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Time:10:30 am - 12:30pm
Instructor: Heather Stants
Class Title: New Urban Tribal Combos
Skill Level: Open to All
Type of Class: World Fusion Dance

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Please come on a tour of our innovative brain. This is where we're at right NOW!

HEATHER'S BIO
Heather Stants is a lifelong artist and dancer with a degree in photography and fine arts. Her explorations in tribal bellydance began over eleven years ago 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 formed Urban Tribal Dance Company. Heather's diverse movement and arts background feeds her creativity and her innovative approach to choreography. Urban Tribal Dance Company is known for it's contemporary approach to the dance, a pared down costume emphasizing body movements 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 have been touring extensively since 2004 sharing their love of modern tribal ellydance with dancers in the U.S. and abroad.

Read more about Heather and Urban Tribal on their site: www.urbantribaldance.com
and on their tribe: urbantribaldance.tribe.net

Time:10:15 am - 2:30pm (with 15 minute break)
Instructor: Carolena Nericcio of FatChanceBellyDance
Class Title: Improvisational Choreography & Your Muscles, Your Body, Your Dance
** Special 4 Hour Class!**
Skill Level: *See Prerequisite, below
Type of Class: American Tribal Style (ATS) Bellydance

CLASS DESCRIPTION

The steps and their variations in combinations, choreographies and improvisation. Musical interpretation, finger cymbals, refinement of technique. Partnering and group work with emphasis on communication between dancers. *Prerequisite: Dancers should know the basics of Taxeem, Bodywave, Hand Floreo and Arm Undulations, Shimmy, Arabic Basic, Egyptian Basic, Pivot Bumps and Choo-choos, or be preceded by True Tribal Basics & Tribal Combinations.

CAROLENA'S BIO
Carolena Nericcio, director and founder of FatChanceBellyDance, has been dancing for over 30 years. In 1987 she created the concept of American Tribal Style Bellydance (ATS), a performance art form using a foundation of Middle Eastern "bellydance" yet stylized and adapted for a contemporary American audience. It is a blend of cultural dance influences from India, Spain, North Africa and beyond.

Her troupe, FatChanceBellyDance, is a Bay Area phenomenon that has become known around the world. Audiences delight at the exuberance, vitality, beauty and power expressed by the strong and agile dancers. The majestic costuming, including full headdresses and layers of ethnic jewelry, celebrate the folkart of the old world. The music, a carefully chosen collection of both traditional sounds and modern fusion adds to the effect...Tribal Style looks "old" but it is actually "new."
Carolena has developed a method of improvisational choreography, using a vocabulary of natural movements and cues allowing the dancers to communicate via gesture when dancing together. The effect is a vibrant thread drawing the audience into the tapestry.
An American Council on Exercise certified personal trainer, Carolena incorporates the science of anatomy and fitness into her classes and workshops. Eleven DVDs (performance, instruction and documentary) were produced with the help of a series of grants from the California Arts Council. Author of "Belly Dance, a fun and fabulous way to get fit" for Barnes and Noble publishers. Most recently the Folkwear pattern company worked together with Carolena to produce a pattern and make-up booklet based on the Tribal Style costume made popular by Carolena and FatChanceBellyDance.
Carolena and FCBD perform at major events such as the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival as well as many clubs and festivals and have produced four theatrical stage shows in San Francisco.* (*The Gypsy Trail, 1995 at Theatre Artaud, Diamonds, Shells & Amber, 1998 at Cowell Theatre, San Francisco Beledi, 2002 at the Victoria Theater and Musette Arabe, 2003 at the Magic Theater.)
At the FatChanceBellyDance Studio in the Mission District of San Francisco one can find weekly classes in ATS, a store providing instructional DVDs, music, books, costumes, jewelry, cosmetics and accessories and a Resource Center complete with archival videos, books and photographs from the FCBD "experience." For more information please visit www.fcbd.com.

