Time is flying by and there really is a lot going on…. we want to share a few of the smaller, but no less important highlights of our summer with you here:

Christina gets her Level 1 certificate

If you’re wondering if our dance is fun for beginners, all you have to do is look at Christina’s smile when she was presented with her LVL 1 certificate, or listen to her talk about training with Julia. We are so proud of her and her progress!

Nora´s visit

One of the wonderful things about our dance is that people from all over the world can meet and dance together. Across all language barriers, the shared dance form unites us. That’s exactly why it immediately felt so familiar and secure when Nora from Peru danced with us.

How did it come about? Well, Nora, a wonderful dancer and a charming person, was in Europe for a wedding and was able to stay a bit longer afterwards to meet dancers she had previously only met online. During her time with Lisi Brümmer, the idea came up that she could maybe stay at Julia’s place as well. And this is exactly what happened. Not only did Nora join our weekly training, we also had a great time at Julia’s home and even made a trip to Krumau, where – completely surprisingly for us – the Festival of the Rose was taking place. This lead to us meeting even more other dancers there. After a spontaneous dance in front of a pub, we went back to Austria, where we used the remaining time for dancing together. It was really hard to say goodbye, but we are sure we will see each other again on- and offline.

Seing Nicole again

Nicole going back to America was not easy for any of us. Of course we are happy for her, for example when we see how much fun she has with her family. But we miss dancing together and just sitting down together, having a drink while chatting….

We were so happy that we at least got to meet up when she was here again for a little while this summer.

Julia´s first solo on a stage

Our friends Cordula and Max with their band Rhiannon are always part of the programme at the Linzer Landes-Ritterfest , and so it happened that Julia, who was actually only there as a visitor, was able to spontaneously dance her first solo. We would have loved to be there with her, but at least there are a few photos and videos.

The Anam-Mobile is ready

Finally, we Anams can be out and about in style when we travel to workshops or gigs together. And a bit of advertising does not hurt either, right?

Thanks to our friend Phil from the Printbusters, Julia’s car is now a proper Anam-Mobile!

This year´s SOTO weekend trip took us to Hinterglemm for a weekend!

A fun mixture of dancers and Anam Damhsa right in the middle… We went hiking, enjoyed the beautiful weather and nice dinners in the evenings. And of course wedanced with Anam Chara. We can´t wait for next year!

We just love to dance! Since Nicole is currently in the US to spend some time with her family and Marisa is taking some time off, Julia, Elisabeth and Tina are the ones who are the most active at the moment… And they are not slowing down!

In addition to regular trainings and the LVL 3 course, various photo and video shoots were also on the agenda. Currently, we are mostly working on our performances for Nakari Dance Company‘s Caravanseray.

Here you can get a first glance of what to expect:

After online-only classes during lockdowns, we’ve since returned to our beloved studio and continue to train diligently there. This also gives us an opportunity for joint dancing with the Anam Charas, who are in the studio right after our class.

Of course we don’t want to withhold a few pictures from an evening together!

As was the case in 2020, the Roma Tribal Meeting with all its exciting workshops and of course performances will only take place digitally this year.

Even though it is not the same as meeting in real life, we are really looking forward to it and have already booked various workshops. What makes us especially happy is the fact, that we were asked to submit a video for the online performance – our first performance as a group! Having been together for only half a year, this was an exciting project that we tackled right away….

Preparation under difficult circumstances:

Unfortunately it was clear almost from the start that Marisa would not be able to dance with us, as she was still recovering from surgery. So for this project it was down to 4 dancers, since we had already invited Elisabeth from Anam Chara to join us as a guest. We really enjoyed (at least virtually) dancing with her. After we had decided on a slow dance and the right music, Julia started to conceptualize our dance and Tina started with the graphic preparations for editing. Nicole and Elisabeth even designed and crafted new coin bras, and we were all really excited and ready to go. But then our schedule almost fell apart, because Julia got sick, but she did not let it get her down and somehow still managed to prepare us very well for our filming.

These took place individually due to the current Covid regulations, so a lot of things had to be discussed in advance to make sure that everything would go well together. From costumes to camera angles and lighting. Even though we would have preferred to dance together, it was still a lot of fun to see each other’s videos one by one, and to get a first impression of what the final video might turn out to be like…

And now comes the most difficult part….. Waiting until our performance will be published at Roma Tribal Meeting at the end of the month and until we can finally share the result with you!

Between the lockdowns we used the time to take care of our photo material. In 2 sessions we took some pictures of all members, which we of course used for this website.

Here a little insight: