Paulette Reese-Denis

* Shimmy Queen-

    Define and sharpen your hips with variations on the shimmy, and include other fast hip movements combined with tribal improvisational drilling and possibly a mini shimmy choreo to help you remember and take it all home if time allows! Definition is the key as we add more moves to our repertoire. Fun and invigorating. Can be for Beginning to Advanced-please specify.

* Traditional Gypsy Caravan Tribal Technique for Intermediate to Advanced Tribal dancers—

    We add more moves, using organic cues with duets and triplets within a chorus structure. Definition is the key as we add more moves to our repertoire. Possibilities include floor work and simple combos. (bring kneepads) Discussion of artistry, performance, and performance ethics.  Pre-requisite-Beginning  tribal technique or real dance experience.

*Discussion Forum—

    An informal forum for asking questions about relevant tribal topics. A great addition to a weekend workshop! (one hour)

Leyla Amir

A Beledi/Sha'abi... 

    Beledi/Sha'abi offers the fun side of the dance with earthy yet modern interpretations to Egyptian music. This style of Egyptian Dance can be used as a stand alone performance or incorporated into a full routine that encompasses many rhythm changes with- in the set.  Class will center on technique of movement with the music and combinations to form the dance.

Oum Kalsoum...

    Oum Kalsoum has long been revered as The Queen of singing not only in Egypt, but the entire Arab world.  Her music set to poetry is legendary.

    Dancing to Oum Kalsoum has become very popular in Egypt in modern times for the professionals to show their dance ability in interpreting her music..
This class will work on the modern Egyptian interpretation  using your inner emotion required and the subtle projection of the movement required to dance to her music.

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Liron & Rio-The Live Drum Solo (for dancers and drummers):
    Whether choreographed or improvisational, a live energetic drum solo is the highlight of any show. Learning how to connect dynamically with your co-performer is essential to creating the perfect vibe of energy to play off of each other. Students, whether drummers or dancers, will learn common methods of outlining a solo for a dancer, as well as typical cues, leads, and signals to communicate with each other. Each will learn an individual way of envisioning sounds, tones, accents, pops, slides, and rolls in the body to create your own original vocabulary of movement, and how to write/compose your own custom drum solo as a dancer.

Liron Peled - teach drumming of any level as well as throat singing, together we do a drum solo workshop, and where applicable my classes would be accompanied by him playing live.

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Solo Workshop Topics:
Bellydance Onomotopoeia: Live Music Improv
    This is a class that helps connect dancers to the challenges of performing improvisational dance with live music based on music theory and how the SOUNDS of sounds translate to movements in the body. Teaches students to diagram their own dance vocabulary based on what type of sounds sound like to inspire a particular movement and emotion. Heavy sounds, light sounds, squiddleydoo sounds, and how they translate into dance concepts. 90 minutes minimum, 120 minutes ideal for an interactive section for students to create a dance combination based on onomatopoeia without music.

Lotus Niraja

Glamorous Bellydance Combos!

    Feel Glamorous! Belly dance is one of the most glamorous and visually stunning genres of the dance world. The combination of dance and costuming is a work of art. So are “You”, The Dancer. Belly dance is expressive, emotional and it is also stunning in its visual art. It relies on the interpretation and creativity of the dancer to capture the audience. Turn your dance from stale to stunning with award-winning dance combinations that are highly visible and show-stopping. In this class, Lotus Niraja will encourage you to take the simplest dance isolations and movements towards creating a couture dance. Use a series of combinations, not choreography, to explore the palette of dance in a glamorous, vibrant way!

  "Own the Stage":  The Power of Gestures and Everyday Moves to Capture Your Audience!

    The stage is your playground and your domain! Setting the theme and tone for the audience is a great way to capture their attention by working with the power of everyday gestures and natural human expression. It is very Egyptian! Once you enter the stage, you connect with your audience. It is up to you to keep their interest. Let your personality and technique speak for you through practical technique and analyzing the aesthetics of bellydance movements. We'll work with isolations, gestures, and 'percussive expressions' to explore ways to capture and keep your audience's attention. Create the WOW factor through exercises in framing, accents, creative movement, and building energy. Make your dance personal, unique, expressive and communicative!

  Chadia Alraqs

    Join Chadia in this workshop as she shows you various "fun and fabulous" traveling steps - Egyptian style!! It's all about feeling amazing and enjoying yourself out on the dance floor.

By incorporating these traveling steps, spins, turns and combinations in to your dance repertoire,  you will surely capture your audience and have them joyfully standing in the aisles!!

Bellydance by Tara

Thrilling, Energizing, & Awe-Inspiring Shimmies, Layers & Technique:

    Learn thrilling and energizing shimmies concentrating on isolating and proper technique adding in captivating layers. Tara will break down these fast-pace shimmies in her own signature style, along with showing you essential drills to help improve your shimmy.  Expand your knowledge and dance repertoire with these awe-inspiring shimmies that can be used to enhance your own performance!!!