The Workshop day is on Friday the 23 October 2009
(it will be worth it to take a day off from work to increase your knowledge,
improve your technique and have fun at the same time!)
Venue: Protea Hotel in Sea Point, Cnr. Arthur St. and Main Rd. - Cape Town
Fee - of every two hour workshop is R250
BONUS: If you book 5 workshops, you will get a ticket for the Gala for free
Workshop booking process:
Booking for workshops with International teachers is open until the workshop day.
Book early to avoid disappointment as the number of entries is limited.
Pay the 50% NON-REFUNDABLE deposit to secure your booking.
Fax the proof of your payment to 0865128363 or email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your full name, contact details and workshops which you like to attend.
A confirmation email will be sent to you.
Pay the rest of the balance for the workshops before the workshop day or at the workshop.
Bank details:
Palace of the Winds
ABSA Tokai branch
Savings account number: 9171102194
Important news
The Festival will give an opportunity to everybody or groups who wish to have private lessons with international teachers to do it during the Fringe Program, on 24+25 October. These arrangements must be done direct with the teachers privately. We will give you a room for those workshops at the V&A Waterfront, the Craft Market, the Blue Shed. Please let Festival Organizer know about any arrangement because of room booking.
Dear dancers,
Your workshop booking is a good cause. Visiting the workshops will not give only you a benefit.
The 10% of every booked workshop will go to the Saartjie Baartman Centre for abused Women and Children in Athlone, Cape Town.
Thank you for your assistance and the community support!
Leyla Nahrawess:
- Double veil (16 h 45 - 18 h 45)
The veils can be used in different ways: romantic, dramatic, dynamic - always exiting.LEYLA Nahrawess will teach this very female but powerful kind of dance. After warm up she will teach the techniques and the combinations with 2 veils. At last we put it together to a short choreography "Ates" - the sun dance.
Please use 2 half round veils (Leyla will sell Lameé veils 230 Rand p.p.)
- Oriental Pop choreography (19 h 00 - 21 h 00)
Music from Emad Sayyah "Tirialli" (3:54)
An entertaining, pleasant music with a cheerful presentable choreogaphy with huge success in front of the audience.
LEYLA Nahrawess will teach the basics, technics and elements of the choreography very well after the warm up . Then we group the whole elements together for the choreography.
Mihrimah Ghaziya
- Chinese Flutter Fan (12 h 15 - 14 h 15)
Chinese fans are becoming more and more popular in belly dance. This workshop will teach you how to use a single fan, combined to Chinese and Oriental steps.
Please bring a Chinese flutter Fan if you possess one, you can also purchase one at the workshop (R100)
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Finger cymbals (Zills) (10 h 00 - 12 h 00)
Playing cymbals while dancing is often considered as one of the most difficult part of oriental dancing. Actually, they are great fun to learn and play!!You don't need to have any knowledge to attend this workshop. We will learn different sound and patterns and link them to steps.
Please bring finger cymbals if you have some. You can also purchase some at the workshop (R200)
Paola Blanton
- Trible (19 h 00 - 21 h 00)
Black Steppe - Tribal group piece set to a rhythmic, gripping song by Yat Kha featuring Mongolian throat-singing. Features a Duncan-inspired procession for a unique stage entrance and original Tribal combinations. Looks GREAT on a larger tribe as well as solo performance.
- Egyptian choreography (14 h 30 - 16 h 30)
Laa Laa - An upbeat, fun Egyptian choreography using Shaabi and Saiidi attitudes. Troupe variations are included with lots of cool turns and combinations using intermediate technique, but looking very polished and professional.
- Moroccan Oriental Dance (12 h 15 - 14 h 15)
Experience the traditional folkloric influences that shape the modern moroccan oriental dance. A blending of history, sensual movement and natural expressions over a complex musical ensemble that brings courtly Persia and royal Africa together. All levels welcome. Theory and practical. Bring a veil and optional dance slippers.
- Egyptian Raks Sharqi combinations (14 h 30 - 16 h 30)
The latest movements from Cairo putting together contemporary egyptian cabaret style in two powerfull and elegant combinations using effective travelling steps, changing levels etc.! For advanced bellydancers.
- Bollywood and Bhangra combinations (16 h 45 - 18 h 45)
Bollywood is a modern indian style of dance using modern dance steps from hiphop, salsa etc. and traditional Indian steps. Bhangra is a dance from north India, state of Punjab. This dance is famous for its energy and is danced at indian weddings. You dont need experience in Indian dance to attend this workshop. Students from any dance background is welcome.
Irena Kellerfrom Namibia
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Japanese dance - Butoh (10 h 00 - 12 h 00)
One can compare Butoh- improvisation with dreams; The dreams images corresponding to particular postures of the body, fragments of movement and expirations that surface from subconscious, the meaning of which is encoded in the symbolism of body language. Dance as risk of identity loss to formulate new identity, to leave behind the borders of well known pattems, to discover new movement in the borderlessness of the unknown movement that is not perfected by technology, that has no routine whatsoever, but whose qualities also lie in uncertainty, helplessness and inability.
