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What puts dancers at ease?

2008-08-08T16:33:03Z

Dear dance teachers and leaders,

I co-host a thriving sunday midday free style community dance in Berkeley, California. The dance promotes free expression, community, and personal growth. With minimal structure, 20-40 people of all ages (children too) dance in a skylight-lit community music and dance center.

Even among our "regulars," I've sometimes heard about fears, inhibitions, feelings of being "awkward" or "a bad dancer," and discomfort in dancing "with" others. And, of course, sometimes newcomers have these feelings and never come back because of them.

I plan a special session of our dance devoted to "dancing in the daylight in total comfort," and I'd also like to incorporate some new traditions in our dance to foster comfort and reduce inhibitions.

So I'm seeking your advice and interesting insights:

What is the single most effective thing you do that puts people at ease?

If you're a dancer who is or was inhibited, what helps you or helped you the most?

If you want to respond off-group, feel free to email me: sanctuarydance@aol.com

-Zach
www.soulsanctuarydance.com

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Another SF first -- 3 internationally acclaimed pianists onstage for Tango X 3 dance performances

2008-08-04T23:17:13Z

Tango x 3, the second installment of his popular Tango Trilogy, featuring live music from three internationally reputed pianitsts, takes place Friday, August 15 through Sunday, August 17 at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts Theatre (3301 Lyon Street).

Tango X 3 will be the first time three pianists have ever performed Tango music together in a full concert format playing solos, duets, and trios. The artists comprising this world-premiere are two-time Latin Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto from Brazil; recording artist and cultural ambassador Polly Ferman from Uruguay; and Erika Nickrenz of the wildly popular two-time Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio. Special performances will include the world premiere of two new pieces for three pianos from Tango legend Daniel Binelli as well as offering composed and performed by Neto himself. Also featured in the program will be 2-3 piece suites for piano duet composed by Pablo Ziegler. One of San Francisco's leading Tango dancers/instructors, Christy Cote, and her partner Darren Lees will perform several dances as guest artists. This program is being presented as a benefit for the San Francisco Breast Cancer Emergency Fund.

About the Pianists:
One of the leading interpreters of Tango music, Polly Ferman, captivates audiences with her tremendous performances of works by Gottschalk, Nazareth, Gershwin, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera, Piazzolla and Golijov, among others. The Japan Times called her “the Musical Ambassador of the Americas” with extensive tours as a soloist with the Symphonies of San Francisco, Colorado, Vancouver, and Indianapolis, as well as the Tokyo Philharmonic, Philippines Philharmonic, Sâo Paulo State Symphony, the National Symphony of Argentina and Cuba’s Camerata Romeu.

Best known as pianist for the Eroica Trio, Erika Nickrenz is a native of New York, where she made her concerto debut in Town Hall at age eleven. Erika has received the prestigious Rockefeller Award, the Naumburg Award and has been celebrated by Carnegie Hall’s as “America’s Rising Star.” As a member of the Eroica Trio, she has performed with many ensembles worldwide, including the Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Saint Louis, Houston and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras, as well as tours with the Budapest Symphony and Prague Chamber Orchestra.

Rio de Janeiro-born and Seattle-based pianist, flutist, and composer Jovino Santos Neto transcends the barriers between classical, jazz, and indigenous Brazilian music. A member of Hermeto Pascoal's legendary band from 1977 to 1992, Neto has built a distinguished reputation as a creative and inspired musician, producer and arranger. Besides performing worldwide, he gives lectures and workshops on Brazilian music and continues to collaborate with his long time mentor Hermeto Pascoal as the music director of the Hermeto Pascoal Big Band.

Friday & Saturday, August 15 & 16, 8pm
Sunday, August 17, 2pm & 7pm

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco

www.cityboxoffice.com
Premium Orchestra: $50; Orchestra: $40; Left & Right Orchestra: $30; Rear: $20
Discounts available for seniors, students, and groups of 10 or more. Call (415) 392-4000 for more information.

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How much space for a workshop?

2008-08-02T01:30:51Z

Hey there!
Does anyone have a nice way to calculate how much square footage per dancer? Seems like an easy question, but I'm planning a large workshop and I'm having trouble finding a place to that fits... I may be thinking I need too large a space. Looking for opinions, say 40-50 dancers, should I be so lucky, would need how large a room do you think?

Thanks!
Mimi

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1st meeting ARTISTIC CARAVAN in berlin aug 1

2008-07-26T12:22:49Z

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1.

OFFICIAL MEETING for the ARTISTIC CARAVAN
-> SQU..ART-Hall-Performance, Transyapit and more ... <-
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Dear artists, acrobats, dancers, organisators !

I would like to invite you to the first meeting

-> friday, august 1st 2008
-> 7 pm
-> Jessner Str.

41 ("Supamolly"), 10247 Berlin - Friedrichshain (see appendix/map down)
in the highest kitchen in frontsided house (PRESS BELL -> "Vorderhaus 4.

Stock links")

http://www. berlin. de/stadtplan/map. asp?ADR_STREET=jessner%20str%20.%20&ADR_HOUSE=41&ADR_ZIP=10247&ADR_INFO=SUPAMOLLY%20Jessner%20Str.%2041%2C%20BerlinTel.:Tel.

:

for brainstorming & talk about following spots :

1. Performance (in) the SQU..ART-HALL in Berlin-Friedrichshain (see appendix)

2.

JOIN the INTERNATIONAL FREE ARTS FESTIVAL "TRANSYAPIT"
(Istanbul/Türkei) End of september - october 19th 2008 (as an artist-/acrobat-/?) - TROUP :

3.

How to make the ARTISTIC CARAVAN real

Just a few words about the Squart :

The hall is on the "RAW-Gelände (/-area)" in Berlin-Friedrichshain.

Few months ago a troupe of self-organized and arts- and culture-interested people/artists builded it up/renovated it and made it useful for e.g. the "SQUŽArt-Market" -> a regular Arts-Fleamarket (ever3rd saturday of month) and for other events (still not finished by now).

It is about 300 qm (donŽt know the english size), with electricity + offers lots of space for different stations of performing.

There are stage elements, a bar, curtains + more ...

if you like to take a look on the hall by yourself -> let me know -> if thereŽs further interest i can arrange another visiting of it.

Please let me know :

* which theme youŽre most interested in
* if/which beautiful and artistic/arts ideas you have in mind in general or
depending on the similar spots/events posibilities
* if you will find time to JOIN the meeting -> would be :) :) :) !!

To hear from you soon ! :)

Judith (Bieger) Zabel
Tel.

: 0049 - (0)30 - 62 90 49 89
www. myspace. com/acrodance
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Camp CONTACT at Burning Man!

2008-07-15T15:14:56Z

Registration for Camp CONTACT at Burning Man 2008 is now open!

Contact Camp has been a fixture on the playa for the past three years, and we're bringing it back in style for 2008. We've got some new infrastructure, a distributed leadership team, and a new on-line registration system. We plan to better coordinate work party participation and work shift participation prior to the event so that we're not spending valuable time on the playa figuring it all out.

Camp CONTACT will host 80-100 Contact Improvisators for the ten days spanning Saturday, August 23rd to Monday, Sept 1st. We'll start off by building a kitchen, a common area and the dance spaces. We'll also have shade structures to keep your tent cool, with the possibility of other amenities. We come to the playa to offer the gift of Contact Improvisation. Mornings, we'll be able to jam in Burning Man's Center Camp; afternoons, we can teach or take beginners and advanced classes. Each evening we will share in community meals and then glow in all that Black Rock City has to offer at night, including some of our own jams.

If you're into Contact, and up for the adventure of a lifetime, check us out! If you've camped with us before, we welcome you back.

More details, commitment requirements, and on-line registration are available on our website at http://campcontact.org/burningcontact

Questions? Email me at burningcontact@gmail.com

Yours in Contact,

--Darrell

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Private Beginner's Belly Dance Classes! Learn belly dancing from an inspiring and patient teacher!

2008-06-14T20:16:09Z

I'd like to offer private belly dance classes for anyone who feels like they need more one-on-one instruction, privacy, patience and a teacher dedicated to spreading the joy of the dance! You'll get to work at your own pace, wear whatever you like, and be encouraged to find the beauty of the dance in your own way.

I absolutely believe in the spirituality of belly dancing, and see it the way it was meant to be seen- a beautiful act that praises life and strengthens women's bodies.

The dance will help with self-esteem, body image, flexibility, moods, and over-all well being.

Wear comfortable yoga clothes or dress up for each lesson- it’s up to you!

The schedule is absolutely flexible, and I will do my best to work out a time that works best for you- lessons can be anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours- again, it's up to you! The price will vary as to how long you want your lesson to be. To give you an idea, an hour-long lesson will be $15. However, trades can be made and I can always knock down the price if you need it. My goal is to inspire you and help you find belly dance as wonderful as I do.

Learn to relax into the art and the beauty of the dance and enjoy yourself!

Email me (Charlene) at charleneeldon@yahoo.com, or give me a call at (415) 299-1026

I look forward to hearing from you!

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California Dance Institute presents "I Hear America Dancing" June 5 & 6

2008-05-20T17:31:46Z

The California Dance Institute (CDI) invites you to our
7th annual Event of the Year Production:

I Hear America Dancing
Celebrating a Century of Music

Featuring 250 children from:

Eagle Rock Elementary School
King Middle School
Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School
Walter Reed Middle School Eagle Rock High School
Pio Pico Span School
Saturn Street Elementary School
Westminster Elementary School

WHEN:

Thursday, June 5, 2008

4:00 PM Show 7:00 PM Show
Tickets: $5.00 each Tickets $10.00 each

Friday, June 6, 2008

4:00 PM Show 7:00 PM Show
Tickets: $5.00 each Tickets $10.00 each

8:15 PM Benefit Reception
Cocktails and Hors d'Oeuvres on the Terrace
Tickets: $65.00 each ($75 includes 7:00 PM show)

WHERE:

Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
4718 W. Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90016
CLICK HERE for map & directions

TICKETS:

Seating is very limited so purchase your tickets today!
Call (323) 301-8900 or email esokoloff@californiadanceinstitute.org to reserve your tickets.

ABOUT CDI:
CDI is an affiliate of National Dance Institute (NDI), founded by Jacques d’Amboise. CDI is a project of Community Partners a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. For more information on our program, please visit:
http://www.californiadanceinstitute.org

See you at the show!

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Zipfest OrvietoContactfestival is a CI36 Satellite Event, JOIN US!

2008-05-18T18:30:02Z

June 21–29\2008
Orvieto \ Italy
www.contactfestival.it

Registration is still up ... last call for entries!!

Celebrating the Summer Solstice, Zip opens to the Orient ...
Contact, Jams, Tai Chi Chuan, Meditation, Free Climbing and Satellite Events.

The annual Contact Improvisation festival in Italy, Zipfest, is a Satellite Event of CI36, and invites you to join for the Celebration of Contact Improvisation and for the Summer Solstice.

The festival opens its ninth edition with a weekend of International Summer Solstice Jam, starting Saturday June 21st through Sunday June 22nd, in a White Night Jam-contact day ... A 25 Hours of Movement Art and Contact ...

The festival will go on until June 29th: sixteen guest artists from various countries will animate the city from early morning to late at night, taking turns in a dense calendar of jams, performances and concerts, intensive workshops, encounters and laboratories centered around the theme of Contact Improvisation, improvisation dance and the performing arts.

INFO AND CONTACT
PHONE: +39 0763341479
EMAIL: info@contactfestival.it
WEBSITE: www.contactfestival.it

Zipfest is a lively kermis with internationally famous guest artists invited to the Umbrian residence from various countries to collaborate in the creative production of events, promoting the identification of a trans-cultural art. The festival is an event of art and culture speaking the language of today, questioning itself on the processes or artistic interaction, creating contacts and occasions for cooperation among the guest artists, who bare their experience, affinities and cultural and generational differences in Orvieto, to create the festival together.

International scene 2008
Nita Little (www.nitalittle. com), American pioneer of Contact Improvisation, an internationally acclaimed artist, invited to Italy for the first time in April in the residenza dinamica of Palazzo Caravajal, for the project Restless Peace, and once more present in June as part of the Zipfest guest artists. Keith Hennessy, a Canadian performer with countless awards, for the first time in Italy, will present an interesting workshop in which improvisation dance, performance and shamanism will be put in relation to each other. Giorgio Convertito, an eclectic Italian dancer who has been living in Helsinki for six years, and is today an artist on the Finnish scene, Jacky Miredin the virtuoso French performer previously invited to Zipfest07 and the young Italian choreographer Sara Simeoni, currently dancing with Carolyn Carlson. The artistic director of the festival, Rossella Fiumi, takes part with her installation titled I'm All Ears, a forum on the theme of listening and communication in contemporary creativity.Jens Biedermann, a Swiss acrobatic dancer and accordion player, Adalisa Menghini, Italian choreographer who has been living in Berlin for years, Alessia Scala a young Neapolitan dancer, Isabelle Uski, Contact improviser from Grenoble, Gionatan Surrenti Italian dancer, improvisor and pedagogue, previously invited to several Zipfest editions, Yanaël Plumet French performer and traveler currently living in Istanbul, the musician and performer Michele Rabbia virtuoso percussionist invited to the preceding editions of the festival and particularly beloved by the Zip public, Marko Timlin Finnish sound artist proposing new modes in the field of electronic sound, composing and improvising on solar panels and Barnaby O'Rorke Tree, a versatile Scotch performer, improviser-cellist, composer and vocalist.

21-22 June White Night Jam-Contact day
Inauguration- meeting point Residenza dinamica of Palazzo Caravajal, headquarters of the international Summer Solstice Jam, at 9 p.m. on 21 June, throughout the sleepless summer night up to 10 p.m. on 22 June, in the studios-houses- ateliers of artists-cultural- associations- creative- persons-columnis ts-others who work-look for a Contemporary idiom in Orvieto.

24-28 June Performances, concerts, forum
One of the most eagerly awaited events in Zipfest calendar, the improvisation performances: instant compositions, proposed then and here by the guest artists, in a type of performance called Real Time Composition.

Heart-felt curves
It is a great honor to present and pay homage to Luigi Mario, known also as Engaku Taino, a Zen master who has been living in the hinterland of Orvieto for many years. He is a fascinating figure with proficiencies and preparation of alpine skiing and rock climbing, as well as a Tai Chi Chuan guru, but above all a person to meet and know to practice meditation. Luigi Mario has been invited to the festival for two reasons: the first is to lead, aided by assistants, a free climbing session on the rocks of Ferentillo, a splendid zone in Umbria-Valnerina, on June 23rd. It is a unique occasion for those who practice Contact as well as others, because it gives one a chance to find out what it's like trying one's hand at a height of 30 meters, using one's strength, resistance, balance, gravity, weight, feeling of the void, and any number of other emotions to explore. The second reason is purely contemplative: three meetings of Tai Chi Chuan and meditation.

Festival residence and organizing
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica \ Compagnia ALEF
Via Malabranca 15 Orvieto, Italy
tel +39 0763341479
fax +39 0763340669
info@contactfestival.it

Project and artistic direction
Rossella Fiumi
rossella@contactfestival.it

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ATS for teens?

2008-04-03T00:42:35Z

My rec center has asked me to create a program for teens. They have not been very successful in creating programming for teens and have had many requests for belly dance. I think that ATS will be great at keeping their attention but would love any advice from people that have done a program like this. The rec center classes run on a 4 week session so I am worried about keeping them coming back each session and integrating new students (it will be awhile until I can have two levels of teen classes).

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So. Cal Dance Studio looking for YOGA INSTRUCTOR!

2008-04-01T17:50:27Z

Greetings!

I would LOVE to offer weekly Yoga classes at The Oasis Dance Studio!!! We are located in Highland (San Bernardino) So. Cal.... Are YOU or anyone you know interested in teaching a class or two???

Student following is of course a PLUS, but not necessary - We currently have Tues, Wed, Thurs & Fri mornings and afternoons until 5pm open, also Sundays until 4pm...

Please contact Politti for more info: (909) 957-8962 or Tribalstuff@earthlink.net or message me (Politti) here on Tribe....

Namaste!
Art Through Movement at The Oasis
www.oasisdancestudio.net

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So. Cal Dance Studio looking for KIDS' BELLYDANCE INSTRUCTOR!

2008-04-01T17:48:53Z

Hi!

I am looking for a KIDS' BELLYDANCE INSTRUCTOR to offer classes at The Oasis Dance Studio!!! We are located in Highland (San Bernardino) So. Cal.... Are YOU or anyone you know interested in teaching a class or two???

Student following is of course a PLUS, but not necessary - We currently have Tues, Wed, Thurs & Fri mornings and afternoons until 5pm open, also Sundays until 4pm...

Please contact Politti for more info: (909) 957-8962 or Tribalstuff@earthlink.net or message me (Politti) here on Tribe....

Namaste!
Art Through Movement at The Oasis
www.oasisdancestudio.net

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New Studio Open!!!

2008-03-05T13:23:53Z

Beledi Bay
927 Broadway * Dunedin, FL
(727 483-9014 www.BelediBay.com

Alternative Dance and Exercise - Offering

Different Styles/Traditions of Belly Dance
Hawaiian / Ploynesian
Yoga * Mat pilates * Zumba
Fire Dance * African Dance
Hooping and More!

We have Kimara Moon teaching her fabulous Fusion Style on Tuesdays and
Johanna (of Hip-Expressions) leading us through "Drills & Zills" and her signature Tribal classes

Classes forming now!

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Dancing in the Golden Era of Egyptian Film - Lecture/Video Series

2008-02-09T08:00:29Z

Hello, All...

I am formulating a lecture and video series on the Dancing in the Golden Era of Egyptian Film. It will span over several weeks and be in several parts, and it will include watching and talking about the dancing of each dancer.

With each dancer, we will discuss technique, performance, era costuming, essence of their dance, their biographies, and more, as well as introduce the singers who sometimes appear in the scene with them.

Dancing in the Golden Era of Egyptian Film

Part 1. - Sunday, March 30, 2008: The dances of Taheyia Karioka, Samia Gamal, and Na'eema Akef

Part 2. - Sunday, April 6, 2008: The dances of Katie, Na'met Mokhtar, and Zinaat Aloui

Part 3. - Sunday, April 13, 2008: The dances of Samiha Tawfique, Nebawiyia Moustafa, Hoda Shams El Din

Part 4. - Sunday, April 20, 2008: The dances of Hend Rostom, So'ad Hosny

Part 5. - Sunday, April 27, 2008: The dances of Nadia El Guindy, Nabila Ebeid, Lebleba

Part 6. - Sunday, May 4, 2008: The dances of Nagwa Fouad, Zizi Moustafa, Suhair Zaki

Price: Each Part is $35 in advance or $40 at the door. The purchase of all six parts is $200 in advance.
Location: Al-Masri Restaurant, 4031 Balboa Street, San Francisco, CA 94121
Contact: Sausan at sausanacademy@gmail.com or 415-262-0175
Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Refreshments Served (yummy!)
Videos will be available for purchase after viewing.

Invite your friends!!!

If you think you are going to miss one of these sessions, don't worry. I will repeat the series.

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Protable dance studio mirrors

2008-01-21T21:15:24Z

I am President of a dance organization that presently rent space. Our dancers are in need of mirrors. We practice 3xper week and need to have non breakable portables mirrors to be set-up and removed before and after practice. I need a cheap quick solution.

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Nita Little \\ first call

2008-01-04T12:56:55Z

Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
International Projects 2008

Orvieto \ Italy
April 25–May 2 / 2008

Nita Little
Restless Peace
A mind in motion and Contact Improvisation experience
Residential project for experienced movers

The American performer Nita Little will be the special guest of our association, first time in Italy as guest artist, for giving the project “Restless Peace”. The intensive workshop with Nita Little is in the calendar of our Residential Projects 2008, and will be from April 25 to May 2, 2008 in the beautiful Etruscan city of Orvieto, in middle Italy.

After the end of the workshop, on May 3rd and 4th, the association will plan also two days with the International Springfest Jam.

The intensive workshop and the Jam will be held both at the headquarters of the cultural Association Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, in the prestigious sixteenth century rooms of the Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli, in Orvieto.

Application for registration in the project with Nita Little is open from January 7th. For information and more details write to: info@contactfestival.it, or telephone to +39 0763.341479.

Nita Little
Restless Peace
The urge to move, to go where we have never been, is the soul of our practice in this workshop.
Developing a "home base", a place of personal and creative safety is as important as the journey; how wonderful to be free when you have a home! We learn, how like nomads, we may carry our home with us, even as we track paths in and out of unfamiliar territory.
We focus on developing the mental, emotional, and physical skills that enable dancers to travel creatively. Utilizing a full dance vocabulary, we integrate gestured movement improvisation with contact improvisation and build the skills to consciously weave these two forms.

We investigate “states” of mind / “states” of body as a means to develop and direct creative work in our improvisations. Developing the ability to describe and craft subtle levels of action and experience, we boost our physical potential while increasing our readability. Moving in solo, duet and group forms, we gain compositional tools for structural orientation; like torches, they light the way.

This workshop is developed for experienced movers who wish to pass beyond the threshold of old patterns. The restless human drive that takes us out of comfort, urges us to meet the unfamiliar, to move into, through and with the unknown, is a dance artist’s call. Here, we harness that drive and discover how, moving at the speed of our restless calling, we can find peace.

This class culminates in a creative work for performance at the workshop and at Zipfest08.

Things we will do:
Go deep into the physical philosophy behind contact improvisation.
Learn underlying CI principles that manifest as pathways of action.
Build the tools for safe physical and creative relationships
Discover different spatial orientations: vertical/hierarchical and horizontal/diffuse.
Learn about our temporal orientation and develop tools that modulate time.
Develop the skills to be able to move freely between states of mind.
Deepen our agreements to open to life, to the dance.
Honor peace.

about Nita Little
www.nitalittle.com
Nita Little has been developing, choreographing, performing and teaching improvisational dance for the past thirty-six years, notably Contact Improvisation, which she helped evolve from its inception with Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and others.
She collaborated in numerous performing companies introducing Contact Improvisation throughout the United States. She is a master teacher with former students all over the world, who are themselves now master dancers and teachers: Gretchen Spiro, Andrew Harwood, Frey Faust, Scott Wells, Julie Oak, Peter Bingham to name just a few. Through CI she discovered her abiding interest in the evolution of consciousness and the mind body relationship. Since 1981 she has been developing an evolving curriculum called The Mind in Motion, which explores the range of experiential states along the mind-body continuum and reveals principles that define Contact Improvisation as well as other movement forms. This work is informed by her investigation of the mind through work such as hypnotherapy and NeuroLinguistic Programming.

As a performing artist her current work is a mix of both formal and improvisational choreography and scores. While anchored in process, it frequently explores character, story, and concept.

Nita received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in choreography and was on the California Arts Council Touring Program.
The latter award was to her solo dance company, NITA LITTLE DANCE THEATRE, which she began in 1984, continued through 1990, and reinstated as a pickup company in 2000. In 2002 Nita created Playing God, an hour-long dance opera that received funding through the Dance USA /National Endowment for the Arts.

Over the years Nita has been both faculty and guest artist at numerous colleges and universities including New York University, California Institute for the Arts, Texas Christian University, Temple University, Tufts University, Scripps College and UC Santa Barbara.

Nita teaches and performs yearly at national and international dance festivals including ImPulsTanz, Vienna, The Side Step Festival, Helsinki, Kontakt Budapest International Improvisation Festival, the International Contact Festival Freiburg, Germany,the Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance and Improvisation and the West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley California.
She also teaches locally and nationally throughout the year. She lives with her son in Santa Cruz Mountains in California.

As she has pioneered a path in the understanding of the mind/body/spirit relationship, Nita's mission, conscious evolution, has been the backbone of her passion and her practice. Her goal is to see, feel and reveal grace in all its forms and as it exists in the actions of the mind and the body.

