Deb Webb
Chicago Artist
Dance & Art BIOS
(Dance)
Deb Webb is a
dancer artist & instructor in Chicago. As Lily White
Sass
she performs cabaret style burlesque. As Devorah Wahab she
performs belly dance. She is currently teaching cardio belly
dance & burlesque at The Discovery Center on Lincoln Ave. in
Chicago and will expand to other venues in 2010 (see calender
for updates). Deb has
studied dance since the age of 3. Before that she
used the table
in the attic as a stage upon which she would proudly announce
"And now--I'm going to do a show for you!". Today all the
world is a stage as she has traveled the globe performing in hundreds
of shows, featured in over 50 television appearance
worldwide.
Though her dance training was informal, she has studied 8 years of
ballet and jazz, and also trained with
exceptional instructors from all over the world; her concentration
with a dance master since 1992. She continues to attend dance
classes for the love of dance, for 'community' and to
always to learn more.
(Art)
...Equal attention is devoted to the
art of construction; Deb's mom taught her to sew when she was 6 years
old, and she
took to sewing like a fish takes to water. What ever she was
able to construct she did... things
that did not exist which she wished to create and collect became her
addictive obsessions (geni bottle pillows, glass slippers, ruby
slippers...)
Her childhood motto "I'll make it work" drove her to
experiment with materials of every variety at an early
age--and to this day as well. Enormous financial
stress (in an era where alimony was not garnished from paychecks)
only added flame to fire, provoking Deb; she was defiant to having
"limitations". By 3'rd grade she constructed a hand
made geni costume (and tiny pillows for a geni bottle to boot); by
5'th grade a Wonder Woman costume...(drag queen trapped in a girls
body?). Today she still constructs and/or embellishes all of her
costumes, props and accessories --each 'one of a kind'.
From the flowers in her hair, to the glitter on her shoes,
she has had a hand in nearly everything! She holds a BFA in
Art from
The
School of The Art Institute of Chicago (concentration in fashion,
fiber, and performance art). Not a day passes that she
doesn't take at least 10 minutes to sew, she can always be found with a
project 'on' her!
...(may
I ?)...
Deb Webb
Preachy 'Mission-like' Statement
Deb's
mission is absolute, simple,
heart felt and passion driven: to connect and collaborate with other
artists and dancers, and to always remain
creatively active!
Any
and all physical and emotional limitations and/or catastrophes can and
will be
improved and/or resurrected through pure and genuine devotion as well
as sheer addiction to: art, expression, movement, trying the impossible
and "creating"--True magic! Explore, learn more, go treasure
hunting every day... really live!! We need
only make up our minds and make
something happen in order to really create anything we desire.