Time: 2:45 - 4:45
Instructor: Tempest
Class Title: Drop Dead Dramatic - New Combos & Twists for Gothic Bellydance
Skill Level: Open to All (see description)

Type of Class: Gothic Belly Dance

CLASS DESCRIPTION
-Drop Dead Dramatic! – This workshop is the next level past “Dramatic Body Language”, with all new gothic combinations focusing on level changes, floorwork, turns and spins while combining concept execution successfully with movement. Students will build further upon their gothic movement foundation, while adding more style, personality, and depth to their own vocabulary. This class is ideal for the more intermediate/advanced dancer truly looking to capture that theatrical edge and dramatic feel to their performance while technically taking their skills to a new level as we focus on strong form, hints and how-to's for jaw-dropping floorwork and clean breathtaking spins and turns. Students may wish to bring knee pads or a yoga mat for the floorwork section of this workshop.

TEMPEST'S BIO
Tempest is an artist, designer, dancer, and writer recently relocated from the Bay Area of California to the Jersey Shore/Philadelphia Area. Although she enjoys studying what tradition has to offer, Tempest loves exploring the dance through unusual music and creative costuming, pulling on her visual arts background to "paint a picture" with the dance; engaging the audience through dramatic embodied storytelling, passionate expression, fluid form, and sensuous, mesmerizing movement.

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.

A.K.A "The Gothmutha", she is most well-known for her Gothic Belly Dance performances and instruction, her innovation and support within the genre, and is featured on the first ever GBD performance DVD produced by WorldDanceNewYork entitled “The Darker Side of Fusion”, and it's sequel "Revelations". You can also see her perform on Peko's "Bellydance Underworld." She has an instructional DVD geared towards the alternatively-minded entitled “Bellydance for Beautiful Freaks”.

Dance: http://www.darklydramatic.com
Med'Devi Ink: http://www.meddevi.com
GBD Resource: http://www.gothicbellydance.com

Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Instructor: Elizabeth and Chris of Tribe Marrakech
Class Title: Creating KILLER Combinations!
Skill Level: Open to All
Type of Class: Tribal Fusion Belly Dance

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Reach into your arsenal of belly dance technique and zero in on your favorites for this class! We dancers are always collecting new dynamite moves and explosive isolations. Are you wondering how to infiltrate some of these new skills into your improv or choreographed fusion dances while keeping the flow?

In this class you will learn how to build your own personalized combos based on your best-loved moves. We will show you some great concepts that will help you decide how to creatively transition from one move to the next. During class, we will concoct a couple of new combinations together in order to practice the techniques you will have learned. Tribe Marrakech will also bring some of our own favorite combos to share.

TRIBE MARRAKECH'S BIO
A true sisterhood, Tribe Marrakech is Elizabeth Ostteen, and Chris Chambers, both of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Combining their backgrounds in ATS and Tribal Fusion, Tribe Marrakech has become part of a new breed of Tribal Dancers creating dance without boundaries while maintaining a respect of those dancers who have come before. Built upon a love for the dance, a desire to create, and a belief that this dance can touch, change, and empower lives, Tribe Marrakech combines a taste of the traditional with modern sensibilities to produce a unique performance that has a life of its own. The final production of a Tribe Marrakech performance relies upon a "full package" where the music, the costume, and the technique combine to send forth a single intention. Tribe Marrakech enjoys the use of sharp technique as well as beautiful, fluid movements.

Tribe Marrakech was founded in 2002 under the direction of Elizabeth Ostteen. In the beginning, the troupe consisted of students from Elizabeth's drum classes, and students from her dance classes, and performed primarily to live music. The style that Tribe Marrakech created was a fusion of several tribal dances, with a strong nod toward Carolena Nericcio's American Tribal Style Belly Dance. There are too many influences to name all of the dancers that have inspired, motivated, and moved the troupe through the years, each with a different style, yet we give special thanks to Jill Parker, Heather Stants and Rachel Brice for the inspiration they have provided. Tribe Marrakech continues to evolve, as the duo of Elizabeth & Chris explore new territory, sometimes including members of the Tribe Marrakech Express student troupe. Tribe Marrakech believes that hard work is worth it, inspiration and guidance always come through, and that finding the joy of the dance is the most important part.