Info and reservation
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15
05018 Orvieto (TR) - Italy
tel +39 0763.341479
fax +39 0763.340669
info@contactfestival.it
www.contactfestival.it

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Tiny tot ballet and tap teachers?

2008-01-04T02:35:17Z

Hey everyone,

The studio I teach at (and have for quite a few years now) is looking for more teachers for Saturday morning tiny tot classes. These classes are 45 minutes each and are split into age groups of 3 years old, 4-5 years old, and 4-5 years old (int). Pays per student for an 11 week session starting Jan 12th. This is a wonderful family oriented school. I love working there. If you are interested, please contact Art or Clarita at the Center of Worldance (230 West Main St., Alhambra, CA 90021) at 626.458.1234.

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First National Hooper's Conference!!!

2008-01-03T00:35:33Z

Hoop Convergence ~ Friday April 11 - Wednesday April 16, 2008

Please join us for the very first national (hopefully International!) Hooper’s Conference -- The Hoop Convergence.

The Hoop Convergence is the bringing together of a wide variety of hoopers from all over the world to create a synergistic learning environment where we will address all aspects of hooping. There will be panel discussions and workshops with a variety of amazing teachers and hoopers from all over the United States.

The Convergence will be held in beautiful the Hooper Haven of Carrboro, NC. Everything in this wonderful town is in walking distance and already many local hoopers are opening their homes or offering camping on their property to visiting hoopers from all over the country. Make plans to join us now.

To learn more, volunteer, make suggestions or arrange for a place to stay, please join the tribe Hoop Convergence at: http://tribes.tribe.net/hoopconvergence

Here are some of the amazing workshops and activities that are confirmed as of right now:

HOOP SKILLS WORKSHOPS
Currently, Spiral, Revolva, Caroleeena and Jewels are all confirmed to teach. These workshops will teach a variety of hooping techniques, including hand work, footwork, bodywork and dance, as well as hooping specialties, such as street performance and twin hooping. There will be workshops appropriate to all skill levels and other classes will be added to the curriculum as they are confirmed. Workshop details are forthcoming.

YOGA, INJURY PREVENTION & HEALING
We will host an injury prevention discussion panel made up of yogis, hoopers, massage therapists and other body/mind workers and healers. Hopefully we will be able to offer a HoopYoga workshop as well.

COSTUME DESIGN and THEATER MAKE-UP WORKSHOPS
In addition to learning costume design and theater make-up, the Convergence will also include a trade circle, a costume swap, sewing and non-sewing methods for making/decorating costumes, pattern shares, and a discussion where we will share ideas about themes, hoopable clothing and info for creating fire safe costumes . If you stay for the entire week, there will be excursions to some kick ass thrift stores too! (Then, after the Convergence, you can try out your new threads at Shakori Hills the following weekend!)

COMMUNITY, SERVICE PROJECTS and WORLD HOOP DAY
There will also be a discussion panel on community building, event planning, service projects and World Hoop Day. Hoopin' Annie O, creator of World Hoop Day, Jewels, who created Hoops for Haiti, and Caroleeena, who started the Henrietta Jensen Outreach and Education Project in Jamaica are all confirmed and will all be available to help you envision and manifest your world hoop day events or community outreach projects. (Hopefully Xta will be able to make it also!)

FIRE
On Saturday night, we will have a drum circle and fire ceremony with fire dancing. If you haven't fire hooped before, this could be your moment! There will also be discussions on Fire Philosophy & Ritual, Safety, Tool Repair, Craft and Professionalism. (There may also be a workshop highlighting a variety of different fire hoops and build techniques. We may not have time amidst everything else to build our own fire hoops, but maybe. If not, I'm sure you can order one from a local crafter to be customized for you and ready for your arrival to NC or to be shipped to you when you return home.)

JAM ~ DANCE PARTY
Sunday night, we will have a funky, dressy, jamming hoop hop set. There will also be a pre-party, house-party for dressing and making up!

OTHER THINGS we hope to include are:
Performances by and for each other
Publicity and Marketing
Business Management and Taxes for Professionals
Teaching Techniques
Hooping with kids
Sharing Poetry and Stories
Hoop Philosophy and Spirituality

Finally, if we can manage it, and if we have enough people at Shakori Hills, I think it would be fun to try to choreograph and premier the world’s largest choreographed hoop dance! I know they would let us do it there. We just have to see if we can make it happen!

We have lots of other ideas too – Circus hooping, Native American Hoop Dance, Rhythmic Gymanastics, Hoop Yoga, integrating specific types of dance into hooping, and more – but those things may have to wait until next year … unless you know someone willing and/or able to teach! If you have an idea for a workshop, please join the Hoop Convergence Tribe and share it with us! http://tribes.tribe.net/hoopconvergence

If you would like to teach or lead a discussion panel, please post that on the Hoop Convergence tribe too or feel free to PM a description to Jewels at hoopflow@gmail.com. We will accommodate what we can given space availability and group sizes. Teaching or leading a panel will enable you to attend other workshops for free. Depending on our turnout, you will hopefully also receive compensation for your efforts. (We are still working out the estimated costs for this event but we are working to keep them reasonable. Several teachers are volunteering altogether.)

Prices and other details will follow soon. New items are being added everyday!

If you can stay through the week, festivities, workshops, discussion panels and field trips will be offered Friday through Wednesday. Then, on Thursday, we'll head over to Silk Hope for a great, family-friendly, hooper-rich, inexpensive local music festival with incredibly sweet vibes through the following Sunday!

If you can't stay through the week and for the music festival, there will be plenty of hoopy goodness happening during the weekend from Fri - Sun/Mon. Do try to stay Sunday night for a big jam and costuming pre-party though!

For more information about the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Peace and Dance (April 17 - 20, 2008), go to: www.shakorihills.org

Again, if you are willing and able to participate in any way, please do! Your input and expertise are essential. So please join the Hoop Convergence tribe today. We hoopfully hope to hoop with you soon!

http://tribes.tribe.net/hoopconvergence

Hoop Blissfully,
Caroleeena

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If You are a MAC Lover Beware / X-Post

2008-01-01T18:47:07Z

If you bid or buy MAC cosmetics on eBay, please watch out for the seller of the name sjukes67.

I recently won metal x for the amount of $12.50. I have documentation showing payment via PayPal. The payment was not claimed, an e-mail was sent asking why payment was showing as unclaimed. The response, I didn't pay and she was sending out an invoice; after a week, I cancelled Paypal payment and viewed the invoice. The invoice is now $3.00 more than the original amount and she has reported me as non-payment. This is a scam, she wanted the higher price for the eyeshadow and played this silly game with me.

Just beware, in all the years buying and bidding in ebay, this is my worst experience ever.

Just thought I would provide a heads up.

Happy 2008

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December 15 invitation

2007-11-25T17:17:48Z

Sirqus of Jreams
HOLIDAY HAFLA & PETITE JAMILLA WORKSHOP! Dec 15 (Sat)
Dec 15
Childrens Dance Foundation
Homewood, Alabama

Petite Jamilla Workshop
2pm-4pm Choreography Class
$55 if paid before Dec 1 and $65 if after Dec 1
can pay with visa or master card
contact
Jamillarasa@yahoo.com to register
NO cameras/videos in workshop

(dinner break and get ready for the hafla)

Dec 15
SOJ Holiday Hafla
Childrens Dance Foundation Homewood
6pm-9pm
Workshop participates attend FREE
Workshop participates are welcome & encouraged to perform in hafla!
non-workshop participates/audience $10
contact
Jamillarasa@yahoo.com
(The Hafla is video/camera friendly)

Vendors will be on site for all your holiday shopping needs!

share the word with your friends and students and we hope to see you all there!

*PLEASE NOTE, the hafla is set up for workshop participates to get first dibs on performances, there are limited slots available and they go quickly!*
__________________________________________________

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Winter Solstice Jam \ last call

2007-11-24T20:31:26Z

Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Orvieto - Italy
presents
Four Seasons Jams

International Winter Solstice Jam
21\22\23 December 2007

Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli
Orvieto - Italy
info@contactfestival.it

Last days for the registration in the Jam!!
With Christmas just around the corner…we’re dancing Contact !

