Dance Conditioning with Anita Lalwani-11 Apr-20 Jun 10-11:30am
Make the commitment to improve your posture, presentation, strength, and elegance-- to improve your dancing. In dance conditioning class, you will build your dance skill in a friendly non competitive environment. All levels of dancers are welcome. Each workout is specially designed to improve your tribal bellydance skills. After a dance warmup, we turn the studio into a gym, turn up the music, and turn up the heat! Get your sweat on as you move from exercise to exercise, working with resistance bands, dumbbells, physioballs, and other props. Sit-ups, lunges, and extreme stretches will build your strength, balance and flexibility. Dance drills bring it all home, integrating your newfound abilities into your dance technique. All levels of dancers are welcome! This is a progressive course that runs from 11 Apr-20 Jun 10. Class fee $150 ($125 if you register before 5 Apr.) Classes will be held at the FCBD studio on Sunday mornings from 10-11:30am. For more information or to register, contact Anita at AnitasHomeOffice@yahoo.com or call 415-845-6428 Class Size is Limited
Zills: The Fusion of Rhythm and Movement 23 May-27 Jun Sundays from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Please join Lisa Hyde for this 6 part series dedicated to the art of zilling. This class will focus on the history of zills, cymbal techniques and tones, and coordinating basic dance movement with 6 different zill patterns. We will explore how these patterns fit within the rhythms of popular fusion song selections, as well as a few of the more widely known Arabic classics. You will leave this class armed with the tools to begin your home practice and add the fine art of finger cymbals to your dance vocabulary.
$12.00 drop in or $42.00 for a 4 class card (cash only) For more information, please contact Lisa Hyde at llehdance@live.com or call 510)547-2392
Specialty Classes with Devotion Guest Artists 15-17 Jun
$20 each class, buy your ticket now...or pay at the door...but there are only 25 spaces per class...
Carolena Nericcio, director FatChanceBellyDance Mon 14 Jun 7-9pm Sweet and Spicy Zils Yes, you can play zils and dance at the same time! Learn how to hold your zils so you can play fast, what to do with your zils during a slow song, which zils are right for you, how to get a consistent sound, and a few other tricks. We'll look at five Tribal Zil patterns (Basic RLR, Alternating RL, Military, Moroccan Six, Baladi) and apply them to your dance. *Recommended but not mandatory: Dancers should know the basics of Taxeem, Arm Undulation, Bodywave, Hand Floreos, Shimmy, Arabic Basic, Egyptian Basic, Pivot Bumps and Choo-choos. Dancers without knowledge of the basic steps can drill finger cymbal patterns during the dance segment.
Teresa Tomb, director Rakadu Gypsy Tues 15 Jun 7-9pm Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Harvested...The wedding of ATS steps, and concepts with modern dance improvisation exercises In this workshop we will take some familiar steps from the FatChance vocabulary and weave them together in short combinations utilizing the concepts of sight lines, floor pattern, and shortened phrasing along with open flow dance improvisation. Colleena Shakti Wed 16 Jun 7-9pm Embodying Grace through Heartfelt Devotion, Indian Fusion with Colleena What is devotion? How does it come into your dance life? How do we harness it's potential? Plant the seeds of strength and beauty through refining your dance technique and deepening your intention. Warm up and exercise series: Find your center through intelligent alignment, harness the power of your breath and build strength in forgotten pockets of the body. Drilling of Movements / Technique: Indian Fusion movements (of a classical nature) will be taught and finally strung together in graceful combinations. We will spin in this class... please don't come with a full belly! All levels welcome.
Rachel Brice Thu 17 Jun 10am-12pm Morning Practice Start the morning off with an energizing Yoga practice and lightning fast drills. We'll focus on combining foot patterns, arm patterns, fundamental isolations and a plethora of shimmies to create one or two combinations, then transition to making your own work. This class borders on cardiovascular exercise, so bring a bottle of water and perhaps a little towel, just in case we get a good sweat going.
Megha Gavin, director Devyani Dance Co. Thu 17 Jun 7-9pm Combinations We'll review the Turkish Shimmy 1/4 fade as well as the "Chico Circle Up Combo" and the "Arc Arm Pass-Through" that have become favorites of the Deyvani Dancers. If time allows we will look at, and play with, two experimental combos for duets involving the Sunanda and the Arabic Shimmy with Arms and Turn. Students need to know the basics of Arabic, Choo-Choo, Turkish Shimmy, Sunanda and Arabic Shimmy With Arms and Turn.
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