 🥰🥰🥰 (swipe to read) thank you Sara! ❤️
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#bellydancer #bellydancernyc #newyorkbellydancer #longislandbellydancer #longislandbride #moroccanhenna #eventplanner #eventplanning #partybellydancer #partyideas #bridalshower #birthday #bellydancerbrooklyn #laylaisis #boundlessbellydance

A few audience captured highlights from Ramena + F

A few audience captured highlights from Ramena + Ferdi’s beautiful #wedding this past weekend. 💕🎊
Love my #turkishweddings 🥰 Always tons of fun #audienceparticipation and #romanistyle dance-offs with guests. Guaranteed this brave kid will have the most epic lifelong memory of that time the #bellydancer put him on the spot at his family’s wedding😜🥰

#congrats to the #happycouple!

#bride: @ramena_nasirov
#weddingvenue: @westmountcountryclub
#weddingdj: @ljdjs_ricardom
#weddingphotographer: @abbeyphotographers
#weddingbellydancer: @laylaisis

It’s the start of #weddingseason2022 - ya’ll ready?? Dm to inquire for bookings
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#bellydancernyc #bellydancers #njwedding #weddinginspiration #weddingplanner #nywedding #weddingplanning #weddingideas #arabicwedding #turkishwedding #weddingentertainment #weddingpros #weddingday #springwedding #bellydancernewyork #laylaisis #boundlessbellydance

Something ridiculously #cute for your feed from a

Something ridiculously #cute for your feed from a #PrincessJasmine themed 2nd birthday party on Sunday. Wait for the gal who’s all 🤯🤯🤯 watching me and is like “how is she doing that in heels??” Her face is everything 😂 She knows what’s up- I guess it does takes some skills to #bellydance while balancing a massive #candletray on your head AND balance bouncing #toddlers yanking on each hand. In heels 🤣

These littles were so precious to dance for/with. 🥰
Soak in every sweet and joyful moment. Send it back out cause it’s a dang dark world. Maybe it helps ✨💛✨
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