Second encounter with Four Seasons Jams, a project of art and culture that continues to call attention to the city of Orvieto in Italy, with regards to Contact Improvisation, the Performing Art and dance of Improvisation.

The next appointment is the International Winter Solstice Jam on the 21, 22 and 23 of December, to greet the arrival of winter, and to celebrate Christmas time and a week from the end of the year, dancing Contact together.
Second Jam in a series of four, every three months, at every change of season.

The jam will be held at the headquarters of the cultural Association Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, in the prestigious sixteenth century rooms of the Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli.

The dance studio in our dynamic residence is welcoming and serene; in addition to dancing together, time and space are dedicated to personal requirements, to being together, to visiting the splendid Etruscan city of Orvieto.

We’ll dance together and we’ll warm ourselves in front of the fire in the fireplace in the frescoed Room of the Four Seasons, during the three days of the jam.

It is open to all, with three days of improvisation dance in the residence, including hospitality, reception and meals.

The fee is 100 euros, which includes also hospitality, reception and meals.

For information write to: info@contactfestival.it, or telephone to +39 0763.341479.

Info and reservation
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15 Orvieto (TR) Italy
tel +39 0763341479
fax +39 0763340669
mobile +39 3391017492
info@contactfestival.it
www.contactfestival.it

Lodging in the residence
We can host up to 20\24 people, comfortably.
We are organized with mattresses that the participants can use, scattered here and there in the 150 square meters of the studio.
You have to bring your own sleeping bag and a blanket, or sheets\pillow and blanket, as you prefer.
There’s a room in residence equipped for preparing breakfast and meals, in addition to dressing rooms and showers.
One person will cook for us during the three days of the jam.
Lunch will be light (fruit, rice, vegetables and/or cheese, cookies, honey, tea, coffee, etc.).
Evenings a dinner will be offered.

Artistic project and organization
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica

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learn and recieve thai massage in gainesville florida

2007-10-29T00:42:49Z

arielasthaimassage.com 72 hour certification in thai massage at FSM

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Teaching Mime

2007-10-23T00:15:27Z

A blog of a mime workshop I taught a couple of weeks ago:

http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2007/10/mime-workshop-in-gloucester.html

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International Performers Village 08

2007-10-18T14:31:20Z

International Performers Village 08

August 1 - 28, 2008

The four-week International Performers Village is open to professional actors, dancers, musicians, directors, choreographers, playwrights, scriptwriters and artists from different countries, creative genres, techniques and styles.

For more details, please visit
http://www.iugte.com/projects/Performance.php

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Simone Forti "Logomotion Writing Workshop" \ project in residence

2007-10-14T00:21:03Z

Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Orvieto \ Italy
International Projects 2008

Hello!
We are happy to announce that Simone Forti will be again the guest artist of our residence, for giving her intensive residential workshop “Logomotion Writing Workshop”.
The intensive workshop with Simone Forti is in the ambit of our international projects 2008, and will be from March 8 to 15 2008 in the beautiful Etruscan city of Orvieto, in mid Italy.
The workshop is limited to 16 participants.
The intensive workshop will be held at the headquarters of the cultural Association Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, in the prestigious sixteenth century rooms of the Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli.
The fee is 400 euros, which includes also hospitality, reception and meals.
Application for registration is open from October 15th.
For information write to: info@contactfestival.it, or telephone to +39 0763.341479.
Info and texts below.

Simone Forti \ Logomotion Writing Workshop
Intensive residential workshop
8-15 March 2008
maximum 16 participants
7-day workshop, plus one day pause
fee 400 euros (including meals and lodging)
pre-registration: 150 euros

Logomotion Writing Workshop
Sometimes our words don't have access to what we know in our bones.
In this workshop we will be improvising moving and speaking, and we will be writing.
While our writing will stimulate our imagination and support our improvisations, our improvisations will enrich our writing with a kinesthetic timing to phrasing and windows on sudden thoughts and memories.
Our activities will include studio sessions of improvisational moving and speaking, spontaneous writing, walks in town, with partners, for conversations about matters large and small, and private times to write and to craft our writings and to read them to each other.
We will borrow from the writing practice of Natalie Goldberg as found in her books “Writing Down the Bones” and “Wild Mind”, discovering the associations that gather spontaneously around a chosen point of departure.
As our movement work will include many activities in partners and in groups, some of our writing will include more than one voice, focusing on the relationships between the thoughts of different people.
A goal will be to write with wild mind and intention, and with awareness of world.

Jennifer Dunning writes in her 1991 New York Times review: “Simone Forti presented her first dance program in 1960 and has since then had a steadily increasing influence on post-modernist choreographers interested in exploring ‘natural’ or non-formalist movement and dance”.

Info and reservation
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15
05018 Orvieto (TR) - Italy
tel +39 0763341479
fax +39 0763340669
info@contactfestival.it
www.contactfestival.it

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Wholesale Bellydance shopping

2007-10-12T14:31:49Z

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Master Class in Teaching Techniques to Children Offered

2007-09-23T20:31:00Z

PLEASE FORWARD TO THE DIRECTOR OF YOUR DANCE SCHOOL, COMPANY OR DANCE DEPARTMENT

Carole Valleskey, former principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, founder and director of the California Dance Institute, an in-school program for low income children, would like to offer to your dance department, school or company a Master Class in the Teaching Techniques of Jacques d’Amboise’s world-renowned National Dance Institute. Workshops given in Los Angeles will run approximately $300. We can negotiate a cost with you if you wish to tailor a longer program for your students or if the travel time is longer than a normal drive around L.A.

California Dance Institute is the newest affiliate of the National Dance Institute (NDI). NDI was founded in 1976 by New York City Ballet principal dancer Jacques d'Amboise in the belief that the arts have a unique power to engage children and motivate them toward excellence. Many people know of the program through the 1983 Academy Award-winning film “He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’.” Established in 2000, and adhering to the NDI philosophy and methodology, CDI has been working to critical acclaim with thousands of children throughout Los Angeles.

In this innovative Master Class format, students participate in movement classes similar to those taught to children in the CDI program, and are thereby introduced to the extraordinary pedagogy that has won the program such acclaim. The fast paced, high energy, performance-oriented teaching style creates an electric atmosphere for learning. Live pianists accompany all classes.

Following the 50-minute movement session, CDI Director Carole Valleskey engages in Q&A with the students. This is a dynamite opportunity for dance students to assess not only movement skills but also the educational and social goals that CDI pursues for K-12 children via in-school and after-school programs. For dance students who hope or expect to teach dance themselves at some point in their careers, the CDI master class is especially valuable for helping them imagine how skills and goals differ depending on the age groups and cultural groups that they might encounter in their own teaching.

The gains are not limited to dance major students: education majors and other students who enjoy moving as part of their day-to-day experience will be easily able to participate in the Master Class. In addition, if desired, the Q & A portion of the Master Class can include information on how to start a nonprofit organization, and participants interested in pursuing an internship with CDI can speak directly with Valleskey at the close of the class.

Please contact Carole at CValleskey@earthlink.net or Elaine Sokoloff at 323 301-8900 if you are interested in this unique opportunity. A syllabus for the class can be mailed or emailed to you by emailing Elaine Sokoloff with your mailing or emailing address. Her email is: ElaineAS@aol.com For references, you may contact Linda Tomko at UC Riverside: linda.tomko@ucr.edu

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DOUBLE EDGE THEATRE - International physical theatre school

2007-09-05T02:48:33Z

Professional Training

In Western Massachusetts a truly original physical theatre set on a 105 acre farm land. Circus, Dance, Stilt walking, fire arts, object work, improvisation...

Check it out:

www.doubleedgetheatre.org or tribes.tribe.net/doubleedge

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Call for talented teachers

2007-08-13T20:55:21Z

The California Dance Institute, a non-profit teaching a high-energy dance program in elementary schools in Los Angeles is seeking talented teachers with professional dance experience to teach with us in the 2007-2008 school year beginning this fall.

If you would like to see our teachers at work, we are teaching this summer at Gratt's elementary downtown for LA's BEST after school arts program and would welcome you to come and observe a class in action.

• Classes are Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
• Culminating presentation will be on Monday, August 27th at 4:30 p.m.

