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TRIBAL FEST™ 12: “The Year of the Unicorn” CLASS SCHEDULE for THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012
* FAIRFIELD INN! NEW this year! Classes at your hotel! (1101 Gravenstein Hwy. South, Sebastopol 95472) This is a new idea and the classes held here are very special. We’ve worked with the teachers closely on this to find offerings that will benefit you the most in this very intimate, one-on-one teaching and learning experience. Only 14 lucky dancers will get to take these classes, so don’t wait to sign up. Do double-check your Tribal Fest™ site classes to make sure you allow time to get to and from The Inn and back to Tribal Fest™, and that none of your classes overlap. There are no mirrors and the floor is carpeted. Here are today’s Fairfield Inn offerings:
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Teacher:
Frank Farinaro Description: Objective: Using one’s own body to provide weight, resistance and balance in a low to zero-impact exercise format to repair injury-related damage to the body and prevent future damage & injuries, all while getting a full-body workout. Points of Focus: Feet, ankles, shins, knees, thighs, hips, lower back, abdominals, upper back, shoulders, elbows, forearms and neck. Women who’ve been pregnant or who wear high heels… or men or women who carry excess body fat in their stomach… what do they all share in common? Lower back pain. Learn what causes this and how to strengthen and protect the lower back from further damage and soreness. Suffering from knee pain and/or shin splints? Learn how to strengthen the knees, protect the tendons and ligaments, and reset the femurs, tibias, fibulas, patellae and complex inner workings of the feet and ankles into proper alignment. Suffering from pain in the elbows? Learn how to strengthen the proper areas to prevent hyper-extension. Learn how to increase upper body strength by engaging the upper back. Learn how to increase your cardio-vascular endurance & increase muscle development. Learn how similar practices can build stronger, leaner abdominal muscles while reducing the rick of certain groin hernias in men and reduce the risk of fibroids in women, as well as prepare the abdomen for pregnancy and childbirth. Learn how to elongate and decompress the spine to improve neurological functions, motor skills, increase height and reduce the risk of herniated discs. Learn where the body holds physical and emotional stress and how to alleviate tension.
Instructor Bio: Frank Farinaro is an internationally touring male belldancer from Colorado. His passion for dance has taken him across the globe to teach, perform, and train. Over the past few years, his unique approach to dance fusion has led to the creation of his signature Hammerhead Sharqi Dance Technique. A style of dance that is rooted in tradition, respectfully pulls from knowledgeable fusion, celebrates emotional expression, and executes with strong athleticism. His approach to teaching is sensitive and personal, with a touch of tough love. He is a strong believer in strong posture, injury prevention, and creating individual artistry.
Skill Level: Open to All What to Bring: Water, notebook optional. Yoga mat may be helpful. What to Wear: Comfy workout attire
1:00-3:00
p.m. Class Title: Holding Space, Moving Slow and Game Face Instructor
Bio: Born and bred in Oklahoma, Heather Shoopman
began the movement journey early in cheer, dance team and country/western
dancing. Skill Level: Open to All What to Bring: Water, notebooks optional What to Wear: Comfy dance workout wear 3:30-5:30 p.m. Teacher: Jill Parker Class Title: Finding Your Creative Voice - Discussion Description: Embark on a journey of self discovery; find your creative voice in a healthy environment for exploration. What do you bring to the dance? Spend time cultivating yourself so that you know who you are as a dancer and enhance what you bring to the stage. Join Jill in this noteworthy discussion as you hear what has made her such a driving force within the community. Instructor
Bio: Jill Parker is an award winning dancer
and founder of the modern tribal fusion belly dance movement. www.facebook.com/jillparkerbellydance Skill Level: Open to All What to Bring: Questions! Notebooks optional What to Wear: Anything you like; this is a lecture class
Now, back to the Tribal Fest™ site at 390 Morris Street!