About Elizabeth Ostteen:
Elizabeth Ostteen is the founder and director of Tribe Marrakech. She has been teaching and performing bellydance since 2002. In addition to performing and creating within Tribe Marrakech and teaching up to 6 belly dance classes a week, Elizabeth directs her student troupe, Tribe Marrakech Express, and performs as a solo dancer. She also teaches Tribal Fusion style workshops and performs throughout the United States.
In 1998, Elizabeth began her own business, which by 2001 was incorporated into a storefront. She taught drum classes and hosted circles within the import shop. By 2002, she began directing Tribe Marrakech Drum and Dance Troupe, which consisted of student drummers and dancers who accompanied Elizabeth's dancing and her husband, Ocean's drumming.
In 2007, the business expanded to include 2 storefronts, both of which have their own intimate dance studio- Marrakech in Evergreen and Paprika in Golden, Colorado. In addition to teaching, performing, and owning an exotic import business, Elizabeth and her husband Ocean are also responsible for producing and promoting Elevation, an event which has been bringing tribal style teachers to Colorado since 2003.
Elizabeth's collaboration with her dance partner, Chris Chambers, tops off her best artistic and creative endeavors. Teaching, creating, and performing are the things that Elizabeth feels most passionately about. Tribe Marrakech has performed with as many as 20 dancers, which has included drummers, musicians, and student dancers. "It is a joy to learn and grow in dance, and a blessing to share that experience with others."

About Chris Chambers:
Chris began dancing in 2001 in Brekenridge, Colorado, and soon joined the Mountain Gypsy ATS Belly Dance Troupe in 2002. Chris began passing on her love of the dance in 2003 while teaching at the local college in Breckinridge. Chris has continued to teach and dance since moving to Siverton, Colorado in 2005 with her husband and young twins who are now beginning to explore this world. Chris became a member of Tribe Marrakech in 2006, which began their sisterhood of inspirational performance art collaboration through tribal fusion dance.
Chris dances because it is a beautiful form of self-expression that creates a strong connection between women and provides an opportunity for creating something bigger than oneself.
"I dance for freedom, inspiration, grounding to the mother, friendship, and connection to other women."

Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Instructor: Michelle
Class Title: Pin-Up Girl BellyDance
Skill Level: Open to All
Type of Class: Tribal Fusion Belly Dance with a touch of Burlesque Influence

CLASS DESCRIPTION

This workshop will briefly discuss the history of the classic pin-up girl of 40's and 50's will introduce some of the noted pin-up models and artists of the era. Michelle will demonstrate how to incorporate vintage fashion, classic pin-up poses, and facial expressions into tribal fusion bellydance.

Following the lecture portion of the class, the dance section with include a warm-up, a demonstration of bellydance moves and pin-up poses, and a tribal fusion choreography with a Pin-up Girl flair.


MICHELLE'S BIO
Michelle's love for dance started at the age of six when she started to participate in ballet and tap classes. She continued ballet until the age of ten. She had always wanted to pursue bellydance ever since her mother enrolled in a bellydance class in the 70's and with her background in Anthropology, the study of ethnic dance seemed to be a natural progression.
Michelle has studied the art of bellydance for six years including Salimpour technique, various forms of Tribal Bellydance, and Egyptian Cabaret. She has also supplemented her knowledge of dance and movement my taking Bharata Natyam and yoga classes. After years of intensive study of different forms of bellydance and a year-and-a-half of assisting her former dance partner's (Tashar) class, Michelle started teaching Tribal Fusion classes in Austin, Texas.
One of her favorite venues of performance is at tattoo conventions where she developed her signature style of incorporating the glamour, poses, and facial expressions of the pin-up girls of the 40's and 50's into her Tribal Fusion style. She can be contacted at info@michellebellydance.com or via her web sites: www.michellebellydance.com
and www.pinupbellydance.com