If interested, please contact us at (323) 301-8900 to make arrangements to attend.

You can find more information about CDI on our website at www.californiadanceinstitute.org.

An affiliate of Jacques d'Amboise's renowned National Dance Institute (NDI), California Dance Insitute (CDI) is an in-school arts education program steeped in the belief that the arts have a unique ability to transform children's lives by engaging children and motivating them to excellence. The 25-year-old NDI program has won educators' hearts worldwide because it delivers consistent, structured arts activities by professional artists who are trained in a clear teaching methodology that achieves results. You may have seen the NDI program featured in the PBS special, "He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'", which won an Academy Award in 1983.

Directed by former Joffrey Ballet principal dancer, Carole Valleskey, the CDI program consists of weekly dance classes in the schools, prmarily for 3rd-6th grade students. Professional dancers trained in the NDI methodology teach each class, accompanied by a live musician. The focus is not on any particular technique, but on achieving mastery, discipline, self-esteem, and learning the value of teamwork and standards of excellence. The culmination of the 30-week program is a professionally staged performance in which the children display their accomplishments to their families, teachers, schoolmates and the public.

We hope to see you in class!

Sincerely,
Elaine Sokoloff
California Dance Institute

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Photo of elders dancing needed

2007-08-04T18:40:17Z

A new magazine is coming out about dance culture, Conscious Dancer. We are looking for a person willing to share a photo of an elderly couple dancing. We can give you credit and a stack of magazines. Street date on the first issue is August 15.
www.consciousdancer.com/

Much Gratitude!

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Professional dance classes in NY?

2007-08-04T18:37:55Z

Hello everyone! My friend Linda and I would like to come to New York in september to take dance classes all over the place. We would be there from the 3rd to the 13th, if you have any recommandations for good jazz, hip hop, modern, bellydance classes or workshop, I would gladly take them... I'm talking really advanced classes... my friend has been a professional jazz, hip hop, afro, modern dancer and bellydancer for more than 10 years, so she needs "solid food" lol! Actually she's looking for a "master", someone who can give her more than dance steps....I've read a lot of schedule from dance studios in NY, but I see a lot of "Adv beg" or "int"...do you know any classes that could be a real challenge for a professional dancer??? Thanks in advance for your answers!

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We've got a winner!

2007-08-03T09:28:55Z

Heya folks...
just letting everyone know that a winner was selected in the "Naming Contest".
Pop by my blog "The envelope please..." and read up!

heres the link to it
http://people.tribe.net/afc836a4-29e1-43dd-ad9a-f55939fa550a/blog/c5995b9f-be87-46b1-a10b-444623ef12b5

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Back stretches

2007-07-30T04:50:57Z

I have been having a lot of problems with my lower back and I wanted to know if any of you guys have any really good back stretches. I went to the chiropractor and talked to him and he gave me some back stretches. Only some work for me and others don't. It is getting the point that I am having a hard time dancing and that is certainly not a good thing being a teacher and performer! Please let me know if you have any good back stretches for me! Thanks!

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Invitation to be involved in new Dance Magazine

2007-07-24T01:32:03Z

CONSCIOUS DANCER is dedicated to educating our world about the healing power of spirit based movement. CONSCIOUS DANCER is producing a print magazine to inspire people of all ages and cultures to activate dance floors worldwide. CONSCIOUS DANCER magazine will shine a spotlight on dance as a health and spiritual practice and give readers motivation to live artful, vital, and graceful lives.

If you are interested in collaborating, please contact us at: consciousdancer@gmail.com

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Alrighty now

2007-07-23T14:02:36Z

This week's submissions for the naming contest have been posted to my blog (Entries as of July 22nd). Only one more week to go, so if you've got a name that you think would work for my studio - send it in...
Remember, the winning entry receives $150 buckaroos (U.S. dollars).

I'm off to meet w/ a contractor to get a quote for installing the sprung floors in the dance area, as well as one or two other things I'd like done in the space. And then trying to hook up w/ Shannon who leads several drumming events in the area about teaching a weekly percussion for M.E. rythms at my studio.

Sooo many little details to wrap up...
Peace Out!
~ Chandra ~

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Freebies for your newsletter, email, blog or ezine

2007-07-17T19:40:43Z

Read & enjoy!
Free articles by Ramona at www.DynamicBellyDance.com, click on Articles on sidebar.
These articles may be emailed to friends and used in newsletters, blogs or ezines.

Excerpts and reviews of Ramona’s illustrated new book, Dynamic Belly Dance, The
Joyful Journey of Dancemaking and Performing, are also on the website.

Free articles:

Choreograph a Fan Dance: 11 Creative Ideas

Overcoming Stage Fright – Creating Confidence During Performances

Mysteries of Muscle Memory

Selecting Music based on Audience Preferences

Dance Meditation – Easy, Energizing, and Relaxing

The Magic of Dancing is Love

Desktop Rhythm – Dance, Rhythm and Variety for Daytime Energy

Easy Teaching, Learning & Chatting

Flexible Strength

The Fountain of Youth

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Whats in a name?

2007-07-16T13:17:55Z

$150 Bucks, thats what!

Alrighty, everyone whose met me or checked out either of my pages (here on Tribes and on MySpace) knows how addicted to belly dance I've become. And also, it's no secret that (like many other dancers) I've considered opening my own studio - eventually.

Well, eventually is turning out to be NOW!
I've been crazy mad trying to get all the details and loose ends taken care of. Have gotten quite a lot done preparing to open (two inter-related) businesses. The first is the boutique side of things - and Funky Temple will be open for biz (prob) by end of July.
The studio side of the biz is where things are going ever sooo s l o w.
Read more about it in my blog entry Ever onward...
http://people.tribe.net/afc836a4-29e1-43dd-ad9a-f55939fa550a/blog/78f0f85b-c80d-40ed-ae7f-9e4f54f91eb1

And regarding the Naming Contest, if you could help me get the word out - I'd greatly appreciate it. I've also posted the info in my tribes blog and on several of the tribes I belong to.
The contest is open to everyone, and the winner wil be paid in U.S. dollars.

Thanks all!
~ Chandra ~

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What kind of dance is this?

2007-07-16T07:01:06Z

I am going to try to describe a dance and see if anyone here can tell me what it is. It is a type of dance done in France. The male partner usually wears a striped shirt and may wear a beret. The female partner wears a tight dress. It looks like a tango only the partners appear to fight. The man may slap the woman to the ground where she collapses. He or she may drag a chair around behind them on the stage. Sometimes one partner may even smoke during this dance! I remember seeing it parodied in cartoons as a young girl. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone? I have a student who would like to recreate one of these performances but I don't know how to learn more about it. The only thing I've been able to find online that's even close is this:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9072427017043824395&q=french+tango&total=149&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

They call this a French Tango. What do you think?

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LA dance studios/classes

2007-07-14T21:08:17Z

hello folks!

i just moved back to LA from the east coast and am looking to start up dancing again. i'd love to find some kick-ass modern, belly, hip-hop and ballet classes. anyone have any suggestions for this area?

thanks!

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New tribe for PNW bellydancers

2007-06-27T11:11:30Z

If you're in Oregon or Washington state or you like to visit these areas and wanna know what's going on there/here, stop by and join this new tribe to connect with all things bellydance: http://tribes.tribe.net/orwabellydance.

Bright Blessings,
B

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video clip trailor: the Exotic Dance WorkouT

2007-05-04T16:36:00Z

Salutations dahlin'

I teach many programs... all my programs have a "fitness that's fun" theme.

Here is my youtube trailor for my DvD "the Exotic Dance WorkouT"
available at www.Amazon.com or www.WorldDanceNewYork.com

peace & laLoVe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uim1v8Q-GaA

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New bellydance textbook

2007-05-01T14:46:15Z

www.DynamicBellyDance.com has excerpts, author interview, reader comments, "I Love Bellydancing" video and other info regarding a new BD textbook. Dynamic Belly Dance focuses on how to create choreography & improvisations, presentation skills, emotional aspects of dancing, and specific info relating to teaching the art. The teaching info includes includes info about how to communicate with students more effectively using proven techniques taught by speech trainers (how to include voice variety and the 3 methods of learning) plus a lot more. This book has already received accolades from dancers, and their comments are on the website. It is beautifully illustrated and includes many creativity-building exercises which can be used with groups or soloists.

