New Classes & Events
Lebanese Dabke Workshop Dec. 2, 2023
Lebanese Dabke Workshop Dec. 2, 2023
Lebanese Dabke Workshop Dec. 2, 2023
We are so excited to host Rola Al Ashkar for a dabke workshop on Saturday December 2nd!
12:30 - 2:00pm
$30 (proceeds to benefit the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
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Salimpour Choreography with Sabriye
Lebanese Dabke Workshop Dec. 2, 2023
Lebanese Dabke Workshop Dec. 2, 2023
Join Sabriye Tekbilek for the first choreography session of the Sacramento Salimpour Collective! We will learn the initial dance, then dancers who want to go further will practice in the Bay Area one Saturday a month for three months with the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Collectives. Salimpour Certification not necessary to take the workshop but necessary to peform.
Sat. Dec. 2, 2023
2:30pm - 5:00pm
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Capital city Raqs Festival 2024
Capital City Raqs Festival, March 23-24, 2024
Thrive Movement Arts is excited to host our first festival, the Capital City Raqs Festival! Get ready for a fun weekend of festival dancing, workshops, live music, and shopping! Visit capitalcityraqs.com for more information and performer registration.
March 23-24, 2024
at
5631 Cypress Avenue, Carmichael, California 95608, United States
Capital City Raqs festival Instructors
Lamma Bada Veil Choreography with Kaeshi Chai
The Perfect Shimmy...It's About Time with Andalee Owens
The Perfect Shimmy...It's About Time with Andalee Owens
Lamma Bada Yata Thata Veil Choreography
Learn and perform a mesmerizing veil choreography set to the enchanting song "Lamma Bada,", a world-famous melody set to the 10/8 Samai rhythm. Captivating movements, including the graceful geyser, cocoon, single-sided butterfly, and other exquisite choreographic expressions. Gain not only the physical mastery of the dance but also a deep understanding of the song's lyrical significance and its rich historical context.
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The Perfect Shimmy...It's About Time with Andalee Owens
The Perfect Shimmy...It's About Time with Andalee Owens
The Perfect Shimmy...It's About Time with Andalee Owens
"The Perfect Shimmy... It’s About Time!"
Suitable for all levels
Shimmies are a basic and a must in Belly Dance, yet making them look Fabulous can sometimes be challenging. This workshop was designed to help dancers with timing, musicality, and technique of several different types of shimmies. Andalee will help your Shimmy Intellectually by breaking down the concept of time subdivision in music, then apply that to the hips in order to work up to and even and rhythmically correct shimmy by drilling Shimmy exercises. We will also attack how to add layers on top of your newly fabulized shimmy to create texture and contrast. Appropriate for ALL Levels. Leave this class longer sustained, even, and more easily layered Shimmies!
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Intro to ITS and The Sigil Method with Amy Sigil
The Perfect Shimmy...It's About Time with Andalee Owens
Intro to ITS and The Sigil Method with Amy Sigil
Improv Team Sync and The Sigil Method
A dive into the world of Amy Sigil’s group improvisation formats ITS and The Sigil Method. We will be working with new content, new concepts, and new formations. Working the brain and the body while strengthening group communication and team spirit. Open to all levels of dancers. ITS experience not necessary.
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