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Desert Romance   - A Special Valentine's Choreography/Routine

Treat Yourself Or Treat Your Valentine to the beauty of BellyDance with  DESERT ROMANCE, a special choreography by Sharifa Asmar.  Appropriate for all levels / styles / experience 

~ Sharifa shares a beautiful classical romantic bellydance routine suitable for performance/ practice/ studio and/or home use ~ Yes, anyone can do this~  

* Saturday 13 February 2010 11 am - 2 pm*  
@ EE Miller Recreation Center, 1367 Rim Rd, Fayetteville, NC 
Space is limited to 14  - Pre- registration by Feb. 8th
  $25 deposit will hold your slot, balance due at workshop  
**$35  pre-registered by Feb. 8th
Registration and payment instructions here    

Music will be announced and available from I-Tunes/Amazon.  Choreography notes provided. 
Veils are optional - you may borrow one from Sharifa, bring your own, or reserve one for purchase [poly-chiffon /$18/ contact Sharifa for color availability]

Greenville, SC : "Build A Belly-Gram"  ~ sponsored by Ra'eesah Ra'naa  raeesahranaa@yahoo.com 

9 January, Saturday    Mid-Eastern Magic Dance Workshop with Sharifa 
Smooth Operator - Make your dance magic with smooth transitions and more! Sponsored by Fayetteville-Sandhills Bellydance Meetup 
 www.meetup.com/Fayetteville-Bellydancers 

Workshop Topics Currently Available

All include written notes, technique and combos.  

I'm always adding something new here- if you are wishing for something you don't see here or something you've seen me perform- Drop me an email and tell me about it.

The topics / offerings section is currently under renovations - please contact Sharifa if you need further information 

Mini-Workshops  [3.5-4 hrs]  

Cane choreography

Contemporary Oriental choreography, upbeat! 

"Ya Wahshini" 3:10" - Egyptian-style Raqs Sharqi choreography - traveling combos, fluidity and spatial awareness

"Be One With The Veil" 

"Taxims, Tension, and Tsiftitellis" - A "toolkit" for taxims and chiftitellis- understanding them, the instrumentation, and what to do with them.   With or without choreographed routine.

"Smooth Operator" - Progressing from one step to another smoothly, without a break in the dance, creates musical continuity and prevents that "deer in the headlights" look!   Includes combos.  With or without routine.

* Saidi Basics - Combos and intro to Saidi rhythm and dance culture and context.   Cane technique and Sagat / Zils optional. 
* Folkloric Stylings and  Your Dance  -  Don't' miss these traditional fun elements in your dance- especially when they are int he music!  Combos and transitions, rhythms.   Add a routine for a full day.

One Day Workshops    [Full day 4.5 -  5  hrs] 
Choreography, technique, combos, discussion

While all levels will benefit from this instruction, I recommend that beginners have at least 6-8 wks of dance

" Baladna el Genawy"  4:30" - A sassy Saidi for Oriental choreography

" Laylet Hob"   6:00" -  An Om Koulsoum classic.  Elegant and timeless. 

* Folkloric and Baladi in Your Oriental - Variety is the spice but ignoring or missing these elements of the music may be the difference between memorable or not! Combos and transitions, rhythms.  With combos and routine.

* The Secrets of Classic Egyptian Raqs Sharqi -  The moves that make them dancers!  Review, theory, and application of classic Egyptian Oriental  style, signature-movements and the music to go with it. - includes multi-media presentation.  Combos and technique.   This is one of  Sharifa's "Secrets of  Oriental Bellydance" series.