Agenda

Small class format: 15 students max

In this workshop Lamia will guide experienced dancers through exercises and drills designed to deepen their study of Tribal Fusion dance and improve their technique. Original combinations, an in-depth look at Fusion Bellydance technique and some new layering drill to enhance the dance and challenge the mind! Make your isolations crisper, your snake-like movements slower and precise and prepare yourself for some challenging layering including leveling, spins and feet patterns inspired from other dance styles. Be ready to dance from beginning to end!  Lamia will coach the students with tools and concepts from various dance styles, giving them specific tips and technical details. Be sure to bring a note book.

Inspired by famous characters like Jacky Chan and Tarzan we will work on giving a slinky touch to our dance and on expanding our movement vocabulary. As tribal fusion bellydancers we are used to use our torso a lot. Let’s move beyond our finely tuned torso technique and bring new dimensions to our dance. We will dive into original jumps, ninja stunts, and rolls, giving you a whole new toolbox of movement concepts to pull from. We will also examine how to ‘slink up’ our dance: slowly move across the floor like a ninja in a quiet, furtive and sneaky manner.

Bouncy fusion is a technical , fun and … sweaty workshop! Mell will share with you her tribal fusion workout routine through various exercises mixing yoga, fitness, cardio and movements. After some drills to revise tribal fusion basics, we will learn through different combos how to bring an urban touch to our bellydance. Proud attitude, Slow motion undulations, big rebound of hips and bust vs some speed isolations… Add more Bounce to your bellydance!

” I hope she’ll be a fool –that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”

In this workshop we will add  a 20’s vintage flair glamour  to our dance  by adapting this classical Scott Fitzgerald’s novel to our times when  girls are no more beautiful little fools… we cry, we shout and we fight for what we want…  the workshop includes a part of technique to learn some old school Jazz and Tribal Fusion Bellydance movements that we will combine later in the choreography  for graceful and slinky movement. Be prepared to take out  your beautiful little flapper!!!