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Tribal Fusion Bellydance Technique
SHARON KIHARA * 3hr, INT/ADV

Fri Aug 10, 11a-2p

This class is designed for the Intermediate/Advanced level Tribal Fusion dancer, or for dancers experienced in other belly dance styles who wish to try their hand at Tribal Fusion. In this workshop, we’ll identify and configure the building blocks of muscular and momentum-based movement to demystify the keys to clean, precise isolations. Create powerful shimmies, graceful hand movements, and effective stage presence through practicing proper posture and alignment. Strengthen your technique by getting grounded in your body through fresh new combinations and improve your stage presence with thoughtful attention to transitions. A yoga mat is helpful to have, and please dress as though you are going to a yoga class.

We’ll start with a yoga warm-up, move into combination breakdowns, and finish with a short cooldown.

• Difficulty: This is a 3-hr class geared towards intermediate/advanced level dancers, though all levels who want a challenge are welcome.
• This class is capped at 25 students, to give students a chance to really sink into learning from our Master instructors.
• Please bring: pad and pen, your favorite reusable water container
• Optional: yoga mat, dance shoes, exercise towel

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100 presale

110 at the door

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Amazigh-Berber Shimmies: Dance of the Kabyl People
AMEL TAFSOUT * 2hr ALL

Fri Aug 10, 4:30-6:30p

This fertility dance comes from the North-Eastern Algerian Mountains of the ‘Kabylie’ and is performed with a long scarf while the dancer is doing very small and fast hip movements. The shimmy and the trembling movements are related to pregnancy and fertility, because they help the woman to give birth without too much pain. It is a very earthy and proud dance. Traditional Berber dances are mostly ritual in nature. The dance is both a public and personal expression, rich in symbolic dimensions that deal with subjects such as the fertility of Mother Earth, the rites of marriage and birth, and the communication between the earthly and the Divine. The Kabyle Berber dances are drawn from this rich colorful dance tradition that has been sustained by the unveiled, earthy, powerful and proud women of Kabylia.

After a warm up and explanation about various shimmies such as hip, shoulder and chest shimmies, Amel will teach a choreography created by her to Amazigh women singing.

• Difficulty: All levels welcome
• Please bring: pad and pen, your favorite reusable water container, a long hip shawl with stripes if possible and a square scarf. Amel will bring some Amazigh scarves with her.
• Optional: yoga mat, dance shoes, exercise towel

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53 at the door

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ABILITY in Bold-

Yoga Flow & Choreo that celebrates & accommodates EVERY dancer

BONNY & NIIRA * 90m ALL

Fri Aug 10, 11:30a-1p

Bonny Filek-Chipman (of Yoga NW) and Niira Daniella Krupnick (of Inclusion Fusion Arts) are proud to present a workshop that celebrates the diversity of every yogi and dancer by offering accommodations to enrich their experience and participation.

Join them for a ‘typically’ formatted workshop that will begin with a yoga session and will lead into a brief choreography. Throughout the session, Bonny and Niira Daniella will show alternatives for every movement that support participants in whatever their mobility and/or cognitive needs may be.

All abilities are welcome and encouraged to attend. By the conclusion of this session, participants will know that everyBODY is a yogi and a dancer body!

• Difficulty: All levels and abilities welcome.
• Please bring: Bring a yoga mat adaptive equipment, and your favorite reusable water container.
• Optional: dance shoes, exercise towel

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This class has a sliding pay-as-you-can scale.

23 suggested donation

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Part 1 (Tunisia & NE Algeria)

Nuba: A Dance Journey Through The Maghreb
AMEL TAFSOUT * 3hr, ALL

Sat Aug 11, 9a-12p

Part 1. Students are welcome to take parts 1 and 2 together, or separately. They will build off each other, but part 2 is accessible without taking part 1.

In this workshop Amel Tafsout will introduce the various dance movements that are specific to Tunisia and NE Algeria, such as Tunisian hip twists and the Algerian hip figure eights. She will teach the similarities and differences in each dance, talk about costuming, give some background of each dance and teach some sequences for each style.

We will be starting with a warm up while integrating some basic moves and steps of various Maghreb dance styles, then focusing on the Tunisian and North Eastern Algerian dances while introducing the North African rhythms and their complexity. We will be following a choreography.

TAKE PARTS 1 & 2 TOGETHER, AND GET A 50$ DISCOUNT! Just add them both to your cart and the discount will be applied automatically. 

• Difficulty: All levels welcome.
• This is a 3-hour class capped at 30 students, to give students a chance to really sink into learning from our Master instructors.
• Please bring: pad and pen, your favorite reusable water container, veil or saree
• Optional: yoga mat, dance shoes, exercise towel

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100 presale single class

75 presale when purchased together with Part 2

110 at the door

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Turkish Roman
OZGEN * 2hr ALL

Sat Aug 11, 2:30-4:30p

In this dynamic workshop, we will be dancing to 9/8 rhythms and exploring Turkish style Roman dance. Come prepared to step into a choreography using what we learn. We will break down the steps of this dance style, then practice our drills to get the dance embedded in our bodies. Attendees should expect to learn cultural aspects of the dance, as well.

We will do a warm up, practice our basic steps with a choreography, and drill what we learn in class.

