*** Sharon Kihara ***
The Marrakech Belly Dance Workshops Continue in Colorado!
We are excited to announce this upcoming workshop weekend and performance night with...
***DETAILS....
***SATURDAY, September 23rd***
**Show:** 6:30 – 12:30 Saturday Evening Show at the Buffalo Rose in Golden
$12 advance ($15 at the door)
SHARON KIHARA * UNMATA * URBAN TRIBAL * TRIBE MARRAKECH * DAVEED KORUP * and MORE!!
Join Tribe Marrakech in welecoming our teachers and fellow dancers and musicians to our Colorado community! Sit back and enjoy the show as we dance and perform for you! Marrakech will host performances followed by a club night of dance with live music by Tribe Marrakech, Eclectic Echo, and music by DJ Ricky at the Buffalo Rose Saloon in Golden. We will end the evening with open drumming for everyone, so bring your drums, rhythm makers and dance costumes! Expect a wonderful tribal fusion night full of dance and rhythm! Doors open at 6:30pm, performances begin at 7:00pm. The Buffalo Rose is located at
1119 Washington Street in Downtown Golden. www.buffalorose.net
****9:00 – 11:00 Urban Tribal Dance Company
$35 ($40 Day of Class)
Urban Tribal Slow and Slinky
Learn how to milk a movement and make it powerful.
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**EARLY DANCE PACKAGE DISCOUNTS**
***To Receive the Early Package Discounts, your registration & payment must be received by Sept. 9, 2006!***
Save between $10 & $47 with the packages!
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***NO REFUNDS ON CLASS OR SHOW PURCHASES. PLEASE DON’T ASK. THANKS! :) ***
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***REGISTRATION***
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***9:00 – 11:00am Sharon Kihara
$35 ($40 Day of Class)
Technique, Conditioning, and Control:Toning & Isolation Techniques for the Tribal Fusion Belydancer
(for all levels)
Combining the incomparable technique of the Salimpour format with drills from Yoga and Pilates, this class will break it down to the nitty-gritty! Learn to control the muscles to create precise, clean movements, increase the size of moves, and build coordination for layering--musically multi-tasking--within the body. Emphasis is on proper alignment, the action of the different muscle groups, and spine and joint health, and energy flow, for a long and happy life as a dancer! We want to be able to do this when we're eighty, right? Please dress as though you are attending a yoga class, mat and water bottle are recommended.
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***SUNDAY, September 24th***
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**11:15 – 12:15pm Drumming for Dancers with Daveed Korup
$20 ($25 Day of Class)
Drumming for Dancers
Drawing from rhythms popular with dancers, this is a basic introduction into tribal drumming for dancers
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TRIBAL FUSION WEEKEND!
WHAT:
Workshops & Show WHO:
Unmata, Sharon Kihara of the Indigo & the Belly Dance Superstars, Urban Tribal Dance Company, and Drummer Extrodinare, Daveed Korup.WHEN:
Saturday, Sept. 23rd: Workshops & Evening Show!!Sunday, Sept 24th: Workshops all day!WHERE:
CLASSES will be held in Evergreen, CO. Hosted by Marrakech. Show will be held in Golden, CO**11:30am – 1:30pm Workshop with Unmata
$35 ($40 Day of Class)
“UNMATA au naturel”
Modern Bellydance Fusion
This multi-level workshop will outline two tribal fusion combinations emphasizing technique and isolation. The first combination will incorporate the building blocks of UNMATA’s modern bellydance style. The second combination will focus primarily on the Hula Fusion nuance.
Each movement will be outlined within a tribal cueing system so that it may be added to any troupe’s choreography or tribal vocabulary. Amy will describe and drill each individual movement, then fasten them together into an accessible tribal combo that will be practiced in useful group and duet formations.
This workshop will be fun, fast, and furious. UNMATA believes in beat-your-butt technical practice, so bring water and come prepared to sweat.
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Drum Class:
** 12:30 - 2:30pm Drum Songs with Daveed Korup $25 ($30 Day of Class)
DrumSongs!