Time: 12:45 - 2:45
Instructor: Raquy & Liron of Raquy and the Cavemen
Class Title: Drum and Cymbals Class with Raquy and the Cavemen
Skill Level: Open to All
Type of Class: Music, for Dancers and Musicians

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Dancers, learn how to request rhythms and tribal-dance with a drummer. Learn what cymbal patterns to play with the rhythms.
Drummers, learn how to play for tribal dancers on drums and cymbals.
Bring your zils or any drum.
BIO

Raquy and the Cavemen of Brooklyn, NY, bring traditional Middle Eastern music and modern drumming to a heady peak. Raquy has traveled to many distant countries including those in the Middle East, Egypt and India, where she has experienced and absorbed vast amounts of musical culture. She uses all this knowledge to bring an amazing act to the stage.
Raquy Danzinger performs with the Dumbek (Arabic hand drum) and the Iranian Kamanche, which is much like a violin.
Raquy and the Cavemen allow the listener to experience the musical cultures from The Middle East and Egypt and fuse them with Liron Peled's hard rock drumming background. The name Cavemen is appropriate due to the rawness of the beats, and there is also a timeless property to the music that makes it impossible to dislike. The whole experience of the music takes you on a journey to the roots of Middle Eastern drumming and as soon as that kemenche starts flowing the trip goes deeper. Its sound is like a close stare into the eyes and soul of the Middle Eastern culture that lives inside the music. Raquy brings forth the experience of an ancient culture straight to the stage for everyone to reflect, react and rotate to.
The love that each band member has for their instrument is especially evident when they are all on stage. They move fluidly to the enchanted drumming and mystical kemenche. Find one of their shows and be enriched, encouraged and energized.
Their 1st CD, "DUST" (© 2003) has reached the top 20 on the CMJ chart for multiple weeks. Their 2nd CD "Jordan" (© 2005) has debuted on the top 30 on the same chart. Their latest CD, "'Naked' - 12 Middle Eastern Drum Solos", was released in January 2007.
They have appeared at Lollapalooza, Central Park Summerstage, FloydFest and PASIC* among others. They are performing regularly in the US with occasional tours abroad.The group has received airplay in the US, Canada, Central America, Israel and Europe. Raquy and the Cavemen also give workshops and master classes in Middle-Eastern drumming. * PASIC - Percussive Arts Society International Convention

Discography
"Naked" - © 2007
"Jordan" - © 2005
"Dust" - © 2003

Contact Info
Email: info@raquy.com | Phone: 646-5159054
Website: www.raquyandthecavemen.com

Time: 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Instructor: Karim Nagi of Turbo Tabla
Class Title: Rhythm for Dancers: Movement Class
Skill Level: Open to All
Type of Class: Traditional Middle Eastern Dance

CLASS DESCRIPTION
It's time to raise the bar for rhythmic literacy! A dancer's immediate connection to the music is the rhythm produced by the Arabic Tabla (aka Doumbek) and percussion. Karim teaches each rhythm using the three-sound clapping approach. Karim then performs sample rhythms on the Tabla. Students will learn each rhythm by name, "dum-tak" vocalization, and clapping. Afterwards the dancers will learn choreography segments to help gain bodily control with the sample rhythm, putting theory into practice. By physically personifying each Rhythm, bodily mastery of that rhythm will be achieved. This movement workshop is perfect for any dancer who wants to better understand what they are dancing to. (This is a movement class, designed for dancers.)

KARIM'S BIO
KARIM NAGI is a native Egyptian who specializes in traditional Arabic music and dance.
He uses his traditional foundation to re-imagine the culture, discovering progressive deliveries and new concepts. Karim performs Arabic, Turkish and Andalusian hand percussion, including the Egyptian Tabla (goblet drum), Riqq (tambourine), Duff (frame drum), and Segat (brass castanets), as well as melodic instruments like the Buzuq (long lute) and voice. Karim has authored instructional CDs and DVDs including the first DVD resource on Riqq technique.