• Difficulty: All levels welcome.
• Please bring: pad and pen, your favorite reusable water container
• Optional: yoga mat, dance shoes, exercise towel

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43 presale

53 at the door

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Strong Roots, Mighty Tree
SHAY MOORE OF DEEP ROOTS DANCE * 2hr, ALL

Sat Aug 11, 2:30-4:30p

This workshop for both experienced and beginning dancers digs into the foundations of American Tribal Style®, including exploring the historical context of the naming conventions, aesthetic choices, and branches of the beautiful tree that has grown from it. We will explore the nitty gritty details of the four basic movement families, then play with some Deep Roots Dance Dialect. Deep Roots Dance has its foundations in ATS® but comes with our own personal twist. It is perfect for experienced dancers who want to see how other troupes riff off the same inspirations, and is also great for beginners who are just learning the language of group dance. Please bring finger cymbals if you have them.

We’ll warm up with some basics, then get grounded in the foundations of American Tribal Style® with our Deep Roots twist.

• Difficulty: All levels welcome
• Please bring: finger cymbals, pad and pen, your favorite reusable water container. We will be playing cymbals so you may wish to bring ear plugs if your ears are sensitive.
  
• Optional: yoga mat, dance shoes, exercise towel, finger cymbals

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53 at the door

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Jehan: The Elegance of the Contemporary Drum Solo
SHARON KIHARA * 2hr ALL

Sat Aug 11, 5-7p

This beautiful and energetic choreography brings to mind the elegance and geometry of the Art Deco movement. Infusing modern Tribal and Oriental movement with Modern flair, this unique piece is appropriate for all styles of dancer. Please dress as though you are going to a yoga class and don a silent hip scarf. All levels welcome!

We’ll warm up and then break down the movement for this choreography.

• Difficulty: All levels welcome
• Please bring: pad and pen, your favorite reusable water container, comfortable clothes you can stretch in, hip scarf without coins
• Optional: yoga mat, dance shoes, exercise towel

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53 at the door

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Part 2 (W Algeria & Morocco)

Nuba: A Dance Journey Through The Maghreb 
AMEL TAFSOUT * 3hr, ALL

Sun Aug 12, 9:30a-12:30p

Part 2. Students are welcome to take parts 1 and 2 together, or separately. They will build off each other, but part 2 is accessible without taking part 1.

In this workshop Amel Tafsout will introduce the various dance movements that are specific to West Algeria and Morocco, and their various steps. She will teach the similarities and differences in each dance, talk about costuming, give some background of each dance and teach some sequences for each style.

After a warm up we will focus on the West Algerian and Moroccan dances with a choreography.

TAKE PARTS 1 & 2 TOGETHER, AND GET A 50$ DISCOUNT! Just add them both to your cart and the discount will be applied automatically.

• Difficulty: All levels welcome. This is a 3-hour class capped at 25 students, to give students a chance to really sink into learning from our Master instructors.
• Please bring: pad and pen, your favorite reusable water container, a long hip scarf with no coins and a long veil or a saree.
• Optional: yoga mat, dance shoes, exercise towel

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100 presale single class

75 presale when purchased together with Part 1

110 at the door

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Photo by Casey Campbell

Flamenco Fusion with Duende
ELENA VILLA * 2hr ALL

Sun Aug 12, 10a-12p

This workshop explores the phenomenon of duende (“spirit” or “soul”) in Flamenco Fusion belly dance. In the cultures of the Mediterranean basin that gave the world the arts of flamenco and raqs al-sharqi, music and dance are connected to a powerful shared affect, or feeling. Live music and dance experiences that create a performer-audience connection through this feeling are highly praised. Exploring the duende of flamenco (like the tarab of Arabic music and dance) can bring our dancing to a whole new level and uplift and empower both dancer and audience.

We will begin with a standing warm-up, followed by a brief lecture component, including video clips of live performances. Next, there will be a short journaling activity, and physical exercises and movement patterns designed to put us in touch with the affective register of embodied expression. We will then learn some combinations that integrate flamenco and Oriental dance movements and connect them with Middle Eastern rhythms and flamenco fusion music. Our goal will be to combine the “energetic” element of deeper expression with our movements as well as to take home some technique and movement patterns for study. Handouts provided.

• Difficulty: For advanced beginners through professional level
• Please bring: plenty of water, a pen or pencil and a notebook, and something to sit on if the floor is uncomfortable for you. Dance shoes such as ballet shoes or dance paws will be helpful for turns.
• Other considerations: Dancers with shoulder injuries, etc. should let me know as we will be working with some upper body technique. Please feel welcome to modify movements if you have injuries.

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Afghani Folk Dance Choreography

SITARA * 2hr ALL

Sun Aug 12, 1-3p

Learn traditional Afghani dance in a way that brings together movements from various local regions, as well as feminine and masculine styles. At the heart of the Silk Road in Central Asia, Afghani dance is a beautiful mix of flowing and rhythmic movements.

It is rarely taught in a structured class format, so this is a fun opportunity to learn an entire choreography in a workshop setting. Open to dancers of all levels and backgrounds.

• Difficulty: All levels welcome
• Please bring: pad and pen, your favorite reusable water container
• Optional: yoga mat, dance shoes, exercise towel

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43 presale

53 at the door

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