It’s amazing what can happen when you take several different rhythms and layer them together on purpose. This is a workshop in ensemble playing and how to orchestrate for a variety of percussion instruments.
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****12:30 – 2:30pm Unmata
$35 ($40 Day of Class)
Moves You’ve Hopefully Never Thought of Before
This fresh-approach workshop will reveal the secrets of UNMATA’s modern bellydance fusion. Amy will describe, demonstrate, and drill some of the striking stuff you’ve only seen the girls whip out on stage.
Each movement will emphasize specific technique and capture the nuance of UNMATA’s popular style. Because this class is designed for the intermediate to advanced dancer, a sufficient understanding of balance, timing, and isolation skill is prerequisite. Curriculum can easily be adapted for cabaret or tribal disciplines.
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Drum Class:
**** 1:15-3:15pm: Drum Class with Daveed Korup $25 ($30 Day of Class)
Eastern Drumming for Western Drummers
Drawing from the diverse traditions of the Middle East and Central Asian, this is a workshop that focuses on the basic nuts and bolts of ethno-fusion, folk percussion.
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Heather Stants is a lifelong artist and dance enthusiast with a degree in photography and fine arts. Her explorations in tribal bellydance began over ten years ago when she became the assistant director of "Read My Hips" (www.readmyhips.com) in Chicago, IL. in 1999 Heather moved to San Diego, CA and formed "Urban Tribal Dance Company."
Heather's diverse movement and arts background feeds her creativity and her innovative approach to choreography.
Urban Tribal Dance Company is known for it's "urban" and modern influenced dance style, a paired down costume emphasizing body movements over ornamentation, athleticism and the use of the dance form as a means of personal expression and interpretation. Their creativity has twice earned them the title of "troupe of the year" in Zaghareet Magazine's golden belly awards. In addition to teaching several weekly classes in San Diego since 1999, Heather Stants and Urban Tribal Dance Company have been touring extensively since 2004 sharing their love of modern tribal bellydance with dancers in the U.S. and abroad. For more info: www.urbantribaldance.com.
About URBAN TRIBAL DANCE COMPANY & Heather Stants
Percussionist & educator Daveed Korup sparks the imagination with his evocative synthesis of North African and Turko-Persian traditions interwoven with contemporary Western percussion styles. Author of TAO TE DRUM Vol. 1 & 2: Eastern Drumming for Western Drummers and Drumming by the Numbers, Daveed’s artistic vision is centered on the belief that “The world is a giant drum just waiting to be played. SO PLAY IT !!!”
Since 1983, Daveed has been on an ever-evolving rhythm journey. Through school programs, residency projects, summer drum camps, festivals and workshops, he shares his knowledge of world percussion in the guise of DrumFest!, a hands-on, multi-cultural drumming experience for people of all ages. With an extensive collection of hands-on multi-cultural lesson plans, that promotes strong curriculum connections between the drum (the universal storyteller) and core subjects, i.e. reading, writing, math, science, etc, Korup is a true rhythm evangelist.
The search for new challenges has lead him to composing and performing for contemporary dance, ballet and bellydance companies, while collaborating with a diverse collection of eclectic ensembles, including SEEDS OF TIME ---percussion duo (WWW.LIGHTS-ONPRODUCTIONS.COM); TURKU --- Eurasian folk ensemble (WWW.TURKUMUSIC.COM); THE MOVING POETS THEATRE OF DANCE (WWW.MOVINGPOETS.ORG); and WITHOUT BORDERS (WWW. WITHOUTBORDERS.COM), a new chamber ensemble for the 21st century.
Daveed's long list of accomplishments also includes a recent DVD release called Whirlwinds, his own Daveed Signature Series of percussion instruments from Mid-East Manufacturing, and even finds him representing the United States at the Third Annual Sharq Taronalari Music Festival, sponsored by UNESCO and the Uzbekistan government!
You can find even more about Daveed at: WWW.DRUMFEST.COM
About Daveed Korup
UNMATA, SHARON KIHARA, URBAN TRIBAL,
& DRUMMER DAVEED KORUP!