* OUTDOORS - behind Bolshoi Room & Main Hall - maximum capacity 25 dancers. This is on pavement and in the sun, so wear shoes you can dance in or thick socks. Bring water, sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat if you wish. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Teacher:
Alaska
Description: Hooping Improvisational Tribal Style (HITS) is an emerging arena
of dance that fuses and With the love and drive of Tribal Style Belly Dance, HITS is an inspirational and fun activity that anyone can learn! Like ITS and its sister sprouts, HITS utilizes group formations, flowing transitions, and cues from a leader to create a new blooming dance in the ever-growing garden of the Hooping world. Adding the Hoop as a prop and tool to work with and grow upon, new moves and combinations are born all the time, as this dance develops and expands upon itself. Learn new possibilities in the realm of Hula Hooping and Tribal Improvisation, as Alaska, founder of circus Hoop troupe, The Ritzy Rouge, and pioneer of this dance genre, take you on a introductory journey into the world of Hooping Improv Tribal Style. Designed for mixed-level dancers—all the way from the well-versed Hooper to an inquisitive soul with no hooping experience—this workshop will include hoop stretch and warm up routines, as well as some newly developed Ritzy Rouge moves. Come, work up a sweat, have fun, and see what the addicting Hula Hooping craze is all about! See how hooping can be an excellent and fun cross-training tool for Belly Dance, and add a dynamic element to your dance and life! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get your feet wet in what is sure to evolve into an immense ocean of hooping possibilities!
Instructor Bio: Since childhood, Alaska has been fascinated with Dance, Circus life, and the vast array of Performance Art. “Every day is a new learning experience, and we are eternal students”, admits Alaska, a busy dancer and emerging Movement Artist, who loves to learn. Her fluid moves and innovative ideas paint the stage wherever she goes, often including eclectic inspiration—from Vaudevillian show-stoppers to Classical Ballet technique—into her unique performance. She is the pioneer of a new arena of Hoop Dance—Hooping Improvisational Tribal Style (HITS), which fuses and incorporates aspects of Improvisational Tribal Style (ITS) Belly Dance and Hula Hooping to create a fresh, fun, and energizingmenagerie of live group performance art! Alaska has since has since collaborated with many hoopers and dancers to perfect, fine-tune, modify, and build movements. Bonnie Claire, Rachel Hessheimer, Flo (Flozilla) Bargar, and Alaska make up the Ritzy Rouge Hoop Troupe, who specialize in the fine art of HITS. The Ritzy Rouge can be spotted dancing to live music and DJs, practicing intensely on a hot summer's day, or twirling and clowning about at a community event near you! Alaska is a very active member of the Performance and Art community in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she lives full time! She assists with a weekly Hoop-Down (www.DukeCityFix.com/groupsAlbuquerque Hoopers) and assorted community outreach programs. When she is not learning new performance techniques, Alaska keeps outrageously busy teaching college science courses, working on late-night sewing and costuming missions, constructing hoops for community programs, crafting for her at-home-business, and working her other ten-million jobs! In 2008, Alaska founded the Roustabout Circus Collective. It has been Alaska’s longtime mission to push "Movement Arts" into a respected Performance Art arena that is appreciated by all. “Every movement we do has meaning and intention.” says Alaska, “Through movement and dance we can create a fascinating, non-permanent, fluid Art that words cannot describe and even the craftiest photographer cannot fully capture! You can’t take our ‘Art’ home and hang it on a wall; you carry its fleeting fire, whirling spirals, shimmering sparkles, and galloping feet in your heart with you always.” Links: http://www.roustabouttime.com/meet-ritzy-rouge.php http://www.youtube.com/user/AlaskaJPiper
Skill Level: All dance levels welcome, no hooping experience needed What to Bring: Sunscreen, water, a Hoop—there will be some hoops to borrow and for sale What to Wear: Form-fitting, comfortable clothing, with no tassels or dangly things
* MAIN HALL, maximum capacity 86 dancers. Teacher is on stage with headset mic. No mirrors, plastic tile dance floor.
