SPRING FLING - STUDENT SHOWCASE & HAFLA Saturday, May 30, 2009 7-9PM, doors open at 6:30PM	Location The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge 427 Laurel Street, Downtown Baton Rouge Open to the public, this is BayouShimmy's semi-annual Student Showcase and Hafla. If you wish to join in the fun and perform, please email shamsi@bayoushimmy.com. If you would just like to participate as a spectator and supporter, please email or call 225.334.7885. Half of this year's proceeds are going to benefit Heifer International. $10 - Adults $5 - Children 12 & Under Free - Babes in arms
Dancemeditation™ Workshop "SUPPLE JOURNEYS" June 27, 2009 - no previous experience required Oasis Dance Studio - 427 Rena Drive, Lafayette, LA	10AM - 3PM (break 1 hour for lunch, lunch will not be provided, but something light is highly recommended) Please bring a yoga mat and a small blanket as well as writing materials and a veil if you have one. $45.00 - Purchase / Register with Pay Pal or email shamsi@shamsidances.com or call 225.229.3755 for more information. Mail check or money orders made payable to "Charlie Pettus" and mail to: 1475 Hwy 75 Sunshine, LA 70780 Dancemeditation™ is a healing practice wherein we take the time to reconnect with our bodies through, gentle movement, free movement, writing, witnessing, chanting, and whirling. No previous experience is necessary. Please bring a yoga mat and a small blanket, veil if you have one, as well as a blindfold and writing materials. Please dress comfortably and wear layers in case the environment is too cold or hot. Shamsi's teaching is guided by a desire to make beautiful, healing movement accessible and possible for everyone. By cultivating constant, subtle awareness, Dancemeditation reaches in and wakes our sleeping inner beauty. Shamsi brings these dynamic principles to her teaching. From the Dancemeditation™ website: "Dancemeditation utilizes a wide variety of movement techniques within a primarily non-verbal study environment to drop practitioners out of an over-active, distracted mind into intuitive embodiment. "The materials are both a solid healing ground for personal practice and a delightful, dynamic community process. Intensive trainings and teaching certification are conducted by founder & principal Teacher, Dunya, in periods of retreat for in-depth investigation and rejuvenation. These materials can also be studied with certified teachers in seminars, class series and private sessions. Whether training is solitary or accompanied, its non-competitive orientation affirms each person’s beauty, harmony, and magnificence." On a personal note, I would like to say that Dancemeditation had a great hand in helping me "come to the center of me." I was already on a path that was leading me to a greater sense of awareness of both self and the world around me, but Dancemeditation really honed my skills of meditation, focus, flexibility of thought and mind, and subtlety. Dancemeditation not only reinforced, enhanced and deepened my dance practice, but it gave me more tools to bring forth a positive change and connected presence in my every day life.
Jeremiah Soto of Solace and Blue Damsel, Saturday August 22nd Hosted by Desert Dance Studio in Lafayette, LA Email Desert Dance	JEREMIAH SOTO (DRUM WORKSHOP) “The Basics” -Learn the three fundamental hits of Arabic drumming, Dum, Tek, Left Handed Tek (or Ka), -Strengthening drills, and call and answer exercises (split into groups) -Learn basic rhythms such as Beledi, Maqsum, Saidi, Ayyub and Cheftitelli. “Intermediate/Advance Technique” -Learn more hits like, Half-Tek, Snaps and Slaps, and how to utilize them in the intermediate rhythms, -Strengthening drills, and call and answer exercises (split into groups) -Learn intermediate rhythms such as, Masmoudi, Persian 6/8, Samai, Laz. BLUE DAMSEL: (BELLY DANCE WORKSHOP) Cabaret vs. Tribal Understanding how the universal (basic) bellydance movements are applied within the in various styles of bellydance is essential to creating a well-rounded dancer. We will detail the difference between the strikingly different appearance of American Cabaret Bellydance and American Tribal Style bellydance. Movements will be broken down into their most basic elements, then applied with different emphasis, which widens the dancers vocabulary regardless of style. We’ll explore both freestyle cabaret and structured American Tribal Style (using the Fat Chance Belly Dance Format).
3rd Coast Tribal - Twenty-TEN (2010) Thursday, January 07, 2010 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 5:00 PM (CT)Fort Worth, TX	Ahoy! 3rd Coast Tribal Dance Festival Brings You Hidden Treasures and Sparkling Gems. Come experience variety without end, imaginative integrations and seasoned talent that you will want to embrace! Classes run concurrently most of the time....so be careful not to overlap when scheduling! Get the class schedule here: 3rd Coast Tribal Schedule Our 3C Twenty-TEN (2010) Teachers are!!!!!!!!!! Amel Tafsout - 8 hours Ariellah - 11 hours Kami Liddle - 11 hours Onca & August of the Mezmer Society - 8 hours Samantha Riggs - 7 hours n.o.madic tribal - 4 hours Shamsi and Shelly - 6 hours Fire tools with Lorelei - 4 hours Bellanatana - 2 hours Yusefina - 2 hours Maria Kateri - 3 hours Rose Harden - 4 hours Henna with Mychele - 3 hours James Hazlerig - 2 hours And Your Festival Organizers and Volunteers L'imprevu - 2 hours Urban Gypsy - 9 hours

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