Ultra, Gypsy an innovative belly dance theater company of San Francisco, California

San Francisco Bay Area, 1996, dancer and choreographer Jill Parker founded Ultra Gypsy, innovative belly dance theater after her dancing career with "Fatchance Bellydance" or FCB company. Adding her own definition on tribal, she quickly became a pioneer in the American Tribal Style. From Tribal style Jill Parker moved more and more to fusion bellydance, still firmly rooted in American tribal and oriental dance.

Her ideas came to live in her own productions together with the troupe "Ultra Gypsy". Every bellydancer has something of a gypsy isn't it? In fact gypsy refers to Egypt as the word came originally from the "gyptians". The wandering tribes or tsigane that entertained the high society, important weddings and kermesses (Renaissance fairs) were called gypts in the Middle Ages.

6, 7 and 8 february 2009 at the raqs congress
Jill Parker will perform and give workshops at the Raqs Congress. Between the 6th and the 8th February 2009, Brussels is to welcome the biggest event of Oriental dance organized in Europe: The International Raqs Congress.

The congress sets up 3 days of workshops with the biggest stars of Oriental dance and Belly dance, "the Raqs Golden Award" dance contest, three matchless gala evenings, a fashion show with the most skillful dressmakers, an original dance show "made in Salwa" Plume et Poil, three Haflas with in-live musicians, an Oriental Market and more surprises...