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Teacher:
Heather Stants Description:
Heather Stants and Urban Tribal Dance
Company have pioneered the contemporary tribal fusion movement with
their long lines and interpretive choreography. In this workshop
Heather leads students through exercises, drills, movements and
combinations that help dancers to expand their belly dance movement
base, dance with the whole body and create larger, more expressive
movement. Instructor Bio: Heather Stants is a lifelong artist and dancer with a degree in photography and fine arts. Her career in tribal fusion dance began in the mid 1990's when she became the assistant director of Read My Hips (www.readmyhips.com) in Chicago, Illinois. In 1999 Heather moved to San Diego, California and launched the San Diego tribal dance movement through her classes and the formation of Urban Tribal Dance Company. Heather's diverse movement and arts background, including teacher trainings in both Pilates and yoga, feeds her creativity and her groundbreaking approach to choreography. Urban Tribal Dance Company is known for its contemporary approach to belly dance, a pared down costume emphasizing body line over ornamentation, athleticism and the use of the dance form as a means of personal expression and interpretation. Their creativity has twice earned them the title of "Troupe of the Year" in Zaghareet! Magazine's Golden Belly Awards. In addition to teaching several weekly classes in San Diego since 1999, Heather Stants and Urban Tribal Dance Company tour extensively sharing their love of modern tribal fusion dance with dancers in the U.S. and abroad. Urban Tribal Dance Company can be seen in multiple dvd releases produced by The Bellydance Superstars and Hollywood Music. Read more about Heather and Urban Tribal on their site: www.urbantribaldance.com
Skill Level: Open to All What
to Bring: Please bring a yoga mat for warm up and
cool down 12:15-2:15 p.m. Teacher:
Zoe Jakes Description:
Instructor
Bio: Zoe is a proud member of The Indigo, recently on the road touring their
show Le Serpent Rouge. She had been touring with Bellydance
Superstars since the fall of 2005 and can be seen performing
on their new Tribal Fusions DVD. She recently finished filming
her debut instructional DVD, to be released in the fall. Combining
talents with David Satori and Tommy Cappel to form the band Beats
Antique, which released the album Tribal Derivations
last spring, Zoe is currently working on its sequel. Her web site is www.zoebellydance.com
Skill Level: Open to All, though some bellydance experience is helpful What to Bring: Water What to Wear: Comfy dance workout attire 2:30-4:30 p.m. Teacher:
Samantha Emanuel Description: Last year's TF Samantha brought you Sam Style Combos. This year she returns with a class designed to put it all together via a fast paced dance piece with plenty of humor thrown in! Samantha teaches an original choreography featuring spins, layering, retrograde and fancy footwork. We will discuss finer details regarding timing, technique and musculature through short drills and improvisational games. Ooze self confidence and grace in a supportive environment, consider how best to use the stage and also develop tips and tricks to make your audience smile. Instructor Bio: True to the original spirit of American Tribal Style, Samantha’s improvised Tribal Fusion routines combine skills gleaned from her studies with the creators of the genre in the USA with that of her own self taught background in the UK. Elegant and classic, strong in carriage: Fusing Victorian costume aesthetics, hip hop/modern dance movement strangeness, a respectful take on World Folk dances and a professional versatility. Starting her dance journey in 2005 thanks to Carolena Nericcio and Rachel Brice, she joined The Bellydance Superstars two years later, the first European to do so. She has toured internationally full-time since 2007 also featuring on several BDSS DVDs. She continues to travel globally, instructing intensive workshops and performs both solo and collaboratively with artists such as Zoe Jakes, Sharon Kihara and Elizabeth Strong. Samantha is a committed teacher as well as performer and known for her accessible teaching methods. She is fast becoming known for her fun, engaging performance style, making audiences the world over smile. She is based in the UK with husband Oscar and hound Spindle. www.vagabondprincess.com
Skill Level: Intermediate or Higher Skill Level, please What to Bring: Bring a Yoga mat for warm up and cool down What to Wear: Comfy dance workout attire
4:45-6:45
p.m. Class Title: HOLD IT! Don't Just Do Something, Stand There: A Choreography with Intentional Pauses Description: In this all-levels choreography, Rachel will teach a slow choreography peppered with fast phrases to showcase dynamism, contrast, and variety. We will begin with rigorous conditioning exercises, and end with a yoga practice to stabilize the low back.
Instructor Bio: Rachel Brice first fell in love with Belly Dance while watching John Compton's famous Hahbi'Ru at the Northern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire. She began classes immediately. 10 years later she relocated to acquire a Bachelor's Degree in Dance Ethnology from San Francisco State. While in the Bay Area she studied with Jill Parker, the creator of Tribal Fusion, Carolena Nericcio, the creator of American Tribal Style, and Suhaila Salimpour, daughter of the legendary Jamila Salimpour and creator of the equally legendary Salimpour Format. In addition to performing and teaching internationally, Rachel studies Viniyoga with Gary Kraftsow, and co-directs The Indigo Belly Dance Company with Miss Mardi Love and Zoe Jakes. 2007 marked The Indigo's first self-produced, full-length show Le Serpent Rouge, which sparked an old-timey revolution. Rachel lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Skill Level: Open to All What to Bring: Bring water, a small towel, a yoga mat, and a dance belt if you wish. What to Wear: Comfy dance workout attire
7:30-9:00 p.m. – The Second Annual TRIBAL FESTTM MEET-N-GREET! Come meet our teachers and your fellow “Festers”! Teachers will be vending, so bring your pocketbooks! FREE!
* YOUTH ANNEX, LARGE ROOM – next to Main Hall - maximum capacity 36 dancers. Mirrors and sprung bamboo floor. Only bare feet or non-marking dance shoes, please!
10:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m. – a 4-Hour Mini-Intensive! Teacher: Colleena Shakti Class Title: Nautch-Wali, North Indian Fusion Dance, a brand-new workshop being debuted at Tribal Fest!
Description:
Nautch-walis (or tawaifs) were heavily adorned
dance women of Northern India. From esteemed and highly trained
court dancers to nomadic entertainers, these women captured the
imagination of audiences for hundreds of years. The dance style
in North India that has evolved into the present-day classical form-
Kathak, flourished under Mughal rule (absorbing a strong
Persian influences) and in the opulent courts of Rajasthan’s Maharajas
(absorbing elements of Rajasthani folk dance). Nautch girls
performed for the occupying British Raj and eventually made their
way into early Bollywood films, until the stylistic tradition died
out. Through research and also first-hand experience of dancing for Rajasthani Maharajas (Kings) and being a part of royal family events in the historical palaces over the last decade, Colleena has had the privilege to experience remnants of this great dance era. She has been greatly inspired by the movements, costuming and air of this dance, and worked it into her Indian Fusion style. She used this inspiration in choreographies and costuming on the currently touring duet show – ‘Lasya’, with Rachel Brice and Colleena. The workshop will include lecture, dance technique and training exercises as well as richly layered dance phrases inspired by this forgotten dance style. Dance techniques relating to this subject include Kathak, Rajasthani folk dances, Persian dance, as well as some belly dance and fusion movements. Spins are a major part of this vocabulary, so please come prepared to drill spins (wait to eat a big meal after the workshop, and a large skirt is recommended). The lecture section of this course will cover: Indian aesthetic theory, historical context of dance in India, an overview of court life in North India, classical vs. folk dances, Nautch costuming and modern evolution of the Nautch girl.
Instructor Bio: Colleena Shakti is a dancer of great subtlety and depth. She has dedicated her life to dance ever since moving to India in 2001 to undergo intensive training in Odissi Classical Indian dance, as well as researching and documenting Rajasthani dances, music and jewelry traditions. Her commitment to honoring her dance lineages has given her a precious opportunity to reflect upon the layers of subtlety inside the dance and spiritual heritage of vedic temple dance traditions linked to Odissi. Colleena lives most of the year in Rajasthan, India where she has founded Shakti School of Dance in a historical temple complex in the holy town of Pushkar, while in summer months she tours, performing and teaching worldwide. Annually, she presents the Pushkar Temple Dance Festival, a classical music and dance festival in the Old Rangji Temple at Pushkar. Over the past decade, she has been living closely with a tribe of Kalbelia ‘Gypsies’ and has witnessed many stages of evolution within their nomadic culture. It took years for her to observe the details and accents of their dance form, because it is constantly evolving. She travels India performing at village fairs, in Rajasthan’s great palaces and at prestigious arts festivals with her Rajasthani Langa Musicians and ‘Gypsy’ dancers. In 2007 she was honored by the Vice President and current President of India (Pratiba Patil) for her work with Rajashtani folk arts after a performance with her musicians in Amravarti. This spring she is proud to be presenting a duet collaboration work with Rachel Brice. Lasya is an artistic exploration into the ethics of fusion and includes a choreographed suite of dances and workshops that brings it back to a sweet feminine mood… (Lasya: Sanskrit; fluid, feminine movement). Colleena will also be showing her collection of silver antique and contemporary Indian silver jewelry during Tribal Fest at the Nakarali booth on the front lawn. Nakarali is the jewelry company Colleena and Carolena Nericcio have created to share the beauty and appreciation of tribal silver across the world. For a sneak peek, visit their website: www.nakarali.com For more information about Colleena: www.colleenashakti.com
Skill Level: Open What to Bring: notebook, large skirt, water and please don’t eat a big meal before class due to spinning sequences, maybe a tiny snack for the break What to Wear: Comfy dance attire, large skirt
2:30-4:30 p.m. – Continuation of Carolena Nericcio’s 3-Day Mini-Intensive, see Wednesday for details.
