AND STARTING 1 NOVEMBER - a course of 7 weekly Zoom sessions for complete beginners.
Tuesdays from 19.00 to 19.40 GMT / London time
As the evenings get darker, start your dance journey with me from the comfort of your own home.
Each class will start with a warm up, cover movements and bodywork principles, and introduce you to fantastic music.
As this dance is low impact, and doesn't involve a lot of footwork and movement through space, it is very well suited to doing in your living room. You will:
*relax and loosen the body
*strengthen your core
*develop flexibility
*ground and centre for calmness and reduced anxiety
*build arm strength
*get some gentle cardiovascular work to increase stamina
*feel great after!
But above all - you will enjoy dancing!
Numbers will be limited so I can take a look to make sure everyone is moving safely. But I will not be able to supervise through the screen in the way I can in person, so by taking this class, you take responsibility for your own safety.
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected].
And book via the Paypal button below.
Tuesdays from 19.00 to 19.40 GMT / London time
As the evenings get darker, start your dance journey with me from the comfort of your own home.
Each class will start with a warm up, cover movements and bodywork principles, and introduce you to fantastic music.
As this dance is low impact, and doesn't involve a lot of footwork and movement through space, it is very well suited to doing in your living room. You will:
*relax and loosen the body
*strengthen your core
*develop flexibility
*ground and centre for calmness and reduced anxiety
*build arm strength
*get some gentle cardiovascular work to increase stamina
*feel great after!
But above all - you will enjoy dancing!
Numbers will be limited so I can take a look to make sure everyone is moving safely. But I will not be able to supervise through the screen in the way I can in person, so by taking this class, you take responsibility for your own safety.
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected].
And book via the Paypal button below.
CONTINUING BEGIGNNERS
n this 4 week course we'll go deeper into this unique system designed to give you an understanding of the different styles of dance and a great movement repertoire so you can dance safely and expressively to great music in a relaxed, non-competitive environment.
Complete beginners are still welcome as we'll be revising technique, as well as exploring some of the Mazazik movement mantras and community choreographies.
Get active and build your dance without the need to leave home.
And watch out for the in person events you might like to join.
Price - £10 for the course or £3 per indivudual class. Yes it is that cheap as I want to enable as many as possible to dance.
Book via the Paypal button below, or email with any questions to [email protected].
n this 4 week course we'll go deeper into this unique system designed to give you an understanding of the different styles of dance and a great movement repertoire so you can dance safely and expressively to great music in a relaxed, non-competitive environment.
Complete beginners are still welcome as we'll be revising technique, as well as exploring some of the Mazazik movement mantras and community choreographies.
Get active and build your dance without the need to leave home.
And watch out for the in person events you might like to join.
Price - £10 for the course or £3 per indivudual class. Yes it is that cheap as I want to enable as many as possible to dance.
Book via the Paypal button below, or email with any questions to [email protected].
HOW IT WORKS
*Buy your class/classes via the Paypal button below by 6pm on class day, after which I'll send out the link.
*You will be sent an email after 6pm on Tuesday with a clickable link to the Zoom meeting and the password
(check your spambox if it doesn't appear. This sometimes happens if you haven't added my email - [email protected] - to your contacts list).
*You will have 10 minutes (ie from 7.20 or 8.20) to click on the link, enter the password, and I will admit you to 'the waiting room' before the class starts. You can have a chat with other waiting dancers too.
Please join with audio and video connected and I'll ask you to mute when necessary.
WE WILL START PROMPTLY and if you are late, you will miss at least 10 minutes of the class.
Please note - I advise you to check your internet speed is fast enough to fully benefit from this online class and recommend you do a test with another Zoom user before you purchase the class, which is non-refundable.
Also, please make sure that I can identify you through your Zoom name as well as you email name. For security purposes, if I cannot do this, I reserve the right not to admit you to the class. Also please have your video camera on at all times.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Please make sure the area you are dancing in is cleared and safe. I recommend carpets/rugs be removed so you can't trip.
These classes are not for complete beginners, but assume that you have a basic dance movement vocabulary and are happy to self-regulate your own exercise.
Disclaimer
Please listen to your body and only do what feels comfortable for you and within the space you have. I will not be able to give feedback during online group sessions and you are responsible for your health and safety at all times.
If you do have any issues during an onine class, try the following
* Check your sound settings by clicking on ‘audio settings’
* Leave the meeting and go back in again - strange but it's like turning your computer on and off - it sometimes works
* Check your computer doesn’t have any other programs / processes running and slowing down
*Buy your class/classes via the Paypal button below by 6pm on class day, after which I'll send out the link.
*You will be sent an email after 6pm on Tuesday with a clickable link to the Zoom meeting and the password
(check your spambox if it doesn't appear. This sometimes happens if you haven't added my email - [email protected] - to your contacts list).
*You will have 10 minutes (ie from 7.20 or 8.20) to click on the link, enter the password, and I will admit you to 'the waiting room' before the class starts. You can have a chat with other waiting dancers too.