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Pilates Mat Certification- for new teachers and audit!

2007-04-25T17:20:59Z

Welcome new teachers and practicioners interested in auditing!

You will be able to teach ALL matwork levels with confidence after completing this 145-hour certification with Carol LeMaitre and Sharon Gallagher, who bring 15 years of combined teaching experience.

Having studied under such Pilates greats and rehab specialists as Ellie Herman, Lizz Roman, Eric Franklin (Franklin Method), Kathy Stanford Grant, Jennifer Stacey, and Liz Koch, Carol and Sharon share the wisdom of the Pilates elders and innovation of modern modalities.

Course Details: Mat Certification
*Rate: $1,250, (**reduced rate available for audit**)
*Dates: May 4, 5, 18, 19, June 1, 2, 8, 9, 22, 23 2007.
Fridays 5pm-7pm and Saturdays 2pm-6pm
Test Date: September 29th

* 30 hours lecture
10 hours mat classes
25 hours each observation and self-practice
50 hours practice teaching
5 hours review and testing

* Understand fundamental Pilates principles and their matwork applications.

* Apply functional anatomy and kinesiology theory in connecting core muscles and pelvic floor engagement and initiation during movement execution.

* Expertly modify exercises for clients with special needs.

* Practice teaching group classes under Carol and Sharon's supervision, including follow-up discussion.

* Supplemental reading included:
Return to Life, Joseph Pilates
Anatomy of Movement, Blandine Calais-Germain

Interested?? Questions?? Wanna sign up???

Contact: Sanchez Street Studios
1589 Sanchez Street, SF
www.sanchezstreetstudios.com
sanchezteachertraining@gmail.com

To register call: 415-648-4911

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International Contact festival in Italy \ second call

2007-04-18T20:40:35Z

Zipfest07
International scene of improvisation live performing arts

Orvieto - Italy
19-24 June 2007
eighth edition
www.contactfestival .it

International project of Art and Culture on the Poetics of Performance and Improvisation Dance.
The festival will be held in Orvieto in Italy, from 19 to 24 June 2007.

Registration are still going on from March 15th.
Our website has all the information on Zipfest07 calendar.
www.contactfestival .it
Please visit it !!

Guest performers and teachers Zipfest07:
K.J. Holmes (USA),
Oleg Soulimenko (Austria\Russia) ,
Charlie Morrissey (United Kingdom),
Patricia Kuypers (Belgium),
Rossella Fiumi (Italy),
Keith Biesack (USA),
Jacky Miredin (France),
Adrian Russi (Switzerland) ,
Bettina Helmrich (Germany),
Laura Moro (Italy),
Ruby Worth (Scotland),
Manuela Bondavalli (Italy),
Barbara Lucarini (Italy)

Special guest for Music
the group of songs and dances of Salento
Officina Zoè

Focus zoom
Project 2007 also plans for a special appointment addressed to all the participants
registered in the festival, who are invited to present an original performance.
We request the participants who register for the festival to spontaneously
propose their creations.
It is an interesting occasion offered to those who wish to share and highlight
their own performances for an international audience.

See you soon at Zipfest07
...
Zipfest team

Caravajal 15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15 Orvieto (TR) Italy
tel +39 0763 341479
fax +39 0763 340669
info@contactfestiva l.it
www.contactfestival .it

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Zipfestival's video 2005 on line

2007-04-18T19:50:18Z

Dear Friends
As they say, better late than never!
We have published a few video extracts from Zipfestival 2005 on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/
We shall shortly send you the websites (URL) so you can see and download the video extracts.
Or you can easily find it on the festival website’s page
http://www.contactfestival.it/2007/ITA_2006/zip_video.html
In the meanwhile we are working on the 2006 video and in June 2007 (19-24) we remind you the next festival is just around the corner!
Have fun watching and let us know what you think!
Till then
Zipfest

http://www.contactfestival.it/2007/ITA_2006/zip_video.html

OR check one by one on these links:

Documentario Zip 2005 – track 1
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roqpVM-nKRA

Documentario Zip 2005 – track 2
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ADwTz58GY

Documentario Zip 2005 – track 3
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EoUY1KECUU

Documentario Zip 2005 – track 4
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FFfvZe9Qkw

Performance Real Time track 1
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3NWzqGmG4

Performance Real Time track 2
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHlJotx0U0E

Performance Real Time track 3
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QepglIvIEM

Performance Last Minute track 1
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS2TI6x83gk

Performance Last Minute track 2
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5PVVHJh_ao

Performance Solo in Motion
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uGTf0oA8go

Duo Piano concerto Bollani-Salis
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SefO-o4d29k

Trio concerto Salis-Rabbia-Bellatalla
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch9i-Q1Bfz8

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Don't Do It!

2007-04-12T02:37:49Z

"Undercutting" and "How much to charge"
are two topics often brought up on many different forums on Tribe.net
Here is a great article about it on the Gilded Serpent website www.gildedserpent.com/art32/n...ates.htm
(I think is important enough to get the word out about this - and so am posting this message on most of the tribe I belong to)

Does anyone feel like $200 is to low for a standard cost - or to high??
My personal opinion is that if you are willing to work for less, then it DEFINATLY hurts the industry as a whole - because sometimes it is about price... and if a qualifed/professional dancer has to lower rates just to get work, then new & less experienced dancers take even still less - then eventually nobody can afford to work at their art.

Don't Do It!!!

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Practical Methods of Theatre Training

2007-04-11T13:41:44Z

August 27 - September 1, 2007
Donetsk, Ukraine

Practical Methods of Theatre Training

international practical seminar
under the guidance of Sergey Ostrenko

There is a great number of techniques which an actor, dancer or choreographer can use to form his own way of everyday individual training. “To make difficult habitual, habitual - easy, easy - beautiful”, this is the greatest inspiration from Stanislavsky and the mastery of a performer in self-improvement.

The most part of the seminar consists of practical training which develops in open creative atmosphere. Participants will gain hundreds of interesting ideas and effective devices for practical work on the stage, starting from methods of individual training to creation of a performance in creative group. This is an excellent chance to investigate possibilities and to reconsider stereotyped views!

PARTICIPANTS
actors of dramatic, physical, musical and dance theatres, dancers, choreographers, directors and instructors.

More details: http://www.iugte.com/projects/PracticalTheatre.php

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Unique, New Belly Dance Class Starting This Thursday in Tempe, AZ

2007-04-01T01:12:11Z

Hello Beautiiful dancers!

Dare to step out of your comfort zones? There is a hot new event taking place every Thursday in Tempe & this is not your average belly dance class!

Valley dancers Kara Kay & Athena Nashay are teaming up to present a unique, fresh approach to the belly dance class experiance.
The evening starts with class @ 7:30p.m. 1st half of class will be taught by Athena focousing on rythmn, modern technique and individualizing one's own personal style. Second half will be taught by Kara which will focous on live performance, stage presence and improvisational skills.
Beginner to advanced levels are welcome.

Both teachers have over a decade of extensive live theatrical dance performance experiance and these will be the primary elements of the class.
Directly after class, a duo performance on stage by Kara & Athena with music provided by Internnational D.J. Little Fox spinning live @ 8:30p.m. & on into the night.

Students will be encouraged to take what they have learned to the stage in the monthly student showcase. This venue incorporates the stage/ club/ bar/ hooka lounge and resturaunt dining atmoshpere all in one.
So come out bring your friends and family, eat, drink, smoke, dance and take yourself and your performance to your next level!

$12 for entry including class

$5 entry without class

Both cover charges include 1/2 priced hooka, 1/2 priced appetizers & $2 drink specials.

Located @ The Olive Branch in Tempe
3231 S. Mill Ave. ( Mill & Southern)

For more info, call 602-502-3296

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Seeking latin dance instructors for corporate classes in SF

2007-03-28T00:38:16Z

Hi there,

I am interested in organizing a group dance lesson at work for our Hispanic Employee Association. Interested in a 6 week series, with somewhere around 10 students. We are located in San Francisco, at Van Ness & Hayes. Times could be at noon or at 5PM, any weekday. Please send me a private message to let me know if you know anyone who would be interested in teaching. Thanks!