4:45-6:45
p.m. Class Title: Cultivating The Ultimate Slink Factor: part 1: Description:
Instructor Bio: At the root of it all, Deb Rubin just really, really likes to dance, and will forever consider herself a student on this path. She is extremely grateful to her teachers and inspirations, who have paved the way, encouraged her growth, and helped awaken a sense of possibility, artistry, tribe, personal power, and potential in both her dancing and her life. At the end of the day, that is what she holds most dear about this journey. Deb is very honored to be teaching again at Tribal Fest 12, to have the opportunity to gather with other dancers in our global tribe and share her passion, depth, experiences, and inquiry of this evolving art form from her unique, somatic perspective. One of the internationally-acclaimed tribal fusion belly dance artists coming out of the San Francisco Bay Area, Deb is honored to have shared the stage as a guest artist with some of her biggest musical and dance inspirations: Balkan Beat Box, Beats Antique, Brass Menagerie Balkan Brass Band, EOTO, Lynx&Janover, David Starfire, Vibesquad, Zilla, Fishtank Ensemble, Hamsa Lila, and Urban Tribal Dance Co. She plays with the juxtaposition of ancient and modern, vintage and contemporary, and how to create a tension of opposites in her dancing. Currently, Deb teaches and performs around the globe, sharing her unique stylization and yogic perspective of the dance. Her solid foundation of Tribal Fusion was seeded through her 5 years as a member and collaborating choreographer with Ultra Gypsy Belly Dance Theater, and as a regular sub for Jill Parker's classes (until 2007), who is known as the Mama of Modern Tribal Fusion. Deb is extremely influenced by her long-time teacher and major inspiration on this path, Rachel Brice, with whom she began studying in 2003, was honored to assist at Tribal Massive, 2008, and with whom she continues to study. Deb’s dance is also heavily influenced by her long-term, extensive studies with Mardi Love, Zoe Jakes, Heather Stants, Suhaila Salimpour, and her continued learnings from Cera Byer, Aubre Hill, Kami Liddle, Mira Betz, Amy Sigil, Carolena Nericcio, and Jamila Salimpour. A holistic health counselor, somatic educator, yoga teacher, and integrative bodyworker, Deb is also the founder of SattyaBody Women's Health. She teaches workshops and retreats around the globe fusing women's health and empowerment with yoga, tribal fusion belly dance, nature/sustainability, and creative expression. She is also the creatrix of SF Mecca Immersion, the world's premiere retreat intensive into the heart and soul of San Francisco Tribal. (www.sfmeccaimmersion.com) As a massage therapist and Yoga teacher for the past 12 years, Deb specializes in injury rehab for dancers and women's health. She is greatly influenced by her studies of Traditional Thai Yoga Massage in the hill tribes of Northern Thailand under the lineage of Asokananada, her vision quest experiences in the Northern California desert, and her Yoga teacher trainings with Integrative Yoga Therapy and AcroYoga, and Yoga studies with Darshana Weil, Shiva Rae, and Gary Kraftsow. She is currently working on an upcoming DVD of her dance therapeutics material. Deb has a BA in pre-med and psychology from Princeton University, and an MA in Holistic Health Education from JFK University, with an emphasis on Mind-Body Medicine and Somatic Psychology. You can find her writings published in Yoga Journal Magazine and in FUSE magazine. Currently, Deb is continuing her Yoga studies in the Viniyoga tradition with Gary Kraftsow, Mirka Kraftsow, and Rachel Brice, immersing in her belly dance studies with Rachel Brice, Suhaila Salimpour, Kami Liddle, and continuing to study modern, ballet, contact improvization, and tango in the vibrant community of San Francisco. Deb was featured in FUSE magazine's Winter 2011 edition as "The Best Kept Secret in Tribal." For more on Deb, please visit: www.sattyabody.com
Skill Level: Some bellydance experience helpful What to Bring: Yoga mat or large towel What to Wear: Comfy dance workout attire
* BOLSHOI ROOM – on side of Main Hall - maximum capacity 24 dancers. Mirrors, plastic tile dance floor.
9:45-11:45 – Rachel Brice’s 3-Day Mini-Intensive continues! (See Wednesday for Details.) 12:00-2:00 p.m. Teacher:
Lisa Hyde Description: This two hour workshop focuses on the art of zilling and the exciting possibilities of applying a variety of rhythms to fusion music and choreography. After warming up, Lisa will break down the 3, 5, and 7 patterns and drill the hell out of ‘em with layers of isolations. The second half of the workshop focuses on more complicated patterns added to short combos and moving across the floor. This workshop promises to challenge both beginners and zill enthusiasts! Instructor
Bio: As a young girl, Lisa Hyde found a National Geographic
magazine article written by the only Western woman to become Geisha.