Please join with audio and video connected and I'll ask you to mute when necessary.
WE WILL START PROMPTLY and if you are late, you will miss at least 10 minutes of the class.
Please note - I advise you to check your internet speed is fast enough to fully benefit from this online class and recommend you do a test with another Zoom user before you purchase the class, which is non-refundable.
Also, please make sure that I can identify you through your Zoom name as well as you email name. For security purposes, if I cannot do this, I reserve the right not to admit you to the class. Also please have your video camera on at all times.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Please make sure the area you are dancing in is cleared and safe. I recommend carpets/rugs be removed so you can't trip.
These classes are not for complete beginners, but assume that you have a basic dance movement vocabulary and are happy to self-regulate your own exercise.
Disclaimer
Please listen to your body and only do what feels comfortable for you and within the space you have. I will not be able to give feedback during online group sessions and you are responsible for your health and safety at all times.
If you do have any issues during an onine class, try the following
* Check your sound settings by clicking on ‘audio settings’
* Leave the meeting and go back in again - strange but it's like turning your computer on and off - it sometimes works
* Check your computer doesn’t have any other programs / processes running and slowing down
THE NILE.
The waters that flow through Egypt are its lifeblood, and many of the beautifully fluid movements of this dance mimic this epic river.
Through them, we develop fluidity and power. Try them tonight.
Monday 14 June - LUXOR.
A city on everyone's bucket list because of its fabulous sights. But it is also a wonderfully relaxed and happy place just to be. And there's always a party going on.
Let the sun shine in! Try the dance of Luxor tonight.
Monday 21 June - CAIRO.
One of the most vibrant cities of the world and known for its bellydance clubs. But there is another dance - Cairo baladi - the dance of the people of the city.
Not overtly sexual but naturally sensual. Try it tonight.
Monday 28 June - DIVINE DANCE
Egyptian dance has ancient roots, whether we look to the ritualistic dances performed in the temples, or watch the dances that have evolved ou of the folk cultures of people who worked the land.
In the modern dance, our posture and poise, elegantly earthy and simply beautiful, is inspired by the past. Try it tonight.
Price £5 per class, or £15 for all 4 paid up front
The waters that flow through Egypt are its lifeblood, and many of the beautifully fluid movements of this dance mimic this epic river.
Through them, we develop fluidity and power. Try them tonight.
Monday 14 June - LUXOR.
A city on everyone's bucket list because of its fabulous sights. But it is also a wonderfully relaxed and happy place just to be. And there's always a party going on.
Let the sun shine in! Try the dance of Luxor tonight.
Monday 21 June - CAIRO.
One of the most vibrant cities of the world and known for its bellydance clubs. But there is another dance - Cairo baladi - the dance of the people of the city.
Not overtly sexual but naturally sensual. Try it tonight.
Monday 28 June - DIVINE DANCE
Egyptian dance has ancient roots, whether we look to the ritualistic dances performed in the temples, or watch the dances that have evolved ou of the folk cultures of people who worked the land.
In the modern dance, our posture and poise, elegantly earthy and simply beautiful, is inspired by the past. Try it tonight.
Price £5 per class, or £15 for all 4 paid up front
DANCING THE INNER BODY - 11.00am to 11.45am
A session for anyone, including meditation, visualisation and a chance to open out into dance in a way to suit every body, even those with limited movement.
Cost £3
BEGINNERS LET'S PLAY
Many people are put off by the over-sexuality of lots of bellydance, but that's far from the whole story.
Tonight we're going to play.
It's movement which will loosen your body and your mind, with no sparkly bras and no bare flesh.
Dance to a mixture of Arabic and Western music in the comfort of your o
THE SENSUALITY OF EGYPTIAN DANCE
Learn or brush up on some of the beautiful fluid movements of this fabulously sensual dance form.
It's movement which will develop strength in your core, increase flexibility in the hips and get you feeling fantastic on a Friday night (and into the weekend).
Dance to a mixture of Arabic and Western music in the comfort of your own home.
And it's not about dressing up, or acting, but simply feeling the sensuality which comes from feeling comfortable in your own skin.
A session for anyone, including meditation, visualisation and a chance to open out into dance in a way to suit every body, even those with limited movement.
Cost £3
BEGINNERS LET'S PLAY
Many people are put off by the over-sexuality of lots of bellydance, but that's far from the whole story.
Tonight we're going to play.
It's movement which will loosen your body and your mind, with no sparkly bras and no bare flesh.
Dance to a mixture of Arabic and Western music in the comfort of your o
THE SENSUALITY OF EGYPTIAN DANCE
Learn or brush up on some of the beautiful fluid movements of this fabulously sensual dance form.
It's movement which will develop strength in your core, increase flexibility in the hips and get you feeling fantastic on a Friday night (and into the weekend).
Dance to a mixture of Arabic and Western music in the comfort of your own home.
And it's not about dressing up, or acting, but simply feeling the sensuality which comes from feeling comfortable in your own skin.
Baladi - a term in the dance world which I think has lost its way. It's become part of a marketing circus, a hashtag mishmash.
