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!!!

What is Tribal Fusion Bellydance? This beginner workshop is designed as a practical introduction to this fascinating style. After a short yoga-based warmup we'll explore basic posture and movements associated with Tribal Fusion, focusing on isolations, basic layering and tribal technique. We'll focus on the technique for shoulders, arms and hands to create powerful, elegant and expressive movements. Lamia will share specific exercises designed to release tension and strengthen the upper body, improve posture, elegance and water-like movements. Understanding that every movement has it source in the center of the body, we'll go for an exploration of our belly muscles to create precise and isolated undulations and isolations. Please bring a yoga mat, water, towel, note book. Comfortable clothes, no coins.

In this class we’ll deepen our study of the strong fundamentals for dance. We’ll explore different topics: presence in the body and focused attitude, specific technique for different parts of the body, footwork, stillness and dynamic, as well as isolations, layerings and transitions. This workshops is designed to clean the technique in order to let our dance be stronger, soulful and fearless.

With Persian dance as our muse, in this workshop Chantira will show us how to add more elegance and narrative to our dance. Exploring the subtle and delicate movement that Central Asian dance is so known for, we will first focus on embellishment: Elegant hand and arm work, dramatic turns, and decorative traveling steps. Inspired by the Silk Road, we will then explore ways to convey our story through our body. Diving into the expressive, emotional quality of dance. Move your heart and body, and add some poetry to your dance.

Bring comfortable fitting clothes / fluid skirt / ballet shoes or socks and don't forget your water! (Please kindly avoid coins scarfs)

In this beginner workshop we will bring your hips to life. Hipwork is one of the basic and fundamental techniques of Tribal Style Bellydance: how many accents, fluid and staccato movements can we create with our hips? Also, let's talk shimmies! One of the most popular bellydance moves. Conquer the wiggle and learn how to make your shimmy look crispy and juicy at the same time. And hey, what about bringing our hips on a traveling journey, accompanying them with arms and torso isolations? Lamia will share combinations and drill exercises designed to explore the fundamentals of this beautiful art form.  Please bring a yoga mat, water, towel, note book. Comfortable clothes, no coins.