Lulu

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How do you get paid?

2007-03-18T17:30:01Z

Hi,
I was asked to teach at a dance studio recently for the first time and I am just not aware how dance studios work as far as payment. So I was wondering if anyone could give me insight on this. Do you get paid by the hour or by the student? And if anyone was willing to tell me a range of what they feel is fair compensation, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

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Zipfest07 \ 19-24 June 2007 , Orvieto in Italy \ registration open

2007-03-17T15:16:16Z

Zipfest07
International Improvisation festival live performing arts
www.contactfestival.it

What:
one week with international guest artists and intensive workshops on Contact Improvisation and Improvisation, laboratories around the themes of physicality, jams, performances and concerts.

When:
June 19 - 24 / 2007

Where:
Orvieto – Italy

Whit:
K.J. Holmes, Oleg Soulimenko, Charlie Morrissey, Patricia Kuypers, Rossella Fiumi, Keith Biesack,
Jacky Miredin, Adrian Russi, Bettina Helmrich, Laura Moro, Ruby Worth,
Manuela Bondavalli, Barbara Lucarini and the guest group for music concert Officina Zoè

Cost:
Zipfest all included registration 250 Euros

Contact/registration:
more info details write to info@contactfestival.it or visit www.contactfestival.it

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Vertigo

2007-03-16T15:46:27Z

Do any of you or your students have vertigo? How does the person deal with spinning and learning spins? Any tips for teaching them?

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Belly New Spring Enrichment Courses in Wyoming start next week!

2007-03-14T22:19:19Z

Wyoming Spring '07 Enrichment Classes
Laramie County Community College - Cheyenne, Wyoming.
1400 East College Drive

Beginning Belly Dance I
A low-impact, high energy, fun workout. Learn the basic movements and
rhythms of belly dancing. This style of dancing is an ancient form but
it also develops flexibility, muscle control, coordination and
imagination. Please bring a hip scarf with you to class.
Sunday's 11:45-12:45 & 1-2 p.m
March 25th...

Belly Dance II
Continue on with Belly Dance II going beyond the basic moves and
rhythms
that you learned in Belly Dance I. Please bring a hip scarf with you
to class.
Sunday's 2:15-3:15
March 25th

(8 week courses)
307-778-1237
Outreach Program Registration Link.
www.lccc.wy.edu/lifenrich
___________________________________________________________________
University of Wyoming - Laramie, Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.

Beginning Belly Dance I
A low-impact, high energy, fun workout. Learn the basic movements and
rhythms of belly dancing. This style of dancing is an ancient form but
it also develops flexibility, muscle control, coordination and
imagination. Please bring a hip scarf with you to class.
Monday's March 19th - April 23rd
5:30-6:30 pm
Fee: $55
UW Beta House, Wind River room

Belly Dance II
Continue on with Belly Dance II going beyond the basic moves and
rhythms
that you learned in Belly Dance I. Please bring a hip scarf with you
to class.
Monday's March 19 - April 23rd
6:45-7:45 pm
Fee: $55
UW Beta House, Wind River Room.

Beginning level I & II Spring enrichment courses.
(6 week course)
Phone. 307-766-6802
Life Enrichment Courses Link.
http://outreach.uwyo.edu/enrichment/spring07/songanddance.asp

Happy Shimmies, Shahravar www.shahravarbellydance.com for info

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The Age Factor

2007-03-12T02:23:56Z

I posted for the first time the other day about becoming a DMT. I've looked into taking course to earn an Associates Degree in Dance at local community colleges and now must aske the inevitable. Just how old is too old to start dancing or a career in dance. I don't expaect to dance in music videos, I hope to teach various folk or social dances and some type of expressive movement or dance therapy for at-risk youth.

I don't think 32 (I'll be turning 32 later this month) is over the hill, but while I'm on the topic are there other 30-somethings here? Do you encounter ageism when you look for work. I'm going to take classes regardless, but this is a concern.

Thank you

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Dancers Wanted... for Soma Olam Performance Company

2007-03-10T02:14:08Z

Soma Olam (www.somaolam.com), a performance art company based in San Francisco, is looking for 1 female and 1 male performer to fill 2 paid positions starting immediately and continuing through the fall (potentially indefinitely). Pay rate is $250/month with 2 rehearsals (4 hour and 3 hour) per week. We are currently featuring a show called "The Tears of Jelal" and will be touring briefly in late June and early July on the west coast as well as performing at a few west coast festivals in Aug and Sept. We are currently working on new material for the show and are looking for people skilled in dance (modern, contemporary, butoh, ballet, hip hop, etc), capoeira, acrobatics, contact improv, prop manipulation, and aerial dance. All of these skills are a plus and, of course, all are not expected. We are currently in residence at Xenodrome Performance Space located @ 1320 Potrero Ave, San Francisco (in the Mission).

Please message me directly, RA (Rob Dixon), Artistic Director, with any questions or to set up an audition. Please contact soon since these positions may fill up quickly. Visit our web site: www.somaolam.com

Soma Olam offers a unique, "impressionist" style of physical theater. A multimedia performance troupe, we set out to create and explore emotional landscapes through visuals, soundscapes, and performative elements. These elements include aerial arts, stilting, dance, acro-balancing, multi-media projection, abstract lighting, elaborate set design, and special effects.
At the confluence of the personal and the universal, these performance journeys are multi-sensory and participatory. We feel that through the window of the microcosm of human relation, we glimpse into the grander archetypes that govern our world and universe. Since our work uses only sparse language and occasional spoken word, it is not bound by language barriers, therefor keeping open the possibility of touring internationally.

"The Tears of Jelal"

"The heart... is made alive by (one) who gives an outlet to intense feelings.
By so doing the clouds of jelal, the power which gathers with psychic development,
fall in tears as drops of rain,
and the sky of (the) heart is clear,
allowing the soul to shine."
Hazrat Inayat Khan

Join us on a journey into the collective consciousness of humanity. "TEARS OF JELAL..." the story of where we are now, how we got here, and most of all, what it will take to release what we are clinging to and move forward with grace.

Currently a 35 minute performance, Soma Olam sets out to tell an epic tale exploring humanity's experience of love, loss, separation, forgiveness and release. It follows two characters, their guides, and the people of earth on their journey from creation to birth; from connection to separation; from light into shadow; and from shadow into... the unknown. This is a look into what it will take for humankind to evolve into a brighter, more promising future.

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8-WEEK INTENSIVE SALSA COURSES

2007-02-28T07:50:24Z

FOR MORE INFO GOTO WWW.LETHERAPY.COM OR CALL 888-857-0979.

See you in class!

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Pilobolus performing at Oscars

2007-02-24T03:09:03Z

Check it out! Pilobolus will be performing during the Oscars.

Article - http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2007-02-22-pilobolus_x.htm

Pilobolus Site - http://www.pilobolus.com/

Shimmies,
Ikiwiki
www.dancersdreamland.com

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Workshop advise

2007-02-15T22:55:53Z

Hi everyone
I've been asked to teach a workshop this summer....this will be my first.....(happy, anxious, freaking out, jumping for joy) I've been teaching beginning tribal bd.......anyway, what component of a workshop that you've taken in the past has gotten you inspired??

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tripsichore in nyc

2007-02-14T14:52:45Z

tripsichore, a yoga/dance troupe will be in nyc next week.
they are pretty amazing.

FEBRUARY 21 Workshop at Om Factory New York, NY
www.omfactorynyc.com

Feb 22 Performance at Center Point Yoga Studio New York NY
www.centerpointyogastudios.com

www.tripsichore.com

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Ballet Point Shoes? *Xpost**

2007-02-13T07:59:32Z

Hello all!

My question is this:

My ballet teacher want me to put on point shoes, but I am affraid it will distort or make me feet ugly....

I am a 30 y.o. fusion bellydance teacher/performer and I take ballet to improve my balance and obtain stronger legs.

What do you think? Can I safely put on point?

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