If you love Egypt, you'll know this.
In this workshop I'm going to ask one very simple question. What IS baladi - and what isn't it.
After many years of deepening my relationship with Egypt I've learnt that ...
Baladi isn't raqs sharqi.
Baladi isn't bellydance.
Watch the great baladi stars of the past, Fifi or Soheir and you'll feel it.
And the dancers in Cairo today don't have it. I'm quite vocal about the fact I'm no fan of most of today's dancers, just as most Egyptians aren't.
And the irony for western dancers who want to dance baladi, the more you search for it, the more studying and training you do, the more you dance away from it.
Good news isn't it?!
Join me to feel it, and to explore what this dance can bring you.
And as well as dancing, I'm going to show you some clips of It.
This is the first in a series of Baladi workshops.
Numbers will be limited. Priority booking to my Zoom and Dance In Your Own Home internet dancers.
If you'd like to book a place please email [email protected].
Price £5 payable by BACS transfer. Email or message to book your place when you will be sent payments details.
If you love Egypt, you'll know this.
In this workshop I'm going to ask one very simple question. What IS baladi - and what isn't it.
After many years of deepening my relationship with Egypt I've learnt that ...
Baladi isn't raqs sharqi.
Baladi isn't bellydance.
Watch the great baladi stars of the past, Fifi or Soheir and you'll feel it.
And the dancers in Cairo today don't have it. I'm quite vocal about the fact I'm no fan of most of today's dancers, just as most Egyptians aren't.
And the irony for western dancers who want to dance baladi, the more you search for it, the more studying and training you do, the more you dance away from it.
Good news isn't it?!
Join me to feel it, and to explore what this dance can bring you.
And as well as dancing, I'm going to show you some clips of It.
This is the first in a series of Baladi workshops.
Numbers will be limited. Priority booking to my Zoom and Dance In Your Own Home internet dancers.
If you'd like to book a place please email [email protected].
Price £5 payable by BACS transfer. Email or message to book your place when you will be sent payments details.
There are lots of accommodation possibilities in York, but these are some which are within walking distance of St Clements.
The Bar Convent, Blossom St
http://www.bar-convent.org.uk We have used this for Mazazik residentials and it is very popular. - also good for single rooms.
The Premier Inn, Blossom St
http://www.premierinn.com Not cheap if you're on your own, but only 5 minutes from our venues - it's the Blossom St hotel.
Wheatlands Lodge, Scarcroft Rd
http://www.wheatlandslodge.co.uk Comes recommended and close to venues.
York Alternative Bed and Breakfast
yorkalternativebandb.co.uk/ Good for vegetarians and is open to single travellers.
Stableside @ Yorkracecourse
www.yorkracecourse.co.uk/home.html Budget choice for single travellers, within walking distance of venues, the furthest away on this list.
You could also look for any Bed and Breakfasts in the Bishopthorpe Road area of town or the Scarcroft Road area.
If you decide to stay further away from the venue or out of town, don't forget
The Bar Convent, Blossom St
http://www.bar-convent.org.uk We have used this for Mazazik residentials and it is very popular. - also good for single rooms.
The Premier Inn, Blossom St
http://www.premierinn.com Not cheap if you're on your own, but only 5 minutes from our venues - it's the Blossom St hotel.
Wheatlands Lodge, Scarcroft Rd
http://www.wheatlandslodge.co.uk Comes recommended and close to venues.
York Alternative Bed and Breakfast
yorkalternativebandb.co.uk/ Good for vegetarians and is open to single travellers.
Stableside @ Yorkracecourse
www.yorkracecourse.co.uk/home.html Budget choice for single travellers, within walking distance of venues, the furthest away on this list.
You could also look for any Bed and Breakfasts in the Bishopthorpe Road area of town or the Scarcroft Road area.
If you decide to stay further away from the venue or out of town, don't forget
So this week in East Meets West, we talked about veil work.
This is a film I made with very basic veil movements during a dance trip to Turkey. It's a piece we work on in my From The Heart strand. And as well as the dance, in the film I wanted to give a feeling of the beautiful Grenadine Lodge in Turkey, and the area of Dalyan, where we were staying.
As I said, one thing you will never be led into doing in one of my sessions is what I call the yashmak move (half covering the face with veil) which I think should stay in the 1970s Frys Turkish Delight ad! I think most, if not all, of you agreed with me. Shows a lack of understanding of the word veil and the women who live veiled, I think in all our opinions, not just mine.
This is a film I made with very basic veil movements during a dance trip to Turkey. It's a piece we work on in my From The Heart strand. And as well as the dance, in the film I wanted to give a feeling of the beautiful Grenadine Lodge in Turkey, and the area of Dalyan, where we were staying.
As I said, one thing you will never be led into doing in one of my sessions is what I call the yashmak move (half covering the face with veil) which I think should stay in the 1970s Frys Turkish Delight ad! I think most, if not all, of you agreed with me. Shows a lack of understanding of the word veil and the women who live veiled, I think in all our opinions, not just mine.
