(1) Sherri Wheatley, a Tribal Fusion Bellydancer, dances with fire to the sounds of  Mutaytor during the annual Carnevale at Venice Beach on Saturday, June 6, 2009. (2-6) Members of Harissa Bellydance troupe dance during the Carnevale. (7) Boogeymanshoots firefrom his guitar during the annual Carnevale at Venice Beach.

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SHINE, an all-female drumming and dance group, start the Glow all night art festival with a performance on Palisades Park and down the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, July 19, 2008.  GLOW is presented by the City of Santa Monica in partnership with Bayside District Corporation, Pier Restoration Corporation and the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau.  Inspired by the wildly successful Nuit Blanche in Paris, Glow is made possible through the support of generous sponsorship from organizations like the Norton Family Foundation.  The event takes its spirit from the fabled grunions that live in local waters and come ashore several times a year to spawn in the sand creating a momentary sensation of iridescence.

Ballet Folklorico Nueva Antequera perform indigenous dances representing the seven regions of Oaxaca, Mexico during the 17th Annual Santa Monica Festival at Clover Park on Saturday, May 10, 2008.

Santa Monica College students from the Iranian Student Club sing and dance during the Iranian New Year Celebration (AKA Nowrouz) at SMC on Thursday, March 27, 2008. Nowrouz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox (start of spring), which usually occurs on March 21. Nowrouz has been celebrated for at least 2,500 years.