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BEACH BLANKET BELEDI 2007
** Subject to Change **
Beach Blanket Beledi
is an annual seminar and dance party held in Nags Head, NC,
on Columbus Day weekend. The thirteenth annual event is on
October 5-6, 2007. The
focus of Beach Blanket Beledi is that dance is serious fun.
The emphasis is on
creativity, exploration, and innovation.
For more information, go to:
Classes, Dance Party,
Schedule, Location,
Cost, Registration.
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CLASSES
Beach Blanket Beledi offers three classes in three different, but often
complementary, subjects that are guaranteed to pique your interest
and expand your dance horizons.
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Fusion Integration
Darshan's teaching style is informed with a sense of caring for the dancer's body,
even in the most extreme movements. She is always researching the way the body works and
taking the newest information and intuition into classes. Dancing should feel like a
pleasure in the body. Darshan believes in conditioning at the edge of what is possible,
physically and mentally, in order to expand one's personal dance.
With years of experience in several dance styles, most notably bellydance and tribal/tribal
fusion bellydance, she is able to tailor her classes to suit dancers with different
individual styles, offering subtle shifts in expression for people with differing aesthetics.
Darshan will be teaching Fusion Integration, presenting aspects of Tribal and Cabaret
styles of belly dance, and how to take your training in one style and express it
maximally in the other.
Find out more about Darshan through her website.
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Upbeat Beledi
Jamila (Cathy Skora) has been studying teaching & performing dance for over fifteen years,
and is founder and executive director of Folkloric Productions Dance Co., Inc. Her
dance studies have included Modern (Graham-Based) and African (Dunham-Based), with
the Gemini Dance Company, under the direction of Steve Porter. As a member of Gemini,
Cathy traveled to Europe for several summers as part of an international folk festival.
Her area of special study are dances of the Middle East and North Africa. Cathy has
traveled throughout Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, and Greece, exploring dance and culture.
Her studies frequently take her to New York City to study with various masters,
including Yousary Sharif, Velerie Camille, Ned Williams, Jajouka, Elena Lentini,
and various Brazilian instructors.
Jamila will be teaching an upbeat, fun, and crowd-pleasing beledi-style dance which
can be used as a solo or group choreography. The warm up will include techniques to
assist up with your theatrical presentation ... tapping into your natural grace..
Find out more about Jamila at Folkloric Productions.
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Do the Twist!
Chelydra has been a student of middle eastern dance since 1978,
and began performing professionally in 1981. She was the artistic director
of the Caravan East dance troupe from 1981-1997, and has performed and taught dances of
North Africa and the Middle East
at the award-winning Fields DanceStudio since
1985. A current contributing author to Zaghareet! magazine, she
is also the producer of the NoFrills series of instructional
videos. In 2004, her Andalusian-Moroccan Romany choreography was one of the entries selected to be
featured in the Old Dominion University Local Choreographer's Showcase, and in 2006, a
ghawazee dance choreographed by both Chelydra and Aegela was chosen for presentation.
She considers dancing to be serious fun.
Chelydra will be presenting Do the Twist!, offering combinations to add a
little Tunisian twist to your dancing. Maximize your visual impact with minimal effort
and achieve true “flying tassels” (or fringe) appeal.
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Dance Party
The stars are out at the beach, and the stars are YOU! The evening dance party is a
great time to try out your latest & greatest costume
and choreography. Have you always wanted to try something just a little bit different -
but never had the right setting? This is it! Be experimental! Be daring! Be playful!
The dance party is open to the first sixteen registrants who volunteer by the preregistration
deadline. Time limit is seven minutes (but remember, less is sometimes
more).
To be fair to everyone, if you request multiple performances, only one will be
scheduled. A request for a second performance will be honored on a space-available
basis after the preregistration deadline.
You must register for the seminar to qualify for a place in the programme.
SCHEDULE
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| Time | Activity |
| Friday, October 5 |
| 8:00-9:30 PM | Welcome Wagon & Swap Sale |
$5 per swap space |
| Saturday, October 6 |
| 9:30-10:30 | Registration |
| 10:30-12:30 | Lebanese Pop | Jamila |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch (On your own; due to time constraints,
brown bag is recommended) |
| 1:30-3:30 | Fusion Integration | Darshan |
| 3:45-4:45 | Do the Twist! | Chelydra |
| 8:00-?? | Dance Party | Bring a snack to share! |
LOCATION
Beach Blanket Beledi is held at the Comfort Inn South
Oceanfront at milepost 17 on the Beach Road in Nags Head, NC. For reservations,
call 1-800-334-3302.
Be sure to specify Beach Blanket Beledi when you call to get the special seminar rate!
Room rates are $67 soundside/$75 oceanside for 1-2 persons. Add $10 each for a
third or fourth person. At the current time, room tax is 13%.
Reservations must be cancelled
48 hours in advance, or a 1-night stay will be charged.
Check-in time is 4 PM; check-out is 11 AM. No more than
four persons per room are allowed by the local fire/safety code.
The hotel is usually full over the holiday weekend, so call early
to guarantee you get the room you want. Reserve rooms by
Friday, 9/14/2007, or rate and availability are not
guaranteed. The hotel frequently sells out over this weekend, so don't procrastinate.
The nearest airports to Nags Head are Norfolk International (ORF) and
Newport News/Williamsburg International (PHF). A rental car is required to
reach Nags Head.
COST
The fee for the seminar and dance party is $60 if registration is received
by 09/14/2007, and $70 after that date. Groups of five registering together receive
a $5 per-registration discount.
Additional dance party guests are $5/$2 (adults/children).
REGISTRATION
Registration is not available on-line. To obtain a registration form,
email or write to the address in the footer, or download a PDF copy of the
flyer.
(Adobe Acroread is required. The download may take some time to complete
even after the Acroread window opens.)
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