The exquisite diligence and beauty of shaping a being into a living
work of art resonated powerfully in her heart, so she tucked it
away carefully in her dreams. Skill Level: All levels are welcome however, knowledge and proficiency in basic belly dance movement is strongly recommended. What to Bring: Your zills! What to Wear: Comfy dance workout attire
2:15-4:15
p.m. Class Title: Floored! - A Turkish Drop Workshop Let’s be honest, while gravity helps a LOT when executing the Turkish Drop, a performer needs to execute this move with physical care and control to avoid embarrassing and awkward moments, injury or worse (knocking oneself unconscious)! The Turkish Drop requires a combination of strength and flexibility and is physically demanding. Led by ACE Certified Personal Trainer and Hipnotic Co-Director, Mary Smollack, and Hipnotic Co-Director, Jatare Barrett, this workshop focuses on the physical requirements of performing a safe (and hopefully silent) Turkish Drop. Participants will be guided through a series of strengthening and flexibility exercises chosen specifically to facilitate proper form and execution of the Turkish Drop. Each participant will be given an illustrated list of the workshop exercises which can easily be done at home as well. It is appropriate for all levels of students, from those that have not yet tried a drop, but would like to learn how to do it safely, to those that have been performing it, but may want to learn more about conditioning for it. Hipnotic’s intention is to give guidance to everyone in attendance. There is no guarantee that each participant will be able to successfully execute a Turkish Drop safely (solo) at the end of the workshop.
Instructor Bio: Hipnotic has been performing around the Chicagoland area since 2002 and in 2006 became the dynamic duo that is known for the "double Turkish drop". With varied influences from Hip Hop, Ballet, Akido and more, Hipnotic strives to blend their artistic differences to create memorable belly dance performances. Ever present in their community, Hipnotic members are co-creators of Midwest Tribal Mafia event which endeavors to promote local Midwest teachers and performers. For more information, please visit: www.hipnoticdance.com
Skill Level: All Levels are welcome. What to Bring: Notebook if desired, water, small towel, knee pads, a cushioned mat (yoga, your hotel pillow or extra blanket – and please return it!!!), a can-do attitude, Ben-gay and/or Epsom salts and water. The Ben-gay and/or Epsom salts are for later. Trust us; your legs will thank us! What
to Wear: Stretchy athletic dance wear 4:30-6:30
p.m. Teacher: Asharah Class Title: The Salimpour Legacy in Tribal Style Belly Dance Instructor Bio: Asharah is internationally renowned for her strong technique, dramatic fusion of tribal and cabaret belly dance, and concise teaching style. She has taught sold-out workshops throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe; her 2008 instructional DVD, Modern Tribal Bellydance with Asharah, has received rave reviews from dancers of all levels all around the world. She holds a B.A. from Princeton University in Near Eastern Studies, a Level 2 certification in the Suhaila Salimpour belly dance format, and a Level 1 certification in the Jamila Salimpour belly dance format. After living on the East Coast for 12 years, she has returned to her home state of California, and now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a student of Middle Eastern history, she believes that every belly dancer must know the history and culture of this dance, whether she is performing it in its traditional forms or fusing it with others. Read her blog on dance, art, integrity, and business at www.bdpaladin.com, and learn more about her upcoming events at www.asharah.com.
Skill Level: Open to All What to Bring: Bring your water bottle! What to Wear: Wear comfy clothes
* RUSSIAN ROOM – on side of Main Hall - maximum capacity 24 dancers. Mirrors, plastic tile dance floor.
Teacher: Cera Byer Class Title: Western Technique for an Eastern Dance Description: Technique doesn't just stop at pops and locks. If you have your eye on fusing bellydance with western dance forms, you might need to know a tendu from a degage, or how to layer grand plie with alternating rib circles, or maybe a pique turn to go with your arabesque. In this two-day class we will explore and drill the basics of jazz and ballet technique with bellydance layering to help you find limitless lines and endless traveling potential. Posture, alignment, traveling, level changes, leaving the floor and finding the floor, will all be covered in this expansive course. Find some lines to go with your locks! Instructor
Bio: Cera Byer (Damage Control Dance Theater / Shoebox
Studio) holds a degree in Dance from San Francisco State University
and has taught in high schools, studios, workshops, and retreats
around the US and abroad. Her technical approach comes from continuing
exploration into Graham, Horton, and Dunham techniques, alongside
Kathak, Persian, Bellydance, Hip Hop, Funk, and Afro-Caribbean traditions,
but her choreography is anything but a dry academic approach to
fusion. Cera's work has been called "a hot sweaty tribute that
will have audiences and dancers alike moving and moved by the material",
and "organic evolving studies into the biospheres of human
emotion". Cera owns and operates Shoebox Studio in San Francisco
and is the founder and director of Damage Control Dance Theater.