Karim is a former faculty member of the New England Conservatory of Music. Karim leads the SHARQ Arabic Music Ensemble performing the classical Arabic instrumental and vocal repertoire. Karim travels the country presenting his education program called Arabic Music, Dance and Culture to school grades 2 up through the university level. Karim developed and currently performs Turbo Tabla : a music and dance show that combines traditional Arabic and Turkish music with modern Electronica and Techno.
Turbo Tabla CDs are distributed internationally by Universal Records. Karim performs and teaches Arab Folk Dance including Dabka (line dance), Tahteeb (cane dance) and Zikr (religious movement ceremony). He lead the Zaitoun Dabka Troupe for 2 years, and is currently the director of the Arab Dance Seminar, a traveling weekend of workshops for professional training in pan-Arab dance.

Time: 12:30 - 2:30

Instructor: Christina King
Class Title: "A Taste of Chicago"
Skill Level: Open to All
Type of Class: Tribal Bellydance

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Blue Lotus Tribe is one of the most recognized names in tribal bellydance in the Midwest, celebrated for their impeccable technique and fun, sassy style as well as their originality and creativity. Take a look at why their fans love them by learning some of their original combinations.
You'll learn a sampling of Blue Lotus Tribe combinations, including some from their "Egypto-Tribal Fusion" collection which incorporates Egyptian folkloric moves and their "Next Level" collection which focuses on dynamic level change movement. All combinations will be taught with its own unique zil pattern as well. This workshop will move fast and take you to the floor, so please come with a working knowledge of Tribal Improv basics, your zils, and a pair of kneepads!

CHRISTINA'S BIO
Christina King, a co-director of Blue Lotus Tribe in Chicago, is a career belly dancer, teaching and performing in the Chicago area and beyond. Ever the student, Christina studies with Jasmin Jahal, as she has for over a decade. Her first tribal training came from Stephanie Barto of Read My Hips and she continues to seek out opportunities to learn from the biggest names in tribal improv and fusion belly dance, traveling all over the country to do so. Among her other accomplishments, Christina is certified to teach Kajira Djoumahna's BlackSheep BellyDance Format for ATS, Level One.
Christina and the other members of Blue Lotus Tribe have long been heralded for their innovative ideas and impeccable technique and have become one of the most well respected and well loved tribal belly dance companies in the Midwest. More recently, Christina and other members of Blue Lotus Tribe have received several invitations to teach and perform all over the country and are enjoying the opportunities to travel and meet new people while doing what they love. Blue Lotus Tribe is also responsible for creating the Midwest's first tribal bellydance festival event, Tribal Revolution in Chicago, which happens each June and gets bigger and better every year.

Time: 2:45 - 4:45
Instructor: TribalTique
Class Title: Full Contact Partnering
Skill Level: (See description)
Type of Class: World Fusion Dance

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Instead of just dancing next to your partner learn how to truly dance WITH your partner as we explore Tribal Fusion combos adapted from tango, salsa and swing. These combos use actual partner contact for spins, drops, and dips and require strength, coordination and alot of trust. Please bring your yoga mats!

BIO
TribalTique was formed in the summer of 2004 by co-directors Julia DiVerdi and Molly McClellan in an effort to further explore and create a new vision of American Tribal Style Belly Dance in Northern Colorado that they like to call ATTS, or "American TribalTique Style". Theirunique style combines classic ATS posture, vocabulary, and improvisational cue dancing with polished technique and cutting edge fusion. With over 17 years combined belly dance experience as both performers and instructors the partnership has flourished and firmly established TribalTique on the tribal belly dance circuit. TribalTique has also recently completed the General Skills Certification with FatChanceBellyDance.