UNMATA is a professional, multi-award-winning, bellydance fusion troupe based in Sacramento, CA. Formed in 2003 by Hot Pot Studio’s artistic director, Amy Sigil, UNMATA is Shelly DeCant, Luna Taylor, Casey Staub, Tina Boyer, Kristina Zajic, Kari VanderZwaag, and April Rose Wilson. The teamforce of UNMATA is known for extreme choreography layered with inventive movement, and for tapping into an unmistakable divine inebriation on and off stage. UNMATA has spent 2006 performing and teaching workshops cross-country at such events as The Spirit of the Tribes in Ft Lauderdale, Tribal Fest in Sebastopol, Northern Migration in Buffalo, Tribal Café in Los Angeles, and Tribal Quest Northwest in Portland. Currently, UNMATA is preparing for the sixth annual Blood Moon Regale, a weekend celebration of workshops and dance theater hosted by Hot Pot Studio each Halloween.
Amy Sigil is owner and director of Hot Pot Studio in Sacramento, CA, home of UNMATA. Amy has been performing and teaching bellydance classes for 9 years. She danced as half of Haruspicy Dancecraft for several years, and then formed the professional fusion troupe UNMATA in 2003. UNMATA spent the 2004 season competing and brought home awards such as Bellydance Troupe of the Year, Bellydance Troupe USA, and Ensemble of the Year.
Amy and UNMATA teach workshops and perform nationwide at events such as The Spirit of the Tribes, Northern Migration, Tribal Fest, Tribal Quest Northwest, and Tribal Café. Amy has judged for various pageant competitions such as Belly Dancer of the Year and Enchanted Camelot.
Each October Amy Sigil, UNMATA, and Hot Pot Studio host The Blood Moon Regale, a themed weekend of workshops, dance fellowship, and a fully produced showcase of student and professional dancers. www.unmata.com
About UNMATA & Amy Sigil
***1:45 - 3:45 Urban Tribal Dance Company
$35 ($40 Day of Class)
Urban Tribal fast and funky new combinations.Technique, drills and new combinations for improv or choreography.
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*** UNMATA ***
***URBAN TRIBAL DANCE COMPANY***
*** DAVEED KORUP ***
*** DAVEED KORUP ***
****2:45 – 4:45pm Sharon Kihara
$35 ($40 Day of Class)
Tribal Fusion Choreography: Hybrid Moves--
Sharon Kihara presents an original Tribal Fusion choreography!
Prepare to learn a full combination, fusing familiar moves and aesthetic with the unexpected! In this class we will have silly fun while seriously stretching our ability to learn new and different choreography and retain it. Great for all levels. Please wear stretchy pants and bring a not-so-noisy hipscarf or belt. Water bottle recommended.
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About SHARON KIHARA
*** URBAN TRIBAL DANCE COMPANY ***
*** DAVEED KORUP ***
*** UNMATA ***
*** SHARON KIHARA ***
Sharon Kihara is an exotic blend of Japanese, European and Native American ancestry with a passion for creative fusion in art, music and dance. Sharon Kihara began studying classical ballet and jazz dance at age 4, before transferring her love to Cabaret bellydance at age 14 and finally Tribal Style.
Sharon has been performing and teaching Tribal fusion bellydance in the San Francisco Bay area and abroad since 1999, and touring with the Bellydance Superstars since early 2004.
She is a member of the school of her most notable teacher, Suhaila Salimpour, as well as "The Indigo" with Rachel Brice. In addition to bellydance, Sharon loves modern and Afro-Haitian dance, pilates and yoga. She is a trained vocalist and has toured as a singer in vocal jazz ensembles.
She has performed as a dancer and fire performer with Rabbit on the Moon Productions and esteemed circus company El Circo, sharing stages with such acts as Missy Elliot and the Black Eyed Peas.
When not touring with the Superstars, Sharon teaches, travels internationally and is interested in finding new ways to better the situations of women worldwide, through the realm of art and beyond.
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