Skill Level: Some bellydance experience helpful What to Bring: Water, notebook if desired What to Wear: Comfy dance workout attire
12:15-2:15 p.m. Teacher:
Devi Mamak of Australia Description: This workshop is exactly that! New and exciting ATS steps from down under, brought to you by Devi Mamak of Ghawazi Caravan. Come and be some of the first in the world to learn Devi's new ATS steps that have been accepted into the FCBD format. There will be plenty of time for drilling both fast and slow steps as well as question and answer time. Workshop 1 will incorporate The Box Step & Turn, Push Forward & Back, Arabic with a Double Turn, The Pulse Turn and The Loco Camel.
Instructor Bio: Devi Mamak, member and artistic director of Ghawazi Caravan, is based in The Blue Mountains, west of Sydney and is one of Australia’s premier ATS dancers, teachers and choreographers. Devi has studied a variety of different dance styles including Classical & Folkloric Egyptian, Odissi, Flamenco and Ballet but has largely turned her focus to ATS since the late nineties. Devi began her training with Carolena Nericcio in 1999 and was the first in the southern hemisphere to become a sister studio. Devi has also been invited to be part of major government funded projects such as "The Firebird", "Unmasked" and produced Ghawazi Caravan's unique production, "Intertwine". These projects gave Devi the opportunity to work with many of Australia's top dancers and musicians who are skilled in a variety of different dance and musical styles. This has all helped to develop Devi's unique and diverse approach to dance, all of which she passes onto her students. Devi is renowned throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe for her creative, thorough and approachable teaching style and her beautiful, commanding stage presence. Devi has co taught Carolena's General Skills certificate on several occasions with several of her own steps being accepted into the ATS syllabus. Devi is also a classical pianist, teacher and composer and a mother of two.
Skill Level: Some ATS bellydance experience helpful What to Bring: Notebook, water optional. Bring zills. What to Wear: ATS class attire (full skirt, pantaloons, choli) or dance wear
Teacher: Tempest Class Title: Essence of the Dance: From the Inside Out Description: Truly making the dance your own, creating your own voice and personal style, comes not just from the movements you do, but how you translate them through your body and the energy you use to engage the audience with. If you're looking to find your own voice in the dance and strive to be uniquely YOU, this workshop will actively engage your body and mind, and give you the tools in order to make it possible, within the framework of bellydance. We will explore daily exercises to enhance your dance connectivity, personalize your core movements, and add intensity and power to your armwork, footwork, and core while deepening control of your entire being. From exploring "simple" elegance to adding more complexity and contrast, get more satisfaction out of both your practice time and your performances! Suitable for all styles of bellydance. Warning: May involve live music. Instructor Bio: Based in Providence, Rhode Island, Tempest pulls from her visual arts background, literary tendencies, and global inspirations to create dance that crosses the boundaries of time and culture. She is the premiere instructor of both Gothic & Steampunk Bellydance in North America, and her extensive work in these genres has helped to define and develop the movements across the world. Her compellingly artful performances exemplify her distinctively theatrical, unique, and expressive style, and are rooted in oriental dance technique with a transcendent approach. Her costume designs have revolutionized the look of modern bellydance, and continue to inspire new and old generations of dancers alike. Tempest has studied extensively many forms of traditional bellydance - from Turkish Oriental, Romani, Classic & Modern Egyptian, American Cabaret, Folkloric & Trance dances of North Africa and the Mediterranean. Tempest regularly studies with masters of the dance, particularly focusing her study on traditional and folkloric forms of the dance - as she feels that the best fusion comes as close to the source as possible. In particular, Amel Tafsout, Artemis Mourat, Amel Tafsout, Dalia Carella, and Lee Ali are treasured teachers and inspirations. In 2011, she created Tapestry Dance Retreat, and in 2012 she is producing Waking Persephone: Dancing Through the Dark & Unusual - both events rooted in Providence, RI. She also leads Museum Quality: Art School for Bellydancers intensives all over the world. She finds inspiration for her dances in many eras, places, and faces, from ancient cultures and spiritual myths worldwide, to the work of silent film star and original vamp Theda Bara, and turn-of-the-century dance goddess Ruth St. Denis. She is particularly well-known for her Nouveau Noir Dance performances - which transport the audience back in time to the early 20th Century as well as the fantasy realms of Steampunk and Retro-Futurism, and sacred-fusion, ritualistic forms of belly dance. Her devotion to art, creativity and innovation in dance marks her as a stand-out, must-see performer who continues to evolve and set the bar for others in the Fusion Bellydance genres, while her passionate and in-depth instruction pushes dancers of all levels to find their own voices through the dance. -Tempest's
