Cecilia Belly Dance & Home of the Starbelly Dancers

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Cecilia Belly Dance & Home of the Starbelly Dancers

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Press Kit

Company Background

The Starbelly Dancers are nationally recognized belly dance artists from Boise, Idaho, under the artistic direction of Cecilia Rinn. Specializing in traditional, modern, fusion, and theatrical raks sharki, or belly dance, they are available to entertain at family-friendly celebrations, festivals, and main stage events across the nation. Collectively, the Starbelly Dancers have been granted awards by organizations such as The Alexa Rose Foundation, Boise City Department of Arts and History, The Idaho Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts and have been featured at events such as Boise Music Week, Treefort Music Festival, and even on Telemundo. 

Cecilia Rinn's Bio

 Cecilia Rinn embodies the passion & joy of belly dance. She loves to share that joy by dancing at a variety of celebrations & events. With ethereal power and fluid movement, Cecilia creates truly transcendent art. A sought-after instructor, Cecilia teaches and performs locally (Boise, Idaho) and nationally.

Cecilia’s production credit includes the theatrical belly dance event, The Big Bad-Ass Belly Dance Show, which is completed its 12th year at Boise’s Visual Arts Collective April 8th & 9th, 2022, and hosts legendary performers, such as Delilah and House of Tarab(2016), Karim Nagi (2017), and Myra Krein (2018). Cecilia is the creator of the StarBelly Dancers, her elite dance company. Cecilia is also a mentor to four upcoming professional belly dancers at her school StarBelly School of Dance. In 2013 and 2014, Cecilia ran the SEEDs program for at risk teenage girls and has plans to run the program in 2024. Cecilia has performed across the country, one of her highlights as the featured dancer in the prestigious Invaders of the Heart world class show in Santa Fe, NM and will be a featured dancer in the internationally touring show "The Radiant Tarot". In 2017, Cecilia was awarded a grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, affording her the opportunity attend the P.U.R.E. Conference held in New York, NY, and awarded a grant in 2019 from the Boise City Department of History and Art for the “Arabic Folkloric Dance Celebration” be be held in August of 2020 and "Raks of Ages" show at J.U.M.P. in June 2023.

Cecilia’s achievements extend beyond belly dance. With a Bachelor’s of Science, Social Science degree from Boise State University, she is also an award winning filmmaker and graphic artist under her production company, Full Tilt Boogie L.L.C.Her featured documentary, Belly: Sensual, Scarred, Scared, has toured the country after a successful premiere at the 2008 Idaho International Film Festival and is available on Amazon. Cecilia is a professional seamstress and costume designer, creating belly dance costumes for herself, students of her dance school and company dancers, & commissioned requests. Cecilia is also an amazing tie dye artist, and has her exquisite silks and clothing at Starbelly Creations.

Cecilia Rinn lives in Boise, Idaho with her husband and their 2 dogs, Vincent & Loki.

*Full Company Bios at the bottom of the page as a download.

Services

The Starbelly Dancers put on an elegant, fun, and colorful show ideal for any event! With thirty years of experience, they will make your event unforgettable!

Examples of possible events: Children/teens birthday, Birthdays, Wedding, Bridal Showers/, Bachorlette Parties, quinceanera, Graduation parties, Educational events, Fundraisers, Company parties, Retirement parties, Women’s celebrations , Special Occasions, Festivals , Grand Openings , Assisted living facilities/retirement centers, Restaurant , Nightclub , Theater Shows, Theme Events, Trade Shows, Conventions...and more

Case Studies

 · 9 Reasons Dancing Is Good for Your Health - https://www.everydayhealth.com/fitness-pictures/health-benefits-of-dance.aspx

· The Health Benefits of Dance - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1084822310384689?journalCode=hhcb 

· Belly Dance as an Embodying Activity?: A Test of the Embodiment Model of Positive Body Image - This article concludes that belly dance represents an embodying activity, one associated with a number of benefits for its practitioners, including positive body image. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-014-0408-2 

· Beyond the Belly: An Appraisal of Middle Eastern Dance (aka Belly Dance) as Leisure - Based on participant observation, journal narratives provided by dancers, and publically accessible online discussions, findings are examined along four themes: healing, sisterhood, spirituality, and empowerment. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222216.2012.11950262 

Noteworthy Press Coverage

  · The Roots of Boise Belly Dancing: 

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/show/idaho-matters/2019-02-19/the-roots-of-boise-belly-dancing 

· Free dance day for building community — and fun: https://www.idahopress.com/community/life/free-dance-day-for-building-community-and-fun/article_7cb862d5-7972-5c26-94ab-53efa5aa2097.html

·  The Healing Dance with Cecilia Rinn - The Message with Sohail Ishaq: https://youtu.be/ii7lUhjXiDU 

Industry Awards and Accolades

Starbelly School of Dance. The following is a short list of awards 


Starbelly School of Dance- Boise City Department of Arts and History in 2019 and 2022


Idaho Arts Commission- Cecilia Rinn (2018), Chad Rinn (2018), Tori King (2020 and 2022), Cassandra Joan (2021), Bayla Night (2021)


National Endowment for the Arts - Cecilia Rinn (2018), Chad Rinn (2018), Tori King (2020 and 2022), Cassandra Joan (2021), Bayla Night (2021) 


The Alexa Rose Foundation - Cecilia Rinn (2020)


Treasure Valley Spotlight Award Idaho Press 2021


Cecilia Rinn has been a judge for Fusion Belly Dance & Drag King film Competitions 


Cecilia & Chad Rinn's film BELLY: Sensual Scarred Sacred" won Audiance Choice award at the Washougal Film Festival in 2008, and was an official selection of the Idaho Internationals Film Festival before touring internationally in 2009

Contact Information

Cecilia Rinn

208-891-6609

starbellyschoolofdance@gmail.com

http://ceciliabellydance.com

http://starbellyschoolofdance.com

http://starbellycreations.com

Press Releases

*Downloadable below

2023 Radiant Tarot Tour

2022 Art of Belly Dance Show

2021 Starbelly Arabic Folkloric Dance Celebration

2020 Bug Bad- Ass Belly dance Show

2019 Big Bad-Ass Belly dance Show

Logo & High Resolution Images

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Press release & Announcements-Downloads

Announcing Invaders of the Heart 2023_ The Radiant Tarot! (pdf)Download
Press Release 2022 Art of Belly dance Show (pdf)Download
Press Release- 2021 Starbelly Arabic Folkloric Dance Celebration (pdf)Download
Press release 2020 Big Bad-Ass Belly Dance Show (pdf)Download
press release- 2019 Big Bad-Ass Belly Dance Show (pdf)Download

Logo and high res picture Downloads

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Staarbely Dancers Cecilia Rinn 2022b (png)Download
Starbelly Dancers Bayla Night 2022b (png)Download
Starbelly Dancers- Cassandra Joan 2022b (png)Download
Starbelly Dancers- Chad and Cecilia (png)Download
Starbelly Dancers- Chad Rinn 2022 (png)Download
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Starbelly Dancers- Group Variety 2022b (png)Download
Starbelly Dancers- Tori King 2022b (png)Download
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Starbelly-Cecilia Rinn 7 (jpg)Download
Starbelly Dancers- House of Secrets 2022 (jpg)Download
Starbelly Dancers Group live (jpg)Download
Starbelly Dancers group live 2 (jpg)Download
Starbelly Rak show for Pride 1 (jpg)Download

Cecilia Rinn resume

Resume Cecilia Rinn Dance Artist (pdf)Download

Full Company Bios

Starbelly Dancers Bios 2022 (pdf)Download

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