SENSUAL BELLYDANCE VARIATIONS

FRIDAYS | 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Lexington Ave at 92nd St, lower dance studio, NYC

18 sessions: $220.00

single class: $16

ten-class card:$145

upcoming classes:

MAR 7: CIFTETELLI 2 - with veil work

MAR 14: RHUMBA - romantic, dreamy, elegant

MAR 21: MASMOUDI - passionate, rich, intriguing

Venus Uprising presents

DRUM SOLO: TECHNIQUE, MUSICALITY AND SHOWMANSHIP

with BLANCA and CARMINE

SAT MAR 29 08 | 12:30 - 3:45 PM

440 Studios - 440 Lafayette - Studio 4F - NYC

$55 prepaid / $70 door (3-hour workshop)

The drum solo is the climax of any belly dance show.
In this workshop you will:

• Demystify the basic Middle Eastern rhythms and get familiar with their particular feel.
• Learn to play and feel the rhythm.
• Learn to respond to the drum with your body, using it as an instrument.
• Learn groups of movements and accents that suit the rhythms.
• Learn the art of keeping a balance between high energy and poise.
• Learn to improvise and communicate with the drummer when dancing to a live drum solo.
• This workshop will also greatly improve your musicality, improvisation skills and showmanship for all other types of bellydance music and shows.
  

CLASS BREAKDOWN:

www.venusuprising.com/workshops

Questions? email me

RHODE ISLAND

DANCE WITH THE DRUM

WORKSHOP WITH BLANCA AND CARMINE
SAT MAY 3 08 | 10:30 AM
The Dancing Spirit Studio
1759 Main Rd, Tiverton RI

price: $100 (5-hour workshop)

Dancers please bring:
Coin sash, zills (finger cymbals), doumbek if you have one (bring an extra one if you have!)

CLASS BREAKDOWN:

For details and to sign up:

Contact Barbara tel. 401 338 9905

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As a teacher, Blanca incorporates her desire to share and her ever-increasing knowledge of dance technique, body awareness, and the healing / esoteric arts to develop new methods that will accelerate her students' training and increase their self-confidence. She equally respects all aspects of bellydance: as a social and fun activity, as fitness, as a tool for communication, as spectacle, as a storytelling device and as one of the most powerful healing tools she has encountered.

Blanca's teaching method incorporates:

PROGRESSIONS — sequences of steps building from simple isolated moves to the layered "look" where footwork, arm patterns, head angles and motions are gradually combined for the effect of total coordination and efforless control.

INNER WORK — awakening body awareness and sensuality through visualizations.

STORY-TELLING — to improve your performance, even if you are dancing alone.

MUSICALITY — this precious quality takes a dancer to a whole other level...

Sensual Bellydance

In bellydance, sensuality has always been one of the most highly prized qualities. Sensuality (your enjoyment of the world and your own physicality as perceived by your senses) is not a special talent or skill—it is present in all of us. In this workshop you will learn how to discover it inside of you and translate it from an internal state to an expressive, easy-to-understand language of dance movement.

You will learn tips and techniques to make your dance more connected and expressive. You will also learn a series of poses and gestures that express the femininity that bellydance is all about.

Movements
for Drum Solo Work

In this workshop you will learn how to feel the rhythm and respond to the sounds of the drum with your body, using it as an instrument. You will also learn how to create different dynamics with your body, as well as groups of movements and accents that suit the rhythms and riffs of a drum solo.

Drum Solo Wokshop for Dancers and Drummers

The drum solo is the climax of any bellydance show. This is a great time for the dancer and drummer to improvise and communicate.

* For dancers: In this workshop you will learn improvisation techniques and how to perform drum solos that are both exciting and effortless-looking. You will learn how to communicate with the drummer when dancing to a live drum solo. This workshop will also greatly improve your musicality, improvisation skills and showmanship for all other types of bellydance music and shows.

* For drummers: In this workshop, you will learn how to build your own solos and improv techniques. You will also learn what the dancer is expecting from you and how to play something interesting and exciting for her.
This workshop is perfect for drummers who know the basics.