Crescent Dancers at Garlic and Arts Festival

The Crescent Dancers will be performing on Sunday 9/28 1pm at the fun and fabulous North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival.  http://garlicandarts.org/

Marco Polo 8/29/14

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Do your Ears Hang Low?

Using silly kid songs is a good way to illustrate the movement and expression of bellydance. Can you spot the "four Ates"?

Come dance with me!

Saturday April 5, 2014

12-2pm

Ten Thousand Villages

Main Street Northampton Ma

Celebrating 15 years of Fair Trade!

Shalom Habibi Show at The Yellow Sofa 8.09

Crescent Dancers drum solo with Manavi 2012

Bellydance for Fun and Fitness '14 Syllabus

       

First class was fun -the smiles were gorgeous and that run around thing cracked me up!

• - Agreed some kind of shoe required on AC floor.
•   Some people couldn't make it today so no problem joining next week. Just let me know if you want to be on the class email list or check blog for updates
• Here's the outline and what we did.

Bellydance for Fun and Fitness Syllabus

Shutesbury Athletic Club Sundays 2-3pm 

Suggested $10 per family with a portion to benefit New Shutesbury Library

This course will explore the beauty and diversity of American Bellydance       

Objectives:

1)     To introduce the joy of American Cabaret Style Belly Dance  

2)     To invite grace and ease in posture, poise in movement, muscle flexibility and tone.

3)     To invite and introduce creative improvisational freedom using freestyle structured activities,  technique as means to creative expression and vice versa

4)     To introduce the 4 ates of B-dance. Radiate, Undulate, Isolate, Vibrate

5)     To strengthen musicality and rhythmic complexity

Class 1-  

Warmup to Prologue x’s 2- stretch like a cat, breathe, get in dancing body, let go of outside world, self acceptance and be gentle, each to her own ability.  Breathe check posture reach up down, side to side, feel the music, 4 ates of b-dance- radiate, undulate, isolate, vibrate.

Meenie-Yaba by George Abdo aka- "make the coffee".. and look behind you. Step touch, bounce, shimmy Posture, end pose, walk like a queen, relax and do it again together and alone relax hands. Isn’t she beautiful!? Make the coffee and look behind you, walk, step hip, hip drop, hip lift, hip circles big ones and small, folksy and cabaret.

shimmy from lovelight, chest slides, lifts, isolation

 Glad to see you- easy to follow, made up folk dance anyone can do. Pedestal toe ending, hands pointed in- relaxed beach ball with slight finger C’s.

Beledi rhythm- clapped, clap and walk, then step hip walk, hip drops, lifts etc 

Stress Dance aka "Big Bad Wolf" aka Alf Layla wa Layla - sung by beloved Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum with emotion,  frenetic and languid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtQxvSAGB7g
Alf Leyla WI Leyla          9:25      Hossam Shaker   Jalilah's Raks Sharki

Alf Leyla                          4:13      Kairo By Night   Lahadat  World


Homework- balance book on your head, loosen hips gently with big circles, close car door with hip

Note:  sometimes using new muscles can lead to soreness, use ice, soak in Epsom salts or just be careful for next few days and don’t overstretch.

Hadamadance.com

Spring 2014 Class Shutesbury

I'll never forget my first belly dance teacher. Lorraine Finneran was the most beautiful woman in the world.

 I'm looking forward to teaching this Spring and hope to have some returning and some new students. This 6 week class will focus on core strength and flexibility while introducing students to American Cabaret style bellydance. If there is interest, we will end with another rockin' community dance party featuring a performance by the Crescent Dancers.

 

Belly Dance For Fun and Fitness

           with Hadama (Karen Traub)

   Belly dance is fun and it is good for you!

*Burn  calories
*Build core strength.
*Celebrate the Divine Feminine
*All ages and abilities welcome (children with and adult)

 Spring '14
6 week class beginning March 23

 

 Sundays 2-3pm   Shutesbury Athletic Club    

For more info or to register:

hadama@hadamadance.com
$10 per class

 Partial proceeds will go to the Friends of the MN Spear Library New Library Building Fund

Hadama (Karen Traub) began bellydancing at age 12 and is a member of the Crescent Dancers Middle Eastern Dance Troupe. She performs and teaches  American Cabaret Style Bellydance.
Group or private classes by arrangement.

Set List for Bellydance for Fun and Fitness Spring 2014

Prologue    4:25    Loreena McKennitt    The Book Of Secrets    146
Meenie Yaba    4:48    George Abdo    The Art of Belly Dancing    157
Raks Araby    3:00    George Abdo    The Art of Belly Dancing    80
Entrance Of The Princess    0:34    Hamouda Ali    Princess Of Cairo    98
Entrance Of The Princess    0:34    Hamouda Ali    Princess Of Cairo    98
Entrance Of The Princess    0:34    Hamouda Ali    Princess Of Cairo    98
Dance "Velerie" 4/4    2:50    Eddie "The Shiek" Kochak    Strictly Belly Dance Vol.6    483
Dance Nila    2:14    Eddie "The Shiek" Kochak    Strictly Belly Dance Vol.6    358
Arabic Fantasy    2:31    George Abdo    The Joy of Belly dance    136
Intertwine    3:31    Beats Antique    Tribal Derivations    398
Alf Leyla WI Leyla    9:25    Hossam Shaker    Jalilah's Raks Sharki 3    103
Alf Leyla    4:13    Kairo By Night    Lahadat    106
The New Ya Mustapha    19:50    George Fadel    Ya Salam Ya Fahtiem    200
Misirlou    4:18    George Abdo    The Art of Belly Dancing    82
Gameel Gamal    5:51    George Abdo    The Art of Belly Dancing    335
Drum Solo (Good Movement)    1:14    Eddie "The Shiek" Kochak    Strictly Belly Dancing Vol. 4    87
Greek favorite    2:14            186
Miserlou    2:16    Kairo By Night    Lahadat    151
Miserlou    3:38    (BL Eyed Pease?)    Myles    174
Miserlou (Single Version)    2:17    Dick Dale And His Del-Tones    Singles '61-65    95
Hadouni, Hadouni    3:52    George Abdo    The Art of Belly Dancing    314
The Drunken Piper    4:13    Natalie Mac Master    No Boundaries    52
Marco Polo    5:19    Loreena McKennitt    The Book Of Secrets    138
La Rosa Chiftitelli    6:01    George Medlock    Sweet Fruits For Heavenly Hips With Tina Enheduanna    289
Beautiful Chiftitelli (Exciting Slow Tempo)    5:16    Eddie "The Shiek" Kochak    Strictly Belly Dancing Vol. 4    144
Hokey Pokey    1:29            399
Raks Mustapha    11:46    George Abdo    The Joy of Belly dance    471
Rythym Patterns With Dumbek, Def & Zills    3:05    Eddie "The Shiek" Kochak    Strictly Belly Dance Vol.6    102