Nouveau Noir Dance: www.darklydramatic.com Skill Level: performance-level or preparing to perform What to Bring: notebook, water, check your ego at the door. What to Wear: dance attire
4:45-6:45
p.m. Class Title: Sweet and Spirally: Combos for Partnering Instructor Bio: Kalae Kaina, born and raised on Oahu, of Hawaiian ancestry, has over 15 years of belly dance experience. Kalae is the artistic director and head choreographer of Honolulu’s renowned Tribal Fusion belly dance company, Shakti Dance Movement. She also directs her student troupe, Devi Dance Company. Her love and passion for the dance takes her to the mainland twice a year to continue her studies both at Tribal FestTM and the Massive (be it Mini or Spectacular). Kalae is also a successful promoter of belly dance events and workshops in Hawaii and has had the privilege to sponsor such fine talent as The Indigo, Beats Antique, Zoe Jakes, Kami Liddle, Sabrina Fox and more! Kalae is a proud mother of two boys and loves lazy days at the beach. For more information on Kalae or Shakti Dance Movement please visit: www.shakti808.com
Skill Level: Open, some dance experience helpful What to Bring: Water and notebook What to Wear: Comfortable dance wear
* YOUTH ANNEX, SMALL ROOM – next to Main Hall - maximum capacity 19 dancers. This is a very intimate dance space for one-on-one learning! Mirrors, plastic tile dance floor.
10:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m. – this is a 4-Hour Mini-Intensive! Teacher:
Mardi Love Description: Written in 1909 by Henry Lodge, the Temptation
Rag has been puttin’ pep in the step for nearly a century. This
choreography celebrates one of my favorite renditions of this number.
More than just throwing a dance at you, we'll discuss facial expression,
nuance, and sinking into the personality of the piece. Skill Level: Open to All, though some bellydance experience is helpful What to Bring: Water, small towel, tiny snack for break, notebook optional What to Wear: Comfy dance workout attire
2:30-4:30
p.m. Teacher: Michelle Manx Class Title: All About Abs: Control, Combos and Choreography Description: This workshop will focus on combinations, featuring the abdominal region, while maintaining comfortable facial expressions and dancer-audience interaction. Class will begin with a warm-up and various conditioning exercises to help develop muscle memory for strong, precise abdominal work. Following the warm-up, we will focus on the mechanics and visualization exercises for belly rolls, crisp and isolated abdominal contractions, belly pops, and the infamous flutter. We will also explore variations on the belly roll, as well as dynamics in abdominal work. Next, the movements discussed in class will be composed into several combinations.
Last but not least, you will learn a sassy choreography based upon
the class material featuring Michelle’s signature pin-up stylization.
Instructor
Bio: Michelle Manx’s love for dance started at the age of six
when she began participation in ballet and tap classes. She became
interested in bellydance when her mother enrolled in a bellydance
class in the 70’s and with her background in anthropology, the study
of ethnic dance was a natural progression.
Skill Level: Open to All What to Bring: Please bring bottled water, a yoga mat, and your favorite pin-up attitude. What to Wear: Comfy dance attire 4:45-6:54 p.m. Teacher: Bianca Stücker (Cinnamon Star) of The Violet Tribe of Germany Description:
Renaissance Faires traditionally feature
Tribal Dance – so why not sing medieval music for a change? With
the help of simple voice training you’ll get to know medieval music
and Sephardic music – and you’ll see how much singing and dancing
have in common! Instructor Bio: Bianca Stücker (Cinnamon Star) is a musician, author, choirmaster and dancer. She has studied musicology, art history and history, passed a church music exam, and is doing her doctorate at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. She’s The Violet Tribe’s music producer and singer. Learn more about The Violet Tribe by visiting their site: www.theviolettribe.de and look for their albums, “A Ravishing Collection of Curios” and “Grand Hotel” at amazon.com! Catch their show at Tribal Fest™, opening for us on Friday promptly at 3 p.m. (Doors open at 2:30 for seating and shopping.)
Skill Level: Open to All, no previous knowledge required! What to Bring: Notebook optional, water What to Wear: Comfy clothes
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10:00
a.m.-12:00 p.m. on BOTH Thursday and Friday - This is a 2-day Mini-Intensive!
2:30-4:30
p.m.
