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YOU ARE NEVER TOO LATE TO
BEGIN TO DANCE
Bellydance-
Taking fitness classes such as World Dance, or a bellydance class just for the love of movement is always encouraged.
YES, we have women who enjoy performing at fairs and festivals and parties, but you certainly can be a part of a class
and never put one pinky toe on stage!
Monday's Bellydance Class- Theatrical Gyspy! This is a high-energy class that will be over-the-top fun
and creative. Using can-can kicks, bellydance movements, Gypsy attitude and skirts moves, we'll create a story
that can last 5 minutes or 20 minutes! Intermediate level, so you need experience in bellydance somewhere before giving
this class a try. Begins January 02 with a free class! It will be an 8-week class, $56.
Meets on Mondays at 6:45-8:00
Friday's Bellydance Class- Bellydancing!
5:45-6:45. Open for all levels, even brand new students. You'll learn how to dance! Heather will introduce new
movements, show you how to put them together and before you know it, you're dancing with the joy and sisterhood that celebrates
creative release! 6 weeks- $60 Begins Jan 06
Sunday's
Classes-
3:30-4:30 World
Fitness isn't really a bellydance class. You'll be doing salsa, Afro-Brazilian, and yes, perhaps
a little bellydance too! This class is open to everyone who wants to move and get or stay fit. All levels are
welcomed as you'll be encouraged to listen in to your body and move at a rate that works for who you are, not the
person in front of you. 6 weeks $60 Begins
Jan 15
4:30-5:30 Level One Gypsy Tribes Bellydance!
This is a great place to start dancing. The class has so much variety and is a great joy. It embraces ATS, Gypsy,
Tribal Fusion with zills, skirts and noise aplenty! This is a required class to be able to take the Monday night Gypsy
Tribe class. 6 weeks $60 Begins Jan 15
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~*OUR NEWEST
DEVELOPMENT*~
BOLLYMOTION
Better-Than-Zumba-Bollywood!
At least we think so!  I've been to zumba classes that had quite a bit of bollywood dance moves in them. And why not? It's
so intoxicating, with music that lifts even the darkest moods, the bhangra rhythms that take you to another world, and movements
that express joy and just having a darn good time! ALL LEVELS. Tuesday nights 5:30-6:30 6 week session for $50
and Saturday mornings 11:45-12:45 6 week session for $50.
Bollywood Performance Troupe- This is
a professional level class. Professional means the dancers are paid for performances. Yea!
There will be a workshop to teach a bollywood dance that will be used as an audition piece. The workshop will be $20.
The audition is free. For those who make the troupe, it is an ongoing class that meets on Tuesday nights at 6:30-7:30.
$50 per month. We already have events lined up and need to get crackin' pretty quickly. We'll announce
the date of the workshop before the end of the year.
Bollywood Choreography Classes- These will
be two or three day workshops with each day meeting for about 2 hours. Lauren will hold these from time to time on the
weekends or Tuesday nights.
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~*MY PRIDE AND JOY*~
GYPSY TRIBES (G.T.)-
Combing three beautiful artforms in this class, G.T. is a theatrical dance movement art we are creating right here
in Springfield.
American Tribal Improv, American Gypsy and Tribal Fusion are the three styles we study.
There is always a story involved. It is high energy, so very joyous and a tremendously uplifting
experience!
Example- Three sisters, (each married off at too young an age to differing tribes in
an effort to bring a war-torn land together,) learn that they will be crossing paths for the first time in decades.
They each sneak out into the desert night,bringing their daughters, and meet under the full moon to spend one night as sisters
again.
At first they are wary, they've each changed so much and adapted the habits of their new
homes, but it's not long before they fall back to their favorite childhood pasttime, dance, and watch as their daughters
are able to dance together as well.
We danced this story using one sister as a Gypsy tribe,
with full skirts swirling; one sister as a Tribal Fusion style, with swords and tribal body paint and sultry movements; one
sister as an ATS with it's proud posture and infusions of Spanish and Indian movements.
Each sister
danced with her daughters, then the daughters danced together, then the sisters, and then finally, they all danced as one!
The night ended and the daughters had to pull their mothers away, and go back to their separate lives.
Upper
level class requires 3 sessions of level 1. We meet on Mondays at 5:30-6:45 8 weeks. $56 (Dancers who have
been studying with another instructor for 6 months do not need to take the level 1 classes.)
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THE STUDIO'S REASON FOR OPENING*~
DANCE AS MEDITATION
It's
really hard to describe this class because it's so different every time. We dance slowly and emotionally one day,
the next it's high energy and completely untaught, the next is a shared movement day with everyone following a leader.
Ecstatic, meditative, playful at times...
Here's an example: On
Feb 06, we will start to gather at 5:00 and begin a discussion on grounded passion- our creativity and ability to use it as
needed. Then around 5:30, someone will share a movement story or idea. This weeks it's Gula Gula- An earthy
rhythm. We'll turn the lights down a bit and dance with ourselves, then gather in a circle dance.
Dance is
healing. It's beauty. Come and try something incredible.
New session begins January 02,
8:00-9:00ish (we often go late.) $10 drop-in. $20 for 4 week sessions starting in March. The 5th week is
a drumming circle open to all ($5 and date announced as it approaches) and the 6th week is a bit self-meditation. Then
we begin with another 4 weeks of Dance as Meditation.
A drumming workshop is on Feb 18th, 1:00-3:00
for $15. The drum circle is $5, as is